Sicko, Mindwalk, The Matrix, ALL of the Marvel Movies... including Howard the Duck!
MUSIC
Shiny Toy Guns, Frankie Hernandez and the FHB, Smashing Pumpkins, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Orb, Depeche Mode, Sting, Coletrain, Davis, Monk, Metallica, Tool, Kid Rock, Disturbed, Jill Scott, Kanye West, Stabbing Westward, Beastie Boys, lots more...
I saw this posted, and just had to give props! As a fan of Shakespear's Hamlet in particular, I really appreciated this rendition.
BOOKS
Comics, Pablo Naruda, Joseph Cambell, Bill Moyers, and way too many tech manuals.
Best Day of My Life
Fortunatley, there are many. Meeting Stan Lee, and Erin Grey in the same day! Finding my long lost (given up for adoption) older Sister! Finding the investors for my company MEEDYA.com. Each day I wake up next to the love of my life; Jennifer!
Why to Be my Friend
I'm loyal, I'm always optomistic, a great listener, yet can always keep focused on the purpose of the conversation. I'm only interested in seeing people achieve their best, and am bored by stagnation and apathy.
Causes & Charities
I am a Kiva.com investor, and support the voluntary redistribution of wealth across borders. I also enjoy working with the local MDA office in their work (Shout out to Jessica and Arlene!), and am always down for a hard day of labor for the United Way.
Places I Eat
Dolly Vardens, Elements, Visions, Porters, El Albanil, O's, Banzai.
Best Advice Given
"With great power, comes great responsibility"
Dream Come True
My career. I'm truely blessed doing what I do. It's in me, so even if the market were to crash in TV and Internet, I'd still be developing ways for business owners to reach new levels of growth.
Pet Peeves
republicans specifically "neo-cons." racists, prudes, busy-bodies, gossipers, anyone who shows up at my door to prostletise. people who chew and then spit into a can at a party.. have you ever accidentally picked one up thinking it was your soda... ACK! spam-email, and white trash.
Place I've Traveled
in order: Denver Co. Los Angeles CA. Long Beach CA. Sacramento CA. Phoenix AZ. Tijuana MX. Mesa AZ. Sun City AZ. Reston VA. New York NY. Sacramento CA. Davis CA. Folsom CA. Danville CA. Antioch CA. Sacramento CA. Modesto CA. Monterey CA. Los Angeles CA. Seaside CA. Crescent City CA. Medford OR. Central Point OR.
Favorite People
Impossible to list. But here's a few:
Hunter S. Thompson, Carl Sagan, Bill Moyers, Larry Flynt, Michael Moore, Jon Stewart, Al Gore, Bill Mahr, Dave Chappelle, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Things I Need
My senses, my intellect, my memory, my lust, my curiosity, my hands, my humor, my angst, my faith in humanity.
Making something new. 150mph down a straitaway on my Yamaha FZR. Clicking the Check HTML button in Dreamweaver, and seeing it say "no errors." The Daily Show. Drawing super heroes for my friends kids. The fit of a new suit. The taste of peanut butter and chocolate. Justice for those oppressed by tyranny and buracracy. Pay days. Landing the last punch. My girlfriend's... everything. And knowing I'm doing the best I can with what I've got.
HOBBIES
I can read HTML, I can sew if I have to, I can pop and break like it's still 1984, I can tell when someone is lying, I can make tough decisions even if it means someone gets hurt. I can start a fire with two sticks... if one's a match. I can perform Kata's Pinon 1 through 6, San Chin, and Tensho, with my eyes closed. I can explain systems theory. I can tell what flavor a Jelly Bean is without looking. I can earn the trust of the people I admire. I can hotwire a car. I can build a roof. I can even sing Kareoke.
ABOUT ME
KTVL's Director of New Business Development
The video above will briefly explain what I do professionally. I'm the Directory of New Business Development at KTVL.com. I work for a group called Ventures which is a department of the parent company Freedom Communications. Ventures empowers the stations with marketing programs that boost the advertiser's efforts in marketing across TV and the Web.
Now the details of my origin...I was born in Denver, Co. Childhood in L.A. and Long Beach. Jr. High and High School in Rio Linda, just north of Sacramento.
I started my career in 5th grade drawing super heroes for my friends and their lunch money. In High School, I was the guy everyone turned to for ANYTHING creative. Yearbooks, floats, even leather jacket art! My senior art teacher took a chance on my behalf and sent one of my still life's into a statewide artshow held at the Crocker Art museum. This confirmed my career choice.
Then I went to a technical school in Phoenix AZ. Graduated, and set out to be a commercial artist and eventually an art director. Worked for newspapers, magazines, ad agencies, TV stations, and web development firms. 15 years in mixed media creative development and management. I was even the president and CEO of MEEDYA.com, an internet startup in Monterey and L.A. at the end of the 90's. Like many other dot.coms, MEEDYA crashed under the weight of rapid growth and a some inscrupulous business partners.
Now I'm in Medford, working with a great company, doing the work I love. I have a fabulous girlfriend, and two adorable cats. So far, so good!
Unusual Talents
Back in my teens, I was the fastest at becoming the BEST FRIEND of the finest girl(s) around. Of course, I was cursed to stay in that zone.
Lately, I'd say I'm exceptionally talented at working with entrepenuers and business owners to find new and innovative ways to expand the scale of their business through marketing and information technology. I know that's a shameless plug, but it's the truth!
I Watch
...out for others. ...people make fools of themselves. ...Moore's law proven on a daily basis. ...Darwin's theory of evolution challenged by people clinging on to superstitions. ...anything produced by Marvel. ...pretty girls, even though I'm not supposed to. ...smarter people, because I'm never too proud to learn from others. ...the color of the sky change through out the day.
Places I've Lived
in order: Denver Co. Los Angeles CA. Long Beach CA. Sacramento CA. Phoenix AZ. Mesa AZ. Sun City AZ. Reston VA. Sacramento CA. Davis CA. Folsom CA. Danville CA. Antioch CA. Sacramento CA. Modesto CA. Monterey CA. Los Angeles CA. Seaside CA. Crescent City CA. Medford OR. Central Point OR.
How's it going Trane.. We have got some new plans brewing that we should catch up on in a bit. How did your trip to Texas and meeting go. Talk to you soon!