Remember when everything was simpler? Child-like faith was an absolute. A trip to Chuckie Cheese or the Burger King Play Palace was heaven. Dirt and scratches from the playground were badges of honor. Getting chased by that cute girl with the pigtails was as powerful as JOLT cola. Sticks were swords, and deep conversation mostly involved alot of "nuh uhs and uh huhs". Cartoons were easy to wake up for, and building forts was a feat worth bragging about...That's what I call joy...
I'd like to meet:
friend   (frend)   n.
1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group,
  cause, or movement
5. The individuals pictured below:
Music:
Postal Service, Musiq, Damien Rice, Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Depeche Mode, Out of Eden, Mos Def, Counting Crows, 2Pac, Common, Jars of Clay, The After Glow Soundtrack, Death Cab, Chris Cornell (& most of the stuff he's attached to), Zero 7, Rahzel, Beethoven, OutKast, Nirvana, Wyclef (with/without the Fugees), K-OS Badly Drawn Boy, Grits, The Cure, Timbaland, The David Crowder Band, John Legend, Jack Johnson, The Shins, Marvin Gaye, Coldplay, Usher, Amos Lee, Elliot Smith, Rocky Votolato, Michael Jackson, Ben Harper, Alicia Keys, The Beatles, Franz Ferdinand, Shawn McDonald, Jose Gonzalez, Muse, Blackalicious, The Roots, Olive, Floetry, Radiohead (& Thom Yorke), The Prodigy, Lupe Fiasco, Pixies, Oasis, Dwele, Al Green, Chris Tomlin, J5, Sigur Ros, Perfect Circle, Massive Attack, Aaliyah, Imogen Heap, Anthony Hamilton, Gnarls Barkley, Phil Wickham, Iron & Winepretty much anything besides country...
Movies:
saying I have a favorite movie is like saying I have a favorite child... but if I had to name a few:
Donnie Darko, Zatoichi (more the old skool stuff), Children of Men, Anything by Charlie Chaplin, Adaptation, Leon, Twilight Samurai, Alien(s), Blade Runner, Infernal Affairs, Anything by Hayao Miyazaki (Tonari no Totoro, Nausicaa) Gladiator, Memento, Miller's Crossing, Enter the Dragon, The Godfather I & II ( I refuse to watch part III, even though I own it), Way of the Dragon (aka Return of the Dragon), Dear Frankie, Signs, Sword of Doom, Anything by Akira Kurosawa, Garden State, Casablanca, Say Anything, Charade, Shaun of the Dead, Kung Fu Hustle, Anything by Guy Ritchie (as long as Madonna's not in it), My Sassy Girl, Heat, Man on Fire, About a Boy, Carlito's Way, Guns & Talks, Anything by Jean-Pierre Junet (Amelie, City of Lost Children), Hard Boiled, Kikujiro, The Crow, The Shawshank Redemption, Cinema Paradiso, The Bride with White Hair, Singing in the Rain, Run Lola Run, Mallrats, Pieces of April, The Usual Suspects, Tombstone, Training Day, Anything by Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums), Chungking Express, Serenity, Memories of a Murder, Notting Hill, Millions (Danny Boyle) The Karate Kid II, Any early work by John Hughes (Ferris Bueler's Day Off, The Breakfast Club), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Old Boy, Brick, Good Will Hunting, Mystic River, The New World, Ball of Fire (Howard Hawkes)just to name a few :)
Television:
24 (Jack Bauer is my hero), UFC fights, BET, AMC, Home Movies, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Arrested Development, Red Dwarf, The Wire, Venture Brothers (my inner geek relishes), The Chappelle Show, Deadwood, Firefly, Smallville, Futurama, LOST
Books:
everything from boring psychology books, old skool poetry, semi-interesting philosophy books, graphic novels (aka comic books) and way too amusing children's lit...and most importantly, the Bible
Heroes:
Jesus (the notorious...haha), Superman, Bruce Lee, Plato, Zatoichi, C.S. Lewis, Atticus Finch, Mr. Miyagi, the apostle Paul