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About Me

My brother finally convinced me that MySpace was cool. (Ironically, my bro has since deleted his profile...) It does seem like a pretty great way to find people from high school, have all my friends meet each other, and keep in touch with people while i'm travelling. I travel a ton for work. So i thought i'd post some blogs/videos/pics about all of that on my page here as i go along. Check those out and please subscribe to my blogs.
Um, about me? I don't know... I'm a vegetarian, sort of. I do eat dairy and fish. There's a name for that (pesco/lacto or something like that). Basically, it means i'm a picky eater. ;) Hey, i like what i like! (Which is sushi, pizza, thai food, salads and dark chocolate.)
I'm allergic to alcohol. People always seem to be intrigued by that, if not horrified. I found out the hard way about 8 years ago. Trust me; you DO NOT want to end up in a New York City emergency room at 2:00 am... (right, Chris? ;) I honestly don't miss drinking. It's actually more fun to watch everyone else get stupid and i'm a great designated driver. Where it gets annoying is when i can't have certain soy sauces, soups or desserts with alcohol and medicines like Nyquil.
I have a cat. He's a bitchin' cat called Domi. He's named after the hockey player Tie Domi because he has a kink in his tail that makes it look like a hockey stick. And he's super feisty like Tie.
I play drums and sing, although it's been about 6 years since i was in a gigging band. I need to get back into it...
Oh, i also do some freelance graphic design. Here are some samples of my work: graphics

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Anyway, if you're my pal, you already know "about me", so there ya go.

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My Interests

Drums, NHL Hockey (Toronto Maple Leafs), Travel (NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Toronto and, believe it or not, Columbus, OH), comedians (Steve Martin, Mitch Hedberg, Brian Regan, George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Greg Giraldo, David Cross), drummers (Jeff Porcaro, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner, Nate Morton, Stewart Copeland, Yvette Pryor, Manu Katche, Chad Wackerman), the gym, PhotoShopping people into silly pictures, penguins, jack russell terriers, bats, lefties, Iron Winerman, www.homestarrunner.com, www.theonion.com

I'd like to meet:

Orson Wells (yes, i know he's dead), Wayne Gretzky, Steve Martin, Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, John Krasinski, Jason Bateman, Mike Rowe, Chris Garver, Trey Parker, Phil Collins, Drew Barrymore, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, Kelly Clarkson

Okay, so i can cross this name off the list now... HOLY SHIT! Can you tell i'm about to lose my mind?!?!

Music:

Foo Fighters, Verve Pipe, The Police, Soul Coughing/Mike Doughty, Barenaked Ladies, XTC, The Beatles, Toy Matinee/Kevin Gilbert, Beck, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Toto, Steely Dan, Level 42, Colin Hay, Neil Finn, Fountains of Wayne, Rascal Flatts, Richard Page, Owsley, Stevie Wonder, Vertical Horizon, and so so many more... Some unsigned music that i like by some of my friends: Lost On Liftoff, Will Evans Project, David Hetrick, Christopher Zerbe. They all have pages on MySpace. Check 'em out.

Movies:

Star Wars (all), Indiana Jones (all), O Brother Where Art Thou, Team America: World Police, Anchorman, Dumb & Dumber, Airplane, This Is Spinal Tap, Citizen Kane, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Jerk, Fight Club, Escape From New York, Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events, March of the Penguins, Monsters Inc., Office Space, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Big Fish, The Usual Suspects, Popeye, Tommy Boy, The Man With Two Brains, The Naked Gun

Television:

Arrested Development, House, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, The Office (US), Police Squad, Pimp My Ride, The A-Team, Jeopardy, The Apprentice, Shalom In the Home and pretty much anything on any of the Discovery Channels (TLC, Animal Planet, History, Science, Discovery, Travel, etc)

Books:

Animal Farm, The Point, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, biographies

Heroes:

Indiana Jones, Jeff Porcaro, Nate Morton, and the real life "Ian Faith"s of the tour managing world

My Blog

APRIL: Clinic Tour - Marco Minnemann

My first clinic tour of the year was in April with Marco Minnemann. Marco has recently joined Necrophagist and will be hitting the road with them next.For this trip we went to Sioux Falls, SD, Bozeman...
Posted by JUELS on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:46:00 PST

MARCH/APRIL: Paris F-ing France! (And i say that with all affection&)

At the end of March this year i went to the annual Musik Messe trade show in Frankfurt, Germany again - lots of the usual there. After that though, i took an extra couple of days and stopped in Paris,...
Posted by JUELS on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:59:00 PST

FEBRUARY: Here's What Sucks About My Birthday

Recently one of my very favorite friends asked me when my birthday was. (Sigh) Boys. Why do they always have such a hard time remembering dates? Especially when Hallmark so ruthlessly reminds you of m...
Posted by JUELS on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:55:00 PST

OCTOBER: A Few Things I Strongly Recommend At the Moment

So, i'm back with more opinions for you. Aren't you excited? This time, i feel the need to tell you about some things i'm totally in love with right now.First, stop everything you're doing and go buy ...
Posted by JUELS on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:24:00 PST

JULY: Commercials

Have you seen this commercial for "Head On"? It's the one where some chick is smearing a giant chapstick on her head while the catatonic announcer says, three times in a row, "Head On. Apply directly ...
Posted by JUELS on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:10:00 PST

JULY: Clinic Tour - Zoro

This clinic tour was with Zoro who was most recently on tour with Lenny Kravitz. Cities we went to: Atlanta, GA, Hallandale (Fort Lauderdale), FL, Orlando, FL, Arlington, TX, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX, ...
Posted by JUELS on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:06:00 PST

JUNE: Clinic Tour - Billy Ward

'Nother clinic tour. This time i was out with Billy Ward. (Most recently he's been touring with Joan Osborne.) Cities on this trip: Columbus, OH, Willowick (Cleveland), OH, Buffalo, NY, Toronto, ON, K...
Posted by JUELS on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:43:00 PST

JUNE: Stuff I Hate

So, they have all those categories here on MySpace to talk about what you like, but here's my section about stuff i don't like. Deal with it!First of all: poor grammar. I'm certainly not an expert, bu...
Posted by JUELS on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:48:00 PST

Big Dog Parade 2006

Every year in Santa Barbara, the Big Dog company hosts a parade. People dress up their dogs and walk them down State Street to the beach. Some people go way crazy and make floats and dress up themselv...
Posted by JUELS on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:02:00 PST

MAY: Disneyland With My Bro

My brother, Mike, and i went to Disneyland and California Adventure to celebrate his birthday. There's a new Monsters Inc. ride at Adventure. It's really cute. We also went to Soaring Over California ...
Posted by JUELS on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:38:00 PST