Acting(I love getting paid to do,what I love to do)and producing films, Sailing, Scuba diving, Animals and animal rescue (I've saved more than I can count), Riding(equestrian) The moment before I kiss a woman for the first time, Weight lifting/working out, I read about 3-4 books a week, Hiking, Art and crafts galleries, Dancing, Shooting NOT hunting, Archery, Canoodleing (if ya don't know,don't ask.....o.k. ,ask), Yes is my favorite three letter word, I love japanese food and can eat like a harbour seal at a sashimi bar, Museums ,Gray Goose ,Learning from any exprience, Feelin' a little crispy after being in the sun all day then having a great meal outside on a veranda, add some trade winds,and a pair of eyes that I can drown in...mmmmmm, I'm big on history and historical reenactments(how can we know where we're going, if we don't know where we've been, and learned from it?)Italian and french wine, Renaissance faires,(I used to love to joust at them, but now, I kinda' want to not be hit in the head with an axe, and knocked off a horse.)Clean water air and food, Movies, Zen Philosophy and additude , Martial arts: Aikido ,Swordsmanship(Kenjutsu ,Iaido)and Western fencing, Serendipity,Symmetry,Chemistry ,Kismit, and Romance,Twelve year old Irish whiskey , home made mead , Antique stores and yard sales (though I never could figure out why someone would want to sell their yard)Chocolate souffle and the look of a woman after her first taste of it ,Long lazy sunday morning breakfasts in the sunshine, Openings, I love being out doors-meaning:in the forests not in a mall,Dreams (all great ideas were once dreams) Kayaking, Canoeing, The scent of a woman I love ,reaching me before I see her; Strategy gameing (yes I have my geek side also),Transformations, Adaptations , Cats (yeah I'm kinda a cat man,but I like dogs too) Some of my favorite "L" things: La di da, Learning, Legends, Lusty, Loonyness,Luck ,Limitless,La dolce via, Loco, Listen, Light , Laughter and yes ...of course Love, Dinners with family and good friends, Coconut oil in the tropic's......
First and formost would be the woman of my dreams(see my blog) Eclectic thinkers,seekers of their own truth's ,out of the well worn groove types,who make their own way despite the odds, pressure,and dogma.Artists and oddists,those of easy grace.....oh and an agent whom has great ablility, but does'nt believe they are a demi-god. And did I mention see my blog?
JAZZ ("it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing"!), Celtic , Rock, Classical Symphony, Blues, R&B, Soul, Tribal, New age. Music is an incredibly important part of meself.I have a wide variety of taste. In no particular order : Mozart, Room full of Blues, Nickelback ,Oscar Peterson, Sinatra,Allman Bros.,Clannad ,Cowboy Junkies, The Stones, Beatles('specially the oldest stuff)Ella Fitzgerald,David Bowie ,Benny Goodman,Carlos Santana,John Williams,Tchaikovsky ,Sade ,Enigma , Chet Baker ,James Brown ,Enya , Tom Waits , The Roches ,Billie Holiday ,Rory Gallagher ,Van Morrison , Stan Getz , Ac/Dc ,Keb Moe ,Ray Charles,The Doors ,James Taylor, Lyle Lovett,Sarah McLachlan, King Crimson , Gary Moore, Bonnie Raitt, Pat Metheny, B.B.King ,Little Feat, Annie Lennox, Etta James,Loreena Mckennit ,Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin,ZZ Top, John Coltrane, Rod Stewart,Boz Scaggs, Tina Turner, Stravinsky ,James Taylor ,The burrble of water, Laughter over breakfast ,or on the other side of my pillow,of a woman whom I could give up my life for.
