Challenging myself, being in the bush or near the ocean, photography, writing, Any thing creative.Love the company of my friends as they inspire me.Love a Central Otago Pinot Noir and a well constructed Vodka Martini. Also learning Spainish and want to take up Latin Dancing
Some of my self portraits
Dave Navarro - Legend Viggo Mortensen Geoff Moon - Legend Photographer Octavious
My tastes vary widely depending on my mood and the situation. Everything from The Panic Channel, ASSFAULT14, Raven, David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Cure, New Order, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Talking Heads, KHZ, Audio Slave to Pitch Black, Epsilon-Blue, Concord Dawn, Rhian Shen, The Shape Shifters, Massive Attack to Gotan Project, Sola Rosa, The Green Room to Prince, Beth Orton, Finlay Quaid, Ben Harper, Leftfield, Henry Rollins and much, much more
The best film I have seen so far in 2007 "Snowcake". Recent watches that I thought were worthwhile - Notes on a Scandel, Babel, Happy Feet (gotta sing along with that one!), The Valet (French tongue n cheek comedy), The others that I saw last year that made me Laugh, Cry, get Angry, Think or just entertained me are:Out of the Blue, Kinky Boots, Transamerica, Thank You for Smoking, Underworld, The Lord of War, Syrianna, Hard Candy, Tsotsi, Candy, Nick Caves "The Proposition"
Current books on the table beside my bed (I tend to read more than one at a time) 'Daylight" by Elizabeth Knox, "Failed States" by Noam Chomsky,(to be followed by Hegemony or Survival) , "A Place of Exectution" by Val McDermid, "Pohutakawa & Rata" & "Hebes" both books on NZ Flora. And of course there are the "Forest & Bird" & "Ecologist" magazines. Then there are the stacks of books I do not have room for on my 2 book cases, that are beside & under my bed, and the 5 boxes in my storage locker - I think I have a book fetish!I read a lot - Thriller, Suspense, Criminal,some Sci Fi, true stories by authors such as Alice Sebold & Sabastian Junger. Books about Flora & Fauna, NZ Birds, photography, Witchcraft, Adveturers, Paganism, Health, Herbal Medicine, American Indian beliefs and life, Art, History, life etc.
The people I have met that have made a positive difference in the lives of others. They include my parents, some of my amazing friends & Nelson Mandela and adventurers Edmund Hilary & Peter Blake, I hope to meet many more.