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About Me

Born and raised in Hialeah, FL. Had a great time, but was glad to leave. And now I reside in the Pines. I'm surrounded by a wonderful family, and next to them, Rock, Jazz, and music in general really keep me going day to day. I'm a Sax player, and am an all round nice guy. Unless of course, you really anger me, then I'm fully I'm a regular Mr. Angry face.
Really. Besides that, i'm just jolly!

Liberal Tree Hugger huh? Hit me and see what happens? :) I'm political, historical, and mean. And I think some of my ppl on here really take waayyy too many pictures of themselves. I mean really!
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Our Wedding Day. Me & Anna Janina Jedlinski - And NO! I am not angry int he picture; just overclemped. Go ahead, talk amongst yourselves.
Cliff 'Angelo' Fresquet (3rd from right) and me, with the Inside. circa 1997 L to R: Omar Garcia, Fernando Sanchez, Eduardo Cure, Cliff Fresquet, and Jorge Gonzalez.
Hell On Earth IV - Europe 1999. Me in France. They have really cool cars, along with a few other things. there.

C'est mes deux filles! Kaitlyn et Sophie.
Hell On Earth III - Virginia - 1998 This was day 1 of a planned 3 day camp out that was to make the 1st. part of our trip. There never was a day 2 or 3. There was only suffering and death. Thus all my trips are called HELL ON EARTH! From L to R: Jeremy Zeigler, Garry Hayden, Gene Eisele, Me.

St. Augustine, Fl. - Post Show Rockin w The Inside. From L to R: Mario Castro, in the car struggling is Omar Garcia(The Brand), Fernando Sanchez (Volumen Cero), Me, Jorge Gonzalez (Jorges), and Drago Strahija.
HML Trojan Marching Band -circa Oct. 10th, 1991 - Front Row, L to R: Sandy Gomez, Judy Avinoa, Phoebe Wallace, Louis Grass, Gus Clark, Ozzy A Reyes, Lily Fernandez, 2nd Row, far right: Carmen Valdez

One Christmas Day - L to R: Nephew Sean Patrick, mY 2 Girls Kaitlyn & Sophie, and a very tired me.
Just a Florida girl; Christina Model:

My Interests

Music, Art, History, and Politics. Oh and dwarfish shade tress. ..
Long May You Reign!

If you can name this band, then you are definitely an old school Rock fan. I mean, they are only arguably the greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time!

I almost feel bad for this guy... he's like a hapless little puppy, with huge teeth.

This what being a Network Administrator is like. Please watch the video. You'll especially like it, if u r in the IT field, AND if you have seen Platton (the Vietname War movie by Oliver Stone) The last few seconds are great, notice the similarity to this pic:

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"The benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized, what a bummer
The world keeps getting dumber
Insensitivity is standard
And faith is being fancied over reason
The Idiots have Taken Over." NOFX

Below are some reasons for guys to love the World Cup. Nascar Aint got nothing on it.

I'd like to meet:

Cool Moe Dee, Freddy Mercury, Gooey Louie (the Garbage Pail Kid), Jesus Christ, President Bill Clinton, Sitting Bull, Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, Joseph of Arimethea, General Napoleon Bonaparte, General Patton, Abraham Lincoln, Bruce Dickinson, Eddy Vedder, Thucydides, Plato, Moses, any of the Spartan Kings, Alexander the Great, Senator John Kerry, Jeff Buckley, Charlie Parker, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Bruce Lee, a real Viking (not is berserk mode, and safely behind bars), President John and Senator Bobby Kennedy, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Dr. Martin Luther King, William Wallace, King Harold II, William the Conqueror, Hillary Clinton, Amelia Earnheart, any hero of ww2, Panzer General Rommel, Leonardo Davinci, the real King Arthur, Spartacus, Christopher Columbus, Geronimo, Nostrodamus, John Lenon, Tolkien, Shakespeare, Hannibal of Carthage, Al Gore, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, George Washington, and I'm sure many more.

