HUGE MMA fan!! UFC, WEC, PRIDE, K1; All your typical boy things - anything loud and fast as hell! Music; Movies; I love to hang with my older boys, and snuggle with Ben and Anna; I love to rough play with Lance and Cookie Crisp (the dogs - they are so funny!); I love my family, despite the geographic challenges - thank God for technology! I enjoy doing handyman-type things (just finished my basement myself) - feeds my desire for tangible results! I like to maintain a healthy lifestyle - hopefully that will rub off on my kids... I love to shop (shut it!), and I like to look and smell great (high maintenance I guess); I like to romance my wife, and hold her hand when we're out, and whisper sweet nothings in her ear when she's least expecting it... I love to dance (in the club); I love to sing (in the car - although Anna did tell me I should go on American Idol - Ha Ha!!); I love to help people, and be a good listener. I like to try and make a difference in the lives of the people I encounter each and every day. I challenge myself with that mission every day when I get out of bed. I love to travel, and take road trips - the planning feeds my need for some control in this very hectic life of mine (ours)! I'm a natural-born planner - ask anyone! Politics humor me more than anything else; I love good comedy, and of course good friends.
Anything that reaches into my heart and soul I like. I can tap my fingers to just about any genre - r&b, jazz, hip hop, rap (old school is the best though), techno, house, blues, reggae, rock, pop, country, and yes.. even some classical, big band is cool, too. I love 80's music!! I love karaoke (So long as no one's around! We have a karaoke machine the we use from time to time). These kids today have no idea!
Ultimate Fighter (TUF), UFC Unleashed, Ultimate Knockouts and Ultimate Fight Night...of course; American Idol; Overhaulin'; Pimp My Ride; Cribs; Miami Ink; Little People/Big World; American Chopper; Monster Garage; Horsepower TV; Dog The Bounty Hunter; Trick My Truck; Dr. G Medical Examiner; Myth Busters; Dirty Jobs; I Love The 80's; Cops; Breaking Bonaduce; Fabulous Life Of...; Web Junk 2.0; Hogan Knows Best (Hulkamania's runnin' wild!!); Most Extreme Videos; House (very cool show); Monday Night Football; Just to name a few favorites... Also, anything on Animal Planet; Sometimes Comedy Central has some good stuff on; And, I watch alot of HDTV too... on 92" baby! Man that's beautiful...
Not a big book reader, but... there are several that I'd like to get and think I'd enjoy. Such as: "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt; "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel -- Why Everything You Know is Wrong" by John Stossel; "The Language Of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis S. Collins; "Stand for Something: The Battle for America's Soul" by John Kasich... and a few others in these categories. ;)
Plain and simply? Mom. Without her perseverance, sacrafice and determination, I would not be the person I am today. Somehow, with being a single Mom, she managed to equip me with all the tools necessary to make life's decisions - and she did this on solid values, pure instinct and common sense. And for that, I thank her. She is my only hero.