movies, music, books, the 80's, love, big hearts, pets, animals, family, friends, traveling somewhere new, art, design, eating out, creativity, aesthetics, fashion, architecture, museums, airports, big cities, sleeping with the fan on, Irish beer, wine, food, cold nights, vegetarianism, playing live music, watching live music, making up words, nerdy sci-fi and super hero stuff, reciting movie quotes, reading, comedy, technology, science, learning, the rain, winter, clothes, tattoos, vespas, cars, thrift shopping, people-watching
Through the darkness of future past,
the magician longs to see,
one chants out between two worlds,
FIRE WALK WITH ME
Music
BANDS/MUSICIANS:
Ramones, the Clash, the Pixies, the Cure, Devo, Oingo Boingo, FUGAZI, the Smiths, Morrissey, Johnny Cash, Jawbreaker, Sunny Day Real Estate, Dinosaur Jr, At the Drive-In, Mars Volta, Sparta, Jimmy Eat World, Sonic Youth, Descendents, Knapsack, the Jealous Sound, Nada Surf, the Misfits, HUM, Bad Religion, Husker Du, Green Day, Modest Mouse, Weezer, the Vandals, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Great Northern, Drive Like Jehu, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Kraftwerk, Muse, Mew, Elliott Smith, Get Up Kids, New Amsterdams, Far, one line drawing, New End Original, Gratitude, Samiam, Texas is the Reason, Superdrag, Jawbox, Cursive, M83, Jets to Brazil, Social Distortion, Strung Out, Good Riddance, PROPAGANDHI, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, the Playing Favorites, the Thermals, the Stills, Postal Service, Tenacious D, Metric, Say Hi To Your Mom, Explosions in the Sky, Slow Reader, the Reverend Horton Heat, AFI, Built to Spill, Screeching Weasel, Stiff Little Fingers, Stray Cats, the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds), AIR, KISS, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, the Police, the Cars, Huey Lewis & the News, Duran Duran, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, the Who, Luis Prima, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Richard Cheese, Sammy Davis Jr., Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Del the Funky Homosapien, Geto Boys, House of Pain, N.W.A.
COMPOSERS:
Danny Elfman, Mark Mothersbaugh, John Williams
Movies
V for Vendetta, the Nightmare Before Christmas, Donnie Darko, Equilibrium, the Last Man on Earth, Frailty, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Elephant Man, Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, Dune, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Batman, Beatle Juice, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Halloween, One Hour Photo, the Lord of the Rings, Heat, Punch Drunk Love, Magnolia, Goonies, Neverending Story, Indiana Jones, Animal House, Back to the Future, Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Zoolander, Godfather, E.T., Close Encounters, Jaws, Fletch, Office Space, From Dusk Till Dawn, Four Rooms, A Simple Plan, the Gift, Dead Zone, Fifth Element, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Billy Madison, Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Valley Girl, Lost Boys, Gladiator, Glengary GlenRoss, Detroit Rock City, the Chase, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, THX-1138, Napoleon Dynamite, Team America, Dark City, Sin City, Batman Begins, Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Walk the Line, the Abyss, Airplane, the Big Lebowski, Blade Runner, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Fight Club, Iron Giant, Mallrats, Lost in Translation, the Salton Sea, Unbreakable, Signs, Three Amigos, Usual Suspects, Star Wars, Borat, Sweeney Todd
Television
Twin Peaks, Freaks and Geeks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dexter, Chappelle's Show, Family Guy, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Planet Earth, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Dead Zone, Arrested Development, South Park, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, History Channel, A&E, TLC, Knitty Gritty & Stylelicious on the DIY Network
Books
the Watchmen, Return of the Dark Knight, Diet For A New America, Fast Food Nation, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Rock Critic Murders, Tough Baby, Bushisms, the Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories, Burton on Burton, If Chins Could Kill, Big Fish, the Lord of the Rings, The Iron Triangle, the Dead Zone; Short Stories of Roald Dahl; The Catcher in the Rye....
Heroes
(anyone who believes that animals are NOT property, commodities, or to be used for controlled entertainment, experimentation, clothing, or abuse in any way) the lone Chinese man at Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonardo daVinci, David Lynch, Morrissey, Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, & my Grandfather.
Below are quotes from some personal heros of mine:
"I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men."
-Leonardo Da Vinci
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
-Albert Einstein
"Your body has absolutely no nutritional requirement for the flesh or milk of other animals."
-Michael Klaper, MD
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
-Ghandhi
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
-Thomas Edison
"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."
-Charles Darwin
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral."
-Leo Tolstoy
"Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight."
-Rev. Dr Andrew Linzey
"How are we to build a new humanity? Only by leading men toward a true, inalienable ethic of our own. . . Reverence for life.
Reverence for life comprises the whole ethic of life in its deepest and highest sense. It is the source of constant renewal for the individual and for mankind"
-Albert Schweitzer
I got my motorocyle license!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!! And the best part is that I got the best score in the class. Only 1 point off for being 1/100th of a second long on one of the courses! I loved beating all of those big tough menzzz they were all super embarassed to be beaten by a GIRL!!!! lol!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! WATCH OUT LITTLE OLD LADIES.... LUKI IS ON 2 WHEELZ NOW!! ;-)
dave campbell, how many damn years has it been? well, there was that one time i saw you play at 710, but even that was forever ago. let's catch up over a beer :)
tonight at pluckers trivia they asked what band danny elfman used to be in. i think i was the only person in the whole place who knew it and i'm almost 100% positive i owe that to you!
dave, one thing i forgot to mention is that i picked up a radar detector for my commute - i've had the cooper up to 110 mph on the tollway in the morning on my way in....definately signs of midlife crisis.... i throw my scooter (razor) not motorized in the trunk and hook it like 20 blocks to my office (parking is free on the outskirts of downtown) ... yeahh... life is sweet
dave, houston is the suck - i plan on spending alot more time on my space in the next several months - member when i used to get my drink on and add cowgirls to our page ?- those were the salad days of aNd
oh my gosh, dave! i just found the cd you gave me with fallingm and wiseguy on it. talk about a time warp. i'm about to listen to it for old time's sake :)
HELL YAY!!!
