I am...

I am an enigma. I was born in California, but my mum was born in the United Kingdom and my dad was born in Fiji. I love sports, football being my favorite. My favorite football team is the Oakland Raiders. My second favorite sports are motorcycle racing, specifically it's premier class, the MotoGP, and hockey. My favorite motorcycle racer is Valentino Rossi. My favorite hockey team is the San Jose Sharks (of course). Manchester United and team England are my soccer teams. Naturally, I despise Barcelona, Lionel Messi (although he is pure magic with the ball), team Argentina, and especially Diego Maradona and his bulls**t Hand of God cheating ways. It should be noted that Batman is way more bad-ass than Superman. I also love to read. I love reading spy thrillers and philosophy. I also like history books, specifically from the World War II era. But generally, I like reading most everything. My favorite movies are The Godfather movies (excluding the third one, of course, because it's garbage), The Departed, Once Upon a Time in America, and a few others. Outside of my favorite movies, I like many others. I am not a fan of scary movies however. I am trying to force myself to watch more, and it's been scary Hell! My favorite television shows are (not in any order) Sons of Anarchy, Law & Order: SVU, House MD, Family Guy, and Rescue Me (EXTREMELY heartbroken that the series is over). My all time favorite thing to watch (which I can unequivocally watch at anytime on any day) is America's Game. My favorite foods are Philly cheesesteaks, pizza, and RIBS! YUMMY! My music spectrum is wide. People say "in my iPod..." but I don't. I listen to Pandora for the variety. I love the outdoors. Hiking is a huge part of my life. I've been fortunate enough to hike many a beautiful place. I've hiked in the Grand Canyon. I've hiked at Zion. I've hiked at Arches. I've hiked at Bryce. I've hiked plenty in Yosemite. I've hiked in many places in Baja. Naturally, because I love hiking in nature, I love camping in nature. There is something peaceful about being disconnected from the world and all it's electronics. There is something even more special about being connected to nature without said electronics. I love to camp out in the backyard and star gaze deep into the night occasionally as well. I love the psychology and the philosophy of football. To many people, it is just a game. But it is so much more than that. Football teaches, and shows, young men the importance of teamwork, the importance of relationships, the importance of communication, the importance of accountability. It forces you to ask yourself "what am I willing to do?" and "how Great can I become?" Football will always be about the next guy and not you. Football will always be about not having an ego and checking your pride at the door. That is why I love this "game" so much.