 - My true passion is songwriting
- But I'm not terribly good at it
- Which doesn't deter me
- My best songs are the ones that star my daughters
- And my next best songs are the ones in which my friends guest-star
- I have done 4 CD’s to date, with artwork and all
- My daughters are the *most* important people in the world to me
- They are the focus of my life, and they take up all of my time, and all my money
- But I don’t mind at all - in fact, I like it
- I love to camp in the backcountry
- But I hardly ever get to anymore
- And I miss it
- I have two tattoos
- One of which is a color drawing of Jimmy Page's 1959 Les Paul Sunburst
- And the other which is a musical note with a flame for a flag
- I don't like to drink beer I can see through
- But I will if that's all that's around
- I prefer tubes to solid state
- But most of my gear is digital, 'cause it costs less and still works pretty well
- I have watched every episode of BtVS and Angel at least once
- I once had the honor of working (for just a couple days) with Tori Amos on the first version of her Little Earthquakes record
- Which was rejected by her record company the first time around
- *But not because of anything I did or didn't do!*
- I find women who are smarter than me to be very attractive
- Which will probably be my undoing
- I am a trial lawyer, but I'm not evil (or greedy)
- Well, okay, maybe I'm a little greedy, but I'm really *not* evil
- I own 8 electric guitars
- One of which is a Japanese made, Squier Venus I got on eBay
- That I refer to as the “George Bush Memorial Tax Cut Guitar”
- Because I bought it with my $300 tax refund check that the feds sent me a few summers ago
- And (back to my 8 electrics) 2 of which I assembled and finished myself to my own specs
- And I own 2 acoustic guitars
- I *love* heavy metal music, but I'm a total sucker for a catchy pop tune
- My undergraduate degrees were in Music Composition and Philosophy
- Which were also the two least marketable degrees offered at the college I attended
- Which was Oberlin College
- Which is in the middle of nowhere in Ohio
- Which was good for me, 'cause if there had been anything else to do, I never would have studied or shown up for class
- I graduated college in 1990
- After completing what I fondly refer to as "the five year plan"
- I drive a 1998 black Infiniti Q45, which I refer to as the "lawyermobile"
- But until recently I drove a 2001 silver PT Cruiser with flames on the side, which I consider an homage to my adolescence
- I once drove Susanna Hoffs (of the Bangles) to a restaurant in West Hollywood
- And I did not like her personality at all
- And apparently neither did her producer, who declined to drive her, leaving me with the task
- I have jumped out of perfectly functioning airplanes 3 times
- I'm licensed to practice law in two states, Michigan and Colorado
- But I have also been admitted pro hac vice in Federal Bankruptcy Court in Baltimore, MD
- And I don't even practice bankruptcy law -- in fact I know almost nothing about it
- I graduated from law school in 1997
- I was an exchange student in Germany when I was 16
- Which is where I learned to drink beer you can't see through
- My house was built in 1884
- It's in a federally recognized historic district
- And I have been working on it for years
- And I will be working on it for years to come
- I am a publicly elected official on a Board of Education
- At least 'til someone recalls me
- I love to bungee jump every time I make it to Las Vegas
- And go to the spas
- And ride the roller coasters
- And eat good food -- like at Nobu
- But I don't like to gamble at all
- I once had lunch with Michelle Shocked
- At a Mexican Restaurant in L.A.
- Where all the waiters appeared to be gay, Hispanic men
- I liked her personality
- But I was really glad that I wasn't the person who accidentally erased a portion of her master multitrack tape after she took it to another studio to mix
- 'Cause, boy, was she mad . . .
- And had to come back to re-record the entire song in just one day
- I used to star in children's youth-theater plays as a kid
- I am a card-carrying member of the A.C.L.U.
- And I don't understand why some people think that's a bad thing
- I once worked a recording session at which Barry Manilow sang Silent Night, Holy Night to an entire string orchestra
- It was surreal watching a Jewish man make a Christmas album in Hollywood in the middle of summer
- I am one of the unlucky few who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis
- But for me it is considered mild and treatable with prescription drugs
- The first of which was Vioxx, which worked very, very well
- Until it was pulled from the market
- So I started taking Bextra, which worked equally well
- Until it was pulled from the market
- So I went back to the Vioxx I had left over, ‘least ‘til I ran out
- And now I take Mobic, which is nowhere near as good, but it works *okay*
- But I would really prefer to have my Vioxx back
- I recently went through a painful, but otherwise amicable divorce
- Which means that I am a “single parent”
- Of “at risk” kids, who live with me
- And worst of all, I am apparently supposed to start dating
- Which kind of terrifies me
- ‘Cause the last actual date I went on was with my soon-to-be-ex-wife sometime in 1986
- And I can’t even recall the last actual date I went on prior to that
- I have three real vices
- The first is heavy metal music
- Which I can’t get enough of
- The second is fine Scotch
- Which I *never* drink too much of
- ‘Cause it leaves a terrible hangover
- The third vice I have is cigars
- Which many people think are gross
- But hey, that’s life :) I like ‘em
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Comments on "101 things 'bout me"
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bob generale said ... (11:59 AM) :
post a commentHey Cameron:
I understand that you like eating at Nobu (#63 of about me). Currently on your blog page:
(http://www.trustygetto.com/2006_05_01_archive.html) the Web address is incorrect. The new and correct one is:
http://www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/dining/nobu/
If you have any questions please contact me.
Thanks,
Bob
bgenerale@digitalgrit.com