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Russ

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me


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Where do I start? What do you want to know? Simply put I'm busy. I work as a web designer at a small company in Huntington Woods. I perform, choreograph and teach stage combat with the Theatrical Combat Network. I write music and play lead guitar in the band Reality Drift. I'm a student at OCC - (taking classes for fun - nice change of pace!) I'm an actor and have done work on some local films and do live events with TCN. I like to stay active. Too much down time and I get twitchy.I recently bought a condo in Walled Lake and live there with my two dogs. They keep me jumping at home. Anything else you want to know? Ask me!

My Interests

Stage Combat (I enjoy choreographing and performing fights in front of live audiences) Swords and martial arts, Fencing, theater (performing and attending), Star Wars and Sci-Fi, All types of music but primarily hard rock and metal. I play Guitar (Electric and Acoustic), bass, and keyboards, I have a small but growing collection of guitars, Computer Games (I have a World of Warcrack addiction but I'm fine, really!), composing music, digital recording, watching movies, Siberian Huskies, thunderstorms, vampires and mythological creatures (ever notice that every culture on earth has similar legends?) Things that go bump in the night, bumping back. I'm a very avid reader and will read almost anything that I can get my hands on. I particularly like fantasy, sci-fi and gothic fantasy fiction. Cooking. (Yes, I can cook, and I don't mean easy-mac in the nucro-wave.) Entertaining - I have a saying around here - come over to my place, I'll feed you. Cooking for one is almost a waste of time.

I'd like to meet:


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Friends mostly. So far Myspace has resulted in a couple of really great friendships and I'd like to see that trend continue. I also wouldn't mind meeting someone special but that will happen when it's supposed to happen.

Music:

Tons - you have no idea! Favorites Symphonic and progressive metal: KAMELOT! (going to see them twice this year!) Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, After Forever, At Vance, Conception, Ark, Bronx Casket Company. Guitar Virtuosos: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Eric Sardinas, Yngwie Malmsteen. 80's hair metal: Ratt, Dokken, Warrant, the Crue. JUDAS PRIEST! Maiden, Metallica, Queensryche. Also enjoy classical music/composers - flamenco and spanish guitar music. ..I've got a couple of country CDs but those are few and far between in my collection.

Movies:

Action films, dramas, good mysteries (ones where you don't know the outcome 5 minutes in.) Serenity, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars (even the bad ones) Shakespeare in Love, Last Samurai. Anything with a sword in it - well, as long as it's used well and the fight choreography doesn't suck.

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Dresden Files, Food Network esp. Good Eats - not that I have time to watch TV much anyway.

Books:

Anything by Neil Gaiman but particularly Neverwhere, Neuromancer by William Gibson. Almost anything by Shakespeare. Anything I can get my hands on really. I love to read. Simon Green, Tales from the Nightside, The Dresden Chronicles, The Tuesday Next Series by Jasper Fforde. I've started reading the Anita Blake, Vampire Fucker.. er.. hunter novels.. I've been told the first few don't suck. I could make a giga-frigamongous list but why?

My Blog

Watch Me Fly! InZer0: Fragile Wings Video Trading Card 02

New video trading card for Fragile Wings. Watch Cal throw my fool ass around the room! ...
Posted by Russ on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:51:00 PST

Impressive Lightshow

Went over to Ken's place tonight to run lines for Hamlet.  We're not doing it this weekend but want to have it ready to go for labor day weekend.  Driving home I had front row seats for a mo...
Posted by Russ on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:00:00 PST

Whew.. made it!

    It's Monday!  I survived! Wheeeee!  The past 96+ hours have probably been some of the busiest in recent history.Wednesday night I got into the condo for the first time sin...
Posted by Russ on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:07:00 PST

Changes, Updates, Moving and Moving on...

Only Tuesday and it's already been a BIG week.  For those that don't know I sold my house yesterday and bought a condo unit!!!  I can't begin to express how big a relief this is.  Since...
Posted by Russ on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:03:00 PST

111 Things.. ganked from Meri who ganked from Jordo...

     111 Things You Might Not Know About Me.1. What is your middle name?Bower... Named after an Aunt.  Ask me the story about it...
Posted by Russ on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:02:00 PST

How I spent Saturday Night

    Had an awesome time on the InZer0 set.  Got to do some stunts and work with some incredible people.  My fellow Invaders were awesome and we gelled as a team almo...
Posted by Russ on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:53:00 PST

Holy Crap it's March!

... So of course I drive to work in a snowstorm!It's been awhile since I've posted so I thought I'd better do some sort of update.   Things have been kind of hectic - more so than usual mayh...
Posted by Russ on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:58:00 PST

A Great Disturbance In The Force

Just looked back at my Calendar from 2006.  A little over a year ago - the anniversary was last week in fact - I was performing with the DSO for the Star Wars gig.  I'm sad to say the annive...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:10:00 PST

Bored at work

Stolen from Betsy.   A N S W E R - T R U T H F U L L Y1. Do you like anyone?:yes2. Do they know it?yes3. Simple or complicated?complicated of course.IN - T H E - L A S T - M O N T H - H A V E - Y...
Posted by Russ on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:50:00 PST

Another line on the Resume'

I spent this weekend working on the set of InZer0 - this time as a special effects technician.  They needed to do bullet hits on a couple of characters so Keith Kolasinski and I worked up a pneum...
Posted by Russ on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:01:00 PST