Likes, Dislikes and Such

Likes:

  • 102 FM The Fox, 3 Doors Down, 50 Cent

  • Abba, AC/DC, Adam Beach, Air Hockey, Alanis Morissette, Al Gore, Alice in Chains, Andy Frost, Apple Cobbler, Archaeology, Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Astronomy, Audioslave

  • Bam Margera, Basketball, Bear Creek Singers, Beatles, Beyonce, Big Brother, Billiards, Bingo, Blackjack, Blacklodge Singers, Blackstone Singers, Blogging, Blue Jays Games, Blue Rodeo, Boating, Bob Cockburn, Books, Brad Meltzer, Bruce Cockburn, Bubba the Love Sponge, Buffy St. Marie, Burning CDs, Garth Brooks, 

  • CD ROM Games, Camping, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Candy Kisses, Cape Breton, Captain Picard, Carribean Stud, Casinos, Ceremonies, Chamillionaire, Chatting, Cherry Cheesecake - New York Style, Chicago, Chicken Wings, Chris Cornell, Christian Island, CITY-TV, Claude McKenzie, Clive Cussler, Coaching, Coca-Cola Zero, Concerts, Cooking, Cozad, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), The Crocodile Hunter, CSI:Miami, Cuba

  • Dancing, Dan Brown, Darien Lake, David Baldacci, David Letterman, Days Off, Dean Koontz, Destiny's Child, Dining out, Dixie Chicks, Dominican Republic, Don Henley, Double Beat Songs, Diet Coke, Drive Ins, Driving Fast, Drumming, Drum Socials

  • Edmonton Oilers, E-mail, The Eagles, East Side Marios, Eminem, Eyabay

  • Farmers Markets, Film Festivals, Fall Out Boy, Fatherhood, Finger Eleven, Fishing, Flea Markets, Florida, Football (American), Football (Soccer), Fresh Air, Friends, Fundraising

  • Genesis, Giles Blunt, Golf, Grapes, Green Bay Packers, Guns n' Roses, Guitar

  • Hanging with Friends, Harrison Ford, Haircuts, Hand Drumming, Hockey, Horror Movies, Hot Dogs, Howard Stern, High Noon Singers, Hugs

  • ICQ, Indian Tacos, Intellectual Conversation, Internet, Italian Food

  • Jack Nicholson, Jamming, Jam Night, James Patterson, James Rollins, Jell-O, Jennifer Lopez, Jeopardy, Jerry Cantrell, John Dory's, John Grisham, John Lennon, Jokes

  • Kashtin, Kazaa, Keno (3-18-28-29-31-53-68-77) Kevin Costner, KISS, Kisses

  • Lacrosse, Laughter, Let It Ride, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Lobster

  • Maple Leaf Games, Marche Movenpick, Mandaree Singers, Mandarin Oranges, Matchbox-20, McDonalds, Medallion Night Club, Meeting new people, Metallica, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metro Toronto Zoo, Mexican Food, Mexico, Michael Connelly, Midnite Express, Mitch Albom, MSN Messenger, Ja Rule, Mick Jagger, Kim Mitchell, Moose Steak, Meg Ryan, Minnesota Vikings, Movies, MP3s, Museums, Murray Porter, Mythbusters

  • Nashville, National Museum of the American Indians, Native Musicians, New Clothes, New Software, Newspapers, New York City, New York Rangers, Nickelback, North of 60, Northern Cree Singers

  • Obie Trice, Offspring, Orlando, Ozzy Osbourne

  • PC Banking, P. Diddy, Pad Thai, Paramount Canada's Wonderland, Patricia Cromwell, Patrick Stewart, Paul McCartney, Payday, Playing with my children, Photography, Pickeral, Pink Floyd, Poetry, Political Protests, Pow-Wows, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Pussycat Dolls

  • Q-107, Queen, Queen Latifah, Quintin Tarentino

  • Radio, Rage Against the Machine, Raven, Reading, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red Lobster, Renting DVDs, Rice (my favourite food), Rick Mofina, Robin Cook, Robin Williams, Rock 95, Rockline, Rolling Stones, Romance, Roulette (1-3-5-16-18-21-28-29-31), Round Dance Songs, Rush

  • Sandra Brown, Sarah McLaughan, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Scrabble, Shakespeare, Shopping Malls, Sirius Satellite Radio, Six Flags, Skating, Slot Machines, Slow Dancing, Smithsonian Institute, Snow Crab, Snoop Dogg, Soup, Speeding, Spice Girls, Soundgarden, Sports, Star Trek: TNG, Steak (New York Striploin, medium rare), Stephen King, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Subway, Swimming, System of a Down

  • Taabik Singers, Teaching, Tea Party, Ted Nolan, Telephone Calls, Television, Tennis, Texas Hold 'em, Thai Food, Theater, The Boyz, The Rock, The Tragically Hip, Theme Parks, Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge, Titanic (the movie), Tom Hanks, Tom Jackson, Tom King, Tool, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Track & Field, Travelling, Treats, T-shirts

  • Usher 

  • Vacation, Van Halen, Video Poker, Visiting First Nations

  • Walking, Walt Disney World, Water, Watermelon, Wayne Gretzky, Web Design, Whitefish Bay Singers, Whitefish Jrs., Whirlwind Singers, William Shatner, The Who, Writing Music, WWE Wrestling

  • Yahoo Chat

Dislikes:
Drunk People, Fake People, Oppression, Pay Cheque Deductions, Plastic Pop Bottles, Racism

And Such:
I do my best to follow the traditional ways of the Anishinabe people.
I don't drink or do drugs but that doesn't mean I don't like to have fun.  Forever, high on life.

