Doing my best. Leading by example. Making others happy. Seeing my friends and others around me achieve their goals. Traveling, Wining and Dining. New Experiences and creating history.
Good people find good people. I'd like to meet anyone who can better my life, or the lives of people I know. I'd like to meet people that have come from the bottom up and people who are on the bottom coming up. I'd like to meet the person that said nobody's perfect and tell him he never tried to be.I'd like to meet everyone on the beach with a margarita, some sun block and the wind sliding over our backs.
Everything Electronic... Eclectic. My 90's collection and pretty much anything that bobs my head, pumps my fist or shakes my ass.
Mauro Picotto, Basic Perspective, Gabriel & Dresden, Everything But the Girl, Tracy Thorn, Kosheen, New Order, Lisa Shaw, Paul Van Dyk, Steve Lawler, Leigh Nash - vocalist, Kaskade, Jan Johnston, Tiesto, Anthony Pappa, Underworld, Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Method, Sonnenvacuum, Amoebassassin, BT, Paul Oakenfold, ATR - Atari Teenage Riot, Massive Attack, Deep Dish, LTJ Bukem, Delerium, Ferry Corsten, Ben Watt, Morgan Page
I don't really watch movies... I really like independent films and films that show characters of great leadership, integrity, etc... I generally have to be drug along though to watch a movie. They are mostly time killers for me.
- "300"
- "We were soldiers"
- "Gladiator"
- "The Beach"
- "The Last Samurai"
- "Master and Commander"
- "The Cell"
- "Blade Runner"
- "Leaving Las Vegas"
- "Hero"
- "Heat"
- "Sideways"
ESPN, Fox Sports World and Food Network
I read A LOT on wines... winemaking techniques, vintification methods and general history of the regions themselves. I also read books that I can apply to everyday life. I'm not much of a Fiction person. I figure if I'm going to spend time reading, I should benefit from it and possibly teach others immediately rather than a fiction novel that only I could appreciate in my own way.
- "Tongue Fu" - Sam Horn
- "It's Not about the Bike - Lance Armstrong" - Sally Jenkins
- Hugh Johnson's 5th edition Wine Atlas
- Grossman's Cyclopedia to Beer, Wine & Spirits
- "Etiquette" - Emily Post
- "More Than a Game" - Phil Jackson & Charlie Rosen
- "The Art of Warfare" - Sun Tzu(Currently)
My father for showing me from even the earliest points of my manhood that holding your ground and your dedication to something is what matters most. Not to be swayed from your goals and no matter what the outcome, that you can be satisfied because you did it and you were accountable for it. My best friend Chris whom I've known for a little over 12years that always seems to be there for me even though he's hundreds of miles away. My best friend Cloud whom I've known for about 14 years for showing me things that I probably wouldn't have seen or done without him, being the instigator and the driving force for so many good things in my life.
My closest friends and family all make up what is great in my life. With their support and influence, I can honestly say I've lived. Its so easy to let things fall apart, its a challenge to maintain. These three people have given me my structure, my sense of comradery and helped instill their values in me so that I can better my life.
Lance Armstrong Wins 7th Tour de France
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?" - Lance Armstrong