Playing/writing music, reading, watching deer in the back yard, spending time with Jenni and other friends, traveling, BBQing, game nights, poker nights, and playing golf!
Music
Bon Jovi, Cake, Sheryl Crow, Rush, Michel Camillo, Andy Narell, Antonin Dvorak, John Williams, Hanz Zimmer, Kent Finlay, Randy Weeks, James McMurtry and the Heartless Bastards, Willie Nelson, Adam Caroll, Jenni, Slaid Cleaves, HalleyAnna, The McKay Brothers, Danielle Talamini, Steve Poltz, Gurf Morlix, George Jones, Jason Eady, Sam Baker, Sunny Sweeney, Delbert McClinton, Jed and Kelley, The Phantom Regiment, Alfred Reed, David Gillingham, W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, Mark Camphouse, Karen Mal, Starboat, and the Dedringers
Movies
Apollo 13, Star Wars trilogy, North by Northwest, Casablanca, and lots of others as long as they have a good soundtrack. Practically anything by Alfred Hitchcock, or starring Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, or Helena Bonham Carter will do.
Television
The Closer, The Family Guy, FoxNews Channel, The History Channel, The Office, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Robot Chicken, Ice Road Truckers
Books
Favorites have been... All the Jack Ryan books by Tom Clancy (I'm reading them all in chronological order and currently on Rainbow Six); 'Lone Star' - Ferehenbach; 'Issac's Storm' - Larson; 'The One Minute Manager' - Blanchard/Johnson; 'Golfing with God' - Merullo; 'Genesis'; 'Leviticus'; and 'No Country for Old Men' - McCarthy; 'Playing by the Rules' - Palmer; 'This is your Brain on Music' - Levitin
Currently Reading...
'The 9/11 Commission Report' - The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks in the United States; 'Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music' - The Bathroom Readers' Institute; 'The Guns of August' - Tuchman; and 'Tales from Q School' - Feinstein
Will soon read...
'The Guns of August' - Tuchman; 'Oil' - Sinclair; 'Music, the Brain, and Ecstacy' - Jourdain; The rest of the Jack Ryan books by Tom Clancy (Jenni got me the entire set for Christmas one year!) and 'Deuteronomy'
Heroes
Stewie Griffin, Jim Lovell, Dwide Shrude, Story Musgrave, and My Dad
About me: Let's go from recent history to further back in history...Mid-way through my 11th year as a band director / drumline instructor. Working on a Masters in Composition at Tx State Univ. Married to the most brilliant girl in the world, and beautiful to boot! Was in drumline and steel band before graduating from UNT. Marched 2 years of Drum and Bugle Corps. Was a music major and in several performing groups while at Temple Junior College. Went to high school in and grew up in Rogers, TX with a great Mom, Dad, and Sister. Was born.
Who I'd like to meet: Jim Lovell, Story Musgrave, Jenna Fischer, Jack Nicklaus, W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, and James William Bottomtooth.
There's also a beautiful rec trail that runs all the way around Monterey Bay so you can walk,bike,etc from Fisherman's Wharf to Cannery Row and all the way around to Asilomar Beach and Pacific Grove (that's where we lived) ... beautiful views ...
We always spent a lot of time on Cannery Row and at the aquarium (one of the best in the nation). I would definitely do some vineyards. My favorite was Chateau Julien. The other thing we did that was incredible was on Cannery Row you can rent an restored Model A (or others) and do the beach drive to Big Sur and beyond. Enjoy! I love it there and can't wait to go back someday.
Have a great year!
