Beth, wrestling, the internet, playing poker with friends, traveling, and pissing off people in general.
Music
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Bands/Groups I like:
System Of A Down
The Beatles
The Four Seasons
The Foo Fighters
Muse
Fall Out Boy
Michael Jackson
Green Day
311
Jimi Hendrix
3 Doors Down
Metallica
Weird Al
Eminem
Rage Against The Machine
Audioslave
Avril Lavigne
Elvis Costello
Queen
AC/DC
Kelly Clarkson
Outkast
Sublime
Linkin Park
The Beach Boys
Papa Roach
The Transplants
Ludacris
Pink Floyd
The Offspring
Guns N Roses
Good Charlotte
Incubus
No Doubt
Weezer
Disturbed
Lenny Kravitz
Hoobastank
Pink
I'd had to say SOAD is without question the best current band. SOAD has the musicial talent and intensity that most bands just don't have. While most bands sound the same, SOAD stands out.
While SOAD is my current favorite band, I still say that The Beatles will go down as the greatest act in music, period. If you look at music historically, no band made more of an influence on the industry or produced as many memorable songs as they did. Just for the record, I know pretty all of their songs by heart.
I regularly listen to Eminem, 311, Green Day, and Elvis Costello.
Movies
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My favorite movies include:
Borat
Knocked Up
Superbad
The Simpsons Movie
Friday The 13th series
Halloween series
Nightmare On Elm Street series
Sling Blade
Goodfellas
Dumb And Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Rain Man
Ed Wood
Die Hard
Psycho
Liar Liar
Team America
The Man Who Would Be King
The Terminator series
Bruce Almighty
Evil Dead series
Spiderman series
Forrest Gump
The Departed
National Lampoon's Vacation
School Of Rock
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)
Dawn Of The Dead (the original)
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Dickie Roberts
The Poseidon Adventure
Obviously, I am a big horror freak. Since I was a little kid, I've had an obsession with horror films, slasher films in particular. The only scientific or logicial reason I can give for this is that human beings are animals, and animals have a violent nature. Watching a horror film is my way of letting my inner violent nature come out in a fantasy rather than being violent in real life. That's my best explaination.
Another obvious observation is that I love the classic comedy teams (Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Three Stooges, Marx Brothers) from the early days of cinema. I grew up watching those old films, and they still hold a special place in my heart today. Some of the humor survives the test of time while some of it doesn't, but those old movies never fail to entertain me.
Television
Velocity, Monday Night RAW, Smackdown, TNA Impact, Da Ali G Show (funniest show on television IMO), Bullshit!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sanford And Son, The Simpsons (I love the first 6-7 seasons, then it went downhill for me), South Park, Beavis and Butthead. I honestly don't watch a lot of television, most of what I watch are DVDs.
Ali G is one of the few shows where I will actually laugh out loud. I give Sacha Baron Cohen all the credit in the world because he can conduct these ridiculous interviews with people while keeping a straight face the entire time. That's one of the things that really amazes me about this guy. He can ask a guy like Buzz Aldrin what it was like to walk on the sun and keep his character completely serious to the point where the guys that are being interviewed think he's a legit idiot. The reactions of the people being interviewed are what I find the most funny, at least when there is a reaction! (12/06 Edit: I wrote this in May 2005 way before Cohen became a mainstream sensation with his movie!)
Curb Your Enthusiam is a tremendous show and I think Larry David is a genius. It's a totally unique show in the fact that there's hardly a script. There is a just a basically plotline and the actors improvise their lines. The show has a very REAL feel to it. Many of the situations in the show are what people like you and me go through everyday. I think the show is funny because these very simple conflicts are blown up into these huge arguments, which is very realistic because people have a tendency to get angry over trivial things. The show basically mirrors real life which is why I think it works so well, plus it's always fun and rewarding to see bad things happen to rich people!
Books
Unlike my parents, I'm not much of a reader. I read the wrestling newsletters, and I will generally read non-fiction over fiction. When I'm .., I'll sometimes do a search on any random topic and find all the information I can about it. For example, I had just been to Six Flags Magic Mountain and I decided to do some research and find out about the history of the park. That led me to wanting to know about how roller coasters are built and maintained, and one thing search item led to another.
Heroes
My parents for bringing me up well. As far as celebrities go, I'd say Hulk Hogan. Some people grow up with Superman or Batman as their childhood hero... Hulk Hogan was MY childhood hero. I was nine years old when Hogan lost the WWF Title to The Undertaker at Survivor Series 1991, and I was crying when Taker won the match. I attended Wrestlemania 21 live and I cried again when Hogan made his surprise appearance. Hell, I was emotional the entire evening. I was SO thrilled just to be part of that event in person. I have nothing but respect for all of the people involved in wrestling for providing people with years of entertainment. To me, they are all heroes and they have inspired me to do the one thing that I love doing, and that's entertaining people.
You might know me as the owner of NoDQ.com as well as NoDQforums.com, the world's largest internet wrestling community! Obviously from looking at this page, you can tell that I am a diehard wrestling fan.
NoDQ has done a lot for me. I've been up to meet many of the performers that I grew up watching. I've been able to travel and visit different parts of the country. As pathetic as this may sound, I've probably made more friends through NoDQ than anywhere else.
If you have any questions or would like to chat, my e-mail is nodq@nodq.com and my screenname is Aaron Rift on AOL Instant Messanger. Please forgive me if I don't respond to you right away!
Note about leaving comments: Please type with normal text and do not put in URLs or long blocks of text without spaces which cause the table width to widen. Also, I disabled HTML so plesae don't try to leave pictures! Thanks!!!
Who I'd like to meet: NoDQ.com fans and wrestling fans alike!!!
Hey Aaron, I was wondering if you have heard anything on if Jeff Hardy is going to return to the WWE or if he will go back to TNA?? I've been hearing from a few people that he's going to return and a few have been saying he's going to TNA again...Can you help me clear this up?
DID ANYOBODY ELSE CATCH THAT SCREW UP ON RAW. KOFI DROPPED HIS JAMIACAN ACCENT AND HHH. SAID I THOUGHT YOU YOU WEERE JAMAICAN.WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ACCENT.THEN THEY CONTINUED WITH THIER TEAM RAW BUISSINESS.
I just want to keep you posted on what's going on this way.
The Soul of a Man Anthology is the winner of the 2009 Best Short Stories/Anthology from the African American Literary Awards Show. Read an excerpt of my contribution, "Like Father, Like Son", at http://joeyisinit.com/excerpt.html.
If you know anybody in the Raleigh, NC, let them know that I'm doing a book signing/book discussion at the Southeast Regional Library in Garner, NC, (908 7th St) on Thursday, October 22nd at 6:30pm.
My lastest entry on http://joeypinkney.com is "5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Corey Barnes, author of What Is This Love Thing About". Leave a comment on my website, I would like to know what you think.
Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/coreybarnes
Don't be a stranger. Let me know what's going on in your neck of the woods.
plzz don't get angry wit me Aaron im trying to start my own Talk Wrestling video series i need fans so im kinda using you im a huge fan of the work you and Jeff do. Im just trying to offer my 2 cents. I'll be sure to plug nodq.com if you dont mind it is the best wrestling site on the internet so yea sorry for using your myspace im just trying to get the ball rolling
a little boy tells his mom he has diarea and tells his mom he need viagra she says why? he says you always tell dad that if you take viagra your shit is gonna get hard
yo aaron dude seriously, i really think the writers and mcmahon should just like have a bunch of fans get into a room, and like write down some stuff for the creative team and work with them. just like what they do with television before the pilots are put on the air. i garuntee you that would skyrocket the company.
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