Okay I'll make one short list:
1) Motorbike (750 c.c. Honda NightHawk) see pics
2) Current Events (I love to debate but I hate yelling.)
3) Electronics (If it has wires, I already took it apart & zapped myself)
4) Travel (My profile picture 8 Airports in 2 weeks)
5) Building crap (So far i've "built" an 'TIVO' into my computer which I can stream to any internet connection. (Check out orb.com) A voice recognition home theater. Nav, Video & Music display for my car.)
6) Crazy People (I'll do almost anything once)
Music
Lets see... in Middle School It was R&B. I shamefully admit I still have an "All for One" CD somewhere. Then there was Nirvana... duh. Actually now that I think about it, I still have a Brother Cane CD "Seeds" and its still pretty rockin. After that I went metal. (An attempt to make the 6ft plus 120 lbs acne cursed dweb look like he wouldn't fold like a lawn chair if you hit him in the knees. Thank god that cleared up & I'm a fairly respectable looking chap. But now, I listen to NPR... in the shower... on the way to work... on the way back from work... when I'm cleaning or in the house. What can I say, I'm a self-admitted news junkie. So sports, music or celebrity gossip I can't contribute too much but I will listen. But, you can think of it as a way to shut me up. Trust me, you'll thank me later.
Movies
Ian's Thumbs up & Down on recent flicks
Recent Movies: A Scanner Darkly - b
Superman (in 3D) - b
An Inconvenient Truth - b
Hard Candy (very intense) - b
Thank you for Smoking - b
The Madator - b
Underworld 2 - p
Munich - b
King Kong - b
The Ice Harvest - p
Walk the Line - b
Capote - b
Good Night & Good Luck - b
9 Songs (NOT A FAMILY RENTAL) - p
Aristocrats - b
Broken Flowers - b
General Preferences:
I love lots of movies. For example, I like anything Ridley Scott (Starting at Blade Runner) to anything Kubrick ending with Eyes Wide Shut, I know it wasn't as good as the rest but I'm not counting A.I. with its twisted Disney/Third Kind ending. "Thank you, Mister Spielberg that'll be all."
Television
Adult Swim, Daily Show, Simpsons, Family Guy, Cowboy Bebop and so on
Books
I am a media junkie... I have something to the effect of 6 or 7 magazine subscribtions (Wired, The Economist, Computer Power User & more computer mags)
Recent Reads:
The Pyscology of Influence
GeekChic
Smart Mobs
How We Know It Isn't So
Why People Believe Wierd Things
Gig
Type Talk
Blink
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What can be said that isn't already painfully clear... I'm an ENTJ and according to a recent work training program I'm a soulless manipulator. Lets see if I can sum myself up for this lil blurb.
Overall: I'm a very social geek. I won't judge you but I'll probably talk your ear off. I'm not too certain what I am now but somewhere inside me is a BBS building nerd & chain lugging metal head from high school.
This is who you'd meet if you ran into me on the streets of uptown dallas.
Monday - Friday: I'm a well mannered button downed professional & all in all very calm and collected person. (Read: Boring)
Saturday - Sunday: I'm no where to be found. (Out on my motorcycle.)
Who I'd like to meet: Drop me a line.
We probably have a lot in common, here are the places I've lived or frequently traveled to in the past:
Bath, England (Born)
Madison, Alabama (Lived)
Huntsville, Alabama (Lived - Space Camp is there. Rent the movie!)
Dublin, OH (Lived) Home of Wendy's & a cement cornfield
Nashua, New Hampshire (Lived)
Harvard, MA (Lived)
Boston, MA (Lived)
Detroit, MI (Lived - everything your thinking right now is on the money)
Dallas, TX (Currently reside - Somehow nothing like Texas, I love it!)
Other Places:
England (Godson lives there with more family)
South Africa, Capetown & Jo'burg
In college started a business with Mom. (knock off the awwwing...) Importing textiles & women's accessories to the U.S. Plus, I have more family there.
See look how much we have in common. Send me a message!
Oh and Antartica... ok only went once but just had to mention it. Wouldn't you?
OK, so I'm getting married...you better be able to take some time off in August to come up here and watch me sign my life away! ;) Anyways, the actual date is the 18th...invites will be on the way next month more than likely, just wanted to give you a heads up since you're half a country away...peace crackah!
It's good to see that you finally have something more to say than "Have Fun!"...It sucks that I just found your blog damnit...I just drove down to Austin a few weeks ago...I'll be back down next year...We should get together...good to see that your doing well...hit me up sometime
