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Charles

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

Welcome to my profile, please fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride. = ) So a little about me... friendship is extremely important to me, and out of the gazillion people I've met in my life, I've been fortuante enough to have a handful of great friends who I consider to be like family. In my opinion, the word 'family' is all relative. In other words, my view of family is the people in your life who are there for you when you're at your worst, because, let's face it- anyone can be there for you when you're at your best... they are called acquaintences. lol Not to say that's a bad thing, I absolutely love meeting new people and making friends everywhere I go, guess you can say I've got the gift of gab. lmao If you're the type of person that can work the room at a party, bar or club, entertaining everyone and just being the life of the party, I have a feeling we'll get along great...either that or you'll be my new arch nemesis and you must be destroyed immediately in a thumb war. = D~ And after I kick your ass in a thumb war I'll be on my way home to enjoy some wine and a delicious meal. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do, especially because you get to eat (and drink) while doing it! I love to cook all kinds of pastas (being Italian and all), with shrimp or chicken, with a fruity glass of Italian Pinot Grigio wine to compliment. Or for the hearty all American dishes, I'd prefer a ribeye steak, homemade garlic mashed potatoes (secret ingredient is b***), and some tasty seasoned sauteed veggies, with a full bodied Shiraz or a sweet glass of Pinot Noir. Mmmm...food... and wine... Aarggaaggahgahgh Maybe if you're lucky, I just might cook for you sometime... Once I'm done eating its off to band practice. I've played drums since I was nine years old, currently playing in the band Aratic, which is probably the best decision I've ever made. If you've got a minute, check out our music at http://www.myspace.com/aratic Speaking of family, the boys in the band to me are it, we all go way way back and have each others backs like you wouldn't believe. Playing a live show is definitely worth all the hard work. There is nothing more exciting than the rush of going on stage to a packed crowd of screaming (and drunk!) fans, and rockin' the fuck out like its nobody's business! I feel honored to play the shows that we do and to perform alongside the other dope ass bands in the Bay Area- so when I go on stage not only am I excited as hell and pumped up beyond belief, I have a duty-no, a responsiblility, to give the people what they came to see- a kick ass show and a memorable experience. After all that's why you go to a show right? My goal is for all of my adrenaline to pour out from the stage into the crowd, and into you, surging the venue with energy and life. And that, my friends, is what its all about.

My Interests

Playing drums, cooking, working out, reading, swimming, hackey sack, insightful conversations, and of course, women! Oh, and I love to play poker, cause I've always been good with numbers, not to mention the psychological warfare is a total rush! Everything in life is risk versus reward, but just different degrees of risk... and the more you know the less the risk. So if the reward is big enough, and the risk is small enough, then I'm in. You lose 100% of the bets that you don't take. I once heard a wise man say, "People should gamble every day, because how bad would it be to walk around being lucky all the time and not even know it!" floydelmore.com

I'd like to meet:

Well I'm not on here to make 9000 new myspace friends that I'll never even meet, and I'm not looking for a relationship either. I'm just looking to make some new friends and have as much fun as possible. Life was meant to be enjoyed so why not live it up? If you're someone who is negative, lifeless, or just a downer, stop reading this right now, and go find a rock somewhere to crawl under. But if you're someone who loves life, knows how to have a great time doing anything, speaks with conviction, and pursues your passions then hit me up, I'm sure we would have a great time together. If you've read this far then congratulations, you win the home game. lol And if you think you're someone I'd like to meet, then drop me a line sometime. This completes our ride, please remain seated until the ride comes to a full and complete stop. haha Oh, and have a great day~

Music:

Anything melodic, upbeat, emotionally driven or physically moving... Goldfinger, Tool, Eminem, Nine Inch Nails, Story of the Year, Hoobastank, Filter, Incubus, Blink 182, The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, 30 Seconds to Mars, Head Automatica, Jurassic 5, Gnarls Barkley, Rage Against the Machine, Green Day, Daft Punk, Arcade Fire, Matisyahu, Angels & Airwaves Linkin Park, The Red Jump Suit Apparatus, Weezer, Rick James, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Forthmorning, Plain White T's, Led Zeppelin, The Offspring, Blue Oyster Cult, My Chemical Romance, Lit, Omissa, U2, Domeshots, Alexic, Planting Seeds, Radio Suicide, Wit's End, 2 Pac, Notorious B.I.G., The Beatles, AFI, The Get Go, Reel Big Fish, Dr. Dre, Mac Dre, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Frank Sinatra, E40, Garth Brooks, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aerosmith, Def Leopard, and last but not least, Aratic!

Movies:

Office Space, Fight Club, Team America-World Police, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Gattaca, Wedding Crashers, 300, Seven, Friday, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Shooter, Alpha Dog, Best in Show, Spaceballs, Southpark-Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, Kill Bill (1 & 2), Dogma, Clerks, Don Juan DeMarco, Mall Rats, Blow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, When Harry Met Sally, Waiting, Scream, Happy Gillmore, Chasing Amy, Face-off, Truman Show, In the Line of Fire, Austin Powers, Night at the Roxbury, Monte Python-Life of Brian, Goodfellas, Butterfly Effect, Saw, Saw 2, The Secret, Mean Girls, Anchorman, Old School, Napolean Dynamite, Dodgeball, Field of Dreams, Running Scared, Star Wars, The Craft, Matchstick Men, Phenomenon, Lord of the Rings, The Game, and many more. . .

Television:



Family Guy Meets Street Fighter The new Street Fighter has Peter Griffen as a character option? Family Guy, Simpsons, The War At Home, WSOP, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, The Sopranos, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Colbert Report, Seinfeld, Friends, Futurama, Southpark, Nip Tuck, Price is Right, Giants Baseball, Raiders Football, Punk'd, Apprentice, Crime Scene Investigation (not NY), The Young and the Restless (yeah I said it) American Chopper, Daily Show, Chappele's Show, The 4400, Criminal Minds

Books:

Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Game of God, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Creating Wealth, The Art of the Deal, The Richest Man In Babylon, Crime and Punishment, The Catcher in the Rye, Kama Sutra, and many more to come. . .

Heroes:

Superman, Marshall Mathers, Batman, Johnny Depp, Danny Carey, Spiderman, Donald Trump, Tony Robbins, Tom Leykis, Lance Mason, Hugh Hefner, Keith Olbermann, David D., Tom Hanks, and, of course, Brad Pitt!

My Blog

Cell phones and pools don't mix...

Let me just start off by saying that today was an absolutely gorgeous California day. Perfect for a swim and some lying out in the sun... Jesse and I quickly realized that the only logical decision wa...
Posted by Charles on Mon, 14 May 2007 05:55:00 PST

This blog is NOT set to private!

What the fuck is up with PRIVATE BLOGS? I mean, isn't the whole purpose of writing a blog to EXPRESS YOURSELF BY SHARING your thoughts online to others? A private blog (essentially a personal journal ...
Posted by Charles on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:48:00 PST

Aratic in the studio - Part II

Alright so here's the new update on our progress in the studio... finally our hard work is starting to pay off, and I'd say the CD is turning out pretty damn decent We have just released a BRAND NEW ...
Posted by Charles on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:08:00 PST

POKER RULES

Okay for all you naysayers out there who say poker is just a game of luck, think again. Poker is exactly like playing the stock market, and even though I haven't invested too much in stocks yet, I ca...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:57:00 PST

Aratic in the studio - Part I

Hello... so for those of you who don't know, our band Aratic is currently in the studio laying down our new EP. We've just about finished the four songs we originally went in there for (Say No More, ...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:11:00 PST

My First Blog

Well alright I've decided to go ahead and pop my blog cherry...wait... ready, here goes, *POP* Oh yeah, oh gawd... where's a cigarette when you need one? lol K well I've came to the conclusion that I'...
Posted by Charles on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:52:00 PST