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The Hero And The Madman

The dawn, the death, the fight to the final breath ...

About Me

Travis' Wish

President Brown

One Step At A Time

Thesis Film

So, I'm a tour guide at Universal Studios. And someone on YouTube recorded one of my "classic" Jaws attacks. Take a look ...

My Interests

acting, EQ, comics, fitness, hope, the future, the past, guitar, good movies, good music, In N Out Burger, Ralph's, white russians, pool (but only if there is good music playing because I'm unable to win!), my friends, Hollywood Video, HEATAS!!, thinking, the sound of waves hitting a beach, sleeping in, walking quickly, setting unrealistic goals, getting better, improving my life, writing movies ... and never finishing, impressing people without having to try, the middle of the song Master of Puppets by Metallica, my childhood (when I didn't have to produce anything), possibilities, fate, reason, looking on the bright side, pacing while having an emotionally draining conversation/argument on the phone, amazing myself, winning, being cool and not trying to be cool, being funny and not trying to be funny, a well written song musically and lyrically, wondering what the hell happened to the music industry ... and the film industry for that matter, solid people, gas people (that was a joke!), friends who actually keep in touch, pretty girls, funny girls, pretty and funny girls, Super Dodgeball for Nintendo, watching my favorite movies over and over again, analyzing "us" jokes with my friends, laughing "THAT" hard, having to laugh in a classroom or somewhere equally inappropriate to laugh and whatever it is you're laughing about is even more funny because you are unable to laugh out loud, hanging out at the Hotel Cafe with Kate and picking each band apart piece by piece, bookshelves (even though I really don't own to many books, reading Men's Health and trying to figure out the easiest way to lose weight, finding an open parking place on the road where you won't get ticketed if you're there for over 2 hours, eating at Rodeo in Valdosta, Georgia (they know me there), when a girl asks permission to kiss me, keeping the fireplace lit, decorating the Christmas tree, wondering how I got where I am in life, trying to remember things from my past that I have forgotten, calling up Blockbuster Video when I worked at Hollywood Video and screaming "WE'RE NUMBER ONE!" and hanging up quickly, the good times, saying "One last time" even though I know I'm going to do it again, watching Jeopardy and not knowing any answers until they get to the category about movies or music and I nail every question and wonder if I could actually win with just the earnings from that category and not betting anything in final Jeopardy (unless of course, the final Jeopardy category is something having to do with movies or music), being caught in ridiculous situations (such as hiding from someone you know and don't want to see in public), going to Ryan's (... we go!?!), professional wrestling circa 1995 - 2002, lifting weights (... what!?!)

I'd like to meet:

Nicolas Cage, John Goodman, James Hetfield, Conan O'Brien, John Cusack, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Murray, Jack Black, Ray Liota, Sean Bean, Tom Hanks, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman.

Music:

The Beatles, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Van Morrison, The Doors, Tom Petty, Paul Simon, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Cake, The Zombies, Weezer, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Electric Lights Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Tenacious D, Flaming Lips, Rush, Black Eyed Katy, Motorhead, Deep Purple, REM, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, ACDC, The Doobie Brothers, Simon And Garfunkel, CCR, Genesis, The Beach Boys, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Ventures

Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, Lethal Weapon 1-4, The Big Lebowski, Ghostbusters, Memento, Insomnia, The Sting, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Groundhog's Day, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Spider-man, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Tombstone, Bringing Out The Dead, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Some Kind of Monster, Matchstick Men, High Fidelity, Family Man, Grosse Point Blank, Lord of the Rings, Lost In Translation, The Blues Brothers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, LA Confidential, A Beautiful Mind, Fierce Creatures, Joe Somebody, Field of Dreams, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, American Splendor, Goldeneye, License To Kill, 15 Minutes, Made, Swingers, Old School, Anchorman, Dodgeball, Seven, Braveheart, Big, Cast Away, Forrest Gump, American Beauty, Mystery Men, Jurrasic Park, Terminator 2, Spaceballs, Fearless, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, The Weather Man, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America, Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Sideways, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Terminator, T2, Clean and Sober, Major League 2

Television:

Family Guy, The Simpsons, Welcome Back Kotter, Taxi, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Get Smart, Good vs. Evil, Seinfeld, Frasier, Cheers, Rescue Me, Studio 60, The Job, South Park, Arrested Development

Books:

Watchmen (by Alan Moore), Acting is Everything (by Judy Kerr), Cinderella Story (by Bill Murray), Shopgirl (by Steve Martin), Acting in Film (by Michael Caine), So Far (by Kelsey Grammer)

Heroes:

(please see "Who I'd Like To Meet" list)

My Blog

Seven miles below me, I can see the world and it ain’t so big at all...

"You only do what people expect of you".  
Posted by Perry on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:42:00 PST

When illusion spin her net, I'm never where I want to be ...

To keepin' silence I resigned, my friends would think I was a nut. Turning water into wine, open doors would soon be shut. So I went from day to day, though my life was in a rut. Till I thought of wha...
Posted by Perry on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:23:00 PST

All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest ...

Congratulations to me. I've just passed my 1 year anniversary living in Hollywood. Can you believe it? One whole year. I got to thinkin', what did I do all year? And I made a list. Here's what I did i...
Posted by Perry on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:19:00 PST

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition, there's a hunger still unsatisfied ...

It is now August. Which means in a month it will be September. Which means I will have been out here for a year. As I approach this anniversary, I can't help but review the year. Am I better off now t...
Posted by Perry on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:51:00 PST

Maybe I might have changed, not been so cruel. Not be such a fool ...

I miss that feeling I had when I first arrived in Hollywood. I was so excitited about what could be. The endless possibilities of a new life. The start of brand new things. Blah, blah, blah. I recall ...
Posted by Perry on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:20:00 PST

Pays no mind to the distant thunder, new day fills his head with wonder ...

Some good news. I finally got the job as a tour guide at Universal Studios. Which is a great feeling. Because the acting perks are incredible and my co-workers are good people. And this is a...
Posted by Perry on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:57:00 PST

I've seen a lot of what the world can do, and it's breakin' my heart in two ...

March 31st. Ventura Farm. Under a leaky tent. Ya know, they say that most high profile actors started off as "extras". And they would also have you believe that's how they were able to break through ...
Posted by Perry on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:14:00 PST

I should be drinking a toast to absent friends, instead of these comedians ...

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Tr...
Posted by Perry on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:13:00 PST

Whatever happened to, the life that we once knew...

It wasn't very long ago that I laughed. My friends. I would see them every day. We would laugh together. But no longer. I miss the way things used to be. Before my friends started leaving. Before I l...
Posted by Perry on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:22:00 PST

Ramble On ...

I came home for a few weeks. Some may wonder why I decided to visit so soon and there ARE a number of reasons/excuses (some may even be good ones). However, deep down, I think I was just overwhelmed w...
Posted by Perry on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:24:00 PST