Listening to music of all kinds, playing guitar/piano, magic and sleight of hand, chess, rock climbing, literature, motorcycles...
Music
Makes the world go 'round.
Movies
Monsters, Inc., The Emperor's New Groove, 300, Real Genius (Val Kilmer!), Die Hard (all of them), Mission Impossible (all of them), X-Men (all of them), Bad Boys I and II, Sahara, Punisher, Ghost, Indiana Jones (all of them), Iron Man, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and many, many more...
Television
Isn't a television a really small movie screen?
Books
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), Illusions: the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (Richard Bach), the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and the Dirk Gently books (Douglas Adams, R.I.P.), the Ender's Game series (Orson Scott Card), The Princess Bride (William Goldman), The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books (J.R.R. Tolkien), the River Why (David James Duncan), the whole Harry Potter series...
Heroes
My dad for his perseverance, willfulness, and sacrifices, and for being the greatest teacher on Earth. My mom for her strong attitude and outlook on life. Ayn Rand for her philosophies, not all of which I agree with, but which have helped shape my life and perspective. Tommy Caldwell and Didier Berthod (two AMAZING climbers with unreal strength and skills - I can't wait to meet you guys!), Jimmy Newquist (talented, intelligent, introspective singer/guitarist for Caroline's Spine, still my favorite band after all these years). Successful single mothers who do and give so much for their families. My sister Gina for being the greatest comic relief in the universe - no, wait, that didn't sound right... And my sister Pam for her drive and dedication - she's dedicated to driving her co-workers crazy!
Thankful every day that I wake up, and every night before I go to bed. Working to create a better me, cuz I've got inspirations and aspirations. Wanting to have my fingers in everything, I've mastered nothing, but I can speak the languages. I am.
Who I'd like to meet: Tommy Caldwell, Didier Berthod, Johnette Napolitano, Slash, Garry Kasparov, Madonna, David Copperfield, Eddie Izzard, Laura Eyeliner, and Criss Angel to name a few.
Beyond them: other climbers, musicians, chess players. Bonus if you are all three!
what is up eh. Glad to see you are keeping busy. Yea, we need to get on the bikes and go for a little ride. Are you playing guitar. I am a little. Me and the brothers are playing every Sunday at San Ysidro Church. All guitars. People seem to like our music, albeit church music. Talk to ya soon.
DUDE!!! Its almost time for BHD homey. I told Lenor that im staying at the house with the most A/C. Is that your house, or is it still hotter than a 2 peckerd billy goat in a barn full of sheep?
Wow, this is so weird that you commented me because just this past Saturday I was thinking of you! Joe and I were saying how it's been forever..........How are you? What's new?
Hey Gil! I commented you back the day after you sent this but it wouldn't go through.....Anyway, its so weird that you sent the comment to me when you did, cuz just a few days before, Joe and I were saying how we hadn't seen or talked to you in forever! How's life?
*talks to marissa* he stole it from us...the precious!
but hey! i want to paint my new room and i want you and maris to come help me, since we never got to go and help paint ur place. so u can come paint mine! i want something really cool painted on my walls. so thnk of something!! i'm thinking about tuesday to paint. so think about it.
Balst from the past! Picture, chess board out, you getting your ass handed to you by a spunky 5th grader pleading to play Sorry! On the silver boom box... The Stone Roses, Sugar Spun Sister.... Moi! Those were in fact the days!
