I was named after the lead singer from this band, Justin Hayward; however, I think that the drummer's name, Graeme Edge, would have been more suitable in both position and inclination.
Tango Argentino, cooking, programming, photography, Kung Fu (San Soo), Karate (Shito Ryu), language, writing, drumming (hand and set), mountain biking, fighting the man, etc.
Music
Ranging far and wide, I enjoy many different genres of musicá. From tango Argentino artists such as Astor Piazzolla and Lalo Schifrin to something a bit more current like System of A Down, NIN and The Mars Volta; going back in time again to pick up the likes of Liszt, Bach, Tchaikovsky and others in the genre like Rachmaninov, Barber and Gershwin; jumping forward to the rock that is classic you can never go wrong with a little Led, Boston, da Who, Señor Hendrix, Kansas, da Doors or hell, even the less popular Eric Clapton. Oh, yes, let us not forget those 90's bands like , Everclear, Third Eye Blind and Sound Garden. But lets please, for the love of Christ, forget about the 80's . . . and most of the 70's.
Movies
Kill Bill, House of Flying Daggers, Royal Tenenbaums, Enter the Dragon, Last Samurai, Tango and anything with flying fists (and/or kicks) of death.
Television
Stargate and that one cooking show with the guy in the glasses that tells you a little bit about the science and the "why and how" of cooking (but has since sullied himself with Iron Chef America)...I don't know his name though. What's his name? I don't know, I told you that.
Books
Love in the time of Cholera (Garcia Marquez), Illustrated Man, Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine, Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury), Earth Abides (Stewart), A Separate Peace (Knowles), Master and Man (Tolstoy), Dragon King Trilogy (Lawhead) y mas.
Poets? Poe, A. E. Houseman, Longfellow, Dickinson, Byron is a cool guy and alright, Frost albeit a little jacked.v
Heroes
SELECT * FROM heros WHERE super_cool=true AND name!="Aqua Man";
Several years of web and applications development using technologies and languages such as C++, Java, PHP, Javascript, CSS, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Windows, OS X, SSH, etc.
Over two years of ballroom dancing (American styles) including Fox Trot, Tango, Argentine Tango, Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Swing (east and west coast), Lindy Hop, Salsa, Cha-Cha, Mambo, Samba, Hustle, Rumba and some Country Western
A skillful commander strikes a decisive blow, and stops. He does not dare (by continuing his operations) to assert and complete his mastery. He will strike the blow, but will be on guard against being vain or boastful or arrogant in consequence of it. He strikes it as a matter of necessity; he strikes it, but not from a wish for mastery.
Who I'd like to meet: Lao Tzu
These here are the backers and slackers.
haha wow i almost forgot about that!! actually i'm in wally world right now .. but i might be coming home and start going to cal state ... we'll see how it all goes ...
when and if i do get back in town i will CALL YOU! woo hoo!
(yes, i realized that had i waited, i could have made this all one comment, but i'm impatient and i gotta do it all when i think about it or risk losing it all. you know me. you love me.)