Music:

Always a changing list. But a recent blog made me think about bands that I can say have actually had an affect on my life. They are, in no particular order: Pearl Jam, Queen, Radio Head, Iron Maiden, old Metallica, Pink Floyd, Rush and The Inside.Bands I think rock: Just too many to mention. Jazz is the king of cool, and classical is mathematical. I'm also a fan of some locally grown music that has had some far reaching success.!
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Paquito D' Rivera - Internationally Recognized Virtuoso Saxophonist & Clarinetist. A cure for those things melancholy.

Movies:

Foreign movies are excellent! Watching a good foreign film, is akin to curling up to a good book; I find you can really get into the characters, the plots, the places even. Well, moving on, as for my list of movies, here it is:
Lost in Translation, Sex and Lucia, The Stoned Age, Cyranno de Bergerac w/ Gerard DePardieu, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, A Clockwork Orange, Shakespeare In Love, Saving Private Ryan, The Life Aquatic, Napoleon Dynamite, Gettysburg, The Unforgiven, Blazing Saddles, LOTR, Narnia - Lion Witch and Wardrobe,French Films, L' Auberge espagnole, La Cage Aux Folles, AND a few others. ..

Television:

Well I DON'T watch American Idol, or Dancing with the stars or whatever, or the Bachelor, or any of these other ridiculous "this is what's wrong w America" programs and sitcoms. Now that that is out of the way, I am a Seinfeld, and Will and Grace Fan. Yes, I did say Will and Grace. ..

Books:

Too many I've read, too many still to read, but The Wheel of Time series stands out! and Shogun! I really don't read enough.

Heroes:

My Dad. Spartacus...

My Blog

Is Delusional Behavior Forgivable?

All of us know that one person, that single acquaintenance, that rare but not unheard of person, that while being a very loving, or nice, good hearted, or whatever other positive trait you can attrib...
Posted by Ozzy on Thu, 31 May 2007 03:39:00 PST

Can Love Truley Be Forever? Really Now, Can It?

Ok, of course I believe Love can be forever. But really, in only a relative way. I mean like look, you all know I love my 2 girls. I will love them forever. I mean really, forever. To say that I'd jum...
Posted by Ozzy on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:27:00 PST

The Chains are Off....

The Chains of financial depravity, unwelcome, ongoing, and uncertain idleness, and personal ineptitude are at last, at long last loosening their hold on my consciousness. It's unbelievable; what an em...
Posted by Ozzy on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST

And so it comes to pass...

So my wife says, "Ozzy, you better take me to the hospital."I'm like, "are you sure?"She gives me the Bruce Lee death stare.We're off!
Posted by Ozzy on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:58:00 PST

Los Girasoles de Van Gogh

Tuesday, Oct. 24th. 8am.The first cold day of this year's South Fl. winter? Its cold almost... the breeze is very cool and sharp, invigorating as it swoops through my car windows while I drive through...
Posted by Ozzy on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:59:00 PST

Maynard Ferguson - 1928 - 2006

I just wanted my friends to know, that one of my strongest loves and inspirations in the Jazz world, has passed away. Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet King and Virtuoso of the Upper Registers, has joined th...
Posted by Ozzy on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:39:00 PST

So we found out on Tuesday...

Ok We're having..... Another Girl! Now yes, I was kind of hoping for a boy. His name would have been Spartacus, he would have learned fencing (that's sword fighting) by age 3, learned things...
Posted by Ozzy on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:50:00 PST

Who Is Ultimately Responsible for Our Losses in Iraq?

I ask that question; who is ultimately responsible for every soldier we lose in Iraq? Is it the terrorist scum? That is not too complicated a question for me, and its not a simple one either. I mean o...
Posted by Ozzy on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:27:00 PST

Ok, so I got the news...

I declare, before all who may read this, the following:If it is a boy, he shall be named Spartacus!It is a good and strong, worthy name. So it shall be written, so it shall be done.Thank YouOzzy R....
Posted by Ozzy on Wed, 10 May 2006 12:40:00 PST