1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
Respect for self,
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
"The value of myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity." (C.S. Lewis)
Film and music. Creativity. Wisdom. True Happiness. The meaning of life.
"The glory of God is man fully alive." (Saint Irenaeus)
Growing spiritually, emotionally and mentally.
"You are never a great man when you have more mind than heart." (Beauchene)
Becoming a better person in everything I do.
"Somebody-or at least some force-is tending the light at the end of the tunnel."
I'd like to meet:
Life is who you choose to be, and if you're causin' no harm you're alright with me. Life is what I choose to do, and if I'm causin' no harm it shouldn't bother you.
Anyone who's life will be better for knowing me or mine could be better from knowing them.
Wes Anderson, Hunter S. Thompson, Tim Burton, William S. Burroughs, Jesus Christ, Batman, Darren Aronofski, Quentin Tarantino, Hype Williams, Rick Ruben, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Bob Dillon, Frank Miller, Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Spike Jonze, Johnny Depp, Chuck Pulahniuk, Guillermo Del Toro, Brett Easton Ellis, Russell Simmons, Dave Chappelle, Chris Cunningham, C.S. Lewis, Black Thought, Kanye West, Mos Def, Steven Colbert, John Lennon and George Harrison, King David, Charlie Kaufman, Orson Wells, Jack Karouak, Kevin Smith, ?uestlove, H.G. Wells, Fab Moretti, Common, Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson, Michel Gondry, Joel and Ethan Coen, Tom Hanks, Jim Morrison, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Richard D. James, John Stewart, Jon Gotti, Bill Cosby, Charlie Chaplin, Steve Buscemi, Joe Pesci, Pharrel, and on and on and on and on. And your mom.
"I hope that God forgive us, all of us sinners,
turn us back into beginners, put us up where the winners go.
Holy apartments in the gardens in which the rivers flow,
thank you for all your blessings and all of your miracles." (Lupe Fiasco)
Music:
Anything good, creative, well thought.
The Beatles, "Take these broken wings and learn to fly.", Ben Harper, "I am Blessed", Matisyahu, She Wants Revenge, Lupe Fiasco, "I fell asleep beneath the flowers, for a couple of hours, what a beautiful day.", Van Morrison, " We shall walk again", Mulletburger, David Grey, "Life in slow motion...", Dave Matthews, T.V. on the Radio, Iron and Wine, Snow Patrol, Plain White T's, The Roots, "...smokin' the 10th letter.", Snoop Doggy Dogg, She Wants Revenge, Pearl Jam, "...Bugs in the way I feel about you.", The Streets, Atmosphere, "You would respect the cock, whether or not you believed in it.", Venetian Snares, Jay-Z, "I had to get out tha boat so i could walk on water.", Beck, "Two white horses in a line.", Rage Against the Machine, "Now you do what they told you.", White Zombie, Black Eyed Peas, Marvin Gaye, Sepultura, Luke, T.I, Bright Eyes, "I wanna lover i don't have to love...", Neil Young, "Come a little bit closer...", Dr. Dre, Norah Jones, Elliot Smith, "Needle in the hay...", Al Green, "Let's stay together, loving you whether, whether, times are good or bad or happy or sad.", Usher, Rob Zombie, Robyn Thicke, White Stripes, "...won't you scare me up a little bit of love...", Busta Rhymes, "Even though we makin' money you can gimme some more...", Timberland, N.E.R.D. and Neptunes, "Your ass is a spaceship I want to ride.", Ice Cube, Gorillaz, "That's what you do baby, hold it down.", "Love forever love is free. Let's turn forever you and me." Del the Funky Homosapien, Common, "I just wanna BE.", "The kids smoke grass in grassless jungles.", A Perfect Circle, Scarface, "My block...", Mos Def, "I am, the most beautiful boogie man, the most beautiful