Admittedly obsessive-compulsive about many things: books, music, movies, politics, etc. I get excited about bookstores like truckers get excited about pornshops. I also obsess about having as much music readily available on my computer at any given moment, as if the entire CD medium will suddenly disappear, leaving me with nothing to listen to unless I have it all online. I know, it is as ill as it sounds.
I also must own every book I ever read. Why? Not sure about that one either. Maybe it's because I'm afraid that the instant I get rid of any one particular book, I will wish I had it back the next day. So I keep everything.
I am the proud father of a very grown-up nine-year-old boy, pictured in my profile pics. I have treated him as a best friend since he was born, so I'm afraid he will want his own place in Chicago when he's 12, as he thinks he is already 15 instead of 8. He wants to learn to play guitar, and I just got him his first this last christmas. He loves David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, Icon of Coil, Gary Numan, Nirvana, and the Pixies. We play the song Vamos! in the car all the time, and scream along! He also loves to tell my conservative family members that George Bush is a bad man because he starts wars and kills people! I do love him so...
I'm about as radically to the left of the political spectrum as a human body can be, verging into anarcho-syndicalism, but settling for a working model of socialism. Conservatives just get my hackles up, and I love nothing more than to debate conservatives...educated ones, not those that like Bush because he's as dumb as they are.
My wish list: good music, good books, a rum and coke, and a beautiful woman by my side.
A link to my library at LibraryThing.com. This is only representative of about 20% of my total holdings, but gives a good indication of the collection as a whole:
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