Writing: travel essays, poems, poetry. Reading: comic books, comics, zines. Zinestsers. Self publishing, photography, travel photography, comix, zines. MoCCA - The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Zoology (sharks and stingrays are cool). Literature. National parks, you know, some hiking and stuff like that. Bowling, volleyball, day hikes. Strange things. Brain matter.
I'd like to meet:
Down to earth people who are intelligent and fun to hang out with and talk with. Geeks and semi-nerds. If even I wanna laugh at you, then you might be too much of a dork, even for me to hang out with.See my ever rotating cast of the top 16. I rotate them so everyone, well, most everyone, can get the spotlight from time to time.NEW SECTION! Mostly independent comic book creators.
Music:
Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews Band, Johnny Cash, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, U2 and many more. Many film scores and soundtracks: Kill Bill, The Professional, Cowboy Bebop, and many more.
Movies:
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, American Psycho, Bad(der) Santa, Batman, Batman Begins, Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremecy, Children of Men, A Clockwork Orange, A Christmas Story, Richard Elfman's Forbidden Zone, Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2, Lawrence of Arabia, Leon: The Professional, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Predator, Predator 2, Pink Floyd the Wall, Reservior Dogs, Serenity, The Shining, Sling Blade, Spies Like Us, Star Wars Original Trilogy (non-SE), Trading Places, Walk the Line, X2: X-Men United
Television:
I don't own a TV anymore, so I rarely catch any of these shows in the living room these days. Nature Documentries, Animal Planet, Wild Boyz, Viva La Bam, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Firefly, That '70s Show, NOVA, Married With Children, No Reservations with Anothony Bourdain, Roseanne, Third Rock from the Sun, The Tick, News Radio. Animation: Aeon Flux, Cowboy Bebop, Exo-Squad, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Berserk, Ghost in the Shell, Batman the animated series, Sueperman the animated series, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, The Tick, X-Men. Adult Swim: Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Boondocks, Venture Brothers.
Books:
The Exes, Spinsters, - Pagan Kennedy, Blue Highways, - William Least Heat Moon (this should be read by anyone who travels the U.S.), The Clitoral Truth, Dune, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Great Gatsby, Howard Zinn on History, Jurassic Park, King Lear, Lord of the Flies, The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers, Men and Cartoons, The Nikopol Trilogy, - Enkil Bilal, Suicide Girls, The Toughest Indian in the World, Ten Little Indians, Sherman Alexie, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, - David Sedaris.Currently reading: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Frank Miller's Ronin, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Henry IV Part 1, The Trouble with Girls, Persepolis 2, Ten Little Indians, Tracks, Lone Wolf & Cub, volume 2.
Heroes:
Howard Zinn, Hunter S Thompson (rest in pieces you bastard, why!?!), Jon Stewart, and Steve Colbert. AND of course Warren Ellis for finally writing me back personally and calling me "Freak..." Awesome! And now he's wished me a happy birthday!
