Drawing, writing, jogging/exercise, exploring Atlanta, movies, traveling (when I can), and of course, cartoons
Other animators, creative types, people in Atlanta, or people that I lost contact with years ago.
This is my friend Mike doing his stand-up act. He's a funny guy on or off the stage.
I'm a bit of a movie nut, so here's a bunch of my top favorites: Citizen Kane, The Jerk, The Muppet Movie, The Player, Back to the Future, Almost Famous (Untitled), All Marx Brothers movies (my favorite is Animal Crackers), Aladdin, Pinocchio, Jungle Book, The Blues Brothers,The Fisher King, Shawshank Redemption, To Kill a Mockingbird, Young Frankenstein, Jaws, Caddyshack, Godfather I and II, Wet Hot American Summer, Waiting for Guffman, Charade, Three Amigos, Blazing Saddles, Ghostbusters, What About Bob?, Vacation, Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Goonies, Heat, Rushmore, The Graduate, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, E.T., Beautiful Girls, Garden State, A Shot in the Dark, The Party, North by Northwest, Frenzy, Get Shorty, Raising Arizona, Trainspotting, Maltese Falcon, Animal House, Some Like it Hot, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Out of Sight, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and a slew of others.....
Current Faves : Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Scrubs, The Office, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, and 30 Rock
All time faves: Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, SNL, SCTV, Kids in the Hall, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, Arrested Development, Leave it to Beaver (it's still a really funny show!!), Freaks and Geeks, Seinfeld, Cheers, Newsradio, and of course all classic cartoons.
The Real Animal House, Confederacy of Dunces, About a Boy, The Pleasure of My Company, Assasination Vacation, The Godfather, Kavalier and Clay was a good read, but a bit slow in the middle.
Non-fiction books I like tend to be about Animation and the entertainment industry.
My parents, Bruce Apel, Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Steve Martin, Joe Ranft