Many interests... here's a sample: Music, photography, skiing, skateboarding, snowboarding, reading, writing, traveling, trading, finance, economics, behavioral finance, psychology, sociology, dogs, cats, horses, good food & drink and interesting people.
New friends and fellow creative types and free spirits around the world. Entrepreneurs and their friends, associates and investors. People who add me to their MySpace "Top Friends" list or link to BuzzPal and help spread the word. Together we will create a new reality!
SOME OF MY PHOTOS (all Sweden except the first two, which are Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Ennis, Montana):
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Love all kinds of music depending on mood. Here's a small sample: A3, Alison Krauss, Allman Brothers, Anders Osborne, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, Big Head Todd, Black Crowes, Blink 182, Blind Melon, Blues Traveler, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Chemical Brothers, Citizen Cope, Cowboy Mouth, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, David Gray, De La Soul, DJ Dado, Dolly Parton, The Doors, Dr. Dre, Emmylou Harris, Frank Zappa, Galactic, Grateful Dead (first show June 1984 at Merriweather Post Pavilion), Heed, James Brown, Jane's Addiction, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix (my first non-kiddie album was Experience), Billy Idol, John Denver, Judas Priest, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Leftover Salmon, Lenny Kravitz, Linkin Park, Little Feat, Lou Reed, Lyle Lovett, Merle Haggard, Metalica, The Meters, Moby, Moe, Morphine, Neil Young. Neville Brothers, New Order, Nirvana, Norah Jones, Paul Oakenfold, Phish, Pink Floyd, Radiators, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robert Cray, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Rusted Root, Samples, Simple Minds, Smashing Pumpkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Subdudes, Ramones, Thievery Corporation, Third Eye Blind, Tonic, Tony Frutado, Van Morrison, Ween, The Who, Widespread Panic, Willie Nelson
Don't get to the movies much, but when I do I often like ones with at least one or more of the following: thought provoking, has good story, music, plot(s), action, humor, drama, acting, setting. Off the top of my head and in no particular order, here are a few I liked: The Departed, Team America (the uncut version), The Matrix, Bourne Identity / Supremacy, The Constant Gardener, The Interpreter, American Beauty, American Pie, Silence of the Lambs, Mystic River, Pulp Fiction, NBK, Cape Fear, Goodfellas (that's where my White House Mafia inspiration and tagline came from), The Doors, Traffic, Austin Powers, Meet the Parents, Braveheart, Fugitive, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11. That’s a short list of what comes to mind right now, but should give you a pretty good idea of the type of movies I like. Oh, here's a few more: Memento, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Dead Poet's Society. And of course when I was a kid I loved Star Wars, ET and Raiders of the Lost Ark. And I guess there’s also some post-kid, but older movies that I’ll mention, such as Jaws, Exorcist, Taxi Driver, The Warriors, and Rocky Horror Picture Show (that one ran for like 10+ years straight at the Key Theatre in Georgetown, Washington, DC... before Georgetown was Starbucks-erized... man, those were the days!). Ok, here's one more I just saw: Sicko, by Michael Moore... great movie, like his others. Hairspray was a great surprise, actually, great message.
Not so much into TV.
Don't read too many books... I mean I buy them sometimes, but often they only get skimmed instead of read cover to cover... I guess that's my preferred reading method for most books. I'm currently reading some Henning Mankell novels (Swedish crime stuff).
I see my heroes everyday, they are the ones I see paying it forward and leaving a trail of kindness in their paths. They don’t do what they do to be anybody’s hero. These people are giving true gifts and therefore expect nothing in return. They are the ones who are making the world a better place to live in. Maybe you are one of my heros? I hope so. The other hero I see everyday is my wife, she has so many qualities I don’t have and that I admire. My final group of heroes are my fallen friends and all the other innocent victims of violence. They are with me everyday and they are driving forces in my life even though they are not walking our planet anymore. They are why I live, fight, love, laugh cry and create. One other thing you should know is that I don’t hate those who took my friends away. I don’t believe in hate or standing against things or people. I believe in standing FOR ideas and people, fairness, understanding, equality, and the creation and exchanging of value for value. I think one of the reasons we have the problems we have in the world today is that some people are sticking it to other people, not listening to them, not caring about them, not doing anything to improve anything except for themselves. That’s sad, but I don’t worry about that either. I just do what I can and try to leave things better than I found them. Peace.