I'm a gardener, nothing more, nothing less. My life before this was one of service, military service. I have served in both the US Marines and the US Army, in war and in peacetime. That time is over, now I'm a gardener. My days are filled with pruning trees and shrubs in the niwaki style, tending the watergarden, watching the bamboo sway in the breeze, marking the change of seasons day by day.....
Favourite Visual Artist
JolsAriella, Horiyoshi 3
Favourite Movies
Fight Club, Kill Bill, The Hidden Blade, Twilight Samurai, 13 Assassins, Lost in Translation, Lord of the Rings(all 3), Star wars(4.5.6 only), Winter Passing, The Razor's Edge
Favourite TV Shows
Grimm, GoT, Shameless(U.S.), Kung Fu
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
The Dresden Dolls, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Johnny Cash, Alice in Chains, Faith & Disease, This Ascention, Joy Division, Audra, Type O Neg, Social Distortion, The Cure, The Cult, Soundgarden
Favourite Books
The Sword & the Mind, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Art of War, The Kybalion, Book of Five Rings, The Demon's sermon on the martial arts, Hagekure, River of Fire- River of Water, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Count of Monte Cristo
Favourite Writers
Miyamoto Musashi, Takuan Soho, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Yagyu Munenori, R.A. Salatore
Tools of the Trade
Tetsubo, ,Kodachi & Bonsai tools
Other Interests
Budo, Japanese style gardening, Shugendo