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Mr. Toad

Experience teaches you that pain and joy will pass, but there is always beauty.

About Me

My principles: Honesty, Acceptance, Openness, Love. Conscious kindness.

My Interests

music, exercise (esp. playing basketball), massage, movies, reading, writing, art, science, food, politics, improving society, dancing, watching sports (especially really well played baseball), acting, traveling (esp. to warm beaches with surf), new experiences, taking risks, anything fun

I'd like to meet:

Stimulating, passionate, caring, crazy, fun, truly open-minded people who want to learn about themselves and the universe.

Music:

This would take up way too much space. Anything GOOD: Blues, jazz, rock, alt. rock, grunge, punk, soulfunk, hiphop, jam bands, reggae, electronica, a little old country, a little classical and opera, latin.If I had to pick a fav.: John Lee Hooker although Michael Gira is gaining fast

Movies:

Hundreds: ATouchofEvil, TheShootist, TheThirdMan, TheQuietMan, Lost in Translation, AfewWoodyAllen, PlanesTrains&Auto., It's aWonderfulLife, Unforgiven, CreepingTerror, Baraka, Bladerunner, FightClub, Big Leb., Lynch,Bogart, Happiness, Friends&Neighors, BigBadLove, Rivers&Tides, Paths of Glory

Television:

FRONTLINE! 30 Rock. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT! (my favorite of all time.) Rockford Files (best non-sitcom ever.) Macolm in the Middle, King of the Hill, The News Hour (formerly McNeil/Lehrer, only real news show on tv), original Star Trek. Old Simpsons. South Park when I can (I've never had cable.)

Books:

Most recently:A Bright Shining Lie,Che.StraightMan, Hardboiled, Conf.ofDunces, InColdBlood, Siddartha.JackVance, ChesterHimes, PatriciaHighsmith, WalterMosley, DashiellHammett, JimThompson, van deWetering, Vonnegut, Kerouac, Bukowski, Ellroy, TomWolfe, Jon.Latimer, HSThompson, ClaudeBrown

Heroes:

The Thing