Boxing, muay thai, mountain biking, running, hiking, camping, traveling, photography, shooting pool, ping ponging, darts, good movies, good music, good books, good girls, bad girls, video games, art, trivia, weekends, naps, hammocks, dirty jokes, dirty girls, apples, peanut butter, and monkeys. Preferably all at the same time.
Bas Rutten, Gina Carano, girls who know how to kick some ass, and anyone who understands my special kind of madness.
Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, 311, The Beastie Boys, Primus, Sublime, Gnarls Barkley, Beck, Smashing Pumpkins, The Gorillaz, G Love & Special Sauce, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Hunter, Medeski Martin & Wood, Greyboy Allstars, Karl Denson, Galactic, Parliament, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ron Carter, Bransford and Wynton Marsalis, Maceo Parker, John Scofield, Phish, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Al Green, James Brown, Bob Marley, Peter Tosch, Burning Spear, Blackalicious, Heiroglyphics, The Roots, Nas, Foreign Legion, Jurrasic 5, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Haikyu D'Etat, Del, Mos Def, Q Tip, Kanye, and the Black Eyed Peas (pre-sellout), just to name a few.
Million Dollar Baby, 300, Crouching Tiger, Ong-Bak, Hero, Fist of Legend, Enter the Dragon, The Kingdom, Kill Bill, Fight Club, Boondock Saints, The Life Aquatic, Momento, Leon The Professional, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather, Sin City, the OG Star Wars movies, Serenity, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, any James Bond movie (gotta love the judo-chop), Shawshank Redemption, Fear and Loathing, The Lost Boys, Borat, The Big Lebowski, Taladega Nights, Super Troopers, The Fifth Element, The Princess Bride, Goonies.
Rescue Me, Heroes, Law and Order, Dexter, The Office, Family Guy, Entourage, Its always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Ultimate Fighter, Jeopardy, The Price is Right, and most anything on Discovery/ National Geographic/ Science channels. I also watch a lot of mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and boxing (UFC, EXC, WEC, IFL, ISKA, etc...)
Some of my favorite authors: Stephen King, Dan Brown, Dean Koontz, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, James Patterson, Nelson Demille, Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Deaver, Mario Puzo, Joseph Heller, James Clavelle, William Gibson, Neil Stevenson, and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Ansel Adams (he was a real photographer, not like todays digital pussies), Bruce Lee (and not just because he could kick ass), Randy Couture (45 years old and still one of the best in the world), and my mother (for putting up with my antics).