Knights Of Columbus, Macintosh computers, German Shepherds, Baseball: Boston Red Sox, Hockey: Pittsburgh Penguins, Basketball: Boston Celtics, Football: Pittsburgh Steelers, Beginning Experience ministry for grieving separated, divorced and widowed persons.
I love Rick Griffin, Roger Dean, Jackson Pollock, and Salvador Dali's work I've gotten to see some of their orginals paintings.
Music
Bruce Springsteen
The Who
John Coltrane
CSN
Steely Dan
James Taylor
Miles Davis
Frank Zappa
Rush
Nektar
Bob Seger
Yes
Grateful Dead
Jethro Tull
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
Genesis
Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
Funkadelic
The Beatles
Dave Matthews Band
Earth, Wind & Fire
Phish
Bob Marley
Bob Dylan
Grand Funk Railroad,
Neil Young
Henry Rollins
Jackson Browne
J. Geils Band
Jimmy Buffett
Michael Stanley Band
John McLaughlin
The Klezmatics
Little Feat,
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Rolling Stones
Sly & The Family Stone
Paul Simon
Santana
Stanley Clarke
Stevie Wonder
Tom Waits
Todd Rundgren
Third World
Tangerine Dream
Van Morrison
Weather Report
Movies
Wizzard Of Oz, Passion Of The Christ, Schindler's List, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, 12 Angry Men, Taxi Driver, Saving Private Ryan, On the Waterfront, Raging Bull, The Graduate, The Deer Hunter, Patton, Ben-Hur, Almost Famous, Judgment at Nuremberg, All the President's Men, Gandhi, Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, Apocalypse Now, Midnight Cowboy, M*A*S*H, Network, Rebel Without a Cause, The French Connection, Easy Rider, GoodFellas, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Television
The Wire, OZ, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Sopranos, NYPD Blue, Recue Me, Law & Order: Trail By Jury, Muder One, Tour Of Duty, Beavis & Butt-head, American Experience, The West Wing, Boston Legal, 24, Prison Break, Frontline, The Shield, House, American Dreams, Third Watch, 24, WKRP In Cincinnati, Law & Order, Without A Trace, The Guardian, Ed, The Unit, House, Close To Home, Shark, Bones, Big Love, Rome, Anything by Ken or Ric Burns.
Books
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), The Grapes Of Wrath (John Steinbeck), Animal Farm (George Orwell), 1984 (George Orwell), The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein), Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), Lord of the Flies (William Golding), All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque), Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney (Douglas Brinkley & Julie Fenster), By Their Works: Profiles Of The Me Of Faith Who Made A Difference (Stephen Singular & Carl A. Anderson), Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (Meg Meeker), Make Way For Ducklings (Robert McCloskey)
Heroes
My Parents, Pope John Paul II, Father Michael J. McGivney, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope Benedict XVI, Arthur Ashe, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Oskar Schindler, Ben Stein, Alan Keys, Ron Paul, Ken Blackwell
Who I'd like to meet: Everyone, but I would only let someone close to me shares the same values as myself. Someone who would let me see into her soul. Someone willing to go through the process knowing who each of us are beyond the masques that we show ourselves. Usually we don't show ourselves that part of ourselves. We strangle our inner selves and become slaves to the alienation this world hands us We feel content to walk away unfulfilled rather than trust another person for even a moment of the truth about ourselves.
I want to meet someone who will let me see her true self for more than that minuet when her guard is down. I want her to trust in me and not be afraid and hide. I want her to not run when she see me for who I am. I want to trust that she will not scream when she sees my innermost insecurities and will be patient as I develop trust so that I can show my scars for I know that they are ugly.
That's just a little of who I would like to meet.
But, of course, I'll be anyone's friend.