Athletics

naig-97.gif (5334 bytes)1997 North American Indigenous Champion:
In August of 1997, I competed for Team Ontario at the Indigenous Games held in Victoria, B.C.  I  won a gold medal in the Shot Put (Open), and a bronze medal in the Javelin and Discus events.  

2002 North American Indigenous Games:
Team Ontario won gold and silver in the Senior Shot Put at the North American Indigenous Games held July 25 - August 4 in Winnipeg, MA.

Track and Field
Bronze Medal - Shot Put, 1991 Ontario Track & Field Championships
Gold Medals - Shot Put, 1990 Ontario Track & Field Championships
NDA, NOSSA Record Holder in the Shot Put 

Shot Put Personal Best 16.29 metres, 1991.
Discus Personal Best 44.94 metres, 1992
Javelin, 45.00 metres, 1993.

Favorite Films

1. Dances with Wolves
2. Titanic
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. The Godfather
7. Rocky
8. Wizard of Oz
9. Forrest Gump
10. Shawshank Redemption

Honourable Mentions: Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring, Apocalypse Now!, Boyz n' the Hood, Schindler's List, Godfather Part 2.

Music

I enjoy all types of music including hip-hop, top 40rock, r&b, ... however, there are always the classics, which make up my Top 10:

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Imagine - John Lennon
4. Hotel California - Eagles
5. Ticket to Ride - Beatles
6. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
7. You Learn - Alanis Morissette
8. Desperado - Eagles
9. Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
10. Don't Get Fooled Again - Who.

CDs/Albums/LPs

This list is heavily influenced by my passion for the guitar. I've been playing since I was a kid, strumming along to everything from Kenny Rogers to Ministry.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
2. The Wall - Pink Floyd
3. Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - Eagles
4. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
5. Hotel California - Eagles
6. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
7. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette
8. Harvest - Neil Young
9. Van Halen - Van Halen
10. Alive! - KISS

Concerts

I've seen a lot of shows over the years.  Here are my favourites.

1. Kiss, Toronto 1997
2. Woodstock '99, Rome, NY, 1999
3. Eagles, Toronto 1994
4. Eagles, Toronto 1995
5. Rush, Toronto 1997
6. Kashtin, Toronto 1993
7. Metallica/Guns 'N Roses, Toronto 1992
8. Kiss, Toronto 1998
9.  Pink Floyd, Toronto 1994
10. Rolling Stones, Toronto 1999

Concerts I've been to...  Black Sabbath, Blue Rodeo, Pantera, GlueLeg, Marilyn Manson, Bush, Kid Rock, the Fugees, Faith No More, Tori Amos, Tragically Hip, Alanah Myles, Tom Cochran & Red Rider, Burton Cummings, Colin James, John Fogerty, Tom Jackson, Days of the New, Rik Emmett, Northern Pikes, Jerry Cantrell, Tea Party, Tool, Korn, .....  there are probably literally dozens more that I can't remember.

Pow-Wow Singing Groups

Okay.  I'll join the debate of the best northern singing groups.  Visit www.powwows.com. 

1. Bear Creek Singers (local boys do good)
2. Northern Cree (always my favorite)
3. Midnite Express (amazing jams, kickin')
4. Eyabay (great songs)
5. Mandaree Singers (songs I grew up on)
6. High Noon Singers (Amazing live drum group from Sask.)
7. Black Lodge Singers (Still kickin')
8. Whitefish Bay Singers (traditional songs I grew up on)
9. The Boyz (Minnesota boyz)
10. Whitefish Jrs. (Always place well, great sound)

I don't get out to many big name, competition pow-wows.  I'm a homebody who sticks around and supports Ontario community pow-wows.  Therefore, here is a special thanks and shout out to all those hometown drums, past and present:  Anishinabe Weshkeneejig, Whirlwind Singers, Morning Star River (MSR), Eagle Flight Singers, Eagle Heart Singers, Snake Island Singers, Otanabee Singers, Smokeytown Singers, LCO Veterans, Whitetail Cree, Poplar Singers, Wikwemikong Drum Committee, All Nations Singers (Jim Windigo) White Frost Sobriety, Medicine Sky Singers, Kitchi Zibi Rini Ramblers & Pikwakanagan Singers, Rice Lake Singers, Wisconsin Dells, Chi-Nodin Singers, Pipestone Creek, Biim-sko-nodin Singers, Bigstone Singers, Medicine Hoop Singers, Otterhead Singers, Rainbow Singers, Chi-geezis Singers, Bell Rock Singers, Chippewa Hill, Young Bucks.