CURRENT MISSION

"Reading more pages of the World."

ABOUT ME

http://flickr.com/photos/wlang/

PHILOSOPHY

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page." - St. Augustine

Interests

Photography, Travel, Architecture,Dancing, Swing Dancing, Native American Dancing, Camping, Computer/Video Games, Art, Painting, Curling, The Amazing Race

• birds
• arts
• books
• architecture
• modern art
• photography
• dancing
• swing dancing
• gardening
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• camping
• soccer
• olympics
• track and field
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
ABBA, Blondie, Patsy Cline, B-52s, Shirley Bassey, Pat Benatar, Madonna, New Order, a-ha, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Rihanna, Kylie Minogue, Dido, Maroon 5, Nelly Furtado, Cyndi Lauper, Buena Vista Social Club, Edith Piaf, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, James Blunt, Thompson Twins, Spice Girls, Caroll King, The Mamas and the Papas, Cher, Katy Perry, Bjork, REM, The Propellerheads, All American Rejects, Berlin, Garbage, No Doubt, Prince, Black Eyed Peas, Louis Armstrong, John Williams, Glenn Miller Band, Yelle, The 5 6 7 8s, Russ Landau, Red Hawk Singers, Yellowhammer, TOFU, Wu Man

Television:
The Amazing Race, The Riches, Project Runway, Monk, Anthony Bordain's No Reservations, The Mole, Gilmore Girls, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor, Ace of Cakes, I Love Lucy, Frasier, Kathy Griffin - My Life on the D List, House, Psych, Top Chef, Iron Chef, Good Eats, America's Next Top Model, Angry Beavers, Stranded with Cash Peters, Globe Trecker, 5 Takes, Where on Earth is Carmen SanDiego, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Myth Busters, Junkyard Wars, I Love the '80s, Best Week Ever, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Invader Zim, Rocko's Modern Life, Legends of the Hidden Temple, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Lost, Absolutely Fabulous, That 70's Show, Ugly Betty, Arrested Development, Doctor Who

Movies:
Run Lola Run, North by Northwest, Kill Bill, Sixteen Candles, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, West Side Story, Wall-E, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Diamonds Are Forever, The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only, Casino Royale, A View to a Kill, GoldenEye, Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jurassic Park, Koyaanisqatsi, Battle of Algiers, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Royal Tenenbaums, Missery, Indiana Jones and the Last Cruscade, Clue, Dogma, Saved, Life is Beautiful, Anchorman, Taken, National Treasure, Better Off Dead, Goblet of Fire, My Architect, The Other Boleyn Girl, Elizabeth I, The Queen, Chocolat, Memento, So I Married an Axe Murderer, The General, The Princess Bride, American Beauty, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Mean Girls, Best in Show, Miss Congeniality, Thelma & Louise, Psycho, Dances with Wolves, The Brave Little Toaster, Gamera the Invincible, Johnny Scout: The Bonds of Brotherhood

Books:
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Devil in the White City, My Ox is Broken, John King Fairbank's China, Thai Cooking, The Count of Monte Cristo, Cannery Row, The Good Earth, Animal Farm, Green Eggs and Ham, The Lorax, Lord of the Flies, The Fitzpatrick House, Dallas/Ft. Worth
Jetlag Travel Guide to: Molvania - A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've (in chronological order):
Canoed the Buffalo River more times than I can remember.
Dug for diamonds in Murphysboro.
Been soaked by Niagra Falls.
Been mistaken for a French kid outside Toronto.
Built snow-bunnies on a frozen lake in Michigan.
Seen the world turn green in NYC for St. Patrick's Day.
Seen the American women's soccer team win Gold at the Olympics against China in Athens, GA.
Eaten lobster in Maine.
Seen Eartha, the world's largest globe.
Practiced my catwalk at West Point.
Gone on a "Global Gastronomical Tour" of EPCOT.
Skied in Breckinridge.
Toured the White House.
Patch traded and pin traded at Ft. A.P. Hill.
Climbed the Tooth of Time.
Been to the peak of Capulin Volcano... twice!
Seen every kind of store imagineable in the Mall of America.
Seached for "Champ" whilst on a ferry crossing Lake Champlain.
Bobsledded on the Olympic track at Lake Placid... in July.
Looked for the way out of Pidgeon Forge.
Climbed the sand-blasting hills at Great Sand Dunes National Park.
White-water rafted down the Arkansas River in Colorado.
Rock climbed in the Rockies.
Stared in awe at the Garden of the Gods.
Riden in a pod to the top of the Gateway Arch.
Snorkled, sailed, and deep-sea fished in the Florida Keys.
Held formerly sunken treasure in Key West.
Airboated through the Everglades.
Fed a giraffe in Tampa.
Ridden a "duck" through Boston.
Been to "Cheers" where no one knew my name.
Tasted farm made cheeses and syrups in Vermont.
Ridden the world's tallest and fastest roller coasters at Cedar Point.
Placed in the top 20 Grass Dancers at NOAC '06.
Trespassed into the back courtyard of the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum just to take pictures.
Sought ghosts at the Crescent Moon Hotel in Eureka Springs.
Discovered suppli at Porta Portese.
Been picked up by prostitutes at 5am on La Rambla in Barcelona (and subsequently escaped successfully).
Licked La Segrada Familia.
Caughten a cold at the Colosseum.
Scraped the bottom of the well at Orvieto.
Been frightened by the birds at Hadrian's Villa.
Seen Vesuvius looming over Pompeii.
Circuited the Fiat test track on the roof of the Lingotto in Torino.
Survived a freak storm with funnel clouds and hail while seeking refuge in ancient Roman ruins in Ostia Antica.
Climbed to the top of the Duomo in Florence.
Lost myself in the labrynth of Siena.
Rushed through Pisa.
Seen the Venetian Carnavale, even if only for an hour... :(
Gone deaf at Mascleta during Las Fallas in Valencia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States