the seven virtues of the Way of the Warrior (Bushido), adventure, danger, the warrior class; martial arts, to include Daito-ryu aikijujutsu and other koryu, ninjutsu, ninpo, Gracie jujitsu, jeet kune do, arnis, eskrima, kali; the straightedge movement, the Libertarian party, health food, subsistence hunting; nature, pumas, bears, Tamaskans, Bengals, botany, horticulture, roses (ask me what my fave kinda rose is); Iron Brigade Armory; languages, linguistics, international affairs, international relations, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the other parts of the world-- they're all fascinating, political science, history, Persian culture & cuisine, Filipino culture & cuisine, Japanese c&c, pretty much ANY culture & cuisine, fitness, marathons, strength training, marksmanship, motorcycles, motorcycling, dancing; spinning (aka DJing, for all the non-clubbing types), Technics 1200s, Vestax, Shure 44-7s, Numark TTXs, Final Scratch, Serrato Scratch Live; shooting USPSA/IPSC (United States Practical Shooting Association/International Practical Shooting Confederation) matches, IDPA, GSSF, IBS, NBRSA, NRA, skeet, the Second Amendment, the rest of the freedoms in our Bill of Rights, snowboarding, sailing, traveling, remote viewing, the other inate abilities of every human mind, drawing, amateur (ham) radio, skiing, SCUBA diving, tantra, body piercing, tattoos, BDSM; Red Bull; making new friends, old friends, good company, etc., etc...Contradictory interests ya think? I'm a lover AND a fighter! ;)
I'd like to meet:
I've already met a lot of the people I've wanted to meet. I'm inspired by people when I read about them; read, see or hear about their work. Although I wouldn't mind meeting Jessica Alba, Monica Bellucci, Traci Lords, Natalie Portman, Dave Sevigny, Michael Voigt, Julie Goloski, Jerry Miculek, Rie Miyazawa, Tanya Streeter, or any of my heroes, just to chat...Open-minded people, like myself & unlike...I DO NOT want to meet superficial people, posers, liars, indecisive people, people who pretend to have morals & values but do not abide by them. If you fit into one of these categories, please do not waste my time.I don't really care with whom I CORRESPOND on MySpace. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL. A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO EARN MY RESPECT, BECAUSE I RESPECT EVERYONE I MEET, UNTIL HE or SHE EARNS MY DISRESPECT.I don't want to meet fake riders either. If you just bought your first shiny loud Harley (or other bike) last week, and you don't have thousands of miles and years of riding experience under your belt, PLEASE don't tell me to, "Get a real bike!" Tell YOUR bike to get a real rider.Friends, hit me up on the cellie if you wanna chat. If you lost, or don't know, my digits, just ask. If you're on AIM, my SN is ZephyrNewYork.from the Kozure Okami movie series, the Lone Wolf & Cub, which had a huge impact on me when I was a kid:
Controller One:
crazy routine...
more Controller One:Scroll to the bottom of the left side of this page for more videos.
Music:
DJ H.O.P.,
I wonder who this deejay is with the Technics tat ;)DJ MARR,
Graham Harding,
DJ Prajna,
Tempo ValleyA2Z,
Deep Dish,
DJ QBert,
D Styles,
Dieselboy,
Dubfire,
Ferry Corsten,
Satoshi Tomiie,
Sharam,
Simply Jeff,
Timo Maas,AK1200,
DJ Dara,
MC Messinian,Eric Prydz,
Fort Minor,
Richard F,10,000 Maniacs,
A Guy Called Gerald,
A Tribe Called Quest,
Above & Beyond,
Alien Sex Fiend,
Aphrodite,
Apollo 440,
Armand van Helden,
Armin van Buuren,
Bakke,
Bauhaus,
Bedrock,
Billy Idol,
Bjork,
Black Eyed Peas,
Dead Can Dance,
The Chameleons,
Cheech and Chong,
Chemical Brothers,
Clan of Xymox,
Cocteau Twins,
Common,
Crystal Method,
Cypress Hill,
Dead Kennedys,
Delerium,
Depeche Mode,
Dido,
Digable Planets,
DJ Shadow,
Dynamite Hack,
Eazy E,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Electric Skychurch,
Enya,
EPMD,
Fat Joe,
Filterheadz,
Frankie Bones,
Frankie Knuckles,
Future Sound of London,
Gang Starr,
Gang of Four,
Goldie,
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five,
Grand Wizard Theodore,
Green Velvet,
Guru,
Inner City,
James Holden,
Jeru the Damaja,
John Digweed,
Joy Division,
Kanye West,
The Killing Joke,
Kraftwerk,
KRS ONE,
Linkin Park,
Lloyd Banks,
Love and Rockets,
Lustral,
M.O.P.,
Massive Attack,
Masta Ace,
Minor Threat,
