My Morning Commute
(How I go to work each morning; yes--Winter, too)
...And how I will spend my remaining days
(BTW--I rode those same desert roads when I was stationed in Alamogordo, NM)
"Marriage is for those other guys."
-Mickey Rourke,
Harley Davidson the Marlboro Man
"Four wheels moves the body but two wheels moves the soul."
-Me
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MY LIFE, SUMMARIZED IN 3 EVENTS:
Now in painstaking detail...
* COMPUTING:
Dad got me on my first keyboard when I was five. I love online gaming and software engineeiring (Perl/CGI, HTML, Java, C++, MS VBA, assembly, etc.). If you really wanna turn me on, talk to me about cyberforensics, parallel/distributed programming, multi-objective evolutionary algorithms, war-driving, phishing, wireless, error troubleshooting, and good ol' fashioned network security...
"THE GEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH"
* IRON HORSEBACK RIDING:
You know--the kind with a Harley engine block--not a water bottle--between your legs... wearing leather...not spandex. It's my "iron horse of the apocalypse" and it's a part of me. My mount is a 2006 Harley-Davidson Air Force Fatboy Softail (see profile pics). The best riding I've ever had is in the mountains and sands of south New Mexico.
The truest meaning of "world peace": laying on your bike, watching a sunset from the beach while feeding the ducks
To me, ALL bikers are like military members: If you're one of them, then the rest are friends you haven't met yet. Guess I'll be spending the rest of my life "behind bars," so-to-speak.
The Indians call me "Dances with Bikers"!
"THE FREEWAY IS MY SONG"
-Great White
* STREET RUNNING: Get off that treadmill and into the great outdoors. It's more fulfilling and scenic to say you've run in the hundred degree heat of Del Rio, TX, the beaches of Bilxoi, MS, the mountains of Mountain Home (Idaho), the freezing blizzards of Chicago's "Lake Shore Drive", Osan, South Korea, Incirlik, Turkey, bla bla bla...
Click here to see me running
* CONSERVATISM AND WOMEN: I'm not an anti-smoking nazi and won't push my views on you. What I'm saying is I have "80s values"...you know--back when people weren't so uptight. I don't "jive" and talk the "street language" of today. Women are not "bitches" and men are not "dawgs." Yea...word to that, or somethin. I value:* B-I-G hair (I'm talkin 80s-bands, Dolly Parton-sized hair ... not black, butch cuts) ** I LOVE HUGE rooster tails
* Blue eyeshadow ("Heather Locklear in the movie 'Runaway'")
* Tight blue jeans, with the rips in the kneecaps...white threads hangin' out ... white T-shirt tucked in
* Southern accents (I find people in the south more friendly)
* Sexy IS NOT 100% naked, or involves chains, handcuffs, leather, tattoos, or other not-included accessories. Sexy IS tall women with long hair, blue eyeshadow, hot pink lipstick, and some outfit that's a combination of tight blue jeans and something pink (think 80s!...like the first couple "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies). Cowgirl hat and accent a plus.
* HARD WORK:
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* I value physically intensive work vs. sitting on my can, watching TV, all day
* I'm a clean freak (i.e., don't let a single dish pile up in the sink)
* Yard work = fun
* Cleaning/organizing house = fun
* SPORTS: I don't know how some guys can talk about it all day and know the stats for every individual player in the whole world. I keep mine simple--"go home team...yay." I have more important things to do...like setting off people's car alarms with my motorcycle pipes.
* PETS: I get along with all animals and have even rode a few horses (both real and mechanical), but I'm going to have to go with hamsters --final answer. Love those cute little guys. They're just harmless, loveable little fuzzballs that squeak.
