Learning, Music, Art, Dance, Science, Architecture, Furniture Making, Industrial Design, Engineering, wood and metal working, triathlon, cycling, running, swimming, yoga, Mauy Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wearing hats, giving, mentoring, drinking chocolate milk after a long run or bike ride, playing my sax, tying cherry stems with only my tongue, learning guitar, reading, taking people's money at the poker table, mountain biking in the snow, seducing women, people watching in some outdoor cafe while drinking coffee and eating biscochos, hearing interesting stories from wise elderly people, drinking, eating, listening, talking, laughing 'till my stomach hurts, riding long distances on my bike with no map and no cell phone, getting lost, then finding my way back, rubbing my feet together in bed before I go to sleep, sleeping with the covers over my head.
I'd like to meet:
Interesting, down-to-earth people who can hold their liquor.
Music:
Anything and everything, old or new, seriously.
Movies:
Shawshank Redemption, Rounders,The Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Anchorman, Happy Gilmore, Swingers, Contact, Passion of the Christ, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Blood in / Blood Out, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Life is Beautiful, La Femme Nikita, Abra Los Ojos, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Fight Club, American History X, Crash, Kill Bill I, Still Breathing, Ray, Borat, The Breakfast Club, Man on Fire, Gattaca, Office Space, The Matrix, Scarface, Gladiator, Braveheart, Good Will Hunting, Searching for Bobby Fisher, Dances with Wolves, Breaking Away...
Television:
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Flight of the Conchords - Business Time
CSI, Criminal Minds, Numbers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Entourage, Ali G show, So You Think You Can Dance (Don't laugh!), American Idol, Conan O'Brien, The Simpsons, Prison Break, Biker Build-off, American Chopper, Mythbusters, VH1 Soul, BET Jazz, Studio Jams, MMA, WSOP, WPT, Chapelle's Show, PBS, Scientific American Frontiers, NOVA, Charlie Rose, How It's Made, Cash Cab.
Books:
I literally only read in between moments of illiteracy. Harrington on Hold 'Em, Caro's book on poker tells, The Theory of Poker, History of Modern Art, It's Not About the Bike, The Triathlete's Training Bible. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, The Secret, Peace is Every Step, Teachings on Love, The Stone Boy, The Tao of Pooh.
Heroes:
Jesus of Nazareth...
Leonardo da Vinci...
Jackie Robinson
...and the person(s) who invented "The Transformers."
