Old timey roots music; Charly Patton, Charlie Poole, Charlie Parker, Charlie Pride; Micheal Peter Smith; Greg Brown; Little Feat (with Lowell George); The Beatles; Rolling Stones; Big Bill Broonzy; Django Reinhardt; Merle Travis; Doc Watson; Blue Like Brown;
Movies
Little Big Man; Pulp Fiction; Bonnie And Clyde; Zardoz; Any 007; Any Sergio Leone; Anything by The Marx Brothers; Anything by W.C. Fields; Annie Hall and any other Woody Allen movie;
Television
I try not to watch television as a general rule. My wife and kids watch enough for all of us.
Books
Anything by John Stienbeck; Anything by W.E.B. Griffin, Anything by Jonathan Kellerman; The Doctor's Wife; Anything by Mark Twain; The Blind Assassin;
Heroes
Thomas Jefferson; Steve Goodman; Mohandas Gandhi; Albert Einstien; Jesus;
About me: TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Pete Norman
Birthday: April 13, 1956
Birthplace: Urbana, Illinois
Current Location: Sandwich, Illinois
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray
Height: 5' 10"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Righty
Your Heritage: Swedish on my mother's side; everything else on my father's, mostly Dutch.
The Shoes You Wore Today: Skechers leather
Your Weakness: I'm too trusting.
Your Fears: That everything I've been lucky enough and worked hard to have will be taken away through no fault of my own.
Your Perfect Pizza: One without meat or cheese
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Be alive at the end of it
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Dude
Thoughts First Waking Up: Shit, four thirty already?
Your Best Physical Feature: That heart that I wear on my sleeve
Your Bedtime: When ever I'm tired
Your Most Missed Memory: At my age, most of them
Pepsi or Coke: Neither
MacDonalds or Burger King: Really neither
Single or Group Dates: At our age, what's a date?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Home made sun tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Depends with what
Cappuccino or Coffee: They're both coffee and alright with me
Do you Smoke: What?
Do you Swear: I've been a carpenter for over thirty years
Do you Sing: Constantly
Do you Shower Daily: Almost
Have you Been in Love: Still am
Do you want to go to College: You mean like when I grow up?
Do you want to get Married: Never again
Do you believe in yourself: I haven't lied to myself yet
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes
Are you a Health Freak: More now than I used to be
Do you get along with your Parents: No
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes
Do you play an Instrument: Many
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Some
In the past month have you Smoked: What?
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Constantly
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Only with my wife
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: Not in twenty-eight years
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Ever? Sure
Ever been called a Tease: No
Ever been Beaten up: Some, not much
Ever Shoplifted: A long time ago
How do you want to Die: Quitely, quickly and painlessly
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I don't want to grow up
What country would you most like to Visit: Jamacia
In a Girl...
Favourite Eye Color: Blue, or brown, or green, or hazel
Favourite Hair Color: It just hair
Short or Long Hair: See above
Height: You know, somewhere between four and seven feet tall
Weight: Proportionate
Best Clothing Style: Casual
Number of Drugs I have taken: When yesterday? Five
Number of CDs I own: Thousands
Number of Piercings: One
Number of Tattoos: Zero
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I have a few but then again, too few to mention
