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About Me

I love to cook and make wine. I'm definitely more of a red guy but I do like dry whites. I would love to own/run a restaurant/pub someday. I'm currently making mead for the first time.
I'm a Yankee fan and I'm a columnist for MVN.com. I cover/recap Yankee games, write analysis, news and things like that. You can read our coverage at http://www.mvn.com/mlb-yankees
I like movies and music, like everyone else in the world. I'm a lover of stories, be they spoken, written, or visual. I like snowboarding. I find most people obnoxious. I respect people who can spell correctly.
Donatello was my favorite ninja turtle. Batman is by far the coolest super hero ever. I welcome any argument to the contrary. I still watch saturday morning cartoons.
I love books. Fantasy, historical fiction, comics, legends, folklore... I like that stuff. I really dig Joss Whedon's Firefly. I'm interested in history, cultures, and theology. I would like to have a library in my house someday. Along with a home brewing cellar.
My friends are the most important thing in my life and I love them fiercely.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: INTP : The Architect
Name: Jimmy
Birthday: August 16
Your Heritage: Scottish, English, Dutch, Welsh
Favorite Song: Down In A Hole - Alice In Chains
Favorite Movie: Point Break
Favorite Book: A Game of Thrones
Favorite Bar(s): Blue Tusk, Bull & Bear, Coleman's, Limerick's, Clark's
Favorite Season: Autumn. I love the colors, thet atmosphere, being able to wear your full spectrum of clothes, baseball post-season, hockey and football beginning
Favorite Superhero: Batman. He's smarter than everyone else and he's an asshole.
Favorite Cartoon Character: Wile E. Coyote.
Favorite Food: Chicken Riggies
Favorite Beer: Magic Hat Circus Boy
Phone or IM: IM. I'm not a phone guy.
Smoking: Cigarettes disgust me.
Religion: Don't be silly.
What pisses you off: Stupidity, loud obnoxious people, slow drivers, attention-whores, misuse of spelling and grammar
What did you want to be when you grew up: 6 feet tall.
What country would you most like to Visit: Scotland. Ireland. Japan. England. Greece. Amsterdam. Germany. Italy. Norway. Sweden.
What do you miss: My friends.

My Interests

Writing: I'm a sports writer and I occasionally write movie reviews on my website. Good times.

Movies: Films are one of my passions. I collect dvds.

Reading: I love reading and am always in the middle of some book or another. I want a library in my house someday.

Art: Mostly drawing. I would like to do comics for fun.

Music: I've always wanted to sing in a band. I've picked up the guitar many times, as well, but I have this adversion to sticking with something that I suck at. So I never managed to get better. I just bought a harmonica.

Sports: Baseball. I do like hockey, but no one else does. I follow the Yankees and I'm a Yankee columnist in my spare time. I root against any hockey team from the south. And any hockey team without a noun as their team name. The Syracuse Crunch get a pass. I also like to play softball and volleyball. Nothing sadder than a bunch of out of shape former athletes playing beer league softball after work.

Snowboarding: The closest thing to flying. Something isn't truly fun unless its at least a little dangerous.

Darts: I love playing darts. Except when I'm losing. I fucking hate losing.

Cooking: I've very much into cooking. I also collect cookbooks. I love watching the food network and learning mew dishes. I like Alton Brown.

Home Brewing: I make wine & mead. I'm going to try beer and cider next.

Fantasy: It's my favorite genre when it comes to reading and writing. I also like RPGs and fantasy movies. Renaissance festivals are a lot of fun... I get drunk and pretend I'm not looking at boobs.

Graphic Novels: Because I'll never be too old for these.

Video Games: These either.

Mythology, Legends, Folklore, Theology: I love ancient cultures and their myths, ie Greek, Norse, Japanese, Celtic. I also love modern myths and theology, most notably Christianity and Taoism. I love studying these things and learning where they came from and what they developed into throughout the years. Intriguing stuff.

Martial Arts: Long-term plan: start taking Jiu-jitsu. Yoga is something I'm interested in starting too. I've always been fascinated by the martial arts and Eastern philosophies.

