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Aaron

I'm Peter Graves, and tonight on A&E Biography, we explore the life of a geeky fat man in Texas.

About Me


I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V3.6 !
Be warned that this section may go off on a tangent because I tend to rant about things that bug me. As a way to ease the tension of such a long-winded profile and to balance things, I have embedded video clips of various interests of mine into every section. Say what you will about how mature they make me look, but if you're more inclined to judge me just on the videos I uploaded and not on the words in between, then you're probably wasting your time here anyway. Now that I look back at it, the whole profile plays out a bit like a Casey Kasem music video or radio show, and I think that's kind of cool based on my interests. I was born and raised in Pearland, Texas, but spent 5 fun years in Bradenton, Florida, where I regrettably left behind some very close friends. I kept a sheet of notebook paper with all their names, addresses and phone numbers on it when I moved away, but that very important sheet of paper managed to disappear before I could put it to use. My primary reason for coming here was to try to find some of the people I've missed for over 15 years, and I hope that maybe some of them can find me here (Chuck, Heather, Brent, Lynette, Erin, Kosol, Tim, Kesha, Matt, and everyone else… you know who you are and I have missed all of you; drop me a line if you can). A few of them already have, so things are looking up. On the same note, I didn't keep up with any of my friends in Pearland either, which is sad because I still live here. In both cities, they taught me what real friendship is about, and I didn't do a very good job of reciprocating by letting them slip out of my hands. I spent my time with my head in the books (and the clouds) and never really had fun with my life, and that needs to change. The path to adulthood wasn't very interesting in my opinion. I was the chubby kid among my peers, so take it from there. I was the butt of the fat jokes and of course wasn't very athletic. I had my share of crushes on girls and made no secret of it in elementary school, but puberty certainly brought with it a high level of confusion. I graduated high school with good grades and spent the next 5 years attending college to become a secondary English teacher. In the 10th grade I decided that was my calling, but all the while something was nagging at my soul. Now, 10 years after taking all the steps, I have come to find that being a teacher isn't right for me at this time in my life. I'll just say that I didn't like what I saw in a lot of places. Teaching is still a passion of mine that will never fade, but I feel like some passions in me are stronger. Educating children remains at the top, but I feel my calling is in another arena. I was raised on PBS and the birth of Nickelodeon, and I believe that children's education can't beat the shows I watched as a child in the early '80s: Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Pinwheel, Today's Special, etc. In the vein of Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, I want to write and perform for children's television. I still love to learn, though, and I also plan to go back to school to get into broadcasting and to study forensic entomology. While I make preparations to go off and fulfill those dreams, I live alone in the house in which I was raised, sharing it with a handful of cats, two turtles, and a violet goby (AKA a dragon fish who has gotten larger than expected). My brother and his new wife and son live right next door and my grandparents live next door to them, so family is always close (sometimes too close). Although I don't have a job right now, I have been earning my keep with manual labor (household chores in all three houses, babysitting, yard work, and helping my mother care for an elderly woman). I was a rather selfish child and somewhat spoiled despite my family's low income, and the self-sacrifice I have achieved for my family recently has given me higher self-esteem as well as an attitude that never will revert back to what it once was, which makes it hard for me not to feel selfish at times for wanting to pursue my own goals when I feel my family needs my help. They insist I do enough most of the time, but they also realize I have to get out into the world sometime. I never paid much attention to religion growing up. I guess it was a rebellion toward some family members who I felt acted too strongly on their beliefs and sat in judgment of me and others. I have developed a more religious attitude in recent years, though. I consider myself a Christian and a Democrat, but I get the feeling that a fair percentage of both groups no longer know the true meanings of the words (and to be honest, some could explain it better than I could). As a result, I do my best to stay out of religious and political discussions... because how often do they end quietly and rationally? It doesn't mean I won't get involved in a debate over things I believe, but I'm not the type to try to force my opinion on others. That reminds me of something important about myself I should mention. I am often misunderstood by people and seen as egotistical or condescending because of my vocabulary and tone of voice. Some people have been offended in the past, thinking I am talking down to them, but nothing could be further from the truth. My vocabulary expands and my tone of voice changes when I am nervous, and it's an unconscious act on my part. I don't like to condescend to people or to show them disrespect because I know how it feels to be treated the same, so those who get to know me should never feel that anything I say to them is meant as an offense (unless I really say so). It's just not in my sensitive nature to behave that way because everyone is entitled to opinions. I am a flawed man, as are we all in life, but I own and accept my flaws and do what I can to polish them away, one of which is a great need to try harder to do so. I only hope that more people, above all else, accept their flaws and treat each other as equals someday because that is what we are. We are all human.... forget race, forget color, forget heritage. What we are and what we do is far more important than any of that. My nervous high vocabulary is almost as bad a habit as my tendency to ramble on and on forever, so I'll cut this bar off here and move on to the next section because there really isn't more to say about myself. On a silly note, if I were a ninja, my name would be Kashimoto of the Mimotoweikafu Clan. I like that name. Some spam is fun... but most is not, so don't take that as an invitation to open the floodgates. As a matter of fact, I may as well warn anyone reading this for the first time that I am very serious about MySpace's policies regarding minors. As someone who wants to educate children, I feel it is just as important for me to protect them when I have the ability to do so, and MySpace has standards that I respect and have no qualms in helping enforce. Since my very first day here, I have reported several people for spamming me to view their webcams or adult websites (and even attempting to send me a virus or two in the process). The fact that my first name tops the alphabet in random searches has made me and every other double-A on MySpace an easy magnet for spam of every kind including the worst. MySpace wasn't made for this kind of behavior, and it isn't why I am here. Take your links and invitations elsewhere because you are wasting your time with me, and I won't hesitate to blow the whistle on you.
You Are 30% Extrovert, 70% Introvert
You are quite reserved
You aren't afraid of social situations...
But you very much prefer to go it alone
And why not? You're your own best friend! Are You An Extrovert or An Introvert?
You Are From Jupiter
You are exuberantly curious - and you love to explore newness.
Enthusiastic and optimistic, you get a kick out of stimulating intellectual discussions.
Foreign cultures and languages fascinate you. You love the outdoors, animals, and freedom.
Chances are you tend to exaggerate, so try to keep a lid on that.
If you do, you'll continue to be known for your confidence, generosity, and sense of justice. What Planet Are You From?
You Are Bert
Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them!
You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you
You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil
How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others The Sesame Street Personality Quiz
Your Geek Profile:
Fashion Geekiness: Highest
Movie Geekiness: Highest
Gamer Geekiness: High
Academic Geekiness: Moderate
Geekiness in Love: Moderate
SciFi Geekiness: Moderate
Internet Geekiness: Low
Music Geekiness: Low
General Geekiness: None How Geeky Are You?
You Are Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
You take the title "mad scientist" to the extreme -with very scary things coming out of your lab.
And you've invented some pretty cool things, from a banana sharpener to a robot politician.
But while you're busy turning gold into cottage cheese, you need to watch out for poor little Beaker!
"Oh, that's very naughty, Beaker! Now you eat these paper clips this minute." The Muppet Personality Test

