Geoff

I'd like to meet:

People who change things for the better. People who like their lines crossed, their envelopes pushed and their stones turned. People who try new things. People who raise the bar. People who defy expectation. People who strive to understand things. People who are funny and kind and clever and genuine. People who appreciate attractive things without falling under their silly material spells. People who do things for themselves.

Music:

BANDS: Cowboy Junkies, Rufus Wainwright, Regina Spektor, Natalie Merchant, Air, Lloyd Cole, kd Lang, Olivia Newton John, Kylie, Muse, Kate Bush, The Howling Bells, Goldfrapp, Holly Throsby, Elliott Smith, Emiliana Torrini, Nelly Furtado, Sade, Depeche Mode, Cole Porter, Bjork, The Beautiful South, Antony and the Johnsons, Annie Lennox, Alanis Morissette, Chris Isaak, Leonard Cohen, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Abba, Nina Simone, Scissor Sisters. SOUNDTRACKS: Cinema Paradiso, The Hours, Perfume, The English Patient, Out of Africa, A.I., The Thin Red Line, Contact, A Beautiful Mind, Amelie, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Hannibal, Battlestar Galactica, Finding Neverland, Unbreakable, Life is Beautiful, Portrait of a Lady, The Fountain, Pan's Labyrinth

Movies:

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Out of Africa, The Sound of Music, Se7en, Superman Returns, Brokeback Mountain, Poltergeist, Jurassic Park, Cinema Paradiso, Jaws, Pan's Labyrinth, Perfume, The English Patient, Fight Club, Gods and Monsters, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Donnie Darko, X2, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Flash Gordon, American Psycho, Blade Runner, American Beauty, The Talented Mr Ripley, Lawrence of Arabia, The Hours, Dead Calm, The Usual Suspects, The Exorcist, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Alien, Starship Troopers, The Empire Strikes Back, The Silence of the Lambs, Casino Royale, Moulin Rouge, The Village, Superman The Movie, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins, The Mothman Prophecies, Interview With The Vampire, Thelma and Louise, Gladiator, Crouchin Tiger Hidden Dragon, Y Tu Mama Tambien, ET, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 12 Monkeys, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Devil's Backbone, A Very Long Engagement, Angel Heart, Being John Malkovich, Contact, Amadeus, Hulk, Amelie, Doctor Zhivago, Empire of the Sun, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Gattaca, Run Lola Run, The Terminator, Minority Report, Shakespeare in Love, Star Wars, Metropolis, The Big Blue, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Kill Bill Volume 1, The Party, The Shining, A.I., 300, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Aliens, Anatomie, Solaris, The Thin Red Line, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Dead Man Walking, Chicago, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Quiz Show, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, Hannibal, The Truman Show, My Own Private Idaho, Adaptation, Romancing the Stone, The Blue Lagoon, The Sweet Hereafter, Dead Poet's Society, Psycho, The Son's Room, Crime and Misdemeanors, Munich, The Blair Witch Project, Waiting for Guffman, Citizen Kane, Another Woman

Television:

Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck, Supernatural, The West Wing, Queer As Folk, Futurama, Desperate Housewives, Battlestar Galactica, The Simpsons, Lost, Strangers With Candy and I hate to admit it...Top Gear! Lord, oh God, tell me why I like Top Gear!

Books:

Girlfriend in a Coma (Douglas Coupland), The Stand (Stephen King), The Secret History (Donna Tartt), The Shining (Stephen King), The Stranger (Albert Camus), Life After God (Douglas Coupland), The Winds of War (Herman Wouk), War and Remembrance (Herman Wouk), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne), Generation X (Douglas Coupland), Microserfs (Douglas Coupland), Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke), American Psycho (Brett Easton Ellis), The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith), Salem's Lot (Stephen King), The Rules of Attraction (Brett Easton Ellis), 2001 A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke), Misery (Stephen King), Animal Farm (George Orwell), Pet Sematary (Stephen King), Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx), Lord Valentine's Castle (Robert Silverberg), The Firm (John Grisham), The Informers (Brett Easton Ellis), Oh The Places You'll Go (Dr Seuus) and any Hardy Boys mystery (Franklin W. Dixon)

Heroes:

REAL HEROES: Steven Speilberg, William Goldman, Stephen King, David Koepp, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Ian Roberts, Dame Judi Dench, Jodie Foster (although I know that these people, as with all people, have their faults) FICTIONAL HEROES: James Bond, Indiana Jones, Flash Gordon, Batman, Barbarella, C-3PO, Tyler Durden, Superman, Ellen Ripley, Han Solo, Aquaman (these guys, on the other hand, are faultless - if not flawed for the sake of a storyline - otherwise their storytellers wouldn't have done their jobs properly.)

However, I have now done the Superhero challenge and apparently I have more in common with the one hero I DIDN'T put on this list. Somehow it doesn't seem all that surprising that I have more in common with Catwoman, Supergirl and Wonder Woman than my beloved Batman!!! Nevermind.My results:
You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 85% Superman 65% Hulk 60% Iron Man 55% Green Lantern 55% Catwoman 50% Robin 48% The Flash 35% Supergirl 33% Wonder Woman 28% Batman 25% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz
On the flipside of that, if I were on the side of evil rather than good...Your results:
You are Lex Luthor Lex Luthor 51% Dr. Doom 42% Mr. Freeze 40% The Joker 38% Apocalypse 35% Magneto 32% Dark Phoenix 30% Juggernaut 29% Catwoman 29% Riddler 29% Poison Ivy 26% Venom 25% Mystique 25% Kingpin 22% Green Goblin 17% Two-Face 17% A brilliant businessman on a quest for world domination and the self-proclaimed greatest criminal mind of our time!
Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz
Last but not least, our dogs are my heroes. They love us unconditionally, they're always in a good mood when we're around, and they never complain about anything. They're true life-lovers! Wow, that's a hero for ya!