Name: Travis Alexander Shaw (TAS)
Age: 18
Location: Tampa, FL
Occupation: Former High School Student
Hobbies: Drawing, Guitar, Singing, TV, Movies, Music
Instant Message: TAS 7284
E-Mail: tas2k2@hotmail.com


Me Myself and I :

Most people tell me that Im a deppressed anti-social punk, cause I seem to be always to be so recluse, like when Im listening to cd player when Im around family and friends (the truth is I just love music so much that I feel the need to always hear it) Most things I do make me seem like I wanna be alone like all my hobbies, people think I wanna be alone for some reasone when Im doing all that stuff. The songs that Ive written, which are posted in my music section, reflect how I feel. Well I guess thats me.


Family:

Im not really all that close with my family. My dad is in his 60's and we never see eye to eye because of the big generation gap, most kids parents are a generation behind their kids were as my father is two behind me, so he's very old fashioned which is why we never see eye to eye on anything. My relationship with my mom is a little bit better than the one with my dad. Sometime ago my mom kicked me out of her house and I went to live with my dad, and I didnt see my mom for a couple of months, but when I saw her again we were both alot nicer to one another, and we got along better. Im still not living with my mom, but I do come over to her house frequently and were both still pleasent around one another. I have a younger brother, plus two older half brothers, and an older half sister. Me and my younger brother are a year and a half apart, and we always (and I mean always) argue with one another about everything, so Im not very close to him in the slightest bit. My oldest (half) brother Troy (whos my dads son from his 1st marriage) is the same age as my mom, I always like seeing the reaction on peoples faces when I say "My mom is as old as my brother" and then watch the person freak out. I don't see Troy that often, because he's older and has his own life, he works hard, he's married and has two kids Avery and Ellis (my nephews) who both remind me of me and my younger brother whenever I watch them, they're both a year and a half apart like me and my younger brother, and its like watching me and my brother when we were young. My other (half) brother Todd is an English major, who lives in Prog. He used to live over in Hong Kong, but he moved because of a better job oppurtunity. I see Todd about once a year because of the fact that he lives so far away, but I always have fun when Im with him. My (half) sister Missy whose name used to be Terry (but she changed it due to the fact that my dad thought it would be a good idea to name all his children using the letter "T' as their first initial) lives in Chicago, and I see her whenever I see Todd, they both always fly in together. Missy is fun to around, Im always teasing her about how short and thin she is. My dad and my younger brother have what have caused me the most problems, I even ran away from home one time because I couldnt stand the two of them anymore, which you think would be a bad thing, but it ended up resulting in a good thing, but thats another story that I'll get into later.


Friends:

As far as my friends go theres only one worth mentioning, and thats my best friend Claire. She is my best friend who has always been there for me when Ive need her. Ive ran away from home three times (I know that it sounds bad but really its not) and the first time I did she convinced me to go back home, and the great thing about that time was that we shared a deep conversation, and there was also the fact that nobody relized I had runaway. The second time I ran away Claire let me stay with her, until I went back home. Im always thinking of her and how lucky I am to have found a friend like her. Whenever Im in a bad mood or having a bad day, all I need to do is just see her and I begin to feel better. Thats the kind of effect she has on me. I used to be in love with her, but in time my feelings for her passed, I relize that its better for us to be friends, because I feared if we ever got together that we would eventually break up, and that we couldnt go on being friends after the relationship. I don't see that much of Claire lately, but I dont really mind because I know how busy she can be.


