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Get all the goods on me ...
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Key Largo, August 2000: Making asses of ourselves at my friend Jim's wedding.
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My friend Adam and I at his place in Maine.
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Friends, acquaintances, and me (center) at Cleveland Pride.
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FAVE MUSIC:
Matchbox 20, Alison Moyet, Everything But The Girl, Bush, Tracy Chapman, The Black Crowes, Whitney Houston (imagine that), Jamiroquai, Annie Lennox, Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms, Alana Davis, The Pretenders, Nina Simone, Beautiful South, Alanis Morissette, Toni Braxton, Elton John (just his older stuff), Counting Crows, and plenty of dance/club mix stuff
FAVE PLACES:
A toss-up between Paris and coastal Maine
FAVE FOOD:
Anything Italian, filet mignon, green olives, and Fuji apples (not necessarily all together)
FAVE HOLIDAY:
Christmas ROCKS MY WORLD ... it really is the warmest time of the year
FAVE BOOKS:
Jack and Jill/Along Came A Spider/Cat and Mouse/Hide and Seek (James Patterson); The Charm School (Nelson DeMille); Breaking the Surface (Greg Louganis); Cruel and Unusual (Patricia Cornwell); The Celestine Prophesy (James Redfield); Fiction: The Art and Craft of Writing and Getting Published (Michael Seidman); A Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society (Bruce Bawer); Virtual Equality (Urvashi Vaid); Stranger Among Friends (David Mixner)
MAGAZINES:
Newsweek, Time, U.S. News, Men's Health, Writer's Digest, Coastal Living, Hero, The Advocate
FAVE FLICKS:
Braveheart, Seven, Copycat, A Perfect Murder, Disclosure, G.I. Jane, ID4, Dying Young, War of the Roses, St. Elmo's Fire, Urban Legends, French Kiss, Scream I & II, Erin Brockovich, Gia, Hackers, Aliens, When a Man Loves a Woman, Warlock (just because Julian Sands REALLY turns me on - though he freaked me out a little in Boxing Helena), Enemy of the State, Office Space, The Long Kiss Goodnight, And The Band Played On, Threesome, Bed of Roses, Extreme Measures, Less Than Zero, Full Metal Jacket, Nightmare on Elm Street II, Silence of the Lambs, Casino, Goodfellas, Halloween, Dangerous Liasons, Blair Witch Project, The Craft, The Poseidon Adventure, Absolute Power, The Ref, Always, Meet Joe Black, Home for the Holidays, True Colors, Ransom
FAVE ACTORS:
Michael Douglas, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Demi Moore, Gene Hackman, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, James Spader, Morgan Freeman, Mel Gibson
BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE:
Every time I've traveled (I'm like a little kid every time I get on a plane); skydiving (one of the most exhilarating experiences I've ever had); Luca and Jay .. two guys I spent some truly larger-than-life moments with (separately, in case you're wondering); wild times with Addy on a weekend getaway in downtown Cleveland; and, without a doubt, finding my golden retreiver pup by the Christmas tree when I was a kid.
POLITICAL AFFILIATION:
Libertarian
MEMBER:
Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Libertarian Party, Log Cabin Republicans
POLITICAL POSITIONS, ETC.:
*Pro-life with exceptions for rape and health of the mother
*Against the death penalty for any reason
*Favor very tough penalties for violent crimes, including mandatory life sentences for anyone convicted of first degree murder
*Support legalization of drugs (although I don't use them)
*Oppose term limits and campaign finance restrictions
*Favor stronger child welfare laws to protect children from negligent, abusive, and drug-using parents
*Support the movement for same-sex marriage and equality in adoption and child custody laws; do not support hate-crimes legislation (believe all violent criminals should be prosecuted severely)
*Support an extensive overhaul of the U.S. prison system, segregating inmates by convictions (violent criminals in one facility, non-violent in another) and focusing more on rehabilitation; also support the introduction of reprogamming techniques in prisons for violent criminals
*Favor building the most advanced missile defense system possible; believe that no other country (Russia, China, etc.) should have influence over U.S. security policy
*Favor overhauling the national school system, increasing teacher salaries to attract the best educators, and eliminating teacher unions so that poor teachers can be replaced by effective ones
*Support a nationally enforced animal welfare act requiring farms, slaughterhouses, and labs to implement more humane procedures in housing, anesthesizing, and killing animals, as well as more severe prosecution of those who abuse or neglect pets and domesticated animals (also support restrictions on non-medical animal testing)
GOALS:
To write a bestseller by the time I'm 30; to fall in love with a guy and know in my soul that we'll spend the rest of our lives together; to be married in a religious ceremony by the sea in front of my family, friends, and God; to have children in my early thirties and to be as good a parent to them as my parents have been to me; to buy a knock-out home in Washington and, a few years later, one on the coast of Maine; to be able to make all of my parents' and sister's dreams come true; to be 185 pounds of pure muscle by Christmas 2000; to see South Africa shortly after graduation; to have a two-tone Cartier Santos before I'm too old to look too young to be wearing one; to always have at least one dog in my family for the rest of my years; to affect changes in the areas of gay rights, child welfare, and animal protection.
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