Beth, wrestling, the internet, playing poker with friends, traveling, and pissing off people in general.
Music
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Bands/Groups I like:
System Of A Down
The Beatles
The Four Seasons
The Foo Fighters
Muse
Fall Out Boy
Michael Jackson
Green Day
311
Jimi Hendrix
3 Doors Down
Metallica
Weird Al
Eminem
Rage Against The Machine
Audioslave
Avril Lavigne
Elvis Costello
Queen
AC/DC
Kelly Clarkson
Outkast
Sublime
Linkin Park
The Beach Boys
Papa Roach
The Transplants
Ludacris
Pink Floyd
The Offspring
Guns N Roses
Good Charlotte
Incubus
No Doubt
Weezer
Disturbed
Lenny Kravitz
Hoobastank
Pink
I'd had to say SOAD is without question the best current band. SOAD has the musicial talent and intensity that most bands just don't have. While most bands sound the same, SOAD stands out.
While SOAD is my current favorite band, I still say that The Beatles will go down as the greatest act in music, period. If you look at music historically, no band made more of an influence on the industry or produced as many memorable songs as they did. Just for the record, I know pretty all of their songs by heart.
I regularly listen to Eminem, 311, Green Day, and Elvis Costello.
Movies
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My favorite movies include:
Borat
Knocked Up
Superbad
The Simpsons Movie
Friday The 13th series
Halloween series
Nightmare On Elm Street series
Sling Blade
Goodfellas
Dumb And Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Rain Man
Ed Wood
Die Hard
Psycho
Liar Liar
Team America
The Man Who Would Be King
The Terminator series
Bruce Almighty
Evil Dead series
Spiderman series
Forrest Gump
The Departed
National Lampoon's Vacation
School Of Rock
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)
Dawn Of The Dead (the original)
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Dickie Roberts
The Poseidon Adventure
Obviously, I am a big horror freak. Since I was a little kid, I've had an obsession with horror films, slasher films in particular. The only scientific or logicial reason I can give for this is that human beings are animals, and animals have a violent nature. Watching a horror film is my way of letting my inner violent nature come out in a fantasy rather than being violent in real life. That's my best explaination.
Another obvious observation is that I love the classic comedy teams (Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Three Stooges, Marx Brothers) from the early days of cinema. I grew up watching those old films, and they still hold a special place in my heart today. Some of the humor survives the test of time while some of it doesn't, but those old movies never fail to entertain me.
Television
Velocity, Monday Night RAW, Smackdown, TNA Impact, Da Ali G Show (funniest show on television IMO), Bullshit!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sanford And Son, The Simpsons (I love the first 6-7 seasons, then it went downhill for me), South Park, Beavis and Butthead. I honestly don't watch a lot of television, most of what I watch are DVDs.
Ali G is one of the few shows where I will actually laugh out loud. I give Sacha Baron Cohen all the credit in the world because he can conduct these ridiculous interviews with people while keeping a straight face the entire time. That's one of the things that really amazes me about this guy. He can ask a guy like Buzz Aldrin what it was like to walk on the sun and keep his character completely serious to the point where the guys that are being interviewed think he's a legit idiot. The reactions of the people being interviewed are what I find the most funny, at least when there is a reaction! (12/06 Edit: I wrote this in May 2005 way before Cohen became a mainstream sensation with his movie!)
Curb Your Enthusiam is a tremendous show and I think Larry David is a genius. It's a totally unique show in the fact that there's hardly a script. There is a just a basically plotline and the actors improvise their lines. The show has a very REAL feel to it. Many of the situations in the show are what people like you and me go through everyday. I think the show is funny because these very simple conflicts are blown up into these huge arguments, which is very realistic because people have a tendency to get angry over trivial things. The show basically mirrors real life which is why I think it works so well, plus it's always fun and rewarding to see bad things happen to rich people!
