I like people, places and things that make me smile: surfing, swimming, the park, the beach, writing, reading, fashion, art, tattoos, shooting pool, playing cards, music and going to shows, hockey and soccer (I know it's football, so there is no need for my non-American friends to correct that term, fuck you very much), margaritas on patios in the sun, road trips (especially when you don't know where you're going til you get there), retiring somewhere sunny by a beach before I actually hit retirement age.
People with no drama, no pretention and who don't take themselves too seriously. If you use lots of big words you don't know the meanings of just to sound all important, you're not for me. If you are a total dumbass, stop reading right now and move on. I have no use for people who can't hold an intelligent conversation. People who like to stay home sometimes, if you go out and get shitty drunk EVERY night, you're not for me (I already drink too much and don't need any encouragement). People who like to travel to new places and revisit the ones they love again and again, if you are content to stay in one place your whole life we won't have much in common. People who are truly funny without truly trying to be. If you can make me laugh, we'll be friends for life. People who like cool kids and don't like obnoxious adults, if you're too stupid to know the difference, you're definitely not for me. People who agree that the world would be a better place without all the shmuck's...and people who can take my sardonic (there's my big word for the day) sense of humor without taking offense or getting all emotional.
Jane's, Pumpkins, Cure, Pixies, the Killers, the Police, Peter Gabriel, Pennywise, Chili Peppers, Bowie, INXS, Stone Roses, Coldplay, Massive Attack, Beastie Boys, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, Cypress Hill, Primus, 7 Seconds, Blondie, The Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Concrete Blonde, Fugazi, Nirvana, Bauhaus, old ass Dr. Dre, New Order, Peter Murphy, Thrill Kill (brings back childhood memories), Depeche Mode, NIN, Air, ALL, Radiohead, Blur, Editors, Ramones, Social D, Dead Milkmen, The Vandals, Bad Religion, old house music...ah hell...basically anything but country and top 40s pop...oh and drum and bass - I fucking hate drum and bass.
Anything Kevin Smith, Quentin T., cheesy horror flicks, LOTR, Trainspotting, Snatch, Lock Stock, Dazed and Confused, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Pie, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Garden State, Wedding Crashers, The 40-year-old Virgin. You get the idea.
The Daily Show is my absolute fav even if it is fake news, The Office -- the British version was first and best, but the U.S. version is good too, My Name is Earl, Reaper, and I can't get enough of Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
Anne Rice, Dave Eggers, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Tom Wolfe, Claire Messaud, Voltaire, The Bhagavad-Gita, Chinua Achebe and, of course, the classics. Always looking for new authors and more time to read.
Who needs heroes?