Medieval re-enactments, hill walking and scrambling, Japenese history (Sengoku & Edo periods mainly), culture of the Geisha, Roman history,Horin Dojo , being a MIGHTY NINJA, anime, drawing, rock music, video games, excersize, drinking tea, brandy, mixed martial arts, mixed wrestling, comics/graphic novels, women, gardens, reading, weaponry & armour, the sea, lighthouses, moomins,.
This is a difficult one because the people you admire arent always the people you would like to meet. With that in mind heres my list of people i'd like to meet, even if some of them are a little implausible (well some are dead). Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Flashman, Angelina Jolie, Michael Palin, Patrick Moore, Adam & Joe, Robbie the robot, William Shatner, Vespasian, Monica Belluci, Sheryl Tweedy, God (could be a laugh), Boris Johnson, Hulk Hogan, KIT (from Knightrider), Mr T, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Mongo lord of the ape men, king Arthur, the antrhopomorphic representation of DEATH, Batman, Bill Clinton, Tony Robbins, Matt Groenig, Neil Gaiman, Judge Dredd, anyone who wants to give me vast amounts of cash or my own island.
NINE INCH NAILS, EVERLAST, PANTERA, FAITH NO MORE, SNOT, BJORK, SCLEMISH!!!!! KODO, DEPECHE MODE, PRODIGY, METALLICA, MASTADON, RAMMSTEIN, KAISER CHIEFS, THE CLASH, DROWNING POOL, WHITE ZOMBIE, DEFTONES, SEPULTURA, MISERY LOVES CO, BEASTIE BOYS, SOIL, THE KNACKS, LARD, PUBLIC ENEMY, GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE, GARBAGE, CHEMICAL BROTHERS, OTIS LEE CRENSHAW, GORILLAZ, PITCHSHIFTER, DEAD KENNEDYS, THE WRATH OF OSIRIS (these guys rock hard), FEARFACTORY, DAVID BOWIE, SLAYER, KMFDM, AGNOSTIC FRONT, JOHNNY CASH, GOD FLESH, MONSTER MAGNET, PERCUSSION BANDS, MACHINE HEAD, MOTOR HEAD, BLACK SABBATH, NOMEANSNO, BEETHOVEN (no im not being pretentious), UGLY AMERICAN, SISTERS OF MERCY, JESUS LIZARD, BRUJERA, ENTOMBED, PEARL JAM, ANGELO BADALAMENTI, LOU REED, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, and many more.
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i like the Two Towers most), STAR WARS (episodes 3,4,5,6), AMERICAN BEAUTY, AMERICAN PSYCHO, UNFORGIVEN, SWORD IN THE STONE, THE JUNGLE BOOK, SHREK, RED LION, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, DARK MAN, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, EL CID, ZULU, THE LAST SAMURAI, NINJA SCROLL, VIDEODROME, THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, SECETARY, THE KILLER, FACE OFF, FIGHT CLUB, FIST FULL OF DOLLARS, A FEW DOLLARS MORE, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, PALE RIDER, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, DR STRANGEGLOVE, ROCKY, FIRST BLOOD, SALEMS LOT, ZOOLANDER, HEAT, and more.
THE SIMPSONS, FUTURAMA, FIREFLY, BLACKADDER, THE OFFICE, LOST, I CLAUDIUS, ROME, GHOST IN THE SHELL (STAND ALONE COMPLEX), HELLSING, ANY WILDLIFE DOC (if narrated by David Attenborough), DEPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BBC NEWS, CHANNEL 4 NEWS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES (especially if its about the Romans), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, THE IT CROWD, BLACK BOOKS, THE ADAM AND JOE SHOW, GARTH MEREnGHIS DARK PLACE, FARSCAPE, AMERICAN DAD, FAMILY GUY, SHARPE, FRAISER. I dont really watch anything specific, these are the programmes i take time to watch.
Catcher in the rye, Shogun, American psycho, memoirs of a geisha, Autobiography of a geisha, Geisha of Gion, The Sandman series, Terry Prattchets Discworld series, Moomins, The Flashman series, Call of Cthulu, Salems Lot, Wind in the Willows, The Hobbit, Asterix, On the road, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenence, Steppenwolf, The Deptford mice, His dark materials trilogy, 1984, Clockwork orange, Brave new world, Animal farm, Road to Wigan Pier, Nathaniels nutmeg, Big chief Elizabeth, Samurai William, White gold, American gods, The Anansi boys, To kill a mocking bird, Lord of the flys, Dracula, Good omens. I like to read, but these are the books that i can happily read over and over again.
Ranulph fiennes, Vespasian, Batman, David Attenborouh, William Adams, Saigo Takamori,Flashman, Rebecca Stephens. The plumber who fixed the toilet in the shared house where i once lived ( brave man, he will be missed.)