Books
Unlike my parents, I'm not much of a reader. I read the wrestling newsletters, and I will generally read non-fiction over fiction. When I'm .., I'll sometimes do a search on any random topic and find all the information I can about it. For example, I had just been to Six Flags Magic Mountain and I decided to do some research and find out about the history of the park. That led me to wanting to know about how roller coasters are built and maintained, and one thing search item led to another.
Heroes
My parents for bringing me up well. As far as celebrities go, I'd say Hulk Hogan. Some people grow up with Superman or Batman as their childhood hero... Hulk Hogan was MY childhood hero. I was nine years old when Hogan lost the WWF Title to The Undertaker at Survivor Series 1991, and I was crying when Taker won the match. I attended Wrestlemania 21 live and I cried again when Hogan made his surprise appearance. Hell, I was emotional the entire evening. I was SO thrilled just to be part of that event in person. I have nothing but respect for all of the people involved in wrestling for providing people with years of entertainment. To me, they are all heroes and they have inspired me to do the one thing that I love doing, and that's entertaining people.
You might know me as the owner of NoDQ.com as well as NoDQforums.com, the world's largest internet wrestling community! Obviously from looking at this page, you can tell that I am a diehard wrestling fan.
NoDQ has done a lot for me. I've been up to meet many of the performers that I grew up watching. I've been able to travel and visit different parts of the country. As pathetic as this may sound, I've probably made more friends through NoDQ than anywhere else.
If you have any questions or would like to chat, my e-mail is nodq@nodq.com and my screenname is Aaron Rift on AOL Instant Messanger. Please forgive me if I don't respond to you right away!
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It's very relaxing... getting lots of sleep. Actually kind of boring at times. Glad I brought my book! I GOTTA STOP eating so much though! My hernia's gonna burst! OW!!!!
just wanted to say to all those wrestling fans out there, never forget the legends that made this business what it is today and made it great. Viva la Raza! You'll always be in our hearts Eddie! R.I.P. 11-13-05
I had no idea anyone other than me was even still watching or paying attention to TNA, LOL. Seriously man I'm one of those wrestling nuts that will watch anything related to it even if I know it's going to somewhat suck.
If Christian defects back to WWE to become what D-Lo Brown currently is, I'd say that's a huge one less reason to watch their product. He's about the only interesting part of their nWo Mafia vs. Mick Foley's Kids.
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A man just finished eating dinner and he was on his way to a party. Halfway there he said, "Man, I really gotta take a dump." He got off the motorway, found an abandoned gas station, went in there and took a dump. While he was taking this dump he read a sign that said: 'There is no toilet paper. Wipe your ass with your first two fingers, then stick them out the hole and they will be licked clean for you.' Well, he had no choice, so he wiped his ass with his fingers and stuck them out the hole. All of a sudden a guy with two bricks smacked his fingers. The man screamed with pain and licked his own fingers.
Boss why didn't you tell me that you were at Knott's Halloween Haunt this year? I know one of the performers there! Could had told her about you and you could have had one hell of a time! :P
hi aaron just want to know is r-truth is k-kwik who used to be in wwe with road dogg and billy gunn before they went to tna?i think it is but want to make sure.keep up the great work your fan in spain henry
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Was I the only one that at first place thought Paul Burchill went back to being a Pirate and then joined the circus when the first Kizarny vignette aired? Good potential for the gimmick though the whole "PG" BS will prevent any cool skits like when he worked for TNA and Mitchell threw darts into his back..
Wait.. does anyone else besides me even still watch TNA?
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yes sir, got the show d/led ok. i've never done commentary to a show while watching on quicktime, i hope the commentary syncs up with the video lol. anyway, did you see the stuff for all american brawl iii yet? i got 3 huge matches left to announce, it's gonna be a great "goodbye" to svr08.
hey aaron do you know if wwe ever going to bring back wcw??? like a wcw one night stand or such? i await your reply keep up the great work!!! your fan from spain henry
