My friend, Ig over at Ig Blog posed a small challenge to list 8 random things about myself after I posted a comment on his 8 random things. So here goes…
- I like to perform a lot of different styles of music, and it has been said that my best style is traditional, operatic-style music. While I can sing operatically, I really don’t like opera all that much. I learned how to sing it primarily because I wanted to learn proper singing technique, but I have no desire to pursue that as a primary musical style. I perform a few opera songs at my weekly restaurant gig only because the audience expects it now and then. My real musical love is and always has been rock and roll.
- One thing that I want to do before I’m 55 is go to a Formula One race; but not just any F1 race. I want to attend the Monaco Gran Prix. My dream is to get a room on the Casino turn and watch from my balcony; or, if I have the scratch, rent a big yacht and watch from the bay.
- At work, I use a PC, but my go-to home machine is now a Mac. For those who’ve known me for years, they know that I was a PC user for a long time, and scoffed at the Mac. But OSX completely changed my opinion. I’m still a newbie, and am still in transition to moving to it (all my development software is on the PC), but the more I discover about the Mac, the more I love it!
- Here some things I love to do (besides writing and playing music): Fish, cook (esp. barbeque), read, blog, write code, work in startups (I’ll get lucky sometime…).
- I’m a deeply spiritual man. That said, while I don’t necessarily need a religion to live my spiritual life, I’m a practicing Catholic who’s very devoted to sharing the Word of God with others through song.
- This’ll probably piss some people off, but I believe the US government needs to loosen the immigration laws for our Mexican neighbors. Ever see the movie, “A Day Without Mexicans?”
- OJ Simpson was GUILTY!!!
- I love playing video games (PC and PSP).
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