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John

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About Me

It's sad, but I no longer ascribe to the 10 Basic Rules anymore. I have been marginally humbled thanks to my friends, family, and others. R.I.P Ten Rules. :( :) I still have them posted on my wall at my house though. Come by if you want to see them.Let's see, about me. Hmmm.I'm 5 10 160-170 lbs. Brown hair green eyes, hair goes slightly blond during the summer. I naturally tan. I hardly ever smile, I feel it gives far too much away when I do, so if you are felicitous enough to get one from me, then feel lucky I guess haha. I'm a senior at Humboldt State University. I want to get my degree in journalism with an emphasis in broadcast news.As far as personality wise, I'm very confident. I am working on being more humble, but if you didn't know me and saw me walking around, you'd probably assume I was an arrogant jerk. Which is fine with me. Because the people who really know me realize that that's not who I am. Also, I don't care what anyone thinks of me, be it positive or negative. We all have our own opinions so I'm never going to let people's views of me bother me. I mean, I would rather have people like me than dislike me (obviously) but I really don't care if you do either way. Do what you want, right? Hehe.I like basketball but not as much as I used to, taking walks, running, watching some TV (key word some), being completely sober at the bars just to feign arrogance, hanging out with people who accept me for who I am, listening to music, messing around online, playing guitar, reading, and that covers my main interests I suppose.I think the best way to describe me would be to say I'm a "nice", "kind", "thoughtful", "respectful" guy at heart, but I come across as full of crap on the outside (at times). I no longer have an inflated opinion of myself, but I still carry myself with occasionally excessive pride. I hardly ever "talk down" to other people, and I certainly don't think of myself as superior to others, but as I said, my actions can sometimes speak louder than words, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone misjudged me upon first impression (or even after many impressions).

My Interests

Basketball, poker (Texas Hold Em), spades, myself, family, watching how life unfolds, reading, playing guitar, sleeping, watching sports, etc.

I'd like to meet:

People who don't try to change who I am but also will tell me if I'm bothering them with something that I'm doing. I guess as far as girls, I have to be physically attracted to date them, but I will be friends with just about anyone, as long as we get along obviously. I like girls who think for themselves, are funny (but not a requirement), think they are beautiful regardless of what anyone else thinks/says, have a semblance of intelligence, and most importantly are truly confident. I define confidence in a girl like so: She doesn't have to be around anyone else to feel comfortable, doesn't need to be listening to an iPod or chatting on the cell phone whenever she's alone, will approach and talk to guys when she's interested (or in other words will break social norms or completely ignore them), and as weird as it seems, if she wouldn't need me to like her or could handle being without me, that's attractive too.

Music:

My five favorite bands are Cold, Staind, Deftones, Godsmack, and Thursday. I am very into metal, it is my favorite type of music and no one and no thing is going to or will change that. I like alternative, rock, and poppish punk as well, some doses of good 80's music is nice once in a while too. There are three rap groups I approve of: Cypress Hill, Tupac, and Eminem (everything before Encore was good, key word before).

Movies:

I like a lot of different movies, so I'll just say the ones that pop into my head....Any of the TMNT movies and any of the animated Scooby Doo movies are good. A bunch of other ones that I'll list later.

Television:

Sports, The War At Home, Futurama, Family Guy, South Park, Nip/Tuck, Dirt, and some other ones that I'm forgetting. I don't watch a whole lot of TV though.

Books:

Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, The Old Man and The Sea, some other ones but these ones stick out in my mind.

Heroes:

John Stockton, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Andy Pettitte, Jason Richardson....a lot of other ones I can't recall at the moment.

My Blog

Why is life so unfair for everyone?

Many questions I have. So many unanswered. Why do we hate each other/kill each other? Why do we hurt other people simply due to our own selfish needs? Why do our lives seem to revolve around sex and m...
Posted by John on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:08:00 PST