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Robert

Club Sandwhiches Not Seals

About Me

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The boys are thirsty in ATL.
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Nikita on top of Cold Mountain
I'm working on posting all of my pictures from the autoshow and Easter to the zoto gallery.
Maybe it's time I update this profile.
How about a little biographical info to start things off. I'm Robert, but Rob, Robbie, or James works just as well. I'm not going to tell you my last name because frankly I don't trust you. I'm from the peaceful suburban town of Chatham NJ, the epitome of suburban bliss. For the past couple of years I've lived in the charming town of Blacksburg, Virginia. I currently work for the VTPD.
I love all kinds of outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, and especially running. When fall comes I’ll be found at Hokie football games. I'm a news junkie. I like to know what's going on in the world and hope to be able to steer things in the right direction what little bit I can. I'm also a vault of useless information. At this point I feel like I know at least something about everything, which leaves me open to hear an expert opinion no matter what the subject might be.
Everyone loves pictures and you can find more of mine at
http://rkrickus.zoto.com/galleries
You Should Learn French
C'est super! You appreciate the finer things in life... wine, art, cheese, love affairs.
You are definitely a Parisian at heart. You just need your tongue to catch up... What Language Should You Learn?
You Are 58% New Jersey! You've definitely got some Jersey in you. Congratulations, it's a great thing to be. However you're score could certainly be a lot higher!
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You Are 96% North Jersey

You are totally North Jersey! You really know the area and have Jersey pride. Chances are you just got back from being down the shore! Unless you're taking this test in wintertime in which case you just got back from Christmas shopping in Paramus. Unless it's Sunday, in which case... Hey how come I didn't see you in church today? =P
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I'm only 58% Jersey, but I'm all North Jersey!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

• People to go hiking with
• People to go skiing with
• People to go biking with
• People to go running with
• People to go caving with
• People to go swimming with
• People to watch comedy with
• People to watch football with
• People to watch baseball with
• People to watch TV with, but not too much cause it will rot your brain
• People to watch hockey with
• People to play hockey with
• People to play tennis with, but not too good
• People to play nurse with
• People to teach me
• People who like dogs
• People who like to travel
• People who like coffee and/or tea
• People who like to discuss politics
• People who like to discuss politics while drinking coffee and/or tea
• People who like to bask in the sun
• People who like children, but not Michael Jackson
• People who like cars
• People who like motorcycles
• People who like planes
• People who like going fast
• People who enjoy the simple pleasure of floating down a river
• People who enjoy it more when there is whitewater
• People who enjoy good movies
• People who love foreign food
• People who love spicy food
• People who love bullet lists
• People who love life
• People who love me

Music:

..So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. - Aaron Copland

Movies:

Charlie Wilson's War - 3/10/2008
The Kite Runner - 3/3/2008
Once - 3/1/2008
Sweeney Todd - 2/25/2008
Juno - 2/21/2008
Charlie Bartlett - 2/10/2008
No Country for Old Men - 1/31/2008
Grindhouse - 2/2/2008
Short Bus - 1/27/2008
Cloverfield - 1/26/2008
Transformers - 1/25/2008
Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift - 1/24/2008
300 - 1/23/2008
Hot Fuzz - 1/23/2008
Zoolander - 1/22/2008
Starship Troopers - 1/22/2008
The Simpson's Movie - 1/21/2008
I'm Not There - 1/20/2008
Enchanted - 1/13/2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 12/30/2007
I Am Legend - 12/29/2007
Bee Movie - 12/27/2007
Futurama: Bender's Big Score - 12/26/2007
The Darjeeling Limited - 12/6/2007
Michael Clayton - 11/28/2007
Superbad - 11/22/2007
Knocked Up - 11/22/2007
Into the Wild - 11/17/2007
Eastern Promises - 11/12/2007
Airplane - 11/9/2007
The 11th Hour - 10/25/2007
Black Snake Moan - 8/5/2007
The Good Shepard - 8/2/2007
Sideways - 6/23/07
Flags of our Fathers - 6/19/07
Even Almighty - 6/15/2007
Shrek the Third - 5/31/2007
October Sky - 5/27/2007
Ray - 5/26/2007
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - 5/20/2007
Diarios de motocicleta - 5/20/2007
Citizen Kane - 5/15/2007
The Ex - 5/8/2007
Spiderman 3 - 5/7/2007
Anchorman - 5/6/2007
Breakfast at Tiffany's - 5/4/2007
Taxi Driver - 5/3/2007
Casino Royale - 5/2/2007
Spiderman 2 - 4/30/2007
8 Mile - 3/31/2007
Chinatown - 3/26/2007
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle - 3/24/2007
Dodgeball - 3/23/2007
Last King of Scotland - 3/22/2007
American Graffiti - 3/18/2007
Pan's Labyrinth - 3/8/2007
Network - 3/7/2007
Annie Hall - 2/25/2007
Clerks II - 2/16/2007
Volver - 2/8/2007
Fast Food Nation - 1/25/2007
Shut Up & Sing - 1/18/2007
Happy Feet - 12/22/2006
Little Miss Sunshine - 10/6/06
Quinceanera - 10/5/06
Who Killed the Electric Car - 9/21/06
Scoop - 9/14/06
Monster House - 9/7/06
A Scanner Darkly - 8/31/06
An Inconvenient Truth - 8/24/06
Wordplay - 8/17/06
Over the Hedge - 8/10/06
A Prairie Home Companion - 8/3/06
Cars - 7/20/06
Water - 7/13/06
Hard Candy - 7/6/06
Why We Fight - 6/27/06
Notorious Bettie Page - 6/22/06
Akeelah and the Bee - 6/15/06
friends with money - 6/8/06
..The Omen - 6/6/06..
Tsotsi - 5/18/06
V for Vendetta - 5/11/06
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story - 4/27/06
World's Fastest Indian - 4/20/06
Block Party - 4/9/06
Transamerica - 4/5/06
Match Point - 3/30/06
Capote - 3/1/06
Syriana - 1/25/06
Everything is Illuminated - 1/5/06
Memoirs of a Geisha -
Jarhead - 12/6/05
A History of Violence - 12/1/05
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 11/21/05
Something with a plot and good acting, such as: Usual Suspects, Kevin Smiths Jersey Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy (the original ones), The Big Labowski, Office Space, Goonies, Heat, Ronin, Alien, Aliens, Seven Year Itch, Citizen Kane, Fargo, Serpico, God Father, Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter, The Shining, One Who Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Clock Work Orange, 2001, Space Balls, Braveheart, Princess Bride, Slap Shot, Easy Rider, Unforgiven, Spiderman, Matrix, American History X, LOTR trilogy, Schindlers List, Pulp Fiction, Dr. Strangelove, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Memento, 12 Monkeys, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, Fight Club, Taxi Driver, Dog Days Night, Se7en, Blade Runner, The Bridge over the River Kwai, The Great Escape, L.A. Confidential, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Reservoir Dogs, Annie Hall, The Sixth Sense, Full Metal Jacket, Terminator trilogy, Gladiator, Trainspotting, Snatch, Planet of the Apes (the original one with Chuck Cold Dead Hand Heston), and probably a couple of others.

