In college, I lost my scholarship because I flunked my insurance business elective and my music appreciation class in the same semester. Now I live in LA and make my money from working with insurance companies and musicians! Ironic isn't it.
I want to meet people that can hold down a conversation without getting offended if I disagree. People who know there is more to life than what they see in the mirror every morning. People who actually give to charity or volunteer their time. I want to meet people who have the courage to be honest about themselves and the world around them. Honesty is a hard virtue to find. Like my good friend says "We all have something to hide." I can't stand selfishness or dishonesty. I deal with it everyday at work and can spot it in a person very quickly.
It changes often. I am always on the lookout for great songwriters. Right now, Ryan Bingham is at the top of my list.
Top Gun, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, and Animal House shaped my formative years because TBS played them over and over and over. Turns out I have nothing in common with those movies anymore. Now I watch a movie for the art (Pan's Labyrinth) or to have a good time (Tombstone).
I don't get to watch much TV because one of my roommates always has Deadliest Catch on. He is an addict. He just sits in front of the TV drinking a Monster Drink and eating powered donuts waiting on some poor fisherman to fall off the boat. This has been going on for almost a year now. I do like the HBO and Showtime series like Entourage and Weeds.
My roommate Jamie gave me a book called "for one more day" by Mitch Albom. It's been along time since mere words on a page captured my attention like that. Not since I was a child. If you ever hated your parents and yourself, I would highly recommend it. It is NOT a self-help book. Just a story.
Myself... I had no choice in that. Several disowned me for chasing my own dreams. Most expected me to fail. Like I said up top, I know Jesus. He said what you do in life you do by the faith that is in you. I wish it was not so but everything I have accomoplished in life I have done alone, guided only by my faith in the one who created me and died for me.