Moby,
Mob Deep,
Morrissey,
Mos Def,
New Order,
Notorious BIG,
Orbital,
Ozgur Can,
Paul Oakenfold,
Paul van Dyke,
Peter Murphy,
Pharaoahe Monche,
PMT,
Prodigy,
Psychedelic Furs,
Psychic TV,
Rabbit in the Moon,
Real Life,
Roni Size,
Rouzbeh Delavari,
RZA (Bobby Digital),
Sarah McLachlan,
Sasha,
Seb Fontaine,
Sex Pistols,
Sharam Jey,
Simple Minds,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Sisters of Mercy,
Solid Sessions,
Sugar Hill Gang,
Sunburst Band,
Sunz of Man,
Sven Vath,
Swans,
Sway & Tek,
System 7,
Tarkan,
The Bolshoi,
The Cult,
The Cure,
The Descendents,
The Mission,
The Orb,
The Smiths,
The Sugarcubes,
The The,
Tones on Tail,
Tori Amos,
U-God,
Victor Dinaire,
Way Out West,
William Orbit,
Xmal DeutschlandHerbie Hancock - Rockit (live)(featuring Grandmixer DXT, 12" extended long version, 1984.
Movies:
the Baby Cart series (aka Lone Wolf and Cub, or Kozure Okami) starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Itto (Shogun's Assassin was one of the first movies I ever saw, in addition to The Black Hole), Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups), any film starring Toshiro Mifune, Audrey Hepburn (the perfect example of a classy woman), Bruce Lee, Jet Li, The Lord of the Rings
Television:
I don't watch a lot of TV but when I do: news, Survivorman and other Science Channel shows, the Discovery Channel, Discovery Times, the Learning Channel, the Military Channel, Animal Planet, Outdoor Life Network, National Geographic, the Travel Channel, A&E Biography, the Biography Channel, the History Channel, PBS, Dog the Bounty Hunter & other A&E shows
Books:
Those written by Carlos Castaneda, Jeff Cooper, Ernest Hemingway; The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Psychic Warrior by David Morehouse come to mind, Mind Trek, Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills; books by Eric von Lustbader, James Clavell; the books I read as a child amplified my desire for adventure: books by J.R.R. Tolkien (I read the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings in 7th grade, even before the movies were incepted, Tolkien wrote many others); Ursula K. LeGuin, C.S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, Stephen R. Donaldson; Alvin's Secret Code had a big impact on my life (ask me why in person), and Bambi was the first book I ever checked out, from the Brooklyn Public Library
Heroes:
my dad (I have two fathers-- the one who raised me), my moms (both of 'em), Lyn Buchanan and the rest of the real military/government remote viewers, Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Cooper USMC (Requiescat In Pace), Janelle Cooper, the Gunsite instructors & staff, Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger II, USAF; my fellow warriors in the United States armed forces-- past, present and future (we don't have to be war mongerers to support our troops), the late Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock (93 CK), Sergeant Chuck Mawhinney (100+ CK), Master Gunnery Sergeant Alfredo Garcia (33 CK), all those who work toward perfection in the warrior (and other) arts; Helio Gracie, Daniel Thomas Rand-K'ai (fictional-- Iron Fist), Bruce Lee, Miyamoto Musashi, Sokaku Takeda, Morihei Ueshiba, Ogami Itto (fictional), Dee Caffari, Ellen MacArthur, Audrey Mestre (Requiescat In Pace)Check out how fast and accurate this guy is:IPSC (International Practical Shooting Confederation) 3-time World Shoot champion Eric Grauffel.Check out how fast and accurate this guy is:DJ D-Styles.Notice the similarity? It's called CADENCE, or RHYTHM.All these people, from Tasha's going away party, have it in varying quantity ;)Someone needs to help these people create a better soundtrack. Otherwise, a good video:
USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association) 3 Gun Nationals 2006.The girls at the end of this video need dance lessons:
World's Fastest Drummer, Mike Mangini at 1,247 BPM (beats per minute), which is way faster than DnB!
A trailer from the Kozure Okami movies; the movie Shogun's Assassin changed my life forever:An American remake is supposed to be released this year. It BETTER be good...I never even heard of this fight before:
Royce Gracie vs. Akebono
LisaNova is hilarious!
More D-Styles, at CSL 2006...Who's that covertly bitin' scratches in the background? ;)