Love:

Love is not something that Ive been real lucky with in my life. The first girl that I fell in love with was named Jenifer, and she was great, whe shared alot of similar intrest. I really liked her and she liked me two, and we became an item for a short time, but her dad was in the army and he got relocated, so she ended up having to move away. The second girl I fell in love with I had really strong feelings for, but she didnt feel the same way about me that I felt about her. The third (and last) girl I was in love with was named Jessica, I met her when I ran away for the third (and last) time. I was seventeen when I met her and she was nineteen. Jessica really understood me and eventually one thing led to another and we ended up sleeping together. The two of us kept our relationship a secret, I would often tell my parents that I would be going over to my friends house to spend the weekend, but in actuallity I would go over to Jessica's apartment for the weekend and be with her. We were both totally head over heels in love with one another, but what happend? What went wrong? Well one friday in high school I was sitting in class and everyone was reading the newspaper (my high school would get newspapers deliverd every Friday in an abudance so that certain classes could read and share them) and I was well decided to read the paper because I bored out of my mind, and sadly I found out that Jessica had been killed in a car crash. Of course I didnt want to believe it but I found out that it was true, but the sad thing was that I didnt cry, and I always felt bad about that. The thing is I never cry when I loose someone or something like a pet, no matter how much I may have loved them, and it makes me feel like bad person sometimes because I dont cry, but I guess that I deal with loss in my own way, although I don't know what it is. Its almost been a year since I met Jessica, and there's not a day that goes by where I dont think about her and deeply miss her. All my run ins with love have ended badly, and for the longest time aftet Jess died I didnt know if I'd be able to love anyone ever again, but I relized thats no way to live, and since then have become a better person because of what love gave me.


Dream:

I hope to accomplish in life what I spend most of my days dreaming about. I hope to become somewhat of a rock star. I really love music, and Im always listening to it while jumping around and singing. I play the guitar, but Ive only been playing it for a couple of months, although I am good enough to come up with decent sounding tunes. Ive written alot of song lyrics, but I always have trouble matching music to lyrics. I love to seeing my favorite bands in concert, and Ive even met some band members from some of my favorite bands. I also love to sit and watch concerts and live performances that Ive downloaded on my computer, and I sit and think about how I wish I could be like the bands I love to watch.

I also seldom dream about being an actor. Ever since I was in the second grade I knew I wanted to be an actor in some way, shape, or form. I don't want to be some big celebtrity type actor, I just wanna do some small type parts that I know I could handle doing. Whenever Im watching a favorite movie or show of mine I imagine how I could be there acting alongside those actors and actresses that I admire and/or have inspired me to act.


Favorite Stuff:


Note: None of these are in any particular order, just alphabetical, wait a sec...alphabetical is a particular order, ah crap.


Favorite Actor: ?


Favortie Actress:

Alyson Hannigan - I remember the exact moment when I began to like Alyson Hannigan. I was watching some early episodes of Buffy and I said to myself "Wow, Alyson Hannigan is really cute!" and then I thought "Uh oh. Is it possible that I could have a crush on a celebrity?" because up until that point, I could never understand how or why people have crushes on or could possibly be in love with a certain celebrity, I thought the idea was dumb, but my line of thinking changed after that one moment, because I began to notice Aly more and more, and I found myself going to (Alyson Hannigan) sites and reading about her, as well as looking at pictures of her. The fact of the matter was that this one girl/woman changed my whole line of thinking (although the opposite sex can sometimes have that effect on someone) and a short time later I wrote a song inspired Alyson called "TV Girl" which I have currently re-written and wanna have proffessionaly recorded. The song is about Alyson for me, but I feel that it can be about anyone's "crush" on a celebrity. Its a cool coiencidence that Alyson appears in two of my favorite movies, American Pie 1 & 2 (note that I liked both movies, before I had my "revelation") which is now slated to become a trilogy, Ive also written two songs about the AP movies, but thats a diffrient story. To me Alyson was this really cute and shy mousey type girl who grew up and became a beautiful, mature, strong woman, and any woman can change my whole line of thinking about a particular thing is defenitly something.


Favorite Movies:

American Pie 1 & 2 - The comedic coming of age (while getting laid) story. There's just so many things in both movies that appeal to me. I like all the characters, they're all unique in their own ways. Both movies have situations that Ive been in or at least wished I could've been in, like what person would'nt want to go to band camp? I never get tired of watching either movie, and all the extras on the DVD's make them so much better. I like watching the bloopers, or just seeing the cast being themselves and