My Interests

Mystery Science Theater 3000, Godzilla and all other daikaiju (Japanese giant monsters), anime and pretty much every other aspect of Japanese popular culture, comic books, video games (especially Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda, Earthbound, Lunar, Kingdom Hearts, old school stuff, and anything from Namco, especially Dig Dug and Beastie Feastie), dinosaurs and paleontology, cryptozoology, herpetology, ichthyology, emtomology, reading, writing, and collecting pop culture memories from my childhood. I love animals, but I’m far from vegetarian. I could live off Oriental, Italian, or seafood alone. I've been a cat rescuer for quite a few years due to the bad stray population in my area. I tame as many as I can and try to adopt them out. Not really an interest because I'm more a dog person, but I get attached to animals easily and they're the closest thing to children I have right now.
You Are Batman
Billionaire playboy by day. Saving the world by night.
And you're not even a true superhero. Just someone with a lot of expensive toys! What Superhero Are You? I didn't even plan this one, folks... personally I thought I'd be Superman. Actually I could be either... because a few of the questions that interchange the two are very similar in my life. Oddly enough, I came close to being Wonder Woman on a couple of them as well... still, the trinity isn't a bad set.

I'd like to meet:

In the friend realm, I'd like to meet more people interested in MST3K. I've been part of a chat group for about 5 years and we can always use new members. I couldn't have completed my episode collection without our group (except for the elusive pilot and first 3 episodes of the KTMA season), and we do a group movie night every Saturday (at least we try.. the chat server got shut down about a year ago and everyone had to find their way back.. it's been lonely without friends to laugh with). I'm looking for some people near me who are interested enough in MST3K to help me produce some fan episodes; there are so many movies out there worth making fun of and I've already been scripting a couple of productions. And now that Mike Nelson (among my greatest inspirations and freind list numero uno) has started his Rifftrax website, I've developed even more ideas. I'd also like to gather some people together every so often to show some episodes as events at local libraries like some folks have been doing in Dallas the last few years. And if anyone lived in the Tampa Bay, FL, area and has copies of Dr. Paul Bearer's Creature Feature on tape or DVD, I'd love to get copies. And I'd like to think that I'm not the only Godzilla fan in the entire city. In the famous people realm, I'd like to meet the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (some of the funniest minds on the planet), Phil Hendrie (my hero in the radio business and the father I never had), and that's about it... everyone else who had a positive influence on my life was either fictional or has passed on.This spot used to be dedicated to one of those departed influential individuals singing the song that made him famous, Wade Hemsworth and "Blackfly," but it was removed from Youtube for some unknown reason... well I can't say completely unknown because a lot of videos have been disappearing lately due to copyright and whatnot... enjoy these videos while you can because we ARE the last bastion of the free world, and we are being defeated. We, the ones who are fighting to enjoy what we love unhindered, doing no harm even to those who target us: the big corporations who lose a few pennies from their billions just because we posted a video they owned. Read my blog for more on this, but in the meantime, here is someone else who is fighting for America and winning, Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report. Oh wait! All of his videos were removed for copyright infringement too! What a surprise! Even the clip where he actually reports on this subject is gone! Is there no end to the fascism and childish "we own this show, so you can't touch it" mentality? Will the NFL continue to dictate what size television screen a family gathering can watch the Super Bowl on?I digress. Here is a clip featuring the first famous person I actually wanted to meet and did, Megumi Odaka, recurring star of the Godzilla movies of the 90s, at age 16 in a making-of scene from my favorite Godzilla movie, 1989’s Godzilla vs. Biollante. She was the main reason I took a 1700-mile bus trip to California in the summer of 2000. Framed on