LIKES - My kids, rainy days, deep breaths, kissing, trees, constructive criticism, balloons, drifters, hobo omelets, sarcasm, green tea, girls in bikinis, makeup sex, round windows, wooden floors, shopping at Trader Joe's, clean sheets, watching my daughter dance, string instruments, string cheese, chess, pearls, hot water, color silver, Fairs, moon, "Dark side of the moon", reckless driving, new tires, dominoes, Christmas lights, Valium, horsepower, soccer, strategy, throwing bricks at glass houses, rainbows, Converse, pineapples, elephants, breasts, 69, new sweats, stained glass, green eyes, park benches, breaking waves, soil, magnifying glasses, taking pictures, porcupines, superheroes, Australian accents, Discovery channel, National Geographic, hats, RVs, road trips, camping, concerts, theme parties, tattoos, Newman's Own, Lakers, Chick Hearn, hacky sack, Civ, fireplaces, hot mustard, puzzles, martial arts, ping pong, Japan, sushi, trains, hearing my kids say "I love you Daddy".DISLIKES - Bratty kids, SoCal summers, political correctness, clogged drains, question marks, British royalty, minivans, cops slowing down traffic, commercials, commercial holidays, 80s, incorrectly brewed tea, car noises, bumblebees, dirty diapers, Bush, flat tires, dusting, liver, borrowing money, paying back borrowed money, needles, bad Polish jokes, raccoons, Catholic church, televangelists, Jehovah witnesses, customer service, campaign promises, heights, colonoscopies, running with scissors, stepping in dog shit, diamonds, olives, pierced noses, roller coasters, yappie dogs, complicated remote controls, pigeons, pretending I'm interested, metal coat hangers, computer viruses, pop-up windows, Lakers loosing, people who don't recycle, being out of light bulbs, being out of toilet paper.
Jessica Alba in the nude.
See the attached play-list.
Indiana Jones, 300, Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars, Life of Brian, E.T., X-Men, Bourne trilogy, Spiderman, Shawshawk Redemption, Blood In Blood Out, Freeway, Butterfly Effect, Pan's Labyrinth, Coming to America, Rat Race, My Cousin Vinny, Almost Famous, Kill Bill, Man in the Iron Mask, Apocalypse Now, Good morning Vietnam, Full metal jacket, The Beach, Tora Tora Tora, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Bruce Lee movies.
Laker games, Amazing Race, sometimes I'll get sucked in to one of the shows my wife likes, like Top Chef.
The Wheel of Time saga, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do, Robert Ludlum, David Eddings, Julius Verne, Sienkiewicz and lots of magazines.
Founding fathers, Tesla, Kosciuszko, firefighters, Leonardo DeVinci, Jesus, Buddha, my mom.