Likes: Playing with my kids, hanging out with my wife, steamed green beans with almonds, B-grade horror and sci-fi movies, anime, comic books, manga, John Cusack films, Dr. Who, redheads, women in stockings, Scooby Doo (classic, though, not the Scrappy crap), jazz, funk, rock, electronica (love trance particularly), the thin patch of a woman's skin between a tall boot and a knee-length skirt, BBC America, Sci-Fi Channel, pondering the existential angst of religious thought and longing, writing essays, short stories and songs, playing guitar, bass and harmonica, beach volleyball, cheesecake (the food and the art style).
Dislikes: Religious bullying, inability to debate without fighting, talking more than a few minutes having to talk about about ADD or OCD, being away from the computer for too long, close-mindedness, people too much like myself, prudishness, excessive trashiness in clothes, feeling the aches of getting older, onions, bananas, coconut, the redneck mentality, disrespect, contemporary romantic comedies, sports-themed films.
Super Powers: Can makes friends quickly and easily. Transparent to a fault, sometimes a bad thing. Occasionally able to sway people to his will thanks to his charm. A hopeless flirt.
Secret Weakness: An Internet connection. It saps his willpower and strength and locks his butt into the chair in front of the monitor. A redhead or blonde in sexy boots and a knee-length skirt. That's like kryptonite, I'm afraid.
Proficiencies: Able to string words together to create stories and relay facts in ways that dazzle readers. Proficient in designing Internet sites. Can provoke emotional response (in a good way) by playing stringed instruments and arranging pre-recorded loops. Can make a kickin' cappucino. Knows the difference between a salad fork and a dinner fork (and even those tiny seafood forks).
Sports:
Atlanta Braves, Georgia Bulldogs, Atlanta Falcons, but I rarely watch unless I'm at a friend's house or at my brother's house.
Music:
Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Train, The Flaming Lips, Hoobastank, The Rolling Stones, Abraham Laboriel, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Sixpence None the Richer, Vanessa Mae, Kings X, Van Halen, composer James MacMillan, Guardian, Switchfoot, Miles, Davis, John Coltrane, J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Mussorgsky, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, 77s, Steve Taylor, Daniel Amos, and '80s funk, rock, and new wave.
Movies:
Citizen Kane, Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, Ran, Rebecca, Meet John Doe, Cat People (original), Sanjuro, Akira, Perfect Blue, Lady of Burlesque, The Blue Angel (original German version), Vertigo, North by Northwest, Gosford Park, Mystery Men, Unbreakable, Run Lola Run, Young Frankenstein, Gross Pointe Blank, Princess Mononoke, The Haunting (original).
TV:
Dr. Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kolchak the Night Stalker, X-Files, Smallville, Supernatural, MST3K, Angel, Wise Guy, Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Britt series), Poirot, The Lone Gunmen, The Twilight Zone (original), Coupling (BBC), classic Superman
Books:
Just about anything by:
John Fischer, Annie Dillard, Shusako Endo, Philip Yancey, Robert Heinlein, Ed McBain, Francis Schaeffer, Stephen R. Donaldson, the Wildcard series, John Donne, T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Kurt Vonnegut, G.K. Chesterton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Brian MacLauren, and Ernest Hemmingway.
Heroes/Idols:
Bernice Bailey, Mittry Taylor, Melba Thigpen, Michael Thigpen, C.S. Lewis, John Fischer, Bob Dylan, Steve Taylor, Annie Dillard, Todd Wagener, Frank Fradella, Tom Waltz, Scott McCullar
