Basics:
- Born: 5 January 1983
- City of Birth: Torrance, CA
- height: 5ft, 6.5 inches
- eyes: medium brown
- hair: dark brown
- skin tone: olive/Mediterranean...but in need of a tan...
- celebrity look alike: either Jack Black or Orson Welles
- religious affiliation: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Current political affiliation: Democratic Party
Various tidbits:
- High School: Adolfo Camarillo High School
- Junior College: Moorpark
- Mission: Tennessee Nashville, laboring in the Spanish Language
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- re-learn Spanish, and use it this time!
- learn French
- open a restaurant
- own some sort of high powered supercar
- travel to Britain
- travel to France, Paris and the rest of the country
- travel to Germany and Austria
- travel extensively in Italy, doing genealogy
- take a Trans-Atlantic cruise, both ways
- travel in Mexico, not just cruise ports, but the interior
- See Buenos Aires and the Pampas
- see Chile
- See Rio de Janiero and Brazilia
- ..more to come...
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Classical
- Baroque
- Early to Mid-Classical
- Medieval
- early 20th Century (i.e. Stravinsky, Gershwin, Copeland, etc.)
- Leonard Bernstein (yes I give him his own category!)
- Opera (Mostly Italian, and even then if sung by Pavarotti)
- Classical Crossover
Jazz
- Bossa Nova
- Samba
- Salsa
- Avant-Garde
- Jazz Manouche (Gypsy Jazz)
- American and European Free Jazz
- hard Bop
- Latin Jazz
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Languages I am somewhat fluent in:
- English (Yankee American, Californian, and Southernese Dialects)
- Spanish (Distrito Federal, Cuban, Argentine, and Castilian Dialects)
- Car Guy (Classic American, exotics, and international late-model Dialects)
Languages I know some of, or at one time knew well:
- Latin (read only, and even then only the grammar)
- French (see above)
- Italian (see above)
- German (with a Viennese dialect, learned in HS, unlearned in the MTC)
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In no particular order:
- Casablanca (1942, probably my favorite film of all time)
- Metropolis (1927, second favorite film)
- Dr Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- The 4 Indiana Jones movies
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more to come.............
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- I actually like musicals. They are often so mindless, that I will sit and watch a few just to get my mind off of other stuff. Not having to think for two hours is a great thing!
- I can sing. Yeah, I can actually sing. I have a range of sound, somewhere between Harry Connick Jr and Tony Bennett.
- I love anything nautical. Mostly, I love ocean liners. In a big way...
- I took art lessons for 8 years as a kid, and really squandered that talent since
- I actually enjoy shopping with a girl. I find I can learn a lot about a girl by what stores she visits: anything that looks like it came from J Crew, Anthropologie, Ann Taylor, Brooks Brothers, or Nordstrom = my kind of girl. Guess, Pink, or faux rocker chic look...I'd pass
- I'm very opinionated....wait....everyone knows that!
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- 2003 Tom McClintock for Governor
- 2004 George W. Bush Presidential
- 2004 Tony Strickland Assemblyman
- 2008 Hillary Clinton for President
- 2008 Barack Obama for President
- 2008 Yes on Prop 8
- 2010 Meg Whitman for Governor
- 2012 Barack Obama...yeah ok..it's early for that...
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- 1994 Ford Taurus
- 1996 Ford Taurus SHO (with the V8)
- 1988 BMW 325i
- 1998 Toyota Camry
- 1927 Ford Model T
- 1933 Ford V8 Deluxe Phaeton (Hot Rodded)
- 2007 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition
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Hamburgers
- made with 80/20 ground chuck beef
- made into a patty of approximately 8oz
- with a toasted Kaiser Roll
- topped with Heinz ketchup, and (specifically) Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
- with melted yellow American or Provolone
Soups
- miso
- plain udon
- Matzo Ball
- French Onion (with melted Gruyere on the crouton)
- Vichyssoise (chilled as it should be)
- Pepper Pot (best from City Tavern in Philadelphia)
- Cream of Asparagus
- Cream of Mushroom
- Szechuan Wonton Soup
Salad Toppings
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Those I've been to:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- MOCA Los Angeles
- Getty Villa, Malibu
- Getty Villa, Los Angeles
- Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
- Ventura County Museum
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- UCSB Art Museum
- Hammer Museum
- Fowler Museum
- De Young Museum of Art, San Francisco
- Legion of Honor, San Francisco
- San Diego Museum of Art
- Museum of Church History and Art, Salt Lake City
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- National Gallery, Washington DC
Those that I'd like to see
- The Museum of Modern Art, NYC
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