Sparticus;the Wind and the lion; The Man who would be King;Robin and Marion; Braveheart; The Fisher king;A Fish called Wanda; Adaptation;Something about Mary;As good as it gets;Somethings got to give,One flew over the cuckoo's nest; pretty much any thing with Nicholson in it;Fight club;The Edge;Snatch;Lock,stock and two smoking barrels;Pulp fiction;Kill bill 1-2;Four rooms:all the pink panther stuff;Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid;Lord of the Rings;Moby Dick;Romancing the stone;Living out loud;Thirteenth warrior;Last samurai;Dances with wolves;Inherit the wind;7 Samurai;The magnificent seven;Rashamon;Gunga Din;The Lion in Winter;12 Monkeys ,The African Queen;Blade Runner;Serendipity; Chasing Amy ,Gross point blank;Full monty;Tomb Raider;Resevior dogs;Mr. & Mrs. Smith;Gandi; Grand Canyon ;Sideways ; Cool hand luke ;Scent of a woman ; American beauty; Serenity;The king of California ;Knocked up ;Super Bad; Amateurs; .....
Television proves people will watch and listen to anything ,but each other. Turned it off thirteen years ago 'cause ...Yes I'm a recovering "vidiot" and I'm proud to say I haven't watched since."Must see tv"? The hell you say! "Viewer discretion advised"?-read:If ya' had any discretion ya' wouldn't be watching this crap ta' begin with! But I'd have to say, there was some stuff I enjoyed, because I AM a vidiot. As a kid I'd watch :The Twilight zone,Kung fu,Alias Smith and Jones; Monty P's Flying Circus ; The man from U.N.C.L.E.; alot later on it was Northern exposure,Key West,Moon lighting; Some newer stuff I've seen & liked: Rome ; Arrested Development; Scrubs; Dead Wood; Firefly; Weeds; Hero's ;Extras; Entourage; Nova; National Geographic; Cousteau; some other PBS stuff too. There's probably more....but not much. Now ya' might be thinkin'"HA! how does he know about these new shows if he never watchs tv"? "humph" says I .I'll I watch the whole season on dvd....O.K.?!
Authors whose writing is an extension of their intelligence,rather than their neurosis.But not always ,sometimes nuts are fun too.The way of the peaceful warrior~by Dan Millman:Fierce invalids home from hot climemates;Jitterbug perfume and half a dozen others by Tom Robbins;The Vorkosigan saga By Lois Mcmaster Bujold; J.R.R.Tolkien (of course);Joseph Conrad; Edmond Rostand;George R.R.Martin; Edgar Cayce; Dennis McKiernan; Fritz Leiber;Robert Louis Stevenson; Homer; Raymond Feist; Socrates; Jack Whyte; Joseph Campbell; Ernest Hemmingway; Aldous Huxley ; Robert E. Howard ;Holiness The Dali Lama ;Robert Fulghum ;John Steinbeck ;Miyamoto Mushashi; George Carlin; H.G. Wells; Nyx Smith; Rudyard Kipling;Robert Charrette; Miguel de Cervantes ; T.J. Glenn ;Jak Koke;Jules Verne; Sun-Tzu ; Mark Twain ;Tacticus ;H.G.Wells ; Alexander Dumas ;Tennessee Williams ;Lord Byron ;.. This is going to be a long list so if you are really interested come back soon for a proper read. Ah, what the hell! Most of you probably didn't even read this. For those that have,don't ya' just love the smell of an old book store?
My father; Anyone whom though their own drive rises above mediocrity,despite everyone saying you can't.Those whom will fight back in a desparate battle without hope of victory because it is the right thing to do. Those who know fear (any fear),and still stand athwart it.Those that will hold keeping honor and the integrity of their word ,above the possiblity of losing all else.Those that pursue peace,serenity,acceptance of things they have no power over,and the drive to change the things they can (especially within themselves)and have embraced the miracle of courage .They are on the path to be awake to the here and now.They are seekers,questioners and strive to live on the path,not to always attain the goal. Soccrates;Cuchulainn; Bouduccia; Red Cloud; Former Pres.Jimmy Carter ; Martin luther King; John Lennon; Sparticus;William Wallace; Robert E.Lee; Mohandas Gandi; Brian Boru; His Holyness the Dali Lama ; Cyrano De Bergerac and also those that say "FUCK YOU" to most of this countrys current spawn of "leaders"; Some fictional ones:Chili Palmer;Miles Vorkosigan;Socrates of "The Way of the peaceful warrior";James Bond;Frodo Baggins;Kwai Chang Caine; How pathetically sad that so few real hero's exist today, and of those that do no one ever hears of them ,but most of ya' know who Brad Pitts seeing don't ya'?