Christ's Love, world war ii, cades cove, the beat movement, skydiving, hiking, tragedy photography, big cats, cooking for people and hanging with those i enjoy.
I'd like to meet:
Jesus Christ, 'Red' Warren, President Bill Clinton, Socrates, Muhammed (the prophet, not the boxer), Anderson Cooper, Neil Armstrong, Gen. George S. Patton, Hunter S. Thompson and the 'agony of defeat' guy from the old ABC Sports promos.
Music:
Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Foo Fighters, Niggas Wit Attitude (NWA), Queens of the Stone Age, Revolting Cocks, Faces, KRS One, Electric Six, Reverend Horton Heat, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Black Label Society, Social Distortion, Public Enemy, Scissor Sisters, Porter Wagoner, Hank Williams (all three of them), Stone Temple Pilots, Cheap Trick, Snakeman Willy Band, Paris, Nasir Jones, Tupac Shakur, Bad Religion, Those Legendary Shack Shakers (west Ky. represent), Weezer, Johnny Cash, The Two Pats With Hats, Barefeets Johnson The Redneck Rapper, and oh so, so, so much more, but these are the people speaking to me the most these days.
Movies:
the thing about me and film, it is pretty simple ... guns, boobies, fire. zombies flicks, however, always rule ... george romero, i want to have your baby!!! recent turn-ons ... 'no country for old men' and 'charlie wilson's war' ... still waiting for someone to make something funny again, you know, like 'kingpin'?
Television:
i typically use my television for playstationing, but i also watch TV on DVD and CNN. always good ... 'm*a*s*h'! currently turned on to 'jericho', snoop dogg's 'fatherhood', 'metalocalypse', and 'flight of the conchords'.
Books:
Holy Bible, Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Associated Press stylebook, the works of Kentucky's greatest writers to this point - Robert Penn Warren and Dr. Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson, not the Muppet), World War II histories and memoirs, American frontier diaries and that tripe book I have yet to write.
Heroes:
Jesus Christ; Ivan Glendal Givens, a father of six and veteran of World War II, Korea and the Gary, Ind., steel mills; Dr. Gonzo; Sen. Wendell Ford; Red Warren; and the United States military veteran.
