astronomy, listening to music, the color blue, good conversations, going to concerts, collecting live bootlegs, Calvin and Hobbes, journalism, the little things in life, playing bass guitar, 95.5 KLOS-FM, the New York Yankees, Cisco Burger, chocolate chip cookies, pizza, In-N-Out, Mountain Dew, Slurpees, sprinkled donuts, everything listed on this page, etc...
You!
Seriously...there are a lot of very cool and very unique people in this world, and I haven't met nearly enough of them.
It's especially nice to hear from old friends or other people I haven't talked to in years. And of course if you're a new friend, that's good too. :-)
And if you add me as a friend, please also send me a quick message so your request doesn't get lost in the sea of MySpace spam.
Joe Satriani, Dream Theater, Yes, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Dave Matthews Band, They Might Be Giants, Garbage, John Butler Trio, Porcupine Tree, Explosions in the Sky, Dredg, Lacuna Coil, Kasabian, Riverside, Jeff Buckley, U2, Collective Soul, Dishwalla, Steve Vai, Weather Report, Eric Johnson, the Frames, the Samples, Van Halen, Deep Purple, Save Ferris, the Cranberries, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ozric Tentacles, New York Dolls, the Mars Volta, the Killers, Michael Hedges, Velvet Revolver, the Black Crowes, Shinedown, the Yardbirds, Moses Mayfield, Cheap Trick, Jem, Dixie Dregs, Michael Manring, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Jonny Lang, Guns 'N' Roses, Ani DiFranco, Counting Crows, Def Leppard, Pound Foolish, Course of Evolution, Blatant Innuendo
the original Star Wars trilogy, Serenity, Empire Records, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Underworld, Laurel Canyon, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Blow-Up, Almost Famous, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Spaceballs, Memento, Back to the Future trilogy, Drop Dead Fred, Dumb and Dumber, Young Frankenstein, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Indiana Jones trilogy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Plan 9 From Outer Space, the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy
The X-Files, Futurama, The Simpsons, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Veronica Mars, Frasier, Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle, Supernatural, The Drew Carey Show, Cheers, Dinosaurs, Heroes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Freaks and Geeks, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton (and all of his other books); The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (and all of his other books, too); Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, by Neil Peart; Interstellar Pig, by William Sleator
There are things I don't like about the word "hero," but here are a few people I admire:
Steven Tyler, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Neil Peart, Joss Whedon, Frank Zappa, Mike Portnoy