boogie man.", NIN, "You are the perfect drug.", Bjork, The Strokes, "Is this it?", "Your life is changing lanes, you ran me off the road.", Flaming Lips, Nirvana, "Would you believe me when I tell you, your the queen of my heart?", Portishead, Radiohead, "Just cause you feel it, doesn't mean it's there.", Rolling Stones, "Please allow me to introduce myself...", Frank Sinatra, Ryan Adams, "Where do you go when your lonely, I'll follow you.", Three 6 Mafia, Jay-Z, "I hadda get off the boat so i could walk on water.", Killers, "I'm Mr. Brightside.", Bob Marley, "Don't worry, about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.", Franz Ferdinand, "You'll find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee.", Michael Jackson, "Don't stop till you get enough.", D.J. Screw, Queens of the Stoneage, "I can go, with the flow.", Stone Temple Pilots, CKY, John Lennon, "My love will turn you on.", Mark Mothersbaugh, Jack Johnson, "And there were so many fewer questions, when stars were just the holes to heaven.", Modest Mouse, "We'll all float on...", Loretta Lynn, Norfolk Company, Disposable Heroes of HipHopracy, Talking Heads, "Sugar on my tounge, she's gonna gimme gimme some, right there on my tounge.", Paul McCartney, "Everybody's gonna dance tonight...", Sublime, "Ain't got no quarrels with God...", Tool, Missy, Outkast, "As I sit in my B-Boy stance, with flip flops and socks, and sweat pants...", Moby, The Jackson Five, "Now that I see you in his arms.", "ooh ooh baby.", Coldplay, "Home, is where I wanted to go.", Loudin Wainwright III, "That's my daughter in the water...", David Bowie, "Your face to face with the man who sold the world.", Devo, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Cash, "Because your mine, I walk the line.", "Love is a burning thing...", Jon Brion, Beastie Boys, "Once again i'm all wrapped up in me, my best friends my own worse enemy.", "Kick off your shoes and relax your socks.", Clint Mansell, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, The Hives, "They tried to stick a dead body inside of me.", Danny Elfman, Jimi Hendrix, "I'm going down to shoot my old lady, you know I caught her messin' around with another man.", "There are many here among us, who would feel that life is but a joke.", Fatboy Slim, Sneaker Pimps, CCR, The Postal Service, " I am thinking it's a sign, that the freckle in our eyes are mirror images, and when we kiss, their perfectly aligned.", Daft Punk, Pink Floyd, Ludacris, "Head down...", Dead Prez, RZA, GZA, Henry Rollins, "Cause i'm a liar.", Tom Waits, "Would you sell me one of those if i shaved my head?", The Kinks, Danny Elfman, The Cure, "I've been waiting hours for this, I've made myself so sick...", Aqualung, Nas, Method Man, "I came to bring the pain hardcore to your brain...", James Blunt, Aphex Twin, "Come to daddy, come to daddy, come to daddy, come to daddy.", The Prodigy, Nelly, "Drop down and get yer eagle on girl.", Sufjan Stevens, "All things go...", Twista, "Get it wet...", Deftones, "I could float here forever...", Cypress Hill, "Well I'm an alley cat, some say a dirty rat, on my side is my gat, see I'm all of that...", Prince, "You sexy mother fucker." Trick Daddy, "You don't naan nigga...", Team Sleep, Biggie, Tupac, "We can't have peace til' the niggas get a piece too.", Foo Fighters, "Is someone getting the best of you?", Kanye West, "God show me the way because the devil's trying to break me down...I wanna talk to God but i'm afraid cause we ain't spoke in so long.", Talib Kweli, "You mean Talib lyrics stick to your ribs? I mean...", Eminem, "You gotta lose yourself in the moment...", Kings of Leon, "Rise and shine all you gold diggin' mothers, are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys.", and much much more.
