Things I am good at:
playing the guitar
skiing
my job
motorcycle and old german sports car knowledge
drinking in moderation without excess
generally being a man of the world
being frugal but not cheap
knowledge and intimate understanding of rock and roll music and its many subgenres
forming deep and meaningful bonds with border colliesThings I like to think I am good at but are really open to debate:
my development of social skills
cooking
home improvement projects including but not limited to flooring, painting, landscaping etc.
singing
relating to other people
understanding and responding to the needs of others
cycling
playing hockey
keeping it to myself or not saying anything when I don't have anything nice to say
Things I am not so good at:
discerning subtle differences in colors
dancing
eating my vegetables
suffering fools gladly
basketball
People of refinement and distinction. No quotidian slobs need apply.
Guided By Voices, Sonics Rendezvous Band, X, Uncle Tupelo, Gram Parsons, Fu Manchu, Hanoi Rocks, Townes Van Zandt, T Rex, Stooges, Hellacopters, Husker Du, Dictators, Union Carbide Productions, Wilco, Faces, Replacements, The Who, Jesse Malin, New York Dolls, Motorhead, MC5, Johnny Thunders, Kyuss, Nebula, Cheap Trick, Lou Reed, Mike Nesmith, The Sonics, Wailers, Wipers, Mudhoney, Pagans, Dead Boys, New Bomb Turks, Social Distortion, Roxy Music, Blue Cheer, QOTSA, Roxy Music, Flaming Lips, The Jam, Lucinda Williams, Alex Chilton/Big Star, Supersuckers, Clash, Radio Birdman, Rolling Stones, Turbonegro, 3 Inches of Blood, High on Fire, Bad Wizard etc
recent viewing includes: Cocaine Cowboys, Eddie Murphy Delirious, Grizzly Man, Kids in the Hall, Everything is Illuminated, pr0n.
Almost none. History Channel/Discovery/ESPN is about it. Would rather be actually doing something. I *NEVER* watch TV. Except football and baseball.
My GF is a librarian...so yeah, lots of books. Recent ones that Hunter S Thompson book with him on the cover giving the middle finger, A Walk in the Woods, A Confederacy Of Dunces, Philip Roth's Plot Against America, The Tipping Point, 101 Projects For Your Porsche 911, and the first page of The Art Of War.
lenny bruce, hunter s thompson, my dad, and billy who was repeatedly warned not to be a hero.