I'd like to meet:

How about who do I not want to meet: idiots, girly girls, hicks, and chatty bitches.

Music:

Like:

Alice in Chains
Rage Against The Machine
A Perfect Circle
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Allman Brothers
Audioslave
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Billy Joel
The Black Crowes
Black Sabbath
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Counting Crows
Cream
The Doors
The Eagles
Elton John
Enya
Eric Clapton
Fiona Apple
Fuel
The Grateful Dead
Heart
James Taylor
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Natalie Merchant
Neil Young
Nine Inch Nails
Norah Jones
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sarah McLachlan
Sigur RÃ³s
Simon & Garfunkel
Soundgarden
Stevie Wonder
Stone Temple Pilots
Ted Nugent
Third Eye Blind
Tool
U2
The Who

Dislike:

Rap
Hip Hop
Pop
Country
Emo

Movies:

To name a few...

The 40 Year Old Virgin
Knocked Up
The Last Samurai
Point Break
Lord of the Rings
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Equilibrium
The Crow
The Big Lebowski
Hellboy
Memoirs of a Geisha
Constantine
Pulp Fiction
Seven
Serenity
V For Vendetta
Miracle
Gladiator
Grindhouse
Indiana Jones
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Stardust

Television:

Food Network
Scrubs
Heroes
Chuck
House
Rome
The Office
The Venture Bros.
The Shield
24
MXC
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica
Stargate
Futurama
Jericho
Feasting on Asphalt
Good Eats
Avatar: The Last Airbender

Books:

Books/Series
A Song of Ice and Fire
Dragonlance
Lord of the Rings
The Once and Future King
The Wheel of Time
The Camulod Chronicles
The Pendragon Saga
The Art of War
Batman
Conan
Preacher
Hellboy
Priest
Berserk
Sandman
Last Night of a Yankee Dynasty
Moneyball
Kitchen Confidential

Authors:
George R.R. Martin
Neil Gaiman
Robert E. Howard
H.P. Lovecraft
Jack Whyte
Tad Williams
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Morgan Llewelyn
Mary Stewart
Joss Whedon
T.H. White
Terry Goodkind

Heroes:

stupid

My Blog

So I bought an iPod

I apologize to Apple for all the mean things I've ever said about them. Well, most of them. This thing is awesome.
Posted by Jimmy on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:07:00 PST

Myspace.com - one of Time`s 5 worst websites

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,16383 44_1638341_1638339,00.html Yeah, that sounds right. Tom totally sold when the iron was hot....
Posted by Jimmy on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:25:00 PST

Yankee Sportswriter

I'll post this over here for my few friends who are not yet enlightened enough to make the move over to Facebook. Recently I accepted the position of columnist for The Bronx Block on http://www.mvn.co...
Posted by Jimmy on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:41:00 PST

Looking forward to these

Seth Rogan is hilarious http://www.knockedupmovie.com/ http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/superbad/...
Posted by Jimmy on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:54:00 PST

More stuff that burns my ass

You know what I really hate? When you send someone a link, and then they say "What is it?" I say, "Watch it." They say, "Tell me what it is first." If I wanted to explain the wh...
Posted by Jimmy on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST

Rant

Hip Hop, Rap, and Country are stupid-people music. People should relinquish the right to communicate by computer if they do any of the following: cannot differentiate between "your" and "you're" can...
Posted by Jimmy on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:33:00 PST

Bruce Chenel

Another friend lost. http://www.oneidadispatch.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=17696497 &BRD=1709&PAG=461&dept_id=68844&rfi=8 God damn it....
Posted by Jimmy on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:02:00 PST

I'm not an Apple guy

But this thing looks fucking AWESOME. http://www.apple.com/iphone/ I so want it.
Posted by Jimmy on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:25:00 PST

Page 2

I thought that these two articles were exceptional. These guys are Teflon Dear Bill: Enjoy J.D. Drew...
Posted by Jimmy on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:41:00 PST

Sexual Consent

http://www.glumbert.com/media/consent
Posted by Jimmy on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:12:00 PST