my wall is a poster of the movie which she accidentally signed twice due to the nervousness of her first trip to America (maybe it was me who made her nervous… or people like me. Despite my respect and ability to greet her in Japanese, I don’t think I looked anything more to her than a drooling fanboy). She certainly was much cuter in person and made the trip well worth it.I'm not particularly looking for a relationship but I'm not dismissing the possibility of finding Ms. Right. "Nice guys finish last" and "just friends" have been unwelcome mantras in my life, but I hope to have a wife and children someday. I have an obvious attraction towards Japanese women, but that doesn’t mean I judge a woman just on who her parents were. I believe that God has a soul mate waiting for everyone, and it may not be who is expected or initially sought. I haven’t been on a date since I was 19, and that experience isn’t something I like to remember. I haven’t been hesitant to enter the dating world for that reason though; after some long thought, I feel that I need to achieve some goals for myself before bringing a significant other in to share my life. I have the utmost respect for women, but I can’t expect a woman to accept me for who I am when I haven’t accepted it yet myself, much less accomplished it. I have always been popular among girls, but I was the shoulder to cry on and the guy all the girls "wished" they were with instead of the losers they chose. Although a bit neurotic at times, I am a good man who knows how to treat a woman. Only problem is that most women I have known don't know how to reciprocate, and out of respect I won’t go into detail. I'm not the kind of man to call a woman on that, but it's still disheartening that a lot of women play games with men and act superficial. My experience may be limited, but the track record isn’t reassuring. Sure, men can be the same way and most are. It would be one thing, however, if I behaved that way and deserved it, but I'm not a doormat. On a side note, go ahead and judge me by my looks and see how long the conversation lasts. I couldn't care less that I'm fat and bald, and I was not pleased with the email I received inviting me to join a romance group here that judges people by how "hot" they are. I guess personality doesn't count for as much as people say it does. I'm a guy with a lot of opinions, but I know how to act and know a lot of people who can't look me in the eye and say the same. Most of my life, I've had to play Dr. Phil to people I meet... and without getting paid. I'm a good listener so it goes with the territory, and I try to stay objective. Need some advice about love life or life in general? I'm all ears. Just don't expect anything less than the truth. That's all there is to me and all I expect out of the world: some honesty. I do hope to make some new friends here even though I came looking for those I had and missed, so don't be afraid (or Heaven forbid discouraged) to drop me a line about anything. Feel free to add me as a friend if you took the time to read all this. I'm not going to much effort to add friends unless I already knew them in person (they're the ones I originally came here looking for) or with to promote them in some way, so most of the friends you may see made the effort to add me themselves. I apologize if I sound picky in approving friend requests, but considering the level of trust isn't that high here and the level of spam is, I may deny some friend requests if they look suspicious. I would appreciate if you send me a message if you want to add me rather than just throwing a request at random. I'm not here to be some random dude to add another notch to a friend tally just because you have a provocative picture and want to tell everyone on the street you meet that your friends list numbers in the thousands. Call it what you want, but if that simple request bothers you, then I'm not sure we could get along as friends anyway. Otherwise, I think they'd have to change the name to an "Acquaintance List" or maybe just a "Random People I Met and Never Spoke To" List. To mix metaphors, I just want to weed out the bad apples, and I don't want to make the mistake of throwing any of you into the wrong baskets. If we share an interest or you just read my profile and think I'm cool, which doesn't make a difference to me one way or the other, then tell me about it. Grab my attention, and feel free to leave me comments on my blogs or my profile. I wouldn't be here if I didn't welcome input, positive or negative.

