I don't read as much as I'd like to, but my favorite books include
Ken Dryden's "The Game",
“Notes from
Underground”, “At Last There is Nothing Left to Say”, “1984”,
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, “War of the Worlds”, "The Far Side"
and “The Bunny Suicides” (yes, I am aware the last two are comics,
bite me). Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jules Verne, Gary Larson, and Langston
Hughes are a few of my favorite authors. I’ve been instructed by
numerous reliable sources that I should add Hemingway to their
ranks as my writing style/personality match his closely...
As far as movies, I can't stand chick flicks, horror movies are
usually too corny (or I'm just a coward), and romantic comedies
suck. For an idea as to what I do like, I own: 12 Monkeys,
13th
Warrior, The 40 Year Old Virgin, 300, 3:10 to Yuma, Accepted,
Air America, Alice in Wonderland, Almost Heroes, Apocalypes Now,
Archer (season 1), Band of Brothers, BASEketball, Batman Begins,
Ben-Hur, Big Trouble in Little China, Black Sheep, Blazing Saddles,
Blood Diamond, Boondock Saints, The Bourne Trilogy, Bubble Boy,
Caddyshack, Cannibal!: the musical, Casablanca, Casino Royale,
Centurion, Chill Factor, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Chronicles
of Riddick trilogy, Clash of the Titans, The Count of Monte Cristo,
Dances With Wolves, The Dark Knight, Dead Like Me (complete
series), Dead Poet’s Society,
Deadwood: the complete series, Dexter
(seasons 1-4), Die Hard quadrology, District 9, Dodgeball, Dogma,
Dr. Strangelove, Eastern Promises, Enemy at the Gates, Erik the
Viking, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Everything is
Illuminated, Evolution, Equilibrium, Family Guy,
Firefly: the comlete series, Father
Goose, (Jet Li's) Fearless, The Fifth Element, Fight Club, A
Fistful of Dollars, Flyboys, For a Few Dollars More, Forgetting
Sarah Marshall, Forrest Gump, Fringe (seasona 1 & 2), From
Hell, Gamer, Gettysburg, The Ghost and the Darkness, Gladiator,
Glory, The Golden Compass, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Good
Morning Vietnam, Gone With the Wind, The Green Mile, Grosse Point
Blanke, Gran Torino, Groundhog Day, Hannibal, Hitchhicker’s Guide
to the Galaxy, History of the World: Part 1, Hitman, Hell Boy, Hell
Boy 2, Hot Fuzz, Hudson Hawke, The Hurt Locker, Idiocracy, The
Illusionist, Inception, Inside Man, Jurassic Parks 1-3, Justified
(Season 1), King Kong, Kung Fu Hustle, LA Confidential, Last of the
Mohicans, Law Abiding Citizen, Layer Cake, Leon the Professional,
Lethal Weapons 1-3, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, The Lost
Battalion, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Lord of War, The Love
Guru, Maltese Falcon, Man on Fire, The Matrix Trilogy, Maverick,
Miracle, Mister Roberts, Meet Joe Black, Memento, Monty Python
& The Holy Grail, Mr. Deeds, Mystery Alaska, National Lampoon’s
Loaded Weapon 1, National Treasure 2, The Negotiator, Nine, O
Brother Where Art Thou?, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Office
Space, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Orgazmo, The Outlaw Josey
Wales, The Pacific, Pale Rider, Pan's Labyrinth, The Patriot,
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Power
of One, The Prestige, The Princess Bride, Punisher, Quantum of
Solace,
Ravenous,
Red Dragon, Red vs. Blue: the Blood Gulch Chronicles, Red vs. Blue:
Reconstruction, Red vs. Blue: Recreation, The Replacements,
Resident Evil, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Robin Williams Live on
Broadway, Rooster Cogburn, Rules of Engagement, Saving Private
Ryan, Serenity, Se7en, Seven Years in Tibet, Shaun of the Dead, The
Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs, Sin City, Sleepy
Hollow, Snatch, The South Park Movie, South Park seasons 1-10,
Spaceballs, Spartacus, Spartacus: blood and sand, Spy Game, Star
Trek, Suicide Kings, Swordfish, Tombstone, Team America: World
Police, Terminator: Salvation, Tommy Boy, Troy, Underworld, The
Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, Wagons East, Waiting, What Dreams
May Come, The Whole Nine Yards, The Whole Ten Yards, X-men, X-Men
Origins: Wolverine, Willow, Young Frankenstein, Zombieland
As for TV:
Hockey
games,Firefly, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Dexter, South
Park, Futurama, Deadwood, Justified, Archer, Burn Notice, Leverage,
Family Guy, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, Dead Like Me, Fringe, House
MD, The Drew Carey Show,
Angry Beavers Courage the
Cowardly Dog, Vintage Bugs Bunny, Through the Wormhole
NHL Network, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National
Geographic, Travel Channel, Food Network, Science Times, Animal
Planet
I absolutely fucking HATE mindless television. Shows like: the real
desperate house wives of..., the hills, jersey shore, sex & the
city, the view, regis & kelly, american idol, so you think you
can dance, reality TV, or anything along those lines make me want
to kill people. Not kidding in the least.
Musically, I prefer
metal/
hard rock, some alternative, oldies,
and then classical/opera. HATE rap/hip-hop, country, pop, punk/emo,
and polka. My favorite artists include:
Cold,
Mudvayne,
Alice In Chains, Counting Crows,
Rammstein, Mushroomhead, Slipknot, Tool, Godsmack, Everclear, Days
of the New,
Matthew Good Band, Johnny
Cash, Theory of a Deadman, Gin Blossoms, Fear Factory, Seether, 3
Doors Down, APC, Spineshank, Staind, Hell Yeah, Static-X,
Disturbed, Linkin Park, Revelation Theory, 10 Years, Hurt, Stone
Sour, Korn, Finger Eleven, Lacuna Coil, Sevendust, Thornley,
Stereomud, Earshot, Audioslave, Saliva, Papa Roach, Orgy, Drowning
Pool, Breaking Benjamin, Soil, Black Stone Cherry, Tantric, Uncle
Kracker, Scapegoat Wax, Indigenous
Favorite Foods: roundsteak and gravy over potato dumplings,
home-made chicken dumpling soup, cheese cake, raspberries, ocean
spray 100% cranberry juice w/ squirt, sprecher's root beer, sour
patch kids, squeaky cheese curds, mint M&M's, Edy's real fruit
popsicles (lime, lemonade), good egg drop soup, raspberry iced tea,
cadbury mini eggs, raspberry applesauce