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Brett

Kiss your prayers goodbye

About Me

If you really want to know way too much about me and my unremarkable life, check the blog I've been updating for 10 years. If you're too lazy to Google me to find that blog, well, here's a quick summary.
I'm an indoor guy, spending most of my time in movies, libraries, bookstores, malls, ballroom dances, and bowling alleys. I usually only go outside to see the ocean or play tennis; I never choose stuff like camping or hiking. However, I will gladly be "outdoorsy" with you if you effectively motivate and persuade me. Breaking my routines, experiencing new things, yes, fantastic.
More about me: I'm a mainstream guy who watches popular movies / TV shows and listens to popular music. But I offer a small disclaimer — some of the popular music I enjoy is from the European pop charts, not the American pop charts.
Wherever I go, I usually bring my camera and make an attempt at getting some good photographs. Here on Myspace, I've found more than five people using pictures I took as their default photographs; some are shown below in my friends box. Is that some sign of success? At some point, I suppose I ought to take a photography class.
I have 20/20 vision and 30/30 pants, and I've given over 40 pints of blood (before age 40).
My previous addresses (before Lexington) include Miami FL, Charlotte NC, Asheville NC, Atlanta GA, Orlando FL, San Jose CA, Richmond VA, and Dijon/France.
The one thing I hate the most in this world is a red stoplight arrow at a left turn. I never ever want to sit behind a red left-turn arrow, unnecessarily wasting three to five minutes of my life waiting for the green arrow, while other people get to happily cruise along in the lane next to me.


My Interests

1a. Getting something for nothing.
(especially BitTorrents )

1b. Getting more for less.

2. Flirting with women.

3. Giving scalp massages or backrubs.

4. Doing karaoke.

5. Helping new dancers to learn beginner ballroom-dance steps.

6. Playing movie trivia games like SceneIt and other similar games like Trivial Pursuit.

7. Playing tennis at Woodland Park.

8. Reading any Braille found in my day-to-day life, like on ATMs and elevators. I can read the Braille menu at Cracker Barrel.


Food

Cuisine = Italian
Fish = Smoked salmon
Breakfast Cereal = Frosted Krispies
Travel Snack = Clif Bar
Salty Snack = SunChips (cheddar)
Dessert = Cheesecake
Candy = Almond M&M's
Cookie = Mint Milano
Beverage = White House apple juice
Diet soda = Fresca
Alcoholic beverage = Nyquil
Salad dressing = Joe Bologna's hot bacon dressing
Condiment = Barbecue sauce
Pizza Topping = BBQ Chicken


Travel

I love French places, especially Montreal and southern France (like Cannes). Back in 1995, I lived in Avignon for a month and Dijon for a month. Care to go back to France with me?

I'd like to meet:

My future wife:

You are an easygoing woman who smiles all the time and rarely gets depressed. You are playful and affectionate. You were born after 1970. You enjoy mainstream food and mainstream entertainment.

It'd be nice if you are insouciant so that my insouciance won't make you angry. Also, when your guy mutes every single TV commercial that ever comes on (except for Super Bowl commercials), that doesn't make you angry either.

A superficial and less-important characteristic:
You are a French-speaking brunette.


Who I'd not like to meet:

High-maintenance women. Nymphomaniacs. Alcoholics. Evangelists. In a nutshell, anyone who cultivates stress and misery.


Famous people I have met:

Matthew Broderick, when I was an extra in Glory

Brian Regan, when Heather took me to one of his concerts in Ohio

Tom Hulce, when I was an extra in Black Rainbow

Jimmy Buffett, when I was a bartender at a country club in Atlanta

Bellamy Young, recently seen in M:I 3, when I was her classmate at Asheville High

Alan Thicke, when I worked at a Disney hotel

Teresa Isaac, former mayor of Lexington, when I worked in city government during the great "Ice Storm of 2003"

Steffany Huckaby, star of Death Tunnel, when Valerie brought her to a ballroom dance



Photographer For Hire!

Ignore this section. I built it so I can experiment with photo albums like the one I found on my sister's friend's profile. Propz to "www.myspace.com/sierrakelly"

I will photograph your event for the low, low rate of $125.00 per hour plus airfare, lodging, and meals. I am particularly interested in photographing events in Australia.

Music:

"Hits of the eighties, nineties, and today," as some radio stations say.
Sarah Brightman.
MC Solaar.
Beginner-level classical sheet music that I struggle to play on my piano.

My all-time favorite CD: Lead Me On by Amy Grant.

Movies:

My all-time favorite movie: Groundhog Day

Other favorite movies:
The Incredibles,
About a Boy,
Kung Fu Hustle,
Planes Trains and Automobiles,
Trois Couleurs Rouge,
Great Muppet Caper,
Fifth Element,
Tron,
Dumb and Dumber,
Back to the Future,
Strictly Ballroom

My favorite movie soundtrack: Fifth Element

If my life were being pitched as a movie script, it would be described as About a Boy meets Uncle Buck.

Television:

shows I love:
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CSI
Best Week Ever
Comic Remix
Daily Show
House MD
Mythbusters
South Park
The Office
Entourage
Ebert and Roeper
Penn and Teller
Boondocks
Robot Chicken

shows I once loved
and still like:
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SNL
Scrubs
Psych
Simpsons
Family Ties

Books:

I've never read this book, but I like the title:

What Is Man (Mark Twain)
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Art of Deception (Kevin Mitnick)
Wisdom of Crowds (James Surowiecki)
Freakonomics (Steven Levitt)

Heroes:

Stephen Chow
(the guy who wrote, directed, and starred in Kung Fu Hustle)


Wish List

Since I now have the means to get myself just about anything I want, I am willing to release you from the pressure of ever buying me birthday gifts or Christmas gifts again. However, if you're dying to buy me something because you love me so much, then buy me the following things:

    Lexington Dining Club book Entertainment Book (Lexington version) gift certificates to Lex Healing Arts Academy gift cards for IHOP airline tickets to wherever you are

Misc Links

StumbleUpon
B. Young

My Blog

No blog entries, but I do have video uploads

Because I keep a blog elsewhere, which you can easily find by Googling my name, I won't be posting any entries here.Here is a video of me doing gymnastics that I uploaded to MySpace instead of up...
Posted by Brett on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:26:00 PST