I'd like to meet:
O'Sensei, and the inventor of Tapatio hot sauce.
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Music:
From Mozart to Metallica. Anything 80's, most Classic Rock, The Beatles, Classical music, operas especially. The White Stripes, Gorillaz, Indie Rock, such as Arctic Monkeys and Flogging Molly. I like oldies, and I listen to rock chart toppers. I'm open to any type of music.
Movies:
From Jesus of Nazareth to Pootie Tang, Monty Python films, Indiana Jones, The original Star Wars movies, The Godfather, Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Casablanca. Mirror Mask. Classics, comedies and Oscar winners are welcome.
Television:
Macgyver, Prison Break, Deal or No Deal, VH1's Best Week Ever, Southpark, Lost, 24, Law & Order SVU, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Japanese Dramas, Survivor.
Books:
The Bible, A Brief History of Everything, The Essence of Aikido, Love and Responsibility, anything by Joseph Campbell, Night, The Five Rings, Zen Flesh Zen Bones, Sherlock Holmes series, The Inferno, Shakespeare, Cicero, Camus, works by Edgar Allan Poe, Aristotle.
Heroes:
O'Sensei, the founder of Aikido, Jesus Christ, my many mentors, my parents, my sensei, and my wife.
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