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Gabriel

The best is yet to come.

About Me

HOW IM FEELING RIGHT NOW IN MOVIE FORM: I am a young(25 and gettin' older), Italian(half), and roguishly good looking(ooo, like Solo and shit!)....SHUT UP and let me speak!...(sorry)... aspiring actor (or waiter, graphic artist, construction worker, teacher, roofer, custodian, stock room monkey, professional javelin hurler and American Gigolo if the moneys good). Anyway, someday i will achieve such grandiose heights of actordom that my face will be on coins and i will one up Brando by aquiring TWO islands. Then one star-lit night, I will make the greatest Oscar speech in the world as i pull of the first ever Oscar hat-trick. As i accept my awards for best actor, best director and best picture, America will laugh, sob and hiccup uncontrollaby. As i leave the stage to immerse myself in champagne, nubile starlets and delicous hor-douvres, you will smile and shut off your TV. A wave of deja vu will hit, and you will suddenly remember reading this. A shiver will run up your spine and you will think "did he plan this all along? is he all-powerful? is he watching me right now?" the answer to all of your questions is yes. But by then it will be too late. I'll already be famous.
You Are Superman
Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
And pretty cute too. No wonder you're the most popular superhero ever! What Superhero Are You?

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My Interests

Art: people dont appreciate it anymore, im talking about Michelangelo, Van Gogh, M.C. Escher...Frazetta!....Baseball:.. width="425" height="350">.. .. ..>New York Yankees are the greatest team in the world. Most people ask if I'm related to Joe DiMaggio. The answer is unfortunately no. Acting: I love to act, the smell of the grease paint the roar of the crowd! someone once compared me to a young Robert DeNiro so i punched him in the jaw. it felt like a DeNiro thing to do. (other Awesome actors: Charlton Heston, Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Clint Eastwood, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Carry Grant, Brian Blessed, Natalie Portman, Rosario Dawson and the greatest actor ever Michael Caine) Beer: Beer good. 'nuff said. Comics: A brilliant amalgation of the visual and written art form with no creative limits. Also Batman kicks ass. check out Deepak Chopra and Grant Morrison blowing minds- Deepak and Grant Morrison Panel

Add to My Profile | More Videos -Awesome comics include: anything by Mike Mignola.., Frank Millers Sin City, Berni Wrightson, Garth Ennis Preacher, the Bone saga, ALL THINGS CONAN!!! One day, Armageddon will come. after the fallout ends, and all the bullets and gasoline are used up. man will revert to his true state, barbarism. civiliztion is a thin facade we have cast over our true forms for so long we have forgotten what we are. in that time there will be no more bullshit killing a guy from a mile away with a goddam million dollar missile. those of us who live will live by the courage in our spines and by the strength of our sword-arms, by Crom! it is then that those of us who live by the barbarian way will rise and the world shall tremble. LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!!....er, sorry, i'm a nice guy really! just born in the wrong century i guess..... .. width="425" height="350">.. ..>

I'd like to meet:

Harrison Ford: I'd like to ask him for tips on how to go from a working joe to the coolest guy in the galaxy. Then I'd give a good slap for his last five movies. The 1941 New York Yankees: my pantheon. Attila the Hun: I figure if i hung out with this guy for a week i would get so much done on my life check list "pillage Asia...check, cut my way through roman legions with a giant sword....check, keep a strict diet comprised of meat and alcohol....check, maintain and satisfy a harem... most of all, i'd like to meet people who kick ass on a daily basis despite the fucking mundane world we live in. people with a sense of humor about life, people who can in one sitting discuss the social relevance of superhero archetypes and the state of modern religion AND how much the Yankees starting lineup kicks ass...

Music:

i have somewhat eclectic taste. Beach Boys, Beatles, Beethoven, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Beastie Boys, Bruce Dickinson, Bush, the Byrds, Bad Brains, Black Sabbath...thats just some of the B's, i better narrow it down. Metallica, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Sinatra, Rush, Manowar, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash, afore-mentioned Beatles, Live, Tool, Iron Maiden are some of my tops and of course my favorite AC/DC, Stephen Tyler said it best, "AC/DC became the litmus test of what rock does. Does it make you clench your fist when you sing along? Does it scare your parents to hell, and piss off the neighbours? Does it make you dance so close to the fire that you burn your feet--and still don't give a rat's ass? Does it make you want to stand up and scream for something that you're not even sure of yet? Does it make you want to boil your sneakers, and make soup outta your girlfriend's panties? If it doesn't, then it ain't AC/DC". BTW this is my fucking anthem

Movies:

