I work hard, party hard and go to bed early. I'm a member of the minority group known as "people who party but have deadly-accurate memories."
I won't add your band or your slut profile, sorry.
Longevity, self-sufficient lifestyles, taking the train, pounding on bars, Irish whiskey, strong coffee, Thomas guides. good beer, Pasadena and Northeast L.A., riding my bicycle, local history, kooky attic rooms with clipped ceilings, melting pots, exotic food, making horrible jokes about serious matters, reading maps, old friends, conservation, the metro, gardening, the adventures of Joe and Christie, fart jokes, sustainable punk rock.
People who want to come together and wreck shop for the betterment of society.
Screeching Weasel, Jawbreaker, the Potatomen, Crimpshire, Pinhead Gunpowder, the Pharcyde, Outkast, the Roots, the Pixies, Joni Mitchell, Isaac Hayes, the Replacements, the Adolescents, X, the Eels, local bands, the Cramps, Agent 99, Hepcat, the Slackers, Joy Division, Rites of Spring, I could go on
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Airplane!, China Town, The Naked Gun, Superbad, The Big Lebowski, Reality Bites, Taxi Driver, Swingers, Quinceanera, Mi Vida Loca, the Salton Sea, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Royal Tenenbaums, others
I don't watch T.V.
I LOVE books about Los Angeles history, commentary, and crises. Also: Thomas Pynchon, JD Salinger, Etgar Keret, CD Payne, porn stars' autobiographies (Jenna Jameson, Traci Lords), Some Kurt Vonnegut, Philip Roth, Haruki motherfucking Murakami, Kobo Abe, Sylvia Plath, Ben Weasel, Please Kill Me, thomas guides, you get it...
I don't really have any "heroes," but I would love have a beer and chit-chat with the following people: Dr. Dre, Richard G. Lillard, Lexington Steele, and Adam Carolla.