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Member Since: 04/01/10
Last Login: 06/25/10
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Member Since: 04/01/10
Last Login: 06/25/10
Viewed: 8345
Program in:
Program Progress: Day 38
Personal Interests:
Music:
I like old school Hip-Hop music or new stuff that still has an old flavor. I love latin music from Cuba, Argentina and Brazil. U2 is my favorite rock band. I love to create customized music stations on Pandora. Old Vocal Jazz like Ella, Billie and Frank. Folk rock like the Indigo Girls or Ben Harper. New artists like Lady Gaga and Janelle Monae. Not a big country music fan, but I do like the Dixie Chicks and Garth Brooks plus a few others.
Books:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Tao of Pooh, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Color Purple, The Tipping Point, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Favorite Places:
Baker Park in Frederick, MD (My "home town"), The outer banks of North Carolina, The Grand Canyon, Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, AZ, Cunningham Falls State Park, The National Mall in Washington, DC, The Roof of The Kennedy Center, Santa Barbara County
I Want To See:
Yosemite, The Giant Redwoods, Yellowstone, A Super Bowl with my Dad, My son's dreams come true, The Great Wall of China, The Great Pyramids, India, The earth from outer space.
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Movies:
I love all kinds of movies. I have been watching a lot of documentaries lately. I like action flicks, comedies, romantic comedies, mysteries, film noir, indies. Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love Kevin Smith stuff. Super Hero Movies are always fun for me. I love animated films and I see a lot of them with my son.
TV:
I am trying to get away from "programmed" TV and just watch what I can on the internet. I like Parenthood, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, Community, The Office, 30 Rock, The Soup, Ace of Cakes, Better off Ted. Mind you, I catch a lot of these shows at other people's houses.
Heroes:
Einstein, Ghandi, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Bono, Howard Stern, My Brother, Bill Clinton, Steve Wosniak, Rich McDonnough(High School Teacher), Malcolm Gladwell
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Areas In My Life I Want To Work On
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I Want To Quit Or Control
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Skills I Am Interested In
- - Goal setting
- - Visualization
- - Focus
- - Management
- - Motivation
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shadesofdallas's Life List:
| Finish a marathon |
| Spend a week in Yosemite |
| See the giant redwoods in person |
| Become an organic locavore |
| Own a home |
| Host Saturday Night Live |
| Direct a feature length film |
| Voice one or more characters in a major animated feature or series |
| Create an artists' commune |
| Learn to fly a plane or Helicopter |
| Sky dive |
| Go Parasailing |
| Watch the BIG waves roll in |
| Start riding a bicycle regularly |
| Backpack through Europe |
| Visit the great American Northwest |
| Be nominated for a major acting award |
| Attend all major Show Business Award Shows |
| Attend a TED conference |
| Start an acting camp for children |
| Become a Master of my Lodge |
| Re-furbish an old house and live in it |
| Finish my Bachelor's Degree |
| Grow my own vegetables to eat |
| Build Images by Firefly into a $200,000 a year business |
| Have a vacation house in Vermont |
| Own a vineyard and create a wine |
| Own a boat |
| speak a language other than English fluently |
| Go to a Super Bowl with my Dad |
comments
Glad to have you back!!
I think the whole family resisting your changes thing is VERY common. My wife did the same thing to me. I had to explain to her over and over again that the changes that I am making are for me and that they are POSITIVE changes; I am more positive, I am a happier person, I dont let the small things get to me, I dont worry about how other people are living their lives, I care more about the things in my life, I am more loving, I pay more attention to her, I am able to have a serious conversation without going off the deep end, etc... I had to tell her that I am still the same person, I am just a BETTER person, easier to be around. Not that I was ever a mean person, I would just get irritated and upset very easily. People tend to resist change, it is a natural reaction. so you need to allow it some time to sink in and explain that you are not looking down on them, this has NOTHING to do with them. This is for YOU, YOU want to be a better man. And dont push the program on them. If they want to join they will. If you tell them to join and they dont or they say that they are happy with how they are and dont need to change,it will just frustrate you. Put the effort in to change yourself and they will warm up to the new and improved you, it may just take a little time.