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About Me

Once again, a drastic re-working of my profile. Time for a change, right?My profile name and quote come from the classic song "Rocket Man" by one of my biggest idols, Elton John. Here's a great video of an amazing cover of that song:And here is the original, by the man himself:In case you couldn't tell, I'm gay, but there's so much more to me than my sexual orientation. I want to be a passionate artist. I'm also a procrastinator, which gets in the way of my being a passionate artist. I'm a Democrat and an Episcopalian. I do drag shows and teach Sunday School. I'm a musical theatre dork, owning over 460 Original Cast Recordings. My friends say I'm easy to buy gifts for. I'm an armchair philosopher. I want to write a book on Ethics in the Arts someday. I want to go back to school and get my PhD, just so people will call me Dr. Rockey. If you've read this far and still have questions, ask me.
You May Be a Bit Histrionic...
Dramatic and over the top, you crave attention.
And you'll do anything it takes to get noticed.
You love to be seductive, even when it's inappropriate.
If you're ignored, you're easily hurt ... and act out even more! What Personality Disorder Are You?

My Interests

I've got an opinion on just about everything. Some are insightful, but some are just plain bitchy.

I'd like to meet:

PLEASE READ THIS: I think that the internet is a remarkable tool for meeting new people and making connections, but I'm NOT interested in making all your friends jealous that you have SOOOOOO many myspace friends. I'm willing to add just about anyone, but if I DON'T know you from offline, you better send me an e-mail introducing yourself first! Okay?

Music:

I'm an expert in the sub-genre of Musical Theatre, but outside of that I have a lot less knowledge than most of the people I know. I tend to like most music, but I don't have insane depths of wisdom about all other genres. I just read this to my boss (He let's me update my myspace profile at work--Ain't he awesome?) and he says I'm underestimating myself. Maybe I know more than I thought I do.And, of course, I love anything by Men Alive: The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus:

Movies:

I've seen a lot. I've seen all of the AFI's "Top 100 Films" List, as well as most of the Best Picture nominees throughout Oscar history. I like all types of movies, because great storytelling isn't monopolized by one genre. My top five favorite films are "Waiting For Guffman", "Moulin Rouge", "The Producers", "Gone With the Wind", and "Beauty and the Beast".

Television:

I used to be a TV junkie. I'm better now, but I still watch my fair share. Lost, Desperate Housewives, Bones, 30 Rock, Simpsons. Lots of stuff.

Books:

My favorite book is Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. I also like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Ragtime by E.L. Doctrow, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Freidrich Nietsche, The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick, The Church and the Homosexual by Father John J. McNeill, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Harry Potter Series, Rhinocerous by Eugene Ionesco, anything by Shakespeare.

Heroes:

Batman is my favorite superhero. Having no super powers(Just a lot of money and toys), he's the only superhero I could ever hope to become someday.

My Blog

One Man. One Mission. Thousands of Movies.

I have recently been given a mission. This mission is to watch and review every film that has ever been nominated for an Oscar. Yes, EVERY film. Not just the winners, but all of them...
Posted by Rockey Man on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:57:00 PST

OSCAR NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!!!!

It is that time of year again--The nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards have been announced! I've only just looked at them, so I'm not going to make any predictions yet, but happily, I...
Posted by Rockey Man on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:29:00 PST

This is Glamour?

Okay, here's the deal--For reasons that I don't care to go into, I have been paying attention to the song "Glamorous" sung by everyone's favorite walking VD, Fergie! If fact, I've been paying a ...
Posted by Rockey Man on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:43:00 PST

Requiem for a Spider

Hello everyone. This is my Imaginary Monologue 2: Requiem for a Spider. REQUIEM FOR A SPIDERbyJeffery G. Rockey SETTING: A funeral. The small stage is bare except f...
Posted by Rockey Man on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:18:00 PST

Imaginary Monologue 1: Love Poem

I'm going to try something a little different today. This is what I call an "Imaginary Monologue". It is 100% made up. Not based on any real people or situations. It's just an ...
Posted by Rockey Man on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST

June 1, 1995! A day to remember!

Why is June 1, 1995 a day to remember, you ask? Well, I'll tell you. Two of my favorite blogs to write have been "In honor of 1206", honoring the 1206th view of my...
Posted by Rockey Man on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:07:00 PST

My 10 Favorite Movies

I LOVE movie lists. Seriously, they're one of my favorite things in the world. It doesn't even matter what the subject is. It could be "Top Ten Movies About Chickens" or "Fifteen mov...
Posted by Rockey Man on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:41:00 PST

The Family Way

I love Myspace. I really mean that. Myspace has allowed me to keep in contact with more people from my past than any other website or computer program. Programs l...
Posted by Rockey Man on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:24:00 PST

Superbad Memories of my Lost Youth

Well, I finally saw Superbad this weekend. It was as hot as the fires of Hell in my house and I needed to get out, so a drove my sweaty ass to the AMC 30 at the Block in Oran...
Posted by Rockey Man on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:22:00 PST

Why I love fringe cantidates.....

How it all began Last night I was at a dinner party. It was a group of people from my church, and, since we are all politically aware liberals, the subject eventually came to ...
Posted by Rockey Man on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:59:00 PST