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J2

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things y

About Me

Music, film, art, photography, biking and hiking and climbing, and enjoying life out of the doors.

My Interests

Currently: Back in the Homeland or something like it. Fisher. Bikingtoomucho. Climbing rocks. Road Biking. Kite Taming. Living in the out of doors. Live Music. Traveling, Getting far far away from NYC. ADK's. White Mtns. Rincon dreaming and the Road to Happiness. The UT, the AZ. Reading books I never finish, then starting another. Learning about sailing. pancake and waffle maker extroidinaire. Steel cut oatmeal. Acoustic and Pop Music. New people in my life, and old friends from LI. cute girls. Weather Patterns. Climactic Changes. Global warming. Organizing. Photographing. Black Hole Theory. Space garbage. Oceans. Making and eating good food. Beerz of all kind. Wine bars. Baking goods. Brownies. Dinner Parties. Seeing art. Appreciating art. Sweden, Norway, Germany. Posh Spice (aka:Victoria Beckham),Bouncing around the borough of Brooklyn. City history. I really like to ride a bike everyday if possible. I need a soundtrack always. Films and filmmaking. Reminiscing & Nostalgia. Making fire. Always foward, never behind.

I'd like to meet:

my twin. meanderer. world sailor.

Music:

The rock, pop, hip hop, the indie, the tech, alt, the cornucopia of sounds. Currently:Keren Ann,Wilco, James Brown, Edith Piaf, The Papercuts, Peter Bjorn and John, I'm from Barcelona, Sebadoh, Essex Green, Camera Obscura, Spacemen 3, Cash, Ravonettes, The Shins, Marc Bolan & T Rex. Neil Young, Arcade Fire, Sumner McKane, Spoon, Decemberists, Hold Steady, Swan Lake, One Self, M. Ward, Daft Punk, Spice Girls, Mel C., Jim Noir, Magnetic Fields, steel guitar music. WUSB, WNYU, WFUV Echoes, WFSU, WKCR, WNYC and most radio late at nite/early morning.

Movies:

Almost Famous, Pink Flamingos, Velvet Goldmine, Easy Rider, Virgin Spring, The Doors, 2001, Depeche Mode in concert, Spice World, Stoked, Dogtown and Z-boys, Dig!, Baraka, ROAM, First Ascent (not descent), Best of the West. Most documentaries and wierd art thingies. I love making my own movies, but have to do it more frequently. Wanna help?

Television:

Outdoor Programs, Arrested Development, Trailer Park Boys, pete and pete, The Weather Channel, South Park, The Parker.

Books:

Roberto Bolano, Everett Ruess, Edward Abbey, Thoreau, Huxley, Krakauer, Kerouac, Burroughs, Nin, science books, trail books, travel guides, avalanche books, climbing stuff, catalogs and zines.

Heroes:

Craig Kelly, Ingmar Bergman, Sir Edmund Hillary, Anton Newcombe, Terje Haakonsen, Uncle Danny, Chris Sharma, Farty Fartlesmiths.

My Blog

NYC Century or How to feel Comfortable With A Bike Seat Up Your Ass For 11 Hours.

The NYC Century Tour goes through 4 boroughs and we stopped in 3 for a rest. Thats a lot of bicycling and a sore ass after a day in the saddle if you're not used to it. Photos: J. Rooneyit was really ...
Posted by J2 on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST

Laboring Day Weekend

And so another summer comes to a close and what a great one it has been. The end just means it's the beginning of a new season. Bring it on Autumn!...
Posted by J2 on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:35:00 PST

MTB Tuesdays

When you get off early during the week and no one else is around you find ways to spend your time. Accidentally riding 33 miles off-road is not one you should consider often.1-Old Man watching the sky...
Posted by J2 on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:56:00 PST

Wedding Weekend

No better way to tell you're getting old when all the friends are married, babyfied, housed in, etc. A visit to New Paltz to see film school friends Laura and Keyvan get hitched at the Mohonk Mountain...
Posted by J2 on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:40:00 PST

Weekending

The past weekend I took a breather up north and as Mr. Rich Barbadillo would say, "Got gay in Nature". Hiking in Harriman State Park on an 8 mile multi mountain hike to Claudius Smiths Hideout deep in...
Posted by J2 on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:49:00 PST

Nostalgia, Reminiscing, Beer

They came from Arizona, Upstate NY, The Carolinas, Mastic, Shirley, Commack, Huntington, and NYC and it was great to see the old heads getting together in the homeland. Good times that never get old e...
Posted by J2 on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:42:00 PST

ADK Weekend

I spent the past weekend up at the family's place in the Adirondacks outside of Lake George. Hiked to a lean to at night, saw many cousins and family members, got outfished in a tournament, broke some...
Posted by J2 on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:13:00 PST

Working Hard

I was shooting a movie in and around Red Hook and Manhattan. Sometimes you go to work and get to ride around manhattan on a boat all day.1-Red Hook's last buildings.2-On Da Boat.3-Some PA's need to le...
Posted by J2 on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:08:00 PST

Puerto Rican Dreaming

Fresh off a little vacation time in the PR. We Spent the days sipping margaritas and Coronas, snorkeling, checking out crazy tropical beaches, scootering around Culebras, hiking El Yunque rainforest, ...
Posted by J2 on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:53:00 PST

POOL PARTY!!!!

Shot at 2007-07-08Shot at 2007-07-01photos: Greg M.POOL PARTYYYYYYYYYYYY!...
Posted by J2 on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:40:00 PST