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Rick

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About Me

I'm an artist and writer (with a day job! lol). Check out some of my artwork in the slideshow below, and/or read "The Gnarly Tree" above. . . I have a pretty wicked sense of humor, and when I'm having a good time I tend to keep people laughing. I'm also a single parent with a 13 year old son named Chance. You know the kid from Two and a Half Men? Ya, that's my son - but SMART! Kinda scary, huh?
Your Power Bird is an Owl
You are beyond wise. You are so smart, you're almost prophetic. Your inner voice always speaks the truth, and you take the time to listen to it. You are good at seeing who people are... including the darkness of others. As a result, you tend to have a rather dark - yet realistic - outlook on life. What's Your Power Bird?

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My Interests

Art, poetry, music, writing, drawing, playing guitar, philosophy, sociology, psychology, human history and evolution, science, ancient civilizations, Dallas Cowboys,Texas Longhorns (Hook 'em!) the UFC, going to concerts, intelligent conversation, 4:20. . . /a

I'd like to meet:

My soulmate. . .Also, John Lennon (Ya, he's dead. I didn't say I was all in a HURRY about it!), Amy Lee of Evanescence (I totally wanna marry that chick! lol). "Who's your daddy?"

Music:

Temple of the Dog, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Tool, KoRn, My Chemical Romance, Audioslave, Evanescence, Sublime, Staind, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, STP, Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Dave Mathews Band, Matchbox20, Counting Crowes, Black Crowes, SRV, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Pretenders. . . Countless others, but you get the drift. . .

Movies:

Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Big Fish, What Dreams May Come, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Natural Born Killers, Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, Blue Velvet, Erasurehead, Taxi Driver, Scarface, Goodfellas, Training Day, Pulp Fiction, Rumble Fish, Colors, Platoon, The Matrix, Gladiator, Friday, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Edward Scissorhands, Time Bandits, Monty Python's the Meaning of Life, 50 First Dates. I like off-beat, not so run of the mill type movies. . . And I'm kind of a geek for super-hero movies, too!

Television:

Lost, Heroes, The Sopranos, Boston Legal, Two and a Half Men, 24, Survivor, South Park, The Simpsons, Cribs, Made, American Chopper, NFL, UFC, lots of Discovery, History, Science, and National Geographic, shit like that. . .

Books:

Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead!!! Poe, anything Anne Rice, Jean M. Aul's "Earth's Children" series, Dean Koontz. . .

Heroes:

Jesus Christ (a God among men, but also a true revolutionary and lightning rod for change. The original REBEL! Plus that whole, "He died for our sins" thing. That was mighty thoughtful!), John Lennon (ditto, but without the whole "God among men" part - "Imagine all the people. . ." How can ya NOT love the dude that wrote THAT?!), Martin Luther King, Jr. (again - ditto. "I have a dream. . ." is quite possibly the most beautiful, moving, and inspirational speech ever presented to the world; a true gem for mankind and a dream that we should all aspire to. . . If THAT speech doesn't make you feel like a part of the whole "human experience", then you quite possibly don't have a soul. . . You might wanna get that checked out!), Pat Tillman (had it ALL in the palm of his hand, and gave it all up to fight for the freedom of others, dying for his efforts. Wow.), Thomas Jefferson (you know - he came up with that whole "all men are created equal. . ." thing? Not a bad concept, huh?), Benjamin Franklin (along with Leonardo de Vinci, one of the most multi-faceted geniuses the world has ever known), Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty, or give me death!" HELL YA!!!), Sir William Wallace ("FREEDOM!!!"). These brave men all stood up in the face of injustice, oppression, and tyranny - at grave personal risk. Knowing full well at the time that their words and actions were to their own detriment, and could quite possibly (and WOULD most likely) result in ridicule, harrassment, imprisonment, torture, and/or even death. Sadly, that turned out to be the case for most of them. That's too bad. We could really use someone like that right now. . . And so I ask myself - and you, "Where are such men today? When the world so desperately needs them. . .?" I WILL STAND. Will you stand with me? (DAMNIT! Give a guy a couple beers, all of a sudden he's freakin' GHANDI or somethin'! lol)

My Blog

The Gnarly Tree

The Gnarly Tree   The Gnarly old Tree stood - barely alive, For many long years, at the end of the drive. An ancient sentinel that somehow survived The ravages of time - though 'twas far past it'...
Posted by Rick on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:33:00 PST

Aries

        Aries          http://img.quizuniverse.com/aries2.gif"> />        You are so full ...
Posted by Rick on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:51:00 PST

Sexual IQ

You have a sexual IQ of 146http://img.quizuniverse.com/brain.jpg"> />When it comes to sex, you are a super genius.  You have had a lot of experience, and sex interests you so you know a lot ...
Posted by Rick on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:49:00 PST