EPTOn July 03 2011 16:03 Servius_Fulvius wrote:
Nice blog! I'll throw a few of mine out there since you asked :D
Searching for/Showing off awesome movies: A few summers ago I started watching a lot of instant movies on Netflix. In the process you find a lot of hidden gems, or B movies that are excellent. The fun is in the search. Last summer I spent most my weekends either playing BW or watching 5-6 instant flicks. Most of them aren't worth watching a second time, but every so often you hit gold! Once that happens I hop on Amazon and buy it. The next greatest pleasure is recommending it to someone and maybe even watching it with them. I have about 25 sitting on my shelf that are pure gold. Just looking at over half the covers you never would have guessed!
Mentoring: I'm the oldest of four brothers. Being a big brother is my favorite thing to be. Naturally, this attitude carries over to normal friends. It served me very well working three years as an RA for a freshman hall and friends who are younger. I'm exhausted just getting through an 8 hour work day, but when working to better other people the time flies so fast it's incredible. I would have pursued student affairs if the age gap wasn't getting too large. I never minded being on the front lines because every day I could help the 50+ people live a good life and have fun! The downside to all this is that I'm terrible at relating to people my age and older and I can't take advice and mentoring very well since I'm used to forging my own path. Part of me thinks I'm asking too much in looking for a career that combines all these aspects. However, I feel it will suit me very well as a parent - the number one thing I want to become (if only my girlfriends will stop breaking up with me!).
My Strange Taste in Music: It's hard explaining the music I like to people because it doesn't fit any one genre. The ultimate song, in my opinion, is hard rock backed by an orchestra backed by a chorus with moving minor melodies. Combinations of fewer elements are fine, and doing this has brought a strange variety of awesomeness to my mp3 library! Listening to movie scores turned into a year-long love affair with New Age which birthed a love for classical crossover, symphonic metal, and gothic metal. I judge a song based on the music itself. If I like it I'll listen to it a bunch of times. By about the fifth time I MIGHT start listening to the lyrics. This has gotten me in trouble with a few songs that are about bad or depressing topics, but have really pretty music (for example: Forever Yours by Nightwish), though I'll eventually listen to the words as well.
Nice blog! I'll throw a few of mine out there since you asked :D
Searching for/Showing off awesome movies: A few summers ago I started watching a lot of instant movies on Netflix. In the process you find a lot of hidden gems, or B movies that are excellent. The fun is in the search. Last summer I spent most my weekends either playing BW or watching 5-6 instant flicks. Most of them aren't worth watching a second time, but every so often you hit gold! Once that happens I hop on Amazon and buy it. The next greatest pleasure is recommending it to someone and maybe even watching it with them. I have about 25 sitting on my shelf that are pure gold. Just looking at over half the covers you never would have guessed!
Mentoring: I'm the oldest of four brothers. Being a big brother is my favorite thing to be. Naturally, this attitude carries over to normal friends. It served me very well working three years as an RA for a freshman hall and friends who are younger. I'm exhausted just getting through an 8 hour work day, but when working to better other people the time flies so fast it's incredible. I would have pursued student affairs if the age gap wasn't getting too large. I never minded being on the front lines because every day I could help the 50+ people live a good life and have fun! The downside to all this is that I'm terrible at relating to people my age and older and I can't take advice and mentoring very well since I'm used to forging my own path. Part of me thinks I'm asking too much in looking for a career that combines all these aspects. However, I feel it will suit me very well as a parent - the number one thing I want to become (if only my girlfriends will stop breaking up with me!).
My Strange Taste in Music: It's hard explaining the music I like to people because it doesn't fit any one genre. The ultimate song, in my opinion, is hard rock backed by an orchestra backed by a chorus with moving minor melodies. Combinations of fewer elements are fine, and doing this has brought a strange variety of awesomeness to my mp3 library! Listening to movie scores turned into a year-long love affair with New Age which birthed a love for classical crossover, symphonic metal, and gothic metal. I judge a song based on the music itself. If I like it I'll listen to it a bunch of times. By about the fifth time I MIGHT start listening to the lyrics. This has gotten me in trouble with a few songs that are about bad or depressing topics, but have really pretty music (for example: Forever Yours by Nightwish), though I'll eventually listen to the words as well.
Awesome bro. I love showing of great movies as well. I have a huge library of DVDs and Blu-Rays. When I was in college my friends would always come to me for a new movie or whatever. Good time good times. Thanks!