Music:

Classic rock (The Who, Skynyrd, Foreigner, Joan Jett, ACDC, Beatles, Sting & The Police, Climax Blues Band, and the list goes on and on), Japanese pop (Hikaru Utada, Pizzicato Five, Soul'd Out, Soulhead, and perhaps the most beautiful and talented of them all, Kumi Koda), jazz (old and new age), soundtracks from movies and video games; they don't make music like they used to and I think most music made today is crap... but I am a sucker for a woman with a beautiful voice: Shakira, Mariah Carey (her first three albums), Michelle Branch, and a few others. Tila Tequila has a pretty good voice too.Here's a musical minefield. Mindless entertainment at its best, The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is a catchy song about the greatest pop culture icons in a battle to the death. Lemon Demon, the singer and songwriter, has talent you can't help but notice.Originally I had a handful of videos here from my favorite Japanese vocalist Kumi Koda, but they were removed from youtube for copyright violation. Such a shame you can't even watch television anymore without someone wanting to sue you. Kind of contradictory considering this is some of the best free advertising. Anyway. "Birthday Eve" was among my favorite of her videos because it's not typical of her work. Usually she has a lot of make-up, sensual dancing, and very imaginative environments. This video, however, showed her lighter, more natural side a bit. Still, a song about baking a birthday cake isn't something you see everyday... and the El Santo family really must have needed the work. Thanks to www.cherryblossom-garden.com for their English translation of the lyrics. The mix of English and Japanese run together too much to be understood sometimes. Personally I just like the music itself, but it's nice to know what they're saying sometimes.

