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John Amodea

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About Me

I am the editor of Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine and have been playing paintball since 1985. In my serious playing days I played for Phantom Force and Bad Company. I still play as much as possible.
I'm into music almost as much as paintball. I have a small recording studio in my basement--I write and record fairly often. I also play in the worship band at my church, New Covenant Fellowship in Manassas, Virginia.
I also eat, sleep and drink sports and rarely miss a NY Giants or NY Mets game (I'll catch as many Knicks and Rangers games as possible as well). That's it for here.
Oh and you'll want to sign up for my Blog 'cause I'm going to talk about you.

My Interests

Anything that has the four letters "ball" in it, oh, and hockey. Music is also a huge part of my world. I've been playing guitar, drums and bass since I was 15 (actually been playing drums since I was 6).
Then there's the kids. Ask me about the kids sometime when you have a few hours.
I've been working out every morning now for about four months and playing racketball. Lots of fun.

I'd like to meet:

Jesus when He comes back!
Actually I like meeting anyone that wants to meet me.

Music:

Did I mention I love music? I listen to everything from Led Zeppelin to Freedy Johnston to Third Day to Miles Davis.
Okay, here's the list:
The Who
Everyone else is a distant third, fourth, fifth and so on.
Third Day, Ramones, Jars of Clay, Clash, Creed, Counting Crows, Delirious, Toby Mac, Zeppelin, Freedy Johnston, Randy Stonehill, Glenn Kaiser, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Cross Movement, Pete Droge, Miles Davis, Bird, The Band, Allman Bros, Hall & Oats (really), etc.

Movies:

Like I have time for movies.... I did see Walk the Line.

Television:

NFL Sunday Ticket (go Giants), NHL Center Ice, and MLB package. Lost is pretty good, eh? Oh yeah, how about PB2X TV?
I try to catch PTI (on ESPN) when I can--and there's SportsCenter--and Giants' Game Day--and Around the Horn. Are you getting the theme?

Books:

My job is reading--you think I actually read anything else? I like audio books. I can do those while I'm driving. I got the Old testament on CDs (about 15 of them) and am diggin' that.

Heroes:

Hero is a strong word. I don't have many of those. How about Ronald Regan? Or the people that defend freedom in places like Iraq? Those would be my heros.

My Blog

Memorial Day Here in Washington DC

Memorial Day Here in Washington DCBrenda and I went to DC today with Terrill (one of our kids). What a place to be on Memorial Day. We went to all of the monuments, each jam-packed with flowers, lett...
Posted by John Amodea on Tue, 30 May 2006 04:19:00 PST

Back from Tampa NPPL

Wow, it's been a long time! Well that was fun. Lots of stuff happening in tournament paintball these days. Ollie Lang and the 'Men looked very good again. What can you sat about XSV. I went to thei...
Posted by John Amodea on Tue, 23 May 2006 03:55:00 PST

Estoy escribiendo todo el dia

Estoy escribiendo todo el dia (I am writing all day) Thats the story of my life around deadlines at the magazine. Lots of writing, lots of editing, lots of looking at and choosing photos. Last week...
Posted by John Amodea on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:56:00 PST

Time in the Car

Tiempo en el coche It's amazing how much time I spend driving. Even though I feel like Im glued to my computer 24/7, somehow I manage to put almost 2,000 miles a month on my car. Until last week mos...
Posted by John Amodea on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:19:00 PST

At least Tom is my friend

It's almost embarrassing getting one of these MySpace sites going. First you have to post your age, as if anyone cares, then you look down and it says, "John Amodea has 1 friend." Actually it says, "...
Posted by John Amodea on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:49:00 PST