"... The question is not who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. (Ayn Rand) ..." 51 years old Male Kissimmee, FL Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
I have a broad and eclectic taste in music... anything from Mozart to Rammstein. My playlist has over 1600 tracks in it. Among my favorites are Pink Floyd, Zepplin, Steppenwolf, Blue October, A3 and Rammstein. I love music that gets in your head or just makes you pound your feet to the beat... music that moves me mentally or physically.
Long long ago, in a land far far away, I [played drums in school and bass in a rock band. I miss it. I still have a guitar I play badly. One of these days I'm going to have the idle time I need to learn to play it well.
My Dad played guitar, mostly folk. I loved to hear him play, I miss him.
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Movies:
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If you're looking for success in your life... you have to start here... with "The Secret"
I love a good movie, but not the heady stuff. I like movies that take you someplace fantastic, that weaves a story that entertains and enchants. The artsy stuff bores me.
My favorite movies of all time are Excaliber and 2001. There are few movies I will watch more than once, these I've watched more times than I can count. The cinematography in them is stunning and the story even better.
Life is complicated enough. I spend my days exercising my brain writing code, solving problems, building my business and so on. Movies are an escape, a place where I can rest my head, laugh, visit another time or place and just be entertained.
That said, I do love to learn, as well. Two movies I really like are The Secret and What the Bleep Do We Know? -- Great personal development movies and movies that really make you stop and think about the world around you. If you haven't seen these movies, you really owe it to yourself to watch them.
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TV:
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Yes... I confess... I have yet to have missed an episode...
I don't watch a lot of network TV... frankly, I find most of it just plain stupid. I'm not a fan of low-brow humor and even less of a fan of shows that are about little more than seeing how rude and obnoxious they can be. Talk shows are even worse. I really wish Dr. Phil would go to Iraq and try to negotiate a peace deal -- only in the hopes that he would be kidnapped by some right-wing zealot. (I'm kind of kidding)
There are a few network shows I do enjoy... Heroes is a great show. I love Lost, as well. I'm also a fan of The Unit and for some reason I've been watching Torchwood on BBC America. A show I just recently have been watching is Moonlight which has, so far, been very good. I've also been watching Cane but confess I'm beginning to bore of it.
What I really enjoy watching is the programming on chanels like National Geographic, The Science Channel, etc. Especially those that deal with space science, astronomy and earth science. Mars Rising has been an excellent series, as was Planet Earth and Hot Rocks... you just have to love a Scottish Geologist. He was like the Steve Erwin of minerals ~lol~
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Books:
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Arthur C. Clarke... pure genius.
I don't read like I used to. I miss it, actually. I used to consume books like ice water. The last bunch of years, it just seems that by the itme I get to settle in with a book, I'm just two or three pages into it before I'm snoring. I look forward to the day when I can take the time to pause and read again.
My favorite books are science fiction and fantasy... Issac Asimov: I Robot and The Rest of the Robots, Arthur C. Clark: the Rama series, David Eddings: The Belgariad, The Malloreon and The Elenium are all must reads to me. As a child, I was a huge Hardy Boys fan... that seems so long ago.
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Heroes/Idols:
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This brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it... these are my heroes! Thank you.
My Grandfather -- there was nothing loving about him that showed on the outside, but he was a brilliant man and underneath that crusty Scottish exterior I know he cared. He was impressive to look at, even in his seventies... crystal clear steel gray eyes, broad square shoulders and not an ounce of fat on him. I still carry the image of him on the stairs in his Kilt each New Year's Eve: the only thing he was lacking was a broad sword... and I'm glad of it.
My Dad -- I miss him. I regret we didn't get to share more of our lives. We were estranged from the time I was four until I was in my late thirties when I was given the opportunity to know him. He doesn't know it, but he's the one who taught me it was okay to chart my own course in life.
My children -- they've endured much compliments of their Mother and I, and yet somehow they've come through it all and each shine in their own way.