Movies:

.. FLIXSTER WIDGET START -
http://aczilla.flixster.com
.. FLIXSTER WIDGET END -I'm a movie junkie, but MST3K changed my view of movies forever. I love bad movies; the thicker the cheese, the better. Every movie, no matter how good, has its flaws, and poking fun always gets a good laugh. You'd be surprised how many cultural references are hidden in any given movie.Here is a montage of some of the best clips from some of the worst movies MST3K ever watched. A behind-the-scenes look at the taping of the final episode, this is among the funniest clips I have ever seen.Still, I love sci-fi, fantasy, foreign films, and Italian "spaghetti" westerns, and I enjoy watching horror host matinnes like Elvira and Dr. Paul Bearer's Creature Feature. Favorite movies: Godzilla vs. Biollante, Godzilla 1954, Godzilla 1985, Mothra 1961, Rodan 1955, Frankenstein Conquers the World, War of the Gargantuas, Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People, it's like Gilligan's Island on acid), Frequency, The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name Trilogy, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Friday, Hostel, American Beauty, McLintock, The Quiet Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men (all versions but especially the original with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr.), Planet of the Apes (the original movie series), Lifeforce, The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Gates of Hell (AKA City of the Living Dead), Night of the Zombies, Manos: The Hands of Fate (considered the worst movie ever made), Young Frankenstein, History of the World Part 1, Legend of the Dinosaurs (considered the worst Japanese monster movie ever made), The Ring (Original Japanese trilogy only), DaiMajin, Sixteen Candles, Not Another Teen Movie, Ernest Scared Stupid, Monster in the Closet, Spirited Away, The Dark Crystal, Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas, Halloween, The Nightmare on Elm Street Series, The Fog (original version), The Omen (original version.. remakes make me ill), Boys from Brazil, 48Hrs., The Golden Child, Unbreakable, King Kong, The Golem (silent film), Star Wars original trilogy (not the special editions), Superman, Yamato Takeru, Onmyoji, The Triplets of Belleville, Attack (perhaps the greatest WWII movie ever made... Buddy Ebsen, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert and one of my heroes, the late Jack Palance, who uttered one of my {and Phil Hendrie's} favorite lines of all time, which comes 35 minutes into the film for those keeping score: "You play the gutless wonder just once more and I'll come back and I'll get you, Cooney. I'll shove this grenade down your throat and pull the pin!" Classic!), and a lot of others I can't think of at the moment. The list goes on.Here is a montage from Godzilla vs. Biollante. I'm not a big fan of Linkin Park, but the guy who made the video did a great job editing the best clips together so I thought it was worth a look. I have a fan video I'm making that's similar to this one, and I don't expect anyone to judge my song any differently.
The Movie Of Your Life Is Film Noir
So what if you're a little nihilistic at times?
Life with meaning is highly over-rated.
Your best movie matches: Sin City, L. A. Confidential, Blade Runner If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?I found this quiz interesting... I thought my movie genre might be cult classic... but I think this kinda fits.

Television:

