We love just about anything outdoors, but my real love is scuba diving. As I said above, I'm a certified Instructor and Divemaster, and my dream is to retire with my wife to the tropics and teach diving. I've completed the L.A. Triathlon and Marathon, climbed Mt. Whitney in one day, dove with sharks, and skied the best peaks in Colorado. Life is an adventure to be savored.
Fun and interesting people, most of all, and especially divers. I'm low-key/no-drama, and just don't get people who are addicted to it. Hangups? Hang 'em somewhere else! Inhibitions? Incompatible. Fun and funky? Fantastic! I'm seeking friends who truly live life and enjoy it but don't merely live for the enjoyment. I am looking for people who have the substance beneath the veneer, who examine themselves and the world around them, who know what they believe because they've really thought about it. I'm fascinated by people who have random knowledge and experiences yet have managed to actively weave those disparate threads into a unique fabric that is their lives. I believe that we are who and where we are in life because of choices we have made or choices we have allowed others to make for us ... are you similar?I'm married, so I'm looking for fun, compatible people and couples for friendship ONLY.
I love just about anything, with the exception of Hip Hop (and the whole Hip Hop culture, to be honest). Metal, rock, jazz, classical, opera, Motown, soul, punk ... if it is passionate, I'm in. My all-time favorite band is Tool, but right now I'm addicted to new music from Killswitch Engage, Isis, and Lamb of God; other loves include: Buckcherry, Chimaira, Social Distortion, Marilyn Manson, pre-Load Metallica, Kittie, Korn, the Donnas, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Rob Zombie, Powerman 5000, old classics like Aerosmith and The Nuge, Miles Davis, The Bird, Evans, Gustav Mahler, Verdi & Puccini ...
Everything from classics to great dramas, mysteries, period pieces, to stupid comedies. Just don't do drippy chick flicks. My favorite movies of all time include: The Jerk, Gladiator, Unforgiven, the Godfather series. I'd watch anything by Clint Eastwood, Darren Arinofsky, David Mamet, or David Lynch (all of which should give you quite an insight on me). I think Andrew Georgitsis is really a magician; if he sold a DVD of him reading his shopping list underwater, I'd buy that, too.
My favorite show of all time has to be The Shield, followed by 24. I'm also into Lost, and Prison Break, although my interest is waning.
Any and all things Ayn Rand. I find Milton Friedman, David Horowitz, Thomas Sowell, and Walter Williams compelling, and enjoy much history and biography. Favorite reads include "Killing Pablo" and "Why America Slept" (even though I had to put it down often because it made me so angry). Anything that is thoughtfully written and thought-provoking will pique my interest. I also have way more dive books than a person oughta...
The brave men and women who are voluntarily risking, and giving, their lives to protect our freedom. Everything else pales by comparison.