I (try) to live by a few (self-imposed) rules: live and experience all that you can while you're here, strive to be a better person each day by always learning from mistakes, never deny yourself out of fear, always remember that no matter how sure you are, you may be wrong or ignorant. If I had any tattoos they would probably be of those four things (Momento style that'd be fuckin' badass).
I'm headed to England to study psychology with a focus on the psychology of music next year. So I would probably have to say music is what most of my life revolves around now (that and all the logistical bullshit involved in moving across the sea). I play poker for work (yes, thats all I do), which is great sometimes and completely and utterly sucks the rest of the time.
There's waaay too much for me to say in such a small space and i'm already rambling. One day I may be riding a motorcycle too fast to be safe (fast enough to have fun) after a poker tournament (I won, hopefully), on my way to see an art exhibit or an indie movie by myself in hollywood (everyone says they are into art but so few are actually down to go see it) but first stopping to buy a book on political theory or cognitive neuroscience (I like books), remember I have no room for a book (motorcycle remember?) get distracted by something shiny then go bar hop on sunset till 2am. Maybe thats not a TYPICAL day but they do happen. So what does this little story mean? Uhhh, I really have no clue but basically i'm random and eclectic. I assure you, there may be a method to my madness.
I'd like to meet:
Nobody, i'm a dry bitter husk of a human being. And yes, it is lonely in my little tower.
Nothing else to see, rock on!
Music:
Lots, music is a huge part of my life. I'm open almost any style or genre, excepting modern country, to which I am violently allergic. My music collection is borderline insane in size, but there's alot of great stuff out there and I don't want to miss any of it. A good third of it is rock, but aside from that I have a bunch of other things. Everything from Wu-tang to The Beatles, DJ Tiesto to Mozart. If you were to open my itunes and play it from top to bottom, it would take getting close to *updated* 75 days (failed hardrive FUCK!!! ) to play from top to bottom, so now you know why I don't actually list anything in this box.
I've recently been trying to determine if I have musical talent, therefore I have a great admiration/awe/envy for it when I hear it. You can find it in alot of places but lets be perfectly honest, there's alot of crap out there. In fact, most music is repetitive uncreative uninspired formulaic trash, but god it's great to hear the good stuff when it comes along. Some people say I'm a little bit of a music snob, but I'm not too caustic about it and generally keep it to myself.
Movies:
My entire family is big into movies (my sister is a director), I've been watching movies movies movies my entire life. Like seriously, I've seen a really sad amount of movies. It would take more time than I want to devote to myspace to type out all of my favorites. Of course I watch and love the artsy film stuff like most filmy people, but I'm also down for a good stupid movie most of the time. Not every movie has to be a piece of highbrow art. My dvd collection is pathetic becuase I keep waiting stupidly for HD-DVD's that will never come to buy.
I'm a little bit more of a film snob than a music snob (see music) but I think thats because my sister is a filmmaker and we've always critiqued movies. The rule among my friends is I'm not allowed to talk about a movie after we get out of one, and I live with it. Of course, they are dead wrong most of the time :)
Television:
Not too much, I mostly watch movies on hobo or whatever. Aside from that, my taste is (like in most everything else) pretty eclectic. I like most of the standard stuff everyone our age loves (simpsons, family guy, chappelle show ect...) minus 95% of MTV. Then just throw a bunch of random stuff and stir.
My general opinion is that TV is the modern day equivalent of a carnival barker, keeping your eyeballs focused on the tube for the commercial break. The quality reflects. Of course, it is capable of occasionally rising above that, or sometimes I just wanna be hustled.
Books:
I read too much, there is constantly a large pile of books stalking me, near my bed, in my car ect... For instance, 1/6 of my suitcase on my trip to Europe was books, seriously like who the fuck does that? But at least I know alot of stuff because of it.
Heroes:
A hero is someone who does what is right with no thought to reward. The world is full of heroes, small and large. But the world has far more villains.
