bands:

1. old 97's
2. clash
3. miles davis
4. jayhawks
5. social distortion
6. pj harvey
7. who
8. death cab for cutie
9. traditional irish music
10. harpsichord classical

films:

1. life is sweet
2. fanny and alexander
3. my left foot
4. deer hunter
5. best years of our lives
6. sideways
7. stranger than paradise
8. gilda
9. ghost world
10. brothers mcmullen

books:

1. dickens
2. john irving
3. russell banks
4. walt whitman
5. rilke
6. a l kennedy
7. stewart o'nan
8. wendell berry
9. walker percy
10. authors are ok, right?

tv shows:

1. bill maher
2. simpsons
3. tell me you love me
4. big love

Artists:

1. winslow homer
2. hopper
3. henry tanner
4. rodin
5. van gogh
6. bernini
7. caravaggio

into: wine, live music, baseball, reading, islands, history, running, travel, tea, conversation, walking for hours on end just to think or clear my head.

not into: network tv, excessive sarcasm, loud and agressive persons, cell phones, overuse of references from pop culture movies, shite in general.

makes me happy: unexpected insight from friends and strangers, original thoughts and ideas, simplifying the complex, 5 minute clips from revenge of the nerds movies, old cartoons, cats, exuberance, honesty, the smell of peppermint.

makes me sad: cruelty, pollution, greed, apathy, and people that wear those cell phone ear piece inserts (jeez I cringe when i see that!)

hobbies: running,road biking, kayaking

5 things i can't live without: spewing my thoughts, friends, baseball, music, daydreaming

vices: booze, honesty, directness

thoughts on sg: I like it

i spend most of my free time: daydreaming about future travel

current crush: multiple suicide girls and the chick in the dry cleaning store down the street

gets me hot: skinny girls with piercing stares

CIGARETTES: Nope

MY DIET: Omnivore

ALCOHOL: Occasionally

MY DRUG USE: Drug Free