I completed a 1,000-mile, four-month hike of the Appalachian Trail (GA to PA) in July 2006. During this time, I kept a blog here about my Journey. Below are links to entries and pictures which might provide more information if you are curious about the AT or planning your own thru-hike:
If you have any other questions concerning the AT, please feel free to ask me about it by writing to randy9171@hotmail.com.
Music
I could not live solo on a desert island without my:
Led Zeppelin, Who, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, Grateful Dead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Van Halen, Boston, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vivaldi, Copeland, Carmina Burana
I’m really turned on by this music... and vice versa! Click arrows to change selection
Movies
So many to choose, but here are some classics to start with...
Action: Aliens, Wrath of Khan, Armegeddon, Terminator II
Comedy: The Big Lebowski, Office Space, Joe Dirt, Meet the Parents, The Spy Who Shagged Me, So I Married an Axe Murderer, School of Rock
SciFi: Silent Running, Planet of the Apes (original), Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Drama: Scent of a Woman, The Graduate, Little Big Man, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, Into the Wild
Horror: Alien, Poltergeist, Jaws, American Psycho, The Exorcist, From Dusk Till Dawn, Evil Dead
Suspense: Silence of the Lambs, The Duel, Seven
Romantic: A Room with a View, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Chasing Amy, Groundhog Day
Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof
Children's: Charlotte's Web (original), Little Mermaid, Black Stallion
Television
If given the time, I watch too much TV--I'm also a channel hopper because commercials annoy me. I switch back and forth mainly between SciFi, History, VH1, Spike, Adult Swim, and Discovery.
Books
I'd highly recommend:
~ The Little House (Burton) ~ The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) ~ The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien) ~ The Stand (King) ~ A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens) ~ The Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis) ~ Frankenstein (Shelley) ~ Hamlet (Shakespeare) ~ The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) ~ A Coney Island of the Mind (Ferlinghetti) ~ A Walk Across America (Jenkins)
About me: I'm just a red-blooded American guy who semperiternally struggles to harmoniously integrate the commercial, popular culture which indelibly influenced his youth with his generally idealistic, passionate feelings about appreciating Love, Life, and Learning to the fullest.
I dig adventure and excitement...
I'm in touch with my funky inner child...
I'm a major scifi geekazoid who loves to rock out...
I HATE ignorant, apathetic, superficial assholes...
I'm a total hippie sympathizer...
And of course I'm a stupid, incurable, romantic FOOL...
Welcome to my world...
I am the Thumb
I'm unique and flexible... and I defy any category. Mentally strong and agile, I do things my own way... and I do them well. I am a natural leader... but also truly a loner. I inspire many but connect with few.
I get along well with: The Middle Finger (hell yeah!)
Who I'd like to meet: Jack Sparrow, Mrs. Robinson, James Bond, Jane Eyre, Samantha Carter, Nicolai Hel, Fergie, Kari Byron, Salma Hayek, Frylock, Eowyn, Hawk
http://hikingresupply. lanfusionsites. com I finally did it! i'm launching the site this weekend. take a look, sign up, help me test it and let me know what you think!!!!!
It is about the educated and the disenfranchised....a man with real statemanship. The 21st Century is here. Send the man $100 bucks...you'll feel great!
Hey, Thanks! I'm actually moving very soon. I'm going to NYC next weekend to go apartment hunting. I'm still looking for a job, but I hope to be in the city by the 1st. How's everything with you?
Semperiternally isn't in the dictionary but sempiternally is. It means a never-ending duration...I admit, I had to look that one up. Your so wordy dude!
Always good to exchange perspectives with you. Welcome to the world of graduate work (da, dum, dum...)Let's not let classes, life, lost & dysfunctional cell phones and crazy people keep us from talking for so long again!
