Top 25 Favorite Movies:

• LOTR series
• Jurassic Park series
• King Kong
• Religulous
• Cast Away
• Titanic
• Harry Potter series
• War of the Worlds
• Stand By Me
• Swiss Army Man
• Misery
• Into the Wild
• The Chronicles of Narnia series
• Forrest Gump
• School of Rock
• Land of the Lost
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Catch Me If You Can
• The Hobbit series

• Lukas

• I was named after a song called "Amanda" by the band Boston.
• I was born in Lancaster, California / Lived in Palmdale, California until I was 4 / Lived in Livonia, Michigan until I was 7 / Lived in South Lyon, Michigan until I was 10 / Lived in Westerville, Ohio until present day.
• I am a natural redhead.
• My father's name is John (but goes by Jay), my mother's name was Barbara, and my sister's name is Laura (who is four years older than I).
• My mother died of a bone cancer called "Multiple Myeloma" in 2009.
• My dad is an electrical engineer.
• My family is spread out over the states of Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Arizona.
• My first word was "balloon."
• The longest relationship that I've ever b...

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• A - Adventures
• A - Amphetamines
• A - Astrophysics
• A - Autumn time
• A - Acting on impulse
• A - Adrenaline rushes
• A - Aquariums
• A - Anything that glows in the dark
• A - Airports and airplanes
• A - Athens (Ohio)
• A - Aimlessly wandering
• A - Anatomy
• A - Aviator sunglasses
• A - Avacados
• A - Apocalyptic theories
• A - Apple cider
• A - Applesauce with cinnamon in it
• A - Atlases
• A - Adjectives
• A - Androgyny

• Any food item bountiful in sugar
• Amphetamines
• Kissing my dog on the lips
• Getting stoned by myself so that I can be a total fatass and experience zero shame in my full-on munchie indulgence
• Sitting indian-style on my bedroom floor while I play Nintendo 64
• Being anti-social and not giving a fuck that I enjoy doing so
• Going to bed in the morning and waking up at night
• NyQuil
• Vulgarity
• Porn
• My dark side
• Cracking my knuckles. And neck. And back. All the time.
• Starbucks
• Tim Hortons
• Acting on impulse despite the cost

• Lose weight
• Have the means to travel the world
• Feel completely comfortable in my own skin
• Be capable of supporting myself 100% independently
• Have the same energy level that a normal/healthy person has
• Be good at engineering so I could build some seriously bad-fuckin-ass shit
• Conquer depression and anxiety
• Gain an actual legitimate group of best friends for once in my life
• Contribute something to science that no one ever has before
• Contribute something to psychology that no one ever has before
• Unlock the formula for building a successful teleportation device. Nobel Prize... you shall be mine!

• Visit Tahquamenon Falls
• Swim in Lake Michigan
• Getting ice cream and movies from the gas station
• Hiking anywhere and everywhere
• Visiting the lighthouse
• Stargazing
• Journaling
• Massive amounts of photography
• Getting high
• Delving into books and music
• Making s'mores
• Going on long drives
• Doing anything spiritual

• The feeling of falling
• Wasps and bees
• Ferocious, uncontained dogs
• Human beings
• Speaking in public or being looked at/judged by a large number of people at once
• Being seen without make-up
• Long-term commitments
• Balloons being popped within close proximity to me
• When people shoot/point rubberbands at me
• The thought of dealing with the future death of my dog
• Tyrannosaurus rexes
• Centipedes and spiders
• Demons
• Mass/global religious genocide
• An atrocious afterlife
• Nuclear fallout
• Plane crashes

• Re-living highschool, year by brutal year. It's always a traumatic dream, mostly because I am just so utterly lost in it. I am in a state of pure panic and confusion because I can't for the life of me remember where any of my classes are or what time I even need to be in each one of them, I don't remember my locker combination, I don't know how to find any familiar faces whatsoever that could be of any comfort to me, I don't know how I'm going to get home or even where I really am, etc. Worst of all though, when I return to highschool in these dreams, it is as if I have been absent ever since I graduated highschool in real life (2009)... so, it's as if I've been absent for 5 whole fucking years basically... and I'm freaking the HELL out in these dreams because I don't know how on earth I'm ever going to catch up on 5 years worth of lost school. It's...

