Aaron Manley Smith

ARTSY FARTSY PHOTOGRAPHER, ENTREPRENEUR, and PHILOSOPHER

I own an auto dealership that is 100% run through eBay (..http://www.motorphilia.com..).

It's a pretty cool set-up and it allows me to come and go as I please.

Also, it gives me good excuses to travel for "business."

I am also a studio photographer and I love to play around with Photoshop, making funny pictures or cards for my friends.

In short, here are some light and random facts about me:

1. I have 3 little sisters - they're all badasses (Love ya' Angie, Anja, and Lorna!)

2. I was a cheerleader in college (Yes, I also did gymnastic crap)

3. I trained with Michael Johnson when I ran track in college.

4. I like pizza without cheese (keeps the fat down)

5. I have never slept with Paris Hilton, but I have slept in several Hiltons -- they're quite nice.

6. I never watched a full episode of American Idol.

7. I am an Irish kid and I have an uncle who has a Pub in Cork.

8. I have a massive soft spot for the mentally challenged and I will earn enough through my company to open a center to assist them and their families.

9. I get teary eyed at the movies sometimes.

10. I am addicted to documentaries and educational programs: BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel

11. I am an incredible Movie buff

12. Love the Simpsons, South Park, 30 Rock, Scrubs, the Office, The Daily Show, and Conan (However, I hardly watch them or any TV)

13. My dog, Jake (a Black Lab), is smarter than most peoples' children.

14. My dog, Brandy (a St.Bernard), is smarter that most peoples' laundry.

15. "I love Lamp!" is one of the greatest movie lines.

16. I was offered admission into the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and the University of Cambridge to further my Philosophical studies, but I decided that there are just too many Philosophers out there because the ladies and the money are so good.

Kant is a categorical pimp!

17. I actually helped write a bill in the Texas Senate! (seriously)

18. I love museums!

19. My best friend's name is Chris and we've been brothers for 23 years.

20. When I was a kid I used to imagine that I had a Dinosaur that would follow me (He was nice, but we both got older and once girls came into the mix he was just so much cooler than me and we just stopped hanging out. I actually ran into him a few weeks back and he's gone down hill - got a terrible drinking habit and, like, 50 kids by 50 different mothers. Just sad really.)

21. I have a very active imagination and I love it.

21. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my friends and my family, without them I would be lost.

22. I love fast cars.

23. I like to shoot guns – at targets (I do not hunt)

24. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a professional baseball player and, if it were not for repeated arm problems, I probably would be playing today.

25. I threw a no-hitter the first time I pitched. That wasn't such a big deal, it was after the game. That is when my father took me to my first sports bar for a beer and he was bragging to everyone. Seeing him that proud brought tears to my eyes and still does.

I love him very much.

26. I am WAAAY better looking in person than I am in the pictures.

27. I love kids and was a summer camp counselor while in college.

28. I am a kid at heart and love to play and make shenanigans.

29. I love DISNEYWORLD! (there I said it and I am not ashamed!)

30. I like to snow ski a couple times a year.

31. I love smart and funny girls! (Tina Fey is HOT!)

32. Curiosity is also a turn on.

33. I am a good cook, do the laundry, and clean-up after myself.

34. My very first job out of college was as an underwear model – no kidding! (it lasted 2 weeks)

35. I love to sing in my car as loud as possible when I am alone -- I'm a little quieter with company around:)

36. I like to compose music on my mega-computer in my spare time -- I've made about 6 tracks for a little album that I have no idea what I'm going to do with when I'm done, but it's music I like and that's good enough for me.

37. I totally hate it when people use their faith as a reason to feel they are better than anyone.

38. My farts are funnier than yours.

39. I have never smoked pot or taken an illegal drug in my life -- just never cared to.

40. I am ADHD, but I do not use it as an excuse to not do things right -- I have no tolerance for victim mentalities.

41. I am amazed by the courage I see in my friends who are single mothers.

42. People who talk bad about other people behind their backs and spread rumors make me want to throw poo at them!

43. I wish I had claws like Wolverine . . . not to kill, they're just badass.

44. I would like to produce and write a movie one day (the goal is in the nest 15 years and I'm going to do it!)

45.I believe life is best when you learn to make the best of what you have.

46.I apologize on the behalf of all guys everywhere for the incredible bags of douche you ladies find at clubs . . . stop going there, that is where they breed.

47. I enjoy reading the writing on bathroom walls -- it's amazing how many people you can have a "good time" with, you know?

48. While on the bathroom subject: I believe men who leave their piss on the seat need to be shot (do you really think some one wants to sit in that?).

49. I love my mother very much, but she buys some very weird gifts for me every Christmas,

take a look .. here...

50. Going back to the bathroom deal, I like taking photos of interesting writing on bathroom walls,

you find some very deep philosophical discourse happening there.

51. My Cannon Powershot SD1000 goes with me everywhere - -and I have thousands and thousands of photos.

52. I keep a detailed photo and video journal of my life.

53. I have discovered that I tend to jump in over my head and that I am an adrenaline junkie.

54. I am ok with people not liking me . . . everyone has the right to be wrong.

55. It's not that I don't care, I just don't give pity . . . I feel it's useless.

56. I am always there for my friends and I believe to get friends I have to be a friend first.

57. I am currently perplexed over this question: "would you rather have a brilliant enemy or a stupid friend?" -- think about it.

to be continued . . . .

Check out some awesome stuff at my blog:

http://blog.motorphilia.com

Here's a link to my badass store:

http://www.motorphilia.com

(Did you just fart? It's ok, I did too!)