I watch way too much television, but I love it. Oddly enough, a lot of my favorite shows are known by their initials. Cartoons, on the other hand, shaped my life in a lot of ways and are partly responsible for my love of using my voice. Getting into radio and voice acting might never have appealed to me without animation and the talent required to give a fictional character a voice.Here was a Tonight Show clip featuring the greatest voice actor of all time and one of my greatest inspirations, Mel Blanc, who provided the voices for every Looney Toons character until his death, but it was removed from youtube like many other videos before it. Whoever did so, however, hasn't stopped me because I managed to add this nice little Johnny Carson interview to my personal library with a nifty little youtube video downloading program before it was taken down. So there.Favorite tv shows and cartoons: MST3K, CSI (all three series), NCIS, The Unit, Boston Legal, Star Trek (the original series), Justice League, Cupid, Out of Practice, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, Teachers, Gokusen Live Action, Great Teacher Onizuka Live Action, You're Under Arrest Live Action, Trick, MADtv, Modern Men, The Rockford Files, Kolchak The Night Stalker, The Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tenchi Muyo, Family Guy, King of the Hill, The Simpsons, Robot Chicken, Chappelle's Show, Mind of Mencia, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Spectreman, The Tick, Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, Medium, Supernatural, Penn & Teller: Bullshit, Quantum Leap, Love Hina, Serial Experiments: Lain, The Greatest American Hero, Transformers, Disney's Gargoyles, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales, TaleSpin, That '70s Show, Ghost Whisperer, Las Vegas, Ultra Q, Iron Chef, Power Rangers (I prefer the Japanese Super Sentai versions), Kamen Rider Black, Godzilla The Series, and so many more. Shows that boggle my mind because they are still on the air (in other words shows I never could get into): Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, The Black Donnelys (a teenage version of the Sopranos... so what?), Lost (I don't know if I can honestly say I have given this a fair chance, but three years of shadows and suspense and no answers... I speculate on a lot of shows I watch, but it just doesn't grab me... and the ending more than likely will be similar to that of Newhart or St. Elsewhere or even the Lost parody 12 Oz. Mouse... a dream, the vivid imagination of an autistic child, or a government controlled brainwashing), Survivor and most other reality shows. Sorry, just never enjoyed them.Here is a music video montage from my favorite Super Sentai series of the new meillennium, Mahou Sentai MagiRanger (the original Japanese version of Power Rangers Mystic Force). Looks like it was made by a very talented fan from Brazil. They always get the good stuff.Speaking of Americans never getting the good stuff, here is the opening of one of many crossover video games that was right up my alley but never released in the US. A team-up game with some of the best Japanese superheroes from Ultraman to Inazuman to Kamen Rider to Space Sheriff Garivan and more.And here's a very inventive opening of the American version, Power Rangers Mystic Force, set to the original Japanese theme. Very well done.And the final video for this section comes from the makers of the Japanese Power Rangers series. The 1978 live action Spider-Man... and this isn't the Spider-Man we know. Campy and cheap, this series wasn't popular, but I'd still pay for a subtitled DVD boxset. This is the full first episode in raw Japanese, but it's rather easy to follow the story of a man given powers by spider aliens to fight evil.

Books:

Don't let the comic book guy image fool you. I enjoy the complete works of Shakespeare, Chaucer, and the great modern novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men. I didn't get a literature degree to lecture on superheroes. Still I love comics: Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, X-Men, Justice League, Usagi Yojimbo, and too many others to list. Growing up, I was a huge fan of The Three Investigators, a novel serial for kids that was published during the 60s and 70s and caught the eye of Alfred Hitchcock, who actually wrote and appeared in some of the stories.

Heroes:

