Reading books that may or may not have pictures; PITTSBURGH STEELERS; being sarcastic, hating other people who are sarcastic, only hanging out with people who happen to be sarcastic, hating myself and everyone else around me because we are all so damn sarcastic; trying to be a better person than I am, pretending that trying to be a better person isn't that important to me; liking punk rock, hating punks; wishing I was emo, thanking God I'm not; thanking God less than I should; being pretentious without pretense
Music
The bands which I think will always stay with me are:
Alkaline Trio
Avail
Bright Eyes
caP'n Jazz
the Clash
Dashboard Confessional
Death Cab for Cutie
Dropkick Murphy's
Elliot Smith
Flogging Molly
Hot Water Music
Jawbreaker
Jets to Brazil
Johnny Cash
Less Than Jake
Lucero
Allison Kraus
the Marauders
the Promise Ring
Ryan Adams
Siren
Sunny Day Real Estate
Swingin' Utters
Gillian Welch
Wunder Years
The bands I find myself loving at least for the past year are:
the Arcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Bloc Party
Devendra Banhart
Distillers
Hanalei
the Postal Service
Rilo Kiley
Movies
Movies I've Seen In the Theater In 2008:
Semi-Pro
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dark Knight
X-Files: I Want to Believe
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Tropic Thunder
Pineapple Express
Hamlet 2
Burn After Reading
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
City of Ember
I'm sure there was other stuff but I forget what they were right now...
Movies I Plan on Seeing in the Theater in 2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Thor
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One
The Smurfs
DUNE
Television
Shows which are currently on the television that I will watch are:
Family Guy
Heroes
LOST
Scrubs
My Name Is Earl
Books
Books Read In 2008 :
The Shell Game - Steve Alten 88/100 Red Letter Christians - Tony Campolo 91/100 God's Politics - Jim Wallis 88/100 The Duma Key - Stephen King 85/100 Souled Out - E.J. Dionne, JR 82/100 The Great Awakening - Jim Wallis 83/100 A Really Super Book About Squirrels - Graham Roumieu 85/100 Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner 88/100 The Dealbreaker - Harlan Coben 89/100 Bigfoot: I Not Dead - Graham Roumieu 92/100 Tell No One = Harlan Coben 91/100 Drop Shot - Harlan Coben 72/100 The Woods - Harlan Coben 69/100 Fade Away - Harlan Coben 90/100 Indiana Jones and the Kindgom of the Crystal Skull - James Rollins 82/100 Gone for Good - Harlan Coben 92/100 Raising Atlantis - Thomas Greanias 89/100 The Lure - Bill Napier 84/100 The Atlantis Prophecy - Thomas Greanias 91/100 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer 75/100 New Moon - Stephenie Meyer 88/100
Books that I have read and loved:
Amazing Adventures of Cavelier and Clay (Michael Chabon)
the Corrections (Jonathen Franzen)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Harry Potter Books (J.K. Rowling)
Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
In Me Own Words (Graham Roumieu)
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
the Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Kafka On the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Man Walks Into A Room (Nicole Kraus)
Miss Misery (Andy Greenwald)
Middlesex (Jefferey Eugenides)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
The People of Paper (Salvador Plascencia)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
Sometimes A Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
Wonder Boys (Michael Chabon)
Heroes
Any person who knows how to act on the hand that they have been given. Any person who isn't scared to face down the uncomfortableness of being a person. The few who know that life is nothing more than actions and reactions. Those with strength enough to live life optimistically.
I've been a lot of things to a lot of people. But mostly, I just would like to be myself.
"Would you believe that I'm not even that big of a hockey fan?"
Just so you know AIM = raguab18
...also so you know, if you IM me and your name looks something like "fj2st38xtlr" I will automatically block you. I have been getting alot of spam IM's and I think that it's because I have my AIM posted on here.
Who I'd like to meet: Scarlett Johannsson, a real Jedi, Angelina Jolie, the Greatest American Hero,
Wanted to say thank you very much for being you and being a friend.
Wishes that you get to spend Thanksgiving with friends, family, loved
ones, and/or those who you are thankful for.