My name's Ched and I hate myspace ads. For now I live and work in the Seattle area for the US Navy. In 2008, this is my crusade:
I'm getting a bike soon! Neener!
hiking
running
cruisers
paintball
Ultimate Frisbee
PC games
astronomy
huntin & fishin
guns
SCUBA diving
skydiving(once and soon)
books
I like hanging out with friends, family, and people who aren't shallow/fake. I like meeting people and making new friends who don't whine about everything. I'm a trance fanatic trapped in a white boy body that can't dance lol so I do all the other things above. :]
I love to meet all people, except grumps. Even liberals.
Shifted gears this year: electronic, techno, trance & vocal trance, dance, ATB, Above & Beyond, DJ Shog, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Splash and on and on. Still like the new & old country, texas country, new and old rock & metal, classical, and a very minimal amount of hip hop.
good ones
Just Watched:
Hard Candy. What a fscked up flick.
Minority Report. Entertaining. Didn't read the Philip K. Dick version yet.
Jumper. Fun flick. Haven't read the book yet.
I don't own a TV, but if I did, I'd like:
Farscape
TNG
Battlestar Galactica
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
Family Guy
ATHF
Southpark
and when I'm visiting someones house I always change the channel to History, Science, NASA, TLC, or Military
just finished:
Honor Among Enemies (David Weber) Book 6 of Honor Harrington's saga. She kicks more ass.
Illium (Dan Simmons) Imagine if the Greek gods weren't actually gods, but advanced humans with a high enough technology that appeared to be magic. Then re-do the Trojan War. Fun times. :]
reading:
Off Armageddon Reef (David Weber) Far future sci-fi. Earth and it's colonies are wiped out by advanced aliens with a stagnant culture. A small fleet escapes and sets up on a far off world were technology is forbidden in an effort to prevent the aliens from discovering them. One character is responsible for keeping the memory of the aliens alive and building up humanity for revenge.
Queued Up:
Olympos (Dan Simmons). Illium sequel.
recommend:
Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
Treason, Orson Scott Card
Hyperion, Dan Simmons
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein
Armor, John Steakley
Ringworld, Larry Niven
Neverwhere, Neil Gaimon
Ultimate Iron Man, Orson Scott Card
The Postman, David Brin
The Eye of the World. Why'd this guy have to die before he finished?
The Hobbit
SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
Roy P. Benavidez, close air support pilots, AC-130 crew, helicopter gunship crew, and the ground troops they support daily.