[Jishory]

this hasnt ever happened to me but i hear its quite common for gays as children to fantasize about men in their life, who have you guys fantasized about?

[eyezik]

To be honest, I dont think I had one. . .

[superman]

I don't remember.

[MSP]

Good thread question! I had a few, but at the moment I can only think of one:

11-12th grade history teacher - Mr. Wood.
This guy really got me to see past the media and history books and see the truth. He gave me self esteem and made me want to be a better person. He once told me "Every man has a price. The trick is not to go cheap."

[Drakkon]

Donatello

not the painter....

the ninja turtle

[Bear]

Doug Funny

[Lazaredz]

I don't think I really had one till 7th grade, then it was my English teacher Mr. Yancy. As I got older and into my 20's I think my Dad became my hero (and still is).

If I end up half the man he is, I'll do allright.

[MovingTarget]

Its kinda hard to answer......I can't say there were too many good influences in my life.....

My Mom definately! Of all the crap my brothers and sister did and all the hard times our family had she was the rock that kept it together!

I had an Independant Studies art teacher, Mrs. Stanley, that was way cool and sometimes we used to just chat about life - her more than me cause I was only a sophomore in high school......she has been all over the world doing art studies....she opened my eyes to the idea of new and different things in art of all forms - like music and pottery and painting, sculpting....architecture.......thusly I was able to pick up more on different lessons in life in general.......

[MSP]

Originally Posted by Lazaredz

I don't think I really had one till 7th grade, then it was my English teacher Mr. Yancy. As I got older and into my 20's I think my Dad became my hero (and still is).

If I end up half the man he is, I'll do allright.

I wish I could say that. My Dad (Jah rest his soul) basically taught me by reverse example. He apparently didn't make many wise decisions in his life, and as a kid I noticed. His stupidity made me hate him and try to be unlike him, hence my success today. He wasn't all bad; I share some of his traits. But I wouldn't consider him a hero...

[WoodButcher]

As a young boy, my grandfather. Self taught very curious man. He needed to "see" how everything worked or grew. He was great with machines and nature but with people just cold. As I got older my own parents, for they were both people oriented. I never gave it a thought it until now so I never told my father. Little late for him but Moms still around.
thanks Jishory I gotta call to make!

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[bigwill51534]

It's really hard for me to choose. I have admired many, many people. These include many who are thought to be junkies in one way or another, or seen as very eccentric. These are the type of people who are great people in the end, and are very intelligent. They were just handed a tough hand in life, and can't seem to get a foot up.

In the end, I was really changed by a guy I worked with at the restaraunt I worked at before the Navy. I got pretty close to him, and we hung out a lot. We trusted each other with damn near anything, and both gave each other advice. He was almost to the point of suicide, but decided otherwise to ensure he seen me "grow up."

Anyway, he was a horrible alcoholic. I'll admit it, I drank with him on many occasions. I was also able to stop him when he had drank enough. He would listen to me and only me. I helped him to get into a new home when he didn't have $10 in his wallet. I helped to get him food when he was stuck in his home (during a blizzard) with an upper respiratory infection. I've helped this guy out more than you guys can imagine...

Anyway, he disappeared shortly after I joined the Navy. I tried to track him down multiple times, and noone had any idea where he went. Through a mutual friend, we finally found him. He went to rehab, and is still there. He is now 7 months clean from all drugs and alcohol, loving life, and is really making something of himself. I admire him more than anything for making something of his life, and hope to someday help others, and give "real world" advice such as that which he has given me.

~Will Courtier~

[mistawiskas]

I don't remember having any heros. There were people I admired, such as: Captain Kirk , Jauqes Cousto', and Norman Rockwell.

[BrentN]

My hero when I was a kid was arnold schwarzenegger. Seriously, I loved all his movies, and all my friends did too. He may not have inspired me to do anything at all, but I thought he was the shit and idolized his coolness..

Lets all remember that I was about 8-12 during those years and it was the early 90's.

I admire my dad quite a bit right now, that guy is pretty damn cool. Other than being an alchoholic, he is a jack of all trades.

Hes a master at carpentry, electrical, plumbing and construction. He is just amazing at making tools out of everyday things that are incredibly effective. He works at a bindery that makes binders, books and brochures. They print out like 100's of thousands of these things, and all the huge ass machines that do it from germany, he assembles. Its nuts. He showed me this machine that was in several crates in pieces when I was at his work once and the next time I came it was assembled. He did it all. Keep in mind that these machines and printing presses easily fill a giant warehouse.

He doesn't even have a high school diploma lol. Now he's making real good money, his boss and him are best of friends, and he's ALWAYS in a positive mood. Love the guy.

[Torx]

macgyver, a-team, the equalizer (forgot dudes name), and Don Johnson.

[smirnoff]

Trevor Linden (a hockey player), go figure.

Edit: Lmao, Got me you bastard !

[djsoulriot]

When I was young it was Batman.

Then my dad.

Now both my dad and Stanley Kubrick.

[Jackalope]

arthur c clarke I used to watch his show on discovery all the time, you know Mysterious Mysteries or something like that.


the man invented the satellite! I read all his books too. fakking genious

[Lord Kain]

I think I had no heroes per se.

I prefered to try to become my own hero and improve myself as much as I could

[SoulAssassin]

Canseco and McGwire...


Turned out to be a reeeaaaallly good choice /sarcasm

[Bear]

Oh yeah, can't forget Zack Morris.

[MSP]

I've given this a lot of thought and I can't even say that Mr. Wood (above) would truly qualify as a hero. I mean, he was a role model and mentor, but hero might be too strong of a word. I had very few role models or mentors, and now that I think about it probably no heros at all.