Oh god, where do i begin? There's just so many people to thank! To all you cheesy monster movies that made me groan and laugh at the same, anything by Akira Kurosawa (the samurai master); Arnold Shwartzenegger,man you're dumb but i do so love Commando, Conan, True Lies, Twins, Terminator, Predator, Running Man, and God help me Kindergarten cop; Spielberg, you're losing your touch buddy but thank you for Jaws, Saving Private Ryan and Indiana Jones; Lucas, You overrated hack! Star Wars still rules!; Kevin Smith: I love all your stuff even the hamfisted wobbly early stuff ! Miyazaki, Bakshi and Gendy Tartakovsky for their animation; all those comic book movies like Superman, X-men, Spiderman, Blade, Batman, Punisher and Hellboy that rule and even to all the ones like Hulk, Fantastic Four, Elektra, and Catwoman that really didnt; those Crazy Coen Brothers: Fargo and o brother where art thou rule; old movies that rock like Ben Hur, Casablanca, Nosferatu, and King Kong; anything with Harryheusen animation especially Jason and the Argonauts, Hammer Horror movies, SciFi the genre that spawned me (i was conceived during Aliens: the best scifi movie ever) blood drenched gorefests ala George Romero, 300, Apocalypto, Sergio Leone's "man with no name" trilogy(where would i be with out you), Peter Jackson stuff especially the greatest-movies-of-all-time Lord of the Rings trilogy, O, I could go on but they're playing me that wrap it up music, Thank you so much especially to the little people like my overworked DVD player. you are my rock! Thank you to the Filmakers! I love you all!

Television:

Sarah Connor chronicles, Samurai Jack, JLA Unlimited, Firefly, Star Wars Clone Wars, Lost, Futurama, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Battlestar Gallactica (watch it now!), 24, simpsons, Family Guy, the Sopranos, and ...*sigh* Friends. Korgoth of Barbaria, the Unit,

Books:

Edgar Allen Poe, J. Maxwell, Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, Edgar Rice Burrough's Mars Trilogy, all of R. Howards stuff especially Conan, H.P. Lovecraft, William Shakespeare (the tragedies are my favorites), Arthurian stuff, C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia, J.R.R. Tolkein Lord of the Rings, Bernard Cornwell, Thoreau, e.e. Cummings, Oscar Wilde, Vonnegut, Joe Lansdale who wrote perhaps the greatest opening line ever, "It was August and hotter out than two rats fucking in a wool sock...", Hunter S. Thompson, R.A. Salvatore. (whats up with authors? Do they hate their first names? ...

Heroes:

Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, Jeff Levitan, Ed Mylett, the man in black hisself- Johnny Cash, Bruce Lee, Alexander the Great, Patton, John Wayne, Arnold Swartzenegger-living proof of the american dream, Joe Torre the godfather, Spartacus, Dennis Leary, Marlon Brando, Don Quixote, Derek Jeter, Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan

My Blog

VICTORY!!!

So the mountain adventure ended in victory this time as i conquered Mount Whitney and stood victoriously (and a little woozily) astride her 14,497 ft peak. Not without misadventure of course, there we...
Posted by Gabriel on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:14:00 PST

...and one to grow on.

i didnt write this. just thought it was rather poignant.LET IT GOT.D Jakes..There are people who can walk away from you.And hear me when I tell you this!When people can walk away from you: let them wa...
Posted by Gabriel on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:04:00 PST

Everything i need to know, i learned from cartoons...

Ive often been known to say 'My life is a cartoon'. In fact it really isnt. My problems arent solved in a decisive and timely fashion, i dont have a girl thats way out of my league but somehow appreci...
Posted by Gabriel on Sat, 17 May 2008 02:48:00 PST

Requiem for 2007, Statement of Intent for 2008...

Ive been meaning to get this written up for a while now, but i finally have this years goals in place and it felt like a good time to get this stuff out. this is sort of a summation of the last year a...
Posted by Gabriel on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:17:00 PST

Gabe DeMaggio in: ’Escape from L.A.’

What is it about coming back to LA? Last year i missed my connecting flight back and had to spend the night on the floor of O'Hare airport. This year was no different. Leaving LA to go home to New Yor...
Posted by Gabriel on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:05:00 PST

I watch too many movies!

i'm going to try to keep this review updated, being all writerly and all. so yeah, sorry its been awhile. havent been to the flims too often with all the massive chaos swirling around. seriously, its ...
Posted by Gabriel on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:22:00 PST

I live my life after midnight...

The hand on the clock finally passes midnight and I sigh, light the cigarette, and quietly surrender. Ive smoked on and off for 8 years. I quit again (4th time) in April, for a chick, AND because i d...
Posted by Gabriel on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:48:00 PST

Frankencookie

One day, a boy named Gabe went to work at a restaraunt that shall be nameless. While lurking in the back, doing his very darndest to put forth as little effort as possible, he spied them. Four of them...
Posted by Gabriel on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:45:00 PST

DeMagg the Cliffhanger

At 14,505 feet, Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. A solid 11 miles of a winding, treacherous uphill climb to the top, and then another 11 to get back down to camp....
Posted by Gabriel on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:18:00 PST

Travis, Queen of the jungle

This crazy looking lady walked into Macaroni grill today... She/he was probably just a giant tranni in a Mardi Gras outfit but i like to think maybe she was more...."Travis, Queen of the Jungle" S...
Posted by Gabriel on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:56:00 PST