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Food for mind, eyes, and ears

Here is some stuff regarding what kinds of media I enjoy taking in during my spare time. The lists may not be complete since there are most likely elements I may have forgotten or which just for some reason didn't come to mind when I created this document. I'll add more details in the near future.

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Fantastic Films

Here is a list of some of my favorite movies. I particularly enjoy this medium because it involves both sight and sound, and allows for a degree of expression which one can't find in mere text or music. Most of these I own in my personal collection if not all of them; and if it's here and I don't have it, I intend to get a copy of it as soon as possible.

I was going to list them in a precisely numbered order, but instead, here they are unnumbered, though generally the ones closer to the top of the list I tend to favor more.

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Awesome Actors/Actresses

Well here are some of my favorite actors and actresses, and not surprisingly, they tend to be actors from my favorite films or television shows. They may also be striking or charismatic players from other sources I've viewed. Of course some are more important to me than others, and the ones I tend to favor most are those who played the most roles I enjoyed or the most impressive/admirable roles. Here they are in rather alphabetical order.

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Bad-ass Bands

Here are some of my favorite bands/musicians. Again, generally the top-most ones I favor more. (As one can probably tell, my musical tastes have evolved noticable over the years. I didn't get into the regular listening of music per se until relatively late in my life, and then I flirted and experimented with various music, gradually settling into what I now enjoy...) I find that listening to the right kind of music can bring a great deal of added meaning and inspiration/motivation to one's life. I'm always searching through songs, scanning lyrics for extra hidden meaning, desiring to bring the most impressive songs into my repertoire.

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Super Songs

Here are many of my favorite songs. They're generally listed starting with those which are most favorite, though after the first several, distinctions begin to blur, and it's actually hard to tell which songs I like more than others; the first three definitely have special meaning for me nowadays though. Again, with most things in this document, and within this page, there are most likely items which I've left out, so don't think this is the whole story! Followed by each song is it's performer in parentheses.

I'll add more songs after I've done some brief reminiscing. I'm also always interested in getting into new music too (new everything, in fact), so if y'all out there have any keen insight into stuff I might like but haven't mentioned, based on my apparent interests, do feel free to drop me an email message!

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Banned Books :-)

The following is a partial list of books I have read or are in the process of reading; I'll further complete the list as soon as I get a chance. Each is followed by its author's name in parenthesis:

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Auspicious Authors

These are some authors whose writing I admire and find interesting or inspirational. In some cases I own books they've written, and in other cases -- I'm still building my personal library! Some I've read at greater length than others, though I've read at least a small sampling from each, or are familiar enough with what they write about.

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Magnificent Magazines & Notorious Newspapers

It's said that one can usually tell something about a person by kind of magazines (and newspapers) that person enjoys reading (as well as anything else he/she is into), so I thought it'd be a good idea to throw in names of magazines I've enjoyed reading; closer to the top of the list generally means it's more favorite.

This list may not be complete, but I'll add more as they occur to me.

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Terrific Television

Recently I've begun doing some carefully-focused TV-watching again, as I've realized there's much to be gained from small amounts of wisely-chosen television viewing; perhaps no TV is just as bad as too much TV. ('Same goes with movies too.) So anyway, here is a list of some TV networks which I've found to be especially interesting and entertaining.

Superb Shows

These are some of my favorite television shows that I've watched throughout my life. Sadly, most of them aren't on the air anymore, but that's okay since I seldom have time to watch TV nowadays anyway. Or rather, I very carefully select what I view, and even videotape what's important to me if I'm away. Most of these are from my childhood, though some are from the present. I've boldfaced some which are especially relevant to my current or recent viewing and which provide me with great value.

A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATEST TV SHOWS OF ALL-TIME!

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Video Games!

I've always loved playing video games, for as long as I can remember, since I was tall enough to play the stand-up arcade games, and when the Atari 2600 came out. I don't have as much time to play them nowadays, but here are some of my favorite video games, spanning all of my gaming history, generally listed with my most favorite ones near the top. The types of games I generally tend to prefer are adventure/role-playing (e.g. Gauntlet II), games of coordination and reflexes (e.g. OutRun; Championship Sprint; Power Drive (the game of monster trucks!)), games involving blowing stuff up from a 1st-person perspective (e.g. Area 51; Operation Thunderbolt), and all kinds of fighting games (e.g. The Main Event, Crime Fighters, TMNT, Narc, etc., and of course MK and SF).

I still think my favorite of all time though was Cobra Command, which was a great "laser disk" game (combining laser disk graphics with computer software); there wasn't much thought involved in playing this game -- just mostly remembering the sequence of events in each mission, and accurately firing the appropriate weapons in a timely manner while moving the control stick as directed by the co-pilot's voice. Playing this game actually felt like being a character in a dramatic animated war movie though, and I guess this is what made it great.

[This list is for original arcade games; home games are not included here.] If anyone wants to mention other older ("classic", or mid/late 80's) arcade games that I didn't put on this list, feel free to do so; there are probably some I forgot! [Though I enjoyed the older "classic" games, my childhood favorite were really more the ones that were spawned shortly after that and have more play complexity, as one can tell from the examples in my list.]

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Board Games.

I know that with the advent of high-tech entertainment nowadays, that traditional board games are kind of passe, but still un-automated oldies can indeed be goodies, and I suppose I could even think of a few good ol' games which I've enjoyed playing throughout the years and recently...

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