I'd like to meet:
I want to meet other musicians that like big band swing. Practicing sax is great and all, but gets boring. I'd like to find others that want to play in a band and perform. Writers players are all good.
Music:
deffinately swing music is my favorite music. but also like rock, country, blues, RnB and well you get the idea. Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstron, Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies are just a few of my favorite bands.
Movies:
pretty much action, musical and comedy are the things I like here. But I'm usually up for watching what ever, there are few movies that i just didn't couldn't stand all the way to the end. Best movie, the Blues Brothers 1 and 2000, I loved Chicago (the music kinda got me there) and there are just too many comedies where I laughed my a$$ off to mention.
Books:
mostly I like to read for pleasure. My favorite series is the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, and any of the authors for Forgotten Realms.
Heroes:
This one is pretty easy, would have to be my Grandpa Jimmy. I can easily blame him for my love of music, having taken the time to join the Army for a few years, and just sharing his experiances with me so I could learn and hopefuly be a man he can be proud of. He was the sort of guy that very obviously loved God, Life, and his family. A natural story teller and while some of his stories where true (always had to ask Grandma which ones where) but he always said "never let the truth stand in the way of a good story" which we all laugh about to this day. His way of just enjoying life was always infectious, and he was always happy to be the driver for all the kids when I was in high school and on the day he died I was far from the only one that cried at my school. So yeah Jimmy Merkel was definately my hero.