* GONE COUNTRY: (Thanks, Alan.) Waltz, cha-cha, 2-step, line dance... It's just something about doing things in sync with others that's just plain fun. Line dancing is the best part--not just your typical electric slide ... I'm talkin the tush pushin', slappin' leather (best line dance), Tennessee Express, Funky Cowboy, 10-Step, Applejack kinda stuff. C) :-D
BEST COUNTRY MUSIC
(Ordered from "Best" to "Almost Best")
HONORABLE MENTIONS Brad Paisley - Whiskey Lullaby (best heartbreak song) Confederate Railroad - I hate rap (just because of the song title) C.W. McCall - Convoy (great story) David Alan Coe - You never even called me by my name (best sing-a-long not requiring a karaoke machine)
* LINE DANCIN': My job has taken me all over the world and through the southern belt and I've learned a few important things along the way--like what line dances are best. PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY PLACES I NEED TO ADD. I might end up nearby some day and need to use my time wisely. :-)
PLACES TO GO
(click the link for directions) Bartlett, IL (30 miles west of Chicago) - Cadillac RanchBelleville, MI - Diamondback Saloon Dayton, OH - Yellow Rose Nightclub Denver, CO - Grizzly Rose El Paso, TX - Desert Coyote Bar, 3730 N Zaragoza Rd Golden, CO - Buffalo Rose Gulfport, MS - Michaels Country Club (inside the "Best Western" lobby, of all places) Hampton, VA - Saddle Ridge dance hall Jacksonville, FL - Crazy Horse Saloon Knoxville, TN - Cotton Eyed Joes Las Vegas, NV - Dylan's Dance Hall Montgomery, AL - Pure Country saloon (AWESOME!) Norfolk, VA - Banque Country Western Night San Antonio, TX - Midnight Rodeo (has a circular floor with bar in the middle), Cowboys Dance Hall (formerly "Far West Rodeo"), and Graham Central Station Waukegan, IL - Sundance Saloon
Places I've heard are recommended by this forum : Prescott, AZ - Matt's saloon Fremont, CA - Rodio (sp?) Club Bremerton, WA - Horse and the Cow Long Beach, CA - Cowboy Country Trabuco Canyon, CA - Cook's Corner
LINE DANCES TO DO 10-STEP OR APPLEJACK Charlie Daniels - Devil went down to Georgia Dixie Chicks - Sin wagon Garth Brooks - Against the grain Osbourne Bros - Rocky Top remix
CHA-CHA (line dance style) Brooks & Dunn - Neon Moon Brooks & Dunn - Santa Fe (cha-cha line dance) Trace Adkins - No Thinkin Thing (cha-cha line dance)
SLAPPIN LEATHER (my favorite) Travis Tritt - Bible Bells Travis Tritt - TROUBLE (best song to best line dance ever)
TUSH PUSH Charlie Daniels - Drinkin' my baby goodbye Garth Brooks - Ain't gown down till the sun comes up Garth Brooks - Fever Hank Jr. - Born to boogie John Michael Montgomery - Be my baby tonight Ken Mellons - Working for the Weekend
I DON'T RIGHTLY KNOW...But if you do, PLEASE MESSAGE ME so I can update, thanks! Jesse Hunter - Long Legged Hannah Keith Anderson - Pickin' wildflowers (just like the beat...and lyrics) Kenny Chesney - She Thinks my Tractor's sexy Little Texas - God Blessed Texas Little Texas - Kick a little Roger Brown - Swing City Shania Train - Any man of mine Slick Rick Remix - Cleveland Shuffle Steps - Humpty: 5,6,7,8 Steve Earle - Copperhead road Tractors - Baby likes to rock it Tracy Byrd - Watermelon crawl Travis Tritt - Homesick Westlife - Queen of my heart Artist unknown - Ghost train
MUSIC:
My favorite stuff, in descending order
* Anything anti-love
* 80s
* Country
* Techno
* "Ambient-Space"
* Soft/lite rock
* Trans-Siberian Orchestra
* NO opera, rap, goth, screaming-so-I-can't-understand metal
Overall, I'm stuck in the 80's forever... partly because of the wholesome lyrics of then; partly because of the cRAP coming out of today:
DEF LEPPARD's BEST: Hysteria
DOKKEN's BEST: "In my dreams"
DURAN DURAN's BEST: "The Living Daylights" and "A View to a Kill" (both James Bond themes)
FALCO's BEST: "Rock Me Amadeus"
FIREHOUSE's BEST: "Reach for the Sky"
FOREINGER's BEST: "I've been waiting for a girl like you" and "I want to know what love is"
GEORGE MICHAEL's BEST: "Jesus to a Child" and "One More Try"
HALL AND OATES BEST: "Your Kiss is on my List" and "Private Eyes"
HUEY LEWIS' BEST: "Power of Love" and "Hip to be Square"
MOTLEY CRUE's BEST: Kickstart my Heart
PRINCE's BEST: "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry"
SKID ROW's BEST: "Youth Gone Wild" and "18 and Life"
