Hobbies and interests? Same as when I was 11! Most men peak about then! Professional wrestling and rock 'n' roll!
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Music
Music is something that is very special to me. Because of my life and life
experiences, I really rely on music to help get me through. To me, good music
is any music that speaks to your soul. I can respect anyone's taste in music
as long as it is their own for the right reasons. For me, I like hard rock/heavy
metal that has an attitude and edge. Some of my favorite artists are:
KISS, L.A. Guns, Joe Lynn Turner, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Ratt, Great
White, Tesla, Dokken, Poison, Warrant, Bang Tango, Motley Crue, Skid Row,
Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, Bulletboys, Faster
Pussycat, (old) Bon Jovi, Europe, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Dio, Britney Fox,
Buckcherry, Cinderella, Dangerous Toys, Danger Danger, Veins of Jenna, Randy
Piper's Animal, Shotgun Messiah, Zan Clan, W.A.S.P., (old) Def Leppard, Europe,
Firehouse, Guns N Roses, Kix, Pretty Boy Floyd, Rush, Sammy Hagar,
Winger, Van Halen...
As long as it has an attitude, bite, and energy to it, I probably am a fan
of it!
Movies
I love comedies. Adam Sandler, Robin Williams... If it is funny and has some kind of story to it, I'll likely watch it and probably already own it.
Television
Remember when there were TV shows that weren't about death and rape? I do, and I long for those days to come back!
My favorite show of all time is Wings. Not the docmentary that aired on the Discovery Chanel but the sitcom about the goings on of a small airport. I also adore Perfect Strangers. I now try to like shows like Family Guy but when they get political, it makes me disinterested in watching further.
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I was born and raised in Ridgefield, New Jersey but moved to the deserts
of Arizona in 2000. That was quite an adjustment as I had never lived anywhere
but my humble little hometown. But, after a few years, I adjusted and have
grown to love South-Western life.
In late 2002, I started doing a professional wrestling talk show which should
come as no surprise to those who ever knew me. It was amazing to me
because I just took a stab in the dark with a low level independent wrestler
and within just a few short months, I was on the phone with one of my life-long
idols "Macho Man" Randy Savage. I often tell people that when I started doing
this, I was very nervous but hearing "Macho Man" say, "Dude, you really know
the business" during our interview gave me the confidence to keep doing the
show. Now 6 years later, I'm still at it and still enjoying doing it. A
few years ago, I even got to interview Hulk Hogan. That one took my breath
away.
In 2006, I graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Technical
Writing & Communications. I have the degree and likely will get the chance
to actually use it later in life because all the jobs that degree goes for
seem to be getting filled by 40-something year olds. I am not worried, though.
It was a good education and I've used the things I learned to make money
in other ways.
Running a wrestling we site has its ups and downs. I've had to deal with
a lot of tense situations with some people who I didn't exactly get along
with. But, after a few years of a shared site with a former friend, I decided
to take matters into my own hands. A few brief bumps in the road since then
and now I realize the best way to run a site is to do it yourself and after
a few co-owners, the only co-owner I share with now is my beautiful wife
who shares my vision for the site's future.
Ironically, it is the site that got my wife and I together. I'm a huge rock
'n' roll fan as well as a wrestling fan and we just hit it off after she
couldn't escape the site from coming up in Google. She gave me new life.
I truly believe I was meant to do this site in order to find her. We got
married in August of 2007.
I do battle a little bit of confidence issues, I believe. I say that on MySpace,
the home of the "LOOK AT ME!!!!" generation, right? The reason I say that
is my parents took $50,000 of money due to me and never told me. It isn't
about the money so much as it is about taking from your own kid. I have asked
for an apology and an explanation since the day I caught them and have gotten
neither. I guess there is a price tag when it comes to loving me... At least,
as far as they were concerned. I'll likely carry that around with me for
as long as I live and the void it creates can only be filled by the love
of my new family. Still, it would have been nice if someone from my family
would have at least attempted to stay in contact.
It has been a great ride so far full of ups, downs, and in-betweens. A decade
ago, Two decades ago, doctors told me I'd never see colors or function in
society... I did and I do. A decade ago, I thought I'd always love New Jersey
and that area and nothing else would ever be home... I'm home now. What
truths will I be told next? What does my future really hold? I think the
only way to find out is to live.
Thank you for reading my MySpace page. Add me as a friend if you'd like!
Stay strong,
James
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Hello James. Thank you for accepting my friends request. Much appreciated. By the way, I'm also friends with your buddy, Joe Pentangelo. He's told me that he's been sending you emails trying to contact you for a wrestling documentary/book he's doing but you haven't returned any of his emails. As a friend of him, can you start checking your mailbox for his emails regularly and start answering them? Thanks and take care.
Thanks for the add. Please help make this a great event and forward to at least ten of your friends. I hope to see you at the event. Thanks again, Steve.
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