Comic books. Politics. Baseball. Movies. Eco-adventure. Video games. Vegan food. God awful cheesy radio pop music. People that I am humbled by.
I just want the world to be a better place because I was in it.
I want to do some good in the world. Is that too much for me to ask? Because it isn't too much for me to try and do.
I believe that a great life is measured not by the breaths you have taken, but the times your breath was taken away.
Oh, and then there is this.
I'd like to meet:
I was looking forward to meeting my daughter. Now that she is here, I can just look at her as much as I want.
This video was shot 2 years ago at the Syracuse Sing-A-Long. This is a show where bands are only allowed to play cover songs. I wrote this speech from a place of honesty. Take it to your heart. It came from mine.
Music:
Earth Crisis, Onelinedrawing, Far, Quicksand, Into Another, Sensefield, Between The Buried and Me, The Cure, Keane, Sick Of It All, Freya, Gratitude, Path of Resistance, One King Down, Incubus, Weezer, Avail,
Sunny Day Real Estate, U2, Refused, Brandtson, When Tigers Fight, Purification, Go Sailor, I Am Idaho, Anti-Flag, Bic Runga, Coldplay, The Promise, Rancid, Slayer, Terror, Morrissey, Thrice, If Hope Dies, Mates of State, Integrity, Flogging Molly, Tori Amos, Shades Apart, Living Sacrifice, Orange 9mm, Life of Agony, Justin Timberlake, Piebald, Face To Face, Chorus of Disapproval, CIV, Open Hand, The Misfits, Turmoil, Black Train Jack, Rocking Horse Winner, Homesick For Space, Goldfinger, Hot Water Music, Hooverphonic, Toad The Wet Spocket, H20, Pennywise (first 3 albums, please).
I am into urban as well. Notorious Big, Tupac, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Angie Martinez, Mya, Jill Scott, The Roots, Ice Cube, Ice T, Common, Rapheal Saadiq, Johnny Gill, New Edition, Redman, Sugar Hill Gang, Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, Jay-Z.
Lately I have been gravitating towards Michael Buble, but I adore Frank Sinatra and the rat pack, so it was inevitable that the modern day crooners would be on my list.
Old 80's glam like Skid Row, Poison, the Crue. Love that stuff.
Texas is the Reason used to be among my favorites, but some fucking poser ruined them for me recently. (Thanks Oren!) NO. REALLY. THANK YOU OREN!
Movies:
The Shawshank Redemption, Rushmore, Stand By Me, Goodfellas, The Breakfast Club, Good Will Hunting, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Lost Highway, The Usual Suspects, 40 Year Old Virgin, V for Vendetta, The Constant Gardener, Falling Down, True Romance, 25th Hour, Casino, In America, Sin City, 21 Grams, I Spit On Your Grave, Rounders, Some Mother's Son, Lord Of The Flies, La Hein, I Heart Huckabees, Seven, Platoon, Transformers The Movie, In The Name Of The Father, The Sixth Sense, Mean Girls, Closer, Unbreakable, Swimming Pool, He Got Game, Lost In Translation, Wonderland, Batman Begins, Abre Los Ojos, Nightmare on Elm Street, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Return To Paradise, Papillon, Boiler Room, Eyes Wide Shut, Boogie Nights, The Cooler, Heat, Devil's Advocate, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill (both of em!) and no self respecting dude would leave Fight Club off the list, right?
Star Wars and The Godfather films have been blowing my mind since I was old enough to watch movies. Oh, and The Sandlot. I gave a beat up old copy to someone special because I love her and I wanted her to have it. To my surprise, she had grown up promising herself that she would marry the boy that came along and shared that movie with her. It will always be special to me, and so will every single cinematic frame we ever shared.
Television:
Twin Peaks, (She's dead. Wrapped in plastic.) The Sopranos, (Psychiatry and cunnilingus brought us to this point.) Rome, (Long live Titus Pullo and the 13th legion!), Lost, (Don't tell me what I can't do!), Six Feet Under, (Is that what you Quakers do, fuck someone's husband to death and bring them a quiche?) Grey's Anatomy, Oz, Tales From The Crypt, The Batman Animated Series, America's Next Top Model (guilty pleasure) Nip/Tuck, HBO Real Sports, Masters of Horror, Odds are my TV is on the YES network during baseball season, and ESPN at night. I watch a lot of true crime/History Channel stuff, and I am a bit of a mob historian, so any tv documentaries or specials on that topic.
"What ever happened to Gary Cooper? Ya know, the strong, silent type."
Books:
I am possibly the biggest comic book dork you have ever met. Seriously. Ask me anything about comics. I love em! Batman, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Sin City, 100 Bullets, Green Arrow, Liberty Meadows, Y the Last Man, Birds of Prey, New Avengers, The Ultimates, Young Avengers, Fantastic Four. If I have not convinced you that I am a total nerd yet, give me some time. I will make you a believer! Dorks unite!
Heroes:
I grew up admiring the heroes of comic books. I always wanted to grow up and be a costumed crime-fighter. I suppose I have to grow up first. I guess I just think that everyone should be in touch with their inner super-hero.
