Hating France, sleeping on razors (so I stays cut!), learning obscure information that will never benefit my career, tuba, bass and guitar virtuosity (sorta), sappy love songs, chastising loved ones, working out, HALO, ancient european history and etymology, physics (primarily classical mechanics and relativistic interactions), economy (or lack) of motion, rationalizing a secular defense of my conservative politics, unrequited love!
I'd like to meet:
Bob and Dan, Greggo, Richard Feynman, Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Earl Campbell, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Jay, Martin Luther (PBUH), GEORGE F-ING PATTON, Tesla (Nicola and the band), Tacitus, Richard Winters, Chester Nimitz, the Guys from Jackass, John Paul Jones, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Chuck Yeager, Flea, Larry Graham, John Entwhistle, Menudo, Evangeline Lilly and Jessica Biel (together).
Music:
Motown, Willie Nelson, Bee Gees, Led Zeppelin, Lazer, Skynard, Def Leppard, Taj Mahal, Blues Brothers, Parliament, Tenacious D, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Toadies, the Nixons, Jeff Buckley, the Jellyfish, Ray Lamontagne, Derek Trucks, Public Enemy, KISS, Beausoleil, Tesla, Bread, Air Supply, Lefty Frizzel, Waylon Jennings, Zamfir, System of a Down, Chili Peppers, Milli Vanilli (swear to God), Elton John, Grease, Dusty Springfield, Kenny Rogers, the Band, Aretha, Stevie (Wonder, Ray Vaughn and Nicks), Beethoven, Mozart, Guns & Roses, Paganini, Blues Traveler, and Ronnie Milsap.
Movies:
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Patton, the Hustler, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Casino, Goodfellas, the Champ, A Scanner Darkly, Saving Private Ryan (I weep before thee, Spielberg), A River Runs Through It, Smokey and the Bandit, the Toy, Up in Smoke, Full Metal Jacket, 2001; A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Rush, Ice Pirates!, Conan, Wonderland, Nicholas Nickleby, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Soldier in the Rain, Bullit, Apocalypse Now, the Sting, Rocky IV, Harlem Nights, Major Payne, Hercules in New York, Pumping Iron, Urban Cowboy, Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Bilogy (I disown the third one), Philadelphia, Apollo 13, We Were Soldiers, the Patriot, Raging Bull, Sugar Hill, American History X, 12 Monkeys, Top Gun (Volleyball!!!), Anchorman, Magnolia, Gladiator, the Outsiders, Tombstone, Heat and almost any sci-fi movie ever made
Television:
Rome, Six Feet Under, Band of Brothers, South Park, Lost, All in the Family, Seinfeld, Party of Five, MASH, Dallas, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, AMC, Fox News, Law & Order and the History and Discovery channels.
Books:
Mad Libs, Anything by Stephen King, Ayn Rand, or John Irving, the Brothers Karamazov, 1984, Catcher in the Rye, Dune, Chuck Yeager autobiography, anything by Dickens, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, a Brief History of Time, ANYTHING by Richard Feynman, anything by Arthur C Clarke, history books, science books.
Heroes:
Mom and Pops and my grandfathers (one imbued me with my love of the laugh, the other was just a badass).
