Composing and recording original music; music production work; reading literate periodicals (like "The Economist"); reading puerile periodicals (like "Maxim"); dissecting and analyzing corporate America's most egregious shenanigans; making things with wood and metal and mirror glass and sound.
HEY BUFFY/CINDEE/ETC.-- YOU DON'T THINK I'M CUTE AND I WON'T CHAT WITH YOU VIA YOUR PAY-PORN-WEBCAM. SO THERE!
**PLEASE NOTE** If I don't already know you personally, send me a brief Message in addition to (or instead of) an Add Request. I don't add people I don't know, or wouldn't want to. Call me an old-school prick, but that's how I roll, G.
**ALSO NOTE** Imposters will be dealt with extremely harshly; this may include the use of acerbic taunts, voodoo and telekinetically leveraged karmic retribution. There you have it.
I enjoy connecting with people who can discern style from pretense, wit from sarcasm, and loyalty from co-dependence. People who own suits but still peruse the clearance rack. People who laugh heartily but speak with "indoor voices" and appropriate facial affect. People who can balance their geniuses (and foibles) with their social skills.
My musical loves are truly all over the map (leaving some folks aghast at seeing Megadeth near Joni Mitchell on my CD shelf). Random picks-- Tosca, King's X, Ozric Tentacles, Pungent Stench and Owsley.
Tampopo, Requiem for a Dream, The Name of The Rose, Spinal Tap, Putney Swope, Hated [G.G. Allin documentary], Waking Ned Devine, The Ring, Wedding Crashers, Harry Potter, The Matrix and other disparate flicks.
The original "CSI" series (William Petersen et al) is a favorite. Right now "DesignStar" is on my short list of worthy programs, and certainly "Real Time with Bill Maher" is a treat as well.
Any work of non-fiction that provokes thought and discussion. "The Myth of Male Power" and "Who Stole Feminism?" are two favorites for this reason. I will sometimes read fiction, but only if it's really off the wall (Murakami's "A Wild Sheep Chase" comes to mind).
I'm better at identifying villians (the names will be changed, to protect the guilty). Heroes (especially people we've actually met, and uphold as inspirations) tend to topple easily or age poorly. I think it's heroic simply to be a true individual in this day and age.