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David Boop

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About Me


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I'm ecclectic. You will find few with as many interests as me. Here are some:Christianity, Parenting, Romance, Writing, Filmmaking, Movies, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Pulp, Noir, Comics, Anime, Manga, Action, Comedy, Dogs, Chichillas, Roleplaying Games (RPGs), Video Games, Card Games, Board Games, Theater, Art, The Eighties (80's), Music, Techno, Electric Seventies, Wines, Concerts, etc.
And that was just last weekend. What did YOU do?
You can find my current and previously published works at http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Dave
Birthday: July 23, 1968
Birthplace: Bridgeport, CT
Current Location: Englewood, CO
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Skin
Height: 5'8"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Italian
The Shoes You Wore Today: Sandles
Your Weakness: women
Your Fears: Dying alone
Your Perfect Pizza: Pepperoni, Mushroom, Extra cheese
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Get both my kids books published
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up: did the alarm go off?
Your Best Physical Feature: eyes
Your Bedtime: much later than I would like
Your Most Missed Memory: My dad
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: um, Arizona
Chocolate or Vanilla: Choco-van twist
Cappuccino or Coffee: Chai
Do you Smoke: cigars
Do you Swear: #%$ yeah
Do you Sing: badly, but yes
Do you Shower Daily: every other. trying to conserve
Have you Been in Love: what time is it? Yeah, think I just fell in love again
Do you want to go to College: I'm back in for the third time
Do you want to get Married: yes
Do you belive in yourself: I have to.
Do you get Motion Sickness: occasionally
Do you think you are Attractive: I don't think I'm half bad
Are you a Health Freak: #$% no
Do you get along with your Parents: most days
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
Do you play an Instrument: no
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: not really
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: wish I had
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: yes
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: in the saddle
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: write
What country would you most like to Visit: so many. Let's say Yuccatan Peninsula for now
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: green
Favourite Hair Color: red
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: doesn't matter
Weight: doesn't matter
Best Clothing Style: goth
Number of Drugs I have taken: smoked a couple joints. dat's it
Number of CDs I own: really huge #
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: too many to count. I try to move past them.
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I'd like to meet:

Someone who wouldn't find the above interests weird. Well, overly weird. Someone not afraid to let their geek show.

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Music:

Electric Seventies (E.L.O., Alan Parsons, Yes) Eighties (Billy Squire, Asia, Honeymoon Suite) Techno (Early Moby, Apollo 440, Van Dyke, Scatman John) Post Grunge (Linkin Park, Jimmy Eat World, Offspring)I was a Dj for years, so there is little music I don't like from classical to old school rap. Not big on country or gansta rap.

Movies:

Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Streets of Fire, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, A Fish called Wanda, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Without a Clue, Muppet Christmas Carol, Tom Dowd and the Language of Music, High Risk (with Jet Li), Legend of Fong Sai Yuk (Also Li), Leon the Professional, Serenity, BRICK!!!! and many more.

Television:

Heroes, Remington Steele, Sledge Hammer, Family Guy, Buffy, Angel, Stargate, Farscape, The Muppet Show, The West Wing, Sports Night, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Monk, Simpsons, Mork and Mindy, M*A*S*H, Fraiser, Cheers, Night Court, Ned and Stacy, Yes Dear, Space Above and Beyond, Star Trek DS9, Babylon 5, Andromeda, Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and many more.

Books:

I like sci-fi, fantasy, mystery and pulp. My favorite authors are (in no order) Alan Dean Foster, Jack Chalker, Michael Stackpole, Robert Asprin, Douglas Adams, Rex Stout, Michael Connolly, Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, Diane Mott Davidson, Dick Francis, Lyn HamiltonI am 56% Tortured Artist.
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Heroes:

Jesus, my parents, my son, This guy I knew in college (Andy Evans), and just about anybody that has the courage to write and be read.

My Blog

Notes from Help Me! I’m a Writer Panel

Help Me! Panel..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />                  No Good Story Goes Un...
Posted by David Boop on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST

Why I havent blogged in awhile (not that I blogged much before)

..TR> Hello All, For those of you who actually have noticed that I haven't posted in a long time, I'm giving you and everyone a quick update. These are the things in my life going on, in their p...
Posted by David Boop on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:08:00 PST

Why I havent blogged in awhile (not that I blogged much before)

Hello All,..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> For those of you who actually have noticed that I haven't posted in a long time, I'm giving you and everyone a quick...
Posted by David Boop on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

My Novel

Goodbye and Amen! I finished my novel and after days of editing and revision, sent it off to the publisher. It is out of my hands now, I can move onto other things. They say I should know if it is goo...
Posted by David Boop on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:02:00 PST

Black Friday Warriors Unite!

Hello Friends! If you, like me, live for the thrill of buying ridiculously expensive things at outrageously low prices, you may be a Black Friday Warrior. If you finish your last piece of pumpkin pie...
Posted by David Boop on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:16:00 PST

New Story to be published

Hello All! I recently submitted a short to an anthology called "Science Fiction Trails," a journal of sci-fi westerns in the vein of Wild, Wild West. This is not to be confused with the ghost western ...
Posted by David Boop on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:50:00 PST

Schedule

Hello All: Here's what's on my agenda in addition to three part time jobs (that still don't equal 40 hours), two classes and being a single dad: Sept 7,8,9 - Coppercon - Scottsdale, AZ. I am doing fou...
Posted by David Boop on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:48:00 PST

Apologies

Sorry I have not been in touch for awhile. I'm currently the executive porducer and screenwriter for Team Longshot Productions in the 48 hour Film Project. If you don't know what that is, go here: www...
Posted by David Boop on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:39:00 PST

Tales of the Talisman 3.1

The latest issue of Tales of the Talisman is out with a short story of mine in it ("The Plagiarists"). This is the second story they chose to publish (the first being in TOTT 2.1). I have one more sto...
Posted by David Boop on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:59:00 PST

New Story on Ezine

So I have a new story that went live on an ezine today. We decided to try a little hypertexting to give some extra details to save space, but the editor hasn't gotten it to work the way he wants, so I...
Posted by David Boop on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:50:00 PST