I'm a fan

There are a few things I'm a big fan of. Like American-style pork spare ribs, Ricky Gervais, Little Creatures Pale Ale, salt and pepper squid, Donnie Darko, fantasy basketball, the original BBC version of The Office, the US remake of The Office, Ron Artest, Maggie Gyllenhall, Judd Apatow, the Larry Sanders Show, Moe Syzlak, Bill Simmons, Arj Barker, about 35% of Ryan Adams' musical output, the Phoenix Suns, all the major holidays, Nike sneakers, Edward Norton, baggy shorts, Drew Barrymore, NBA 2K7, David Letterman, Taco Bell, Quentin Tarantino, No Limit Texas Hold-Em, High Fidelity, Steve Nash, Karen Crouch's melting moments cookies, BMW cars, Dr Pepper, the movies of Rob Zombie, early Public Enemy, Jelly Belly jelly beans, Frank Kozik, Vince Vaughn, the City X Grille, Elmore Leonard, Coopers Dark Ale, NBA Hangtime, Entourage, Salvador Dali, baked cheesecake, Xavier McDaniel, Las Vegas, chocolate milk, Martin Scorcese, Leonard Cohen, Extras, iPods, sizzling food, the last few Nick Cave records, sunset walks on the beach and the books of Brett Easton Ellis.

Also, Chuck Klosterman, Damien Rice, Smash by The Offspring, Bring the Pain-era Chris Rock, Gerald Wallace, Guns 'n' Roses, Robert DeNiro, Tori Amos, The Usual Suspects, George Costanza, Surf 'n' Turf, Fender guitars, Tony Scott, Cadbury chocolate, Christopher Moltisanti, Aimee Mann, orange flavoured Gatorade, my sister's Rocky Road, The Wire, Steve Carrell, cigars, Jose Gonzales, New York City, Fight Club, road trips, John Steinbeck, Michael Mann (the film director, not the guy with the ponytail who used to come to my church), the first Wu-Tang Clan album, polo shirts, the footlong bacon and egg Subway sandwich with southwest sauce, Kaluah and Coke, Derek Hess, Owen Wilson, Tool, my new laptop, orange juice, John Starks, Gourmet Glaze donuts, The Stand (both the book and the surprisingly good mini-series with Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald), Robert Rodriguez, the world wide interweb, roasted almonds, sleeping in, Malcolm X (the movie and the man), Eli Roth, jetskiing, 80's pop metal, the colours brown and grey, Ice Cube (the rapper, not the actor), Jay McInerney, barbecue chicken pizzas, Grand Theft Auto, Deadwood, Coke Zero, IKEA, Christopher Walken, the number 25, Rome (the TV show, although I'm sure the city is also lovely), American Tabloid and Japanese Maple trees.

Now if there's the chance to combine one or more of these interests (like say a dinner of salt and pepper squid with Maggie Gyllenhall), I'm definitely interested. So I was excited to find out that Nike are going to be releasing a special sneaker commemorating the Guns 'n' Roses classic, "November Rain". Coming out of course in November, just in time for my birthday. Anyone want to buy me a pair?