STING's BEST: "Fields of Gold"
TIFFANY's BEST: "I Think We're Alone Now"
WHITESNAKE's BEST: "Give Me All of Your Love"
WINGER's BEST: "Hungry" and "Spell I'm Under"
HONORABLE MENTIONSA-Ha - "Take on Me" Alphaville - Forever Young Bonnie Tyler - I need a Hero Double - The Captain of Her Heart Eric Prydz - Call on Me Europe - The Final Countdown Faster Pussycat - House of Pain Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax Flock of Seagulls - I ran Georgia Satellites - Keep your Hands to Yourself Glen Frey - "You Belong to the City" and "The Heat is On" Herbie Hancock - Rockit Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes Kim Wilde - You Keep me Hangin On Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes Martika - Toy Soldiers Michael Damian - Rock On Michael Sembello - Maniac (from "Flashdance") Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning Mike and the Mechanics - "The Living Years" Mister Mister - "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" Pet Shop Boys - "Opportunities" and "West End Girls" Peter Cetera - "The Glory of Love" Peter Schilling - "The Different Story" and "Major Tom" Quarterflash - Harden my Heart Scandal - The Warrior Starship - We Built this City Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home Taco - Puttin on the Ritz Talk Talk - "Talk Talk" and "It's My Life" (...which the band "No Doubt" did not invent) The Church - Under the Milky Way T'Pau - Heart and Soul Toto - "Africa" Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio White Lion - When the Children Cry
"Old School" love Like the "' Monster Ballads ' heartbreaking rock ballads" music commercial said, "They taught us how to live; they taught us how to love." What better way to impress that significant other or others than with soft, ambient 80s music. Trust me--she'll be begging for more...uhhh...80s music, that is.
Slap this MP3 collection into your Winamp and set it to 'loop'. Then, as "The Cars" put it, "let the good times roll": Berlin - Take my breath away Blank and Jones - Angel (Sarah McLachlan original) Blank and Jones - Love comes quickly (Pet Shop Boys original) Bon Jovi - Never say goodbye Breathe - Hands to Heaven Celine Dion - I'm your lady Cheap Trick - The Flame Cranberries - Linger Cyndi Lauper - True colors Damn Yankees - High enough Def Leppard - Hysteria Def Leppard - Love and affection Def Leppard - Stand Up (kick love into motion) Def Leppard - Tonight Dokken - Alone again Electric Light Orchestra - Don't walk away (Xanadu) George Michael - Father figure George Michael - Jesus to a child George Michael - One more try Gloria Estefan - Words get in the way Great White - House of broken love Great White - Save all your love Great White - She Only Great White - The Angel song John Waite - Missing You Madonna - I'll remember Madonna - Live to tell Mick Smiley - Magic (Ghostbusters) Motley Crue - Glitter Olivia Newton John - Suddenly (Xanadu) Olivia Newton John - Suspended in time (Xanadu) Patrick Swayze - She's like the wind Richard Marx - Hold on to the nights Richard Marx - Right here waiting Sheriff - When I'm with you Sinead O'Connor - Nothing compares to you Stevie B - Because I love you Whitesnake - Is this love
CLASSIC MOVIES:
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My favorite stuff, in descending order
* 80s ACTION (when movies WERE movies, man...)
* Anything with motorcycles
* Military/strategy
* Anime music videos
* Education (face it..."American Chopper" is educational)
* Anime/animated
* NO horror, goth, "faces of death", "Blind Date", or "Elimidate"-type crap
(Note: all titles below are appropriate "first-date" and/or "family Christmas" movies) "Keeping the 80s Alive" movies
Cheezy 80s movies
Futuristic 80s movies
Stallone movies
Schwarzenegger movies
Nuclear explosion movies
"One or two-guy vs. The World...and wins" movies
Non-G-rated Disney movies
(Disney's first PG movie and Michael J. Fox' first movie)
Prison movies
Military/Police movies
"Unruly kids get their little asses kicked by teachers" movies
1337 H@x0r movies
Musical movies
Sitcoms I Swear By
Animated movies
ROCK & RULE: HUGE 80s anime cult-classic, now on DVD!
Anime movies
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