life... abundantly
conan o brian, edward norton, dave grohl, mike herrera, the kid who played chunk in goonies, and the lovely charlize theron.
radiohead. thrice. further seems forever. death cab for cutie. jimmy eat world. foo fighters. twothirtyeight. mewithYou. sunny day real estate. minus the bear. the cure. U2. hopesfall (old). underoath. as cities burn. shai halud. every time i die. showbread. blood brothers. cursive. thursday. refused. appleseed cast. sigur ros. vedera. en masse. and you shall know us by the trail of dead. brand new. the mars volta. at the drive in. glassjaw. people in planes. el div (RIP) the anthem. the springs. third eye blind. 90's alt-rock of any kind. KRS-one, de la soul, underground hip hop in the vein of sage francis and brother ali. as an irrefutable rule: good songwriting supercedes genre. ben folds. ben kweller. imogen heap. johnny cash. tom waits. fionna apple. john mayer. pedro the lion (or anything else david bazan does)and freaking mxpx. i could expound, but it is a travesty when music is discussed only in little gray boxes.
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. almost famous.the big lebowski. anchorman. dumb and dumber. princess bride. lord of the rings (okay, i admit it). monte python movies. cameron crowe movies. edward norton movies. michel gondry films. the criterion collection. really epic historical fiction movies. and that thing you do
reruns of seinfeld, friends, and newsradio. the office. anything on the history channel. and miami ink.
favorite authors: a.j. jacobs. donald miller. chuck palahniuk. rob bell. brian mclaren. c.s. lewis. favorite books: velvet elvis. the year of living biblically. choke. survivor. nothing feels good. searching for god knows what. the horse and his boy.
i aspire to be half the man my grandfather is when i am 82