Photography, reading books whose authors have been dead for centuries, bass guitar, listening to music, shooting, hiking, running, swimming, biking...actually my new interest to replace the void left from rowing is triathlon, and attempting Latin. I'm also a fan of astronomy (when it's actually clear by the beach) and waking up early to work out and then enjoy a good cup of coffee while reading a good book. I've recently become a second amendment advocate and I enjoy the world of shooting sports and hunting which helps link me closer to nature and also reminds me how easy we really have it!
Anyone driven to accomplish difficult goals and willing to learn from mistakes. Active people interested in pushing their body and mind."Do, or do not, there is no 'try'" -Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
To be succinct I like anything with good bass guitar or substance. My two favorite bands would have to be Saves the Day and AFI, and my favorite composer would probably be Bach or Wagner. I also like folk music, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, and James Taylor. Some other good bands are Thrice, The Beatles, Coheed and Cambria and Atreyu, My Chemical Romance, Blues Traveler, Cream, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Death By Stereo, Green Day, Harry Chapin, Hawthorn Heights, Jimi Hendrix, Hot Water Music, Carl Orff, Howlin' Wolf and more...
My favorite movies are Lawrence of Arabia, Easy Rider, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Excalibur.
I avoid TV like the plague-sometimes not successfully.
My two favorite books would have to be Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY and THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer. Recently I just read a wonderful book by Terry Jones (Monty Python yes!) called Chaucer's Knight. I am also a fan of the works of the Romantic Poets like Keats, Shelley, and Byron. Robert Frost is a joy to read. I truly enjoy reading C.S. Lewis. I also enjoy reading philosophy. In general I try to stay away from the "pot-boilers." Some other books I have enjoyed are: The Republic, Civilization and Its Discontents, Troilus and Criseyde, The Poetics, The Social Contract, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Problem of Pain, The Abolition of Man, The Prince and also Theodore Roosevelt's Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter. Currently reading Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa."
Lance Armstrong, C.S. Lewis, Chaucer, my family and anyone who overcomes adversity in their lives to reach a goal.