ACTION / ADVENTURE / SCIENCE FICTION:

• 2012
• Alien
• Aliens
• Armageddon
• Arrival
• Avatar
• Buried
• Children of Men
• Deep Impact
• District 9
• Divergent series
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Godzilla
• Gulliver's Travels
• Hanna
• Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix

• Go to Germany
• Marry Lukas
• Obtain a driver's license
• Explore Europe
• Volunteer in Africa, Bulgaria, and Romania
• Go on an airplane, train, and ship
• Save someone's life
• Have a kid
• Own a Shiba Inu, Akita, Husky, and/or Alaskan Malamute
• Own another black puggle
• Name one of above dogs "Samwise"
• Move out of Ohio and maybe back to Michigan
• Be comfortable in my own skin
• Live/survive in the wilderness
• Own my own land in the wilderness
• Build my own cabin
• Contribute to science
• Visit all 50 states

• Accidentally being a smartass to someone before realizing I'm wrong.
• Anybody who's too cocky.
• Being called a "hypochondriac."
• Boring people.
• Bullshitters.
• Close-minded people.
• Cops that abuse their power / break laws just because they can.
• Duck faces, & men who take too many pictures with their shirts off.
• Dumb kids that think they're all hard and gangsta.
• Homophobes.
• Ignorant, uneducated people.
• Materialistic people.
• Mismatched socks.
• Narcissistic sociopaths.
• Nitpickers.
• Over(overoverover)-analyzation.
• Overly-obsessed conspiracy theorists.

• Anything sweet baking in an oven
• Bacon frying
• Bonfire / cookout smell
• Bus exhaust fumes
• Cardboard boxes
• Coconut
• Coffee
• Cold, crisp, early morning air
• Dog food
• Freshly cut grass
• Humid summer thunderstorms
• Laundry fresh from the dryer
• Leather
• Matches/candles after blowing them out
• Nail polish
• New books
• New cars
• New shoes
• Permanent markers
• Pine trees
• Playdough

• National Geographic Photographer
• Paleontologist
• Physicist
• Storm Chaser
• National Park Ranger
• Game Warden
• Pilot
• Oneirologist
• Mortician / Funeral Home Director
• Caretaker
• Nanny
• Kindergarten or 1st Grade Teacher
• Graphic Designer
• Zookeeper
• Ice Cream Creator
• Toy Creator
• Vacation Tour Director
• School Counselor
• Behavioral Therapist
• Psychologist
• Psychiatrist

• "So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." - Christopher McCandless
• “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains means going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that nature parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber a...__- John Muir__

[ none of the following lists are in order from most to least - all are in a random order because it would be way too difficult to rank them! ] ...

Top 10 All-Time Favorite Games:

• Super Mario (N64)
• Mario Party (N64)
• Mario Party 2 (N64)
• Mario Kart (N64)
• Yoshi Story (N64)
• Banjo-Kazooie (N64)
• Super Mario Sunshine (NGC)
• Mario Kart 7 (DS)
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf (DS)
• Brain Age series (DS)

Top 10 Best Qualities:

• Creative
• Openminded
• Empathetic
• Accepting

• Something Keeps Telling Me To Keep My Head Up
• Anything For Love
• Missing December
• Dear Frankie
• Liebestraum
• Mark The Tide
• House of the Rising Sun
• Nuvole Bianche
• Glass Bottles & Nutcrackers
• Kill The Messenger
• Horizons
• Film Score Medley
• A.M. Tribute
• War
• Iris

I Have Never...

• Broken a bone
• Gotten a concussion
• Gotten poison ivy or poison oak
• Been on an airplane, helicopter, train, or cruise ship (at an age that I could remember it at least)
• Been outside of the USA
• Tried lobster
• Had a driver's license
• Been able to tan naturally
• Seen Jaws, Star Wars, or Peter Pan
• Found a four leaf clover
• Gotten a professional massage
• Gotten a tattoo
• Gone to a high school prom
• Been on a blind date
• Been arrested
• Had a nosebleed
• Held a baby
• Gone skiing or snowboarding

• Being back in the wilderness of northern Michigan
• Watching Fourth of July fireworks from my rooftop
• Visiting some museums
• Summer stargazing and bonfires in my backyard
• Numerous stoned adventures
• Epic thunderstorms
• Finally getting back into going on long walks and bike rides again
• Finally recording some of my songs
• Every single thing about the season of fall
• Going on shit tons of photo-op adventures

• Andrew Ross McMahon
• Karl Pilkington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Randy Marsh
• Nikola Tesla
• John Muir
• Bob Dylan
• Richard Feynman
• Dr. Michio Kaku
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Ansel Adams
• Stephen Hawking
• Freddie Mercury
• John Lennon
• Sir Roger Penrose
• Hugh Glass
• Peter Jackson
• John F. Kennedy
• Walt Disney
• Theodor W. Adorno
• Lucille Ball

• Air Emergency
• Alaska State Troopers
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• An Idiot Abroad
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
• Bates Motel
• Bizzare Foods with Andrew Zimmern
• Boy Meets World
• Catfish
• Conan
• Cops
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dark Matters: Twisted but True
• Dirty Jobs
• Dogs 101
• Dual Survival
• Escape to Chimp Eden
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Fatal Attractions
• Fear The Walking Dead
• Forensic Files