I have many interests and hobbies. I used to be a really big fan of Half Life: Team Fortress Classic until I went to Navy Basic Training and was denied access to my computer for nine weeks. I realized it wasn't that great of a game and that I would never be as good as I used to be before Basic Training. I decided to continue playing Everquest, even from scratch, because I thought that I didn't need to constantly play it to

maintain my 'skill' unlike Team Fortress Classic, where a couple of days or so would make you fall behind your game. When I did return to the world of Norrath, I found myself grouped with low level twinks. It didn't feel the same as when I first started. The feeling of adventure with other struggling amateurs like me. I know where to hunt and where to go and what to do to get to the next level and didn't even require thinking anymore. I am thinking of quitting Everquest for good even with my level 34 monk that I started again from scratch. I don't think I will play an online massive role playing game like Everquest or Dark Age of Camelot because they take up way too much time and like my friend said, it's not a game, it's a lifestyle.

I used to be an aggressive rollerblader. I never thought I would be able to do any tricks when I first started. I started with my friend and we watched the others execute tricks nonchalantly. One of them finally approached us and showed us how to do some tricks and before we know it, we were pulling off some of the basic tricks. The first grind I learned was the Sole Grind. After that I learned Miszou, Mistrial, Machio, and Alley-oop Sole-Grind. I quit this sport because I thought I'd be a better handball player than I was an aggressive rollerblader. I thought I was a pretty good handball player when I kept playing it most of my free time. School came and I lost free time for the sport and eventually lost interest of it. Nowadays I just play computer games, jog, design websites, play around with photoshop, surf the web, and read Lord of the Ring books.

Ever since I saw Lord of the Rings I was an instant fan. It's one of those jump on the band wagon sort of thing. I saw the movie about four times, a total of 12 hours. I thought the movie was amazing and pity the people that judged the whole movie solely on the ending. They have to understand that it's a trilogy and that the end of the first part is the beginning of the second part. I liked every part of the movie, from the Ring wraiths ganging up on the hobbits, the hot horse pursuit, and the Wizard versus the Balrog. I thought that when Gandalf had a white glow all around him to melt the ancient demon's sword was pretty amazing. I am definitely going to watch the second part. From what I've read so far, Gandalf comes back stronger, convinces a king to lead his men once again, and meets up with Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas right before they met up with Peppin and Merry. I still can't believe I never knew about the storyline for this. I guess I have to explore more on the realm of fantasy books. From top to bottom, the first image consists of the hobbits, Frodo, Samwise, Merry and Peppin, the second image are the ringwraiths while they are crossing the river to try and kill Arwen, and the third image is a ringwraith that just failed to capture Frodo after leaping onto a boat. I wonder when the movie will come out on DVD. I would also like to know what techniques they came up with to make this movie possible. From what I read or heard, they couldn't make this movie until recently because what was written on the book simply couldn't be done when the book came out. The director also spent all his money on this movie hoping it would be a hit and it did.

Music wise, I am a pretty big fan of Blink 182. I have all of their albums including their rare live CD entitled "The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show" and both of their 4 song CDs with the song "I won't be home for Christmas." I like both the old Blink songs and the new ones. My favorite Blink CDs are the Cheshire Cat, their live CD, and Take Off your pants and jacket album. Their live CD has a lot of the songs from their Enema of the State CD but hyped up like the Aliens Exist song. My favorite songs from the Cheshire Cat are M+M's, Fentoozler, Wasting Time, Ben Wah Balls, and Strings. From their live CD I like Aliens Exist, Untitled, Adam's Song, Man Overboard, Mutt, Damnit, and Track 12. From Take off your pants and jacket album I like Anthem Part 2, First Date, The Story of a Lonely Guy, The Rock Show, Roller Coaster, Reckless Abandon, Every time I look for you, Shut up, and Please Take Me home. Somehow, as punk as they are, they somehow move me with their songs. I don't know why people started disliking them because they money-makers. It's true that it gets annoying when a band starts selling clothes or other things as a walking advertisement for them but I don't think I will dislike a band because of that unless it influences their music as well. They write songs about certain girls which I seem to like a lot. Maybe it's because I can sort of relate to some of their lyrics. I know I can relate to M+M's and Josie.

A person that I think is very attractive is Natalie Portman. There's something about her that draws me to her and I can't explain what it is. She has that natural beauty which is a really big turn-on for me. She looks so beautiful and I also like her acting. I can't wait to see her on her next Star Wars movie. Her hair style in one of the Star Wars Episode Two looks so nice on her. Hair styles...hmm...I wish I had nice hair but what can I do about it. Another actress I like would be Renee Zellweger though I'm not quite sure how to spell it correctly. My future aspirations are still vague. Not as vague two years ago but still pretty vague to tell exactly what. I will most likely end up an office geek which I am trying to avoid. I would very much like to be an FBI Agent. They are smart, respected throughout the world as one of the top rated organizations, and exciting. I think that's my idea of living life to the edge. Every day is dangerous.