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My Interests
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I have fox-like tendencies so
I've tried a lot of different things. Here's a list of things that
I've done and stuck with for a good amount of time.
Active depending
on the availability of time and resources. (1/29/04)
Currently Inactive
due to lack of time, interest, or resources:
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Ballroom Dancing - Swing, Salsa, Merengue, Waltz,
Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz (But only a little 8-( )
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Board/Card Games
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Chess
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Cooking
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Creative Writing
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Drawing
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Fencing (foil and Sabre)
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Hiking
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Juggling
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Kite Flying
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Martial Arts - Aikido, Hapkido, Taekwando
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Movies (but only really good and really bad ones)
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Music - Violin, Harmonica, Mandolin, Irish Penny
Whistle, Sioux Flute
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Netrek
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Ocean Kayaking
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Origami
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Photography
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Racquetball
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Reading
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Rock Climbing
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RPGs - 7th Sea, Call of Cthulhu, Champions, Deadlands,
Runequest, Shadowrun
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tree Climbing
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Volleyball
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World Folk Music
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World Folk Tales
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Writing Movie Reviews
Hobbies I want to acquire/try eventually.
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Backpacking
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Ballroom Dancing (Salsa, Lindy Hop)
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Bonsai
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Chinese Calligraphy
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Hang Gliding
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Gardening / Landscaping
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Kendo
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Living
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Mountain Climbing
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Oil Painting
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Storytelling
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White Water Kayaking,
Projects for after graduation
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Design and build a Haunted Room
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Design an intelligent computer game
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Publish a Short Story
- Write a Novel
- Write and illustrate a Children's Book
Favorite Books (11/25/02):
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Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
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Autumn Lighting - Dave Lowry
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Bridge of Birds - Barry Hughart
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Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
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Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman
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Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
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Five Equations that Changed the World - Michael Guillen
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Genius - James Gleick
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Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
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Just So Stories and The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
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Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein
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Necronomicon - Neal Stephenson
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Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman - Richard P. Feynman
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The Journey to the West - Wu Ch'eng-en
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The Microbe Hunters - Paul de Kruif
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The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
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The Three Musketeers - Alexandré Dumas
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The Unfettered Mind- Takuan Soho
- Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
- Anything by Dr. Seuss
- Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
Favorite Comics (11/25/02)
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Hellblazer - Garth Ennis
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Kingdom Come - Mark Waid, Alex Ross
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Lone Wolf and Cub - Kazuo Koike and Gozeki Kojima
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Planetary - Warren Ellis
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Sandman - Neil Gaiman
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The Books of Magic - Neil Gaiman
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Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis
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Watchmen - Alan Moore
Favorite Movies: (1/29/04)
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A Christmas Carol (Either the George C. Scott or the Patrick Stewart
version)
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Amélie
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Casablanca
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Field of Dreams
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Finding Nemo
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GATTACA
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Ikiru
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Lord of the Rings: Trilogy
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Monty Python and The Holy Grail
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Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
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Pinnochio
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Rashoman
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Roman Holiday
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Singing in the Rain
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Smoke Signals
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Spirited Away
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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The Empire Strikes Back
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The Great Race
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
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The Seven Samurai
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The Shawshank Redemption
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The Third Man
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Wit
Favorite Music: (1/29/04)
- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Some Favorite Television Bits: (1/29/04)
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Band of Brothers
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Batman: The Animated Series
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Babylon 5
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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Cosmos
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Crocodile Hunter
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Farscape
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Ken Burns - The Civil War
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Law and Order
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Northern Exposure
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Sex and the City
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Space Above and Beyond
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Star Trek: TNG (but only certain episodes)
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The Day the Universe Changed
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The Twilight Zone (The Rod Serling version)
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