Shakespeare was a man ahead of his time. Spider-Man is a representation of teen angst who displayed the depth of humanity. The Beast (Dr. Henry McCoy) is a representation of scientific genius and the epitome of the problems of judging a book by its cover. Stan Lee gave life to Spider-Man and The Beast and so many others, and he continues to write his fantasies to this day for people to enjoy. Godzilla is the epitome of many things from the sum of human mistakes to the reluctant protector of his surroundings. Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsubaraya gave Godzilla life while Haruo Nakajima created his footsteps and Akira Ifukube his voice. Optimus Prime is the ultimate leader for good. Rodney Dangerfield never got any respect but he made his mark. Richard Pryor was the funniest man alive. Joel Hodgson took some bad movies and some junk from Goodwill and put them all together to make a masterpiece while Mike Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, Bridget Jones, Paul Chaplin and Mary Jo Pehl gave that masterpiece the touches it needed to stay the test of time. Jim Henson created a world of magic with felt and glue, and he and Frank Oz brought them to life. Dr. Paul Bearer was the greatest and longest running horror matinee host in history. Fred Rogers would have been my favorite neighbor. Phil Hendrie uses his voice to out stupidity in society, and his character Vernon Dozier is the ultimate dark side of Phil and myself that makes me laugh out loud every time. John Ritter was an all-around great guy whose presence in my lifetime made his loss all the more difficult. Akira Kurosawa knew how to draw emotion from movies, and Mel Brooks is the undisputed king of directing comedy. Chuck Jones directed brilliant animated comedy through the Looney Toons, and Mel Blanc was the life's blood of every one of the wacky characters. John Wayne was the ultimate badass, and Clint Eastwood follows well in his footsteps. Although rounding out the list near the end, Jesus Christ is among the greatest of my heroes, as well as my namesake Aaron, brother of Moses. Whatever your religious beliefs, it's hard to deny that Jesus was a man who wanted to spread as much peace as possible in a tumultuous time. That kind of courage and self-sacrifice is a gift too few possess. And then there's my mom, who raised two sons all by herself and taught us the importance of family in a sea of turmoil and poverty. And there is no sense of ego here whatsoever, but I am my own hero. I am a man who cares about others more than I do about myself. I put other people's problems before my own and thus rarely do anything to improve my own life unless someone else benefits. I am an unsung hero who needs to save himself but is more willing to save the world even if it seems an impossible task, and it seems I would put my life on the line rather than truly living my dreams and making my own mark. But I would not be my own hero if not for the ones who came before me.Here is one of my heroes at work in one of my favorite movies, Mel Brooks in History of the World Part One and "The Spanish Inquisition," the funniest song since "Springtime for Hitler."

My Blog

To My Grandfather: Edward Bryant Tindall, 1936-2007

A painful waiting game finally came to an end as you passed away in your sleep at about noon on February 9, 2007, after a fierce battle with emphysema. You were stricken very ill shortly before y...
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:25:00 PST

A Letter to All Corporations Who Sue for Copyright Infringement

NOTE: The contents of this letter may be considered so scathing that they result in my profile being deleted from MySpace. Although it contains nothing illegal, immoral, or outside the guidelines of M...
Posted by Aaron on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:57:00 PST

A Word on Saddam

May God judge him as He will for his actions. And no I don't want to see the video... I've already deleted two people from my friends list for almost taking away my right to choose by posting it as a ...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:36:00 PST

Merry Christmas (If That's Ok)

My topic head comes from the title of one of my favorite Christmas songs, performed by the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000. One line comes to mind that sums up my feelings 100%:"Christmas comes j...
Posted by Aaron on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:20:00 PST

My First Crack at Poetry in Years... Melancholitis Sets In

This is a vision of human metaphor in my mind right now, so I thought I would share. It might be a bit long-winded and depressing, and maybe even lacking in some sense or purpose as I am men...
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:53:00 PST

Pauley Shore Goes to Texas (or "A Plague of Hick Violence")

   I'm not a Pauley Shore fan, but I could not be more upset about what just happened in Odessa. I am a Texan but I have to say this, and it goes out to everyone involved in Shore'...
Posted by Aaron on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:56:00 PST

A Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving on the morrow. I know from experience that sometimes having too many family members in one place at the same time can lead to tension and troubles, but try t...
Posted by Aaron on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:37:00 PST

Negative People (An Addendum to My Opinions on Life)

     Well, it has been 4 days since Mable passed away, and among the worst of things happened today. I couldn't care less how much liability I suffer from telling this story o...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:45:00 PST

Changes Coming in My Life

     At about 3PM Central on November 10, 2006, Mable Ruth Forbes passed away of congenital heart failure at age 96. She was one of the oldest and most colorful women in Pearland, ...
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:33:00 PST

Reading Between the Lines of South Park

Note: With full knowledge of how old this subject is, I ask that you bear with me because I never took the initiative to speak out about it, and I ask that you keep in mind that this is an essay that ...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:40:00 PST