I've become a bit obsessive about my lawn. Really. Probably because none of my neighbors seem to care too much about theirs. So mine will be the oasis of deep, lush green in a sea of pale green to yellow. Other than that, I'm very much into things with two wheels, such as bicycles, motorcycles, and possibly abandoned cars. There is a good chance that I spend too much time on the internet, but since I write for my blog, plus run another site, and do ad sales for a third, it's kind of expected. When it comes to family, I like to go on long motorcycle rides with my wife, and I enjoy cooking for her and the kids, as long as someone else cleans up. Oh, the lawn is looking really nice today. I should get around to finishing the other 20 or so projects around the house soon.
I saw another profile where this guy listed God as one of the people he wanted to meet. By virtue of the fact that he believes in God, one would have to wonder what the rush would be to meet him. I guess he missed the irony in that.
Eclectic is good. I mix my Metallica with a little Johnny Cash. Motorhead and Jimi Hendrix. Deep Purple and Seven Mary Three. The missus has turned me on to some good 70's music, as well as Aussie bands. There's not much I don't like, with the exception of rap and R&B. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it rock songs are comprised of 3 chords, rap is about 3 tired topics.
It would take too long to list them all. Better to sort by genre and director: Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, John Hughes, and Robert Rodriguez all know (or knew) how to make a movie that entertains me. Heck, even Madonna's wife, Guy Ritchie, made a few decent ones.My collection is divided up into mobster/mafia movies, action movies, classics, and then by actor/director. A bit like six degrees of separation. Quentin Tarantino movies end with pulp fiction. Then come the John Travolta movies, ending with Broken Arrow. Then it's Christian Slater movies. You get the idea. Or not. If I could find a John Hughes film that had someone that later appeared in a Tarantino movie, I could arrange them all in a circle. Yeah, you're confused now. Oh, I've also got a little collection of BMX and MTB DVDs. I need more.
If my TV only got one channel, and it only showed The Simpsons, I would be ok with that.
Again, hard to nail them down by title. Give a man enough booze, cigars, and Spanish hookers, and chances are he will write something brilliant. If you don't believe that, go read some Hemingway.Steinbeck gave us an America that some would like to forget, while others would like to emulate.Without Robert Louis Stevenson, Johnny Depp would have no excuse to wear so much eyeliner.Plenty more, but if was stuck on an island with nothing more than a volleyball and some books, at least I know what my top choices would be.
Mum and dad. They taught me right from wrong. They also taught me that we can't have everything, but having a bit of the good things in life never hurt.