Here is a short list of my favorite "chocolate" things that I like to indulge in: (Hobbies)
10. I love snowboarding. My board is always ready to cut an edge in beautiful mountain snow. It is breathtaking sitting at the top of the mountain looking out over what God has created. My equipment: Palmer snowboard; Burton Cartel Bindings;
Northface Jacket; Red by Burton Helmet;
Spyder gloves;
Airwalk Boots. (Black Pants)
9. Reading. I love to read as well as write for that matter. It seems tough at times to read, but some of my favorite reads as of late have been, "Red Letters" by Tom Davis; "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan and I am currently reading about 10 different books.
8. I love music and I like to read about music and music culture. Spin magazine, Rolling Stone, Texas Music etc. all seem to find a place in my reading time.
7. Fishing. I stink at fishing, but there really is so much peace that comes from being beside a mountain stream trying to entice a rainbow to bite the end of your line. By the way, I am the self-proclaimed fish whisperer. Hey, he who begs and prays receives, right?
6. Sitting and playing guitar. I bug my wife because I am not very good and
infact I play scales all the time with some blues bends and jazz tones. I truly enjoy the sound of the guitar and men that can really make it sing-- Frank Zappa and
Jimi fall into this category. I have a Sigma Martin acoustic and a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic. Also I own a Squire
Strat and a 212
Peavey Classic Tube Amp.
5. Video Games. I am currently not playing any major games. I did play this
MMORPG World of
Warcraft. I am a nerd, I know!!! My characters are resting in cyberspace retirement for a while and I honestly have not missed them. My main character is a Level 70
UD Rogue that is combat
specced to maces with (at this point) out of date gear I am sure. I admit... GEEK, I am.
4. Sports Cards. This was a hobby of mine that I have done from my middle school days. I love the Cubs, Indians, and Raiders. My Favorite players include: Bill Bates, Micheal Jordan, Derek
Jeter, Jimmy Rollins, Tim Brown, Randall Cunningham, Nolan Ryan, Wes
Welker, Tom Brady, Kevin
Garnett, Ivan Rodriguez, Joe Montana, Dennis Gentry, Neal Anderson, Kerry Wood, Alfonso
Soriano, Paul Pierce,
Hershcel Walker, Art Monk,
Ryne Sandberg, Derrek Lee, Matt
Holliday, Chris Paul, David Robinson, Charles Barkley, Clyde
Drexler,
Lebron James, Gilbert Arenas, Manny Ramirez, Dustin
Pedroia, Rocco
Baldelli, C.C.
Sabathia, Brad Muster, Kenneth
Gant, Jerry Rice, Shawn Kemp,
Darvin Ham, John Lackey, Justin
Verlander, Cody Ross, Hunter Pence, Eric
Byrnes, Reggie Bush, Cornelius Bennett, Steve Smith, Steve Nash, Freddy
Adu,
Thierry Henry, Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, Chuck Cecil, Larry Bird, Scottie
Pippen... to name a few. But my two all time favorite players are Bo Jackson and George Herman "Babe" Ruth.
There will, in my honest opinion, never be another athlete like Bo Jackson. I could watch a replay of him running over "the
Boz" all day!
Babe Ruth was and will always be baseball. From Boston to New York, he was a boy among men, that became a giant. 714 lifetime
homeruns.
4. Shoes. I am a shoe nut, and for a time I went through a phase of buying Air Jordan's. The best pair of shoes in my collection are a pair of 1985 original "
AJKO" Jordan's. They are the coolest shoes on the planet.
3. As I mentioned earlier I like video games and I have a small video game collection that includes: Final Fantasy 1 for the
nes,
Chrono Trigger
snes, Mega Man 7
snes, Mega Man X
snes, Pirates Gold
sega genesis, and some others. Old console games are the best-- with
Tecmo Super Bowl
nes and Contra
nes being some of the best games made.
2. T-Shirts. I have always enjoyed wearing t-shirts and I love to collect them. My mom and I always enjoy going to secondhand stores and thrift stores and a lot of my t-shirts came from thrift stores. One of the best shirts I have ever owned was an Action Rent-to-own shirt from Abilene. The best shirt I own now is a Monks Coffee shirt from Abilene. My favorite shirt now is a shirt that I made for Mountain View Christian Camp.
1. My favorite hobby now is walking along the beach on Mustang Island with my family. We hunt for shells and avoid jelly fish as well as just relax and soak in the beauty that is God's work.
My Wife, Daughter, and pup Sophie are some great beach bums to hang out with.