Movies:
Pan's Labrynth, The Fountain, Goodfellas, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lucky number Sleven, Stranger Than Fiction, The Libertine, Perfume, Beerfest, The Departed, Pulp Fiction, Grindhouse, Thank You for Smoking, The Godfather, Casino, Unbreakable, The Darjeling Limited, There Will Be Blood, "I drink your milkshake, I drink it up.", The Kite Runner, Riegn Over Me, No Country for Old Men, I heart Huckabees, "How am I not myself?", Punch Drunk Love, I Think I Love My Wife, American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction, "Rock n' Roll.", Lady in the Water, The Prestiege, Go, The Big Labowski, "Nobody fucks with the Jesus!", Half Nelson, Mallrats, Black Snake Moan, Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Big Fish, Fargo, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, "Damn, we're in a tight spot.", Hustle -N- Flow, Natural Born Killers, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, The Corpse Bride, True Romance, Triplettes of Belleville, A Scanner Darkly, Where the Buffalo Roam, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman, "You ever danced with the Devil in the pale moon light?", Waking Life, Clerks, Finding Neverland, "Boys should never be sent to bed, they always wake up a day older.", Spanglish, Amelie, Insomnia, Office Space, "hmmmm, yeeahh...", City of God, Magnolia, "Respect the cock, tame the cunt.", Batman Begins, Requiem for a Dream, Brooklyn Babylon, Citizen Kane, "Rosebud.", Ladykillers, Pi, Super Troopers, "Good enough to fuck your mother!", Desperado, Spun, The Wall, Crash, Smokin' Aces, Half Baked, Rushmore, "Is that latin?", Raising Arizona, Dogma, Bottle Rockets, "You're out, and you're out too, and I don't think i'm in either.", The Doors, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dracula, Basketball Diaries, Mad Max, Full Metal Jacket, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zizzou, "Because I hated my father and I never wanted to be one.", Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back, Lost Boys, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, Unbreakable, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Momento, Matrix, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Sin City, "Kill em' for me Marv, kill em' good.", Snatch, "You like Dags?", Edward Scissorhands, Zodiac, Ed Wood, Cool World, Slingblade, Beetlejuice, "...chew on a dog now...", The Way of the Gun, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Dr. Strangelove, Boogie Nights, American Beauty, One Flew Over the Coo-Coo's Nest, Beach, Forrest Gump, Wizard of Oz, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrells, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Lost in Translation, The Usual Suspects, "Gimme the fucking keys, you fucking cocksucker, what the fuck!?", What Dreams May Come, Human Nature, Trainspotting, Being John Malkavich, Barton Fink, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Corpse Bride, Nacho Libre, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Sean of the Dead, The Animatrix, Napolean Dynamite, "But my lips hurt real bad.", A Clockwork Orange, "A bit of the ol' ultraviolence...", The Hudsucker Proxy, "You know, for the kids.", and on and on.
Television:
"Don't rush to get grown..."
Eli Stone (my favorite). Dexter. Arrested Development (funniest show ever). Flight of the Conchords. Scrubs. Dexter (very cool). Sometime I watch Lost. Daily Show and the Colbert Report. Reno 911. Halfway House. Everybody Loves Raymond, Planet Earth (freakin' amazing). Anything on Discovery or History. King of Queens. Dog the Bounty Hunter. Football. Or cartoons. Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Boondocks, Paranoia Agent, Robot Chicken, Space Ghost. My Name is Earl. Chappelle Show is hilarious. The Sarah Silverman Program.
"He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man."
Books:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Just read Screwjack.
On the Road by Jack Karouak.
Fight Club, Survivor, Choke, Invisible Monster, and all the other books by Chuck Palahniuk.
Where the Wild Things Are.
All books by Shel Silverstien. The Giving Tree.
Rules of Attraction by Brett Easton Ellis. I can't seem to finish American Psycho, it's hard as hell to read.
Big Fish...amazing!
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Waking the Dead by John Eldridge.
I'm getting into C.S. Lewis. I just got done reading The Great Divorce. The Screwtape Letters...so far so good.
A Divine Revelation of Hell.
Naked Lunch and My Education by William S. Burroughs. Word Virus is cool.
Comic Books...they're all good. I mean graphic novels, like Sin City, Batman, 300.
Just started The Motorcycle Diaries.
"If you lose your nerve before you hit bottom, you'll never succeed."
Heroes:
"Salvation hides in the last places you'll ever want to look."
Jesus Christ, King David, Pops, Batman, Marv (Sin City), Tyler Durden.
"The sin you do not destroy will destroy you."