Television:

BSG, PTI, Colbert Report, Rescue Me, Meet the Press, NOVA, Long Way Down, Top Gear, The Office, Sopranos, Doctor Who, Twilight Zone, South Park.

Books:

Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer 10/9/2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling 7/29/2007
A Briefer History of Time - Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow 4/14/06
Nine Stories - J.D. Salinger 2/5/06
Robert E. Lee - James I. Robertson Jr. 1/31/06
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 12/16/05
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson 12/6/05
Jarhead - Anthony Swofford - 11/30/05
A Man Without A Country - Kurt Vonnegut - 11/24/05

Heroes:

My Family, Carroll Shelby, Sabine Schmitz, Morgan Freeman (how can you not like the guy?), Steven Hawking, Lincoln

My Blog

Best Films of 2007

A compilasion of best film lists for 2007. Roger Ebert  - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20 071220/COMMENTARY/176124809 JunoNo country for Old MenBefore the D...
Posted by Robert on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:56:00 PST

10 Habits of Highly Effective Brains

From Alvero Fernandez and posted in "The Huffington Post". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alvaro-fernandez/10-habits-of- highly-effec_b_77369.html 1. Learn what is the "It" in "Use It or Lose It". A ...
Posted by Robert on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:59:00 PST

100 Greatest Movies

The American Film Institute's 2007 list of the top-100 American movies: 1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.*             2. "The Godfather," 1972.*  3. "Casabla...
Posted by Robert on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:13:00 PST

Road to Salvation

Seeing the automobile as an occasion for sin the Vatican issued ten commandments for drivers.  1. You shall not kill.2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of ...
Posted by Robert on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:40:00 PST

100 words you should know

Editors of American Heritage dictionary compiled 100 words they feel every high school graduate should know.  I certianly have some research to do to fullfill thier hope.  http://www.houghto...
Posted by Robert on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:10:00 PST

1/2 Marathon Training Schedule

Thanks to http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=97RW's 10-week sub-1:50 half-marathon schedulesBy Bruce Tulloh -->Title: 10-week sub-1:50 half-marathon schedules Standfirst: Author: Bruc...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:58:00 PST

Vanity Plate

The graceless crunching of my front license plate conveniently coincided with the need to renew my registration.  Virginia only charges $10/yr to personalized plates so I decided to give that a...
Posted by Robert on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:33:00 PST

Trips for 06/07

In case you want to know this is my tentative trip schedule for the year.  April 13th 16th NJ for Easter and NYC on the 15th for the auto show.http://www.autoshowny.com/May 27th-28th W...
Posted by Robert on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:22:00 PST

Bill of Rights, D'oh

A recent study show's American's are more familiar with the Simpsons and American Idol then they are the Bill of Rights.  It's hard for us to defend our rights if we don't even know what they are...
Posted by Robert on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:14:00 PST

The Greatest Game

Twenty five years ago today a miracle happened. Twenty amateur hockey players went up against the best of the Soviet Union. The Soviets had won gold in every Olympics since 1964 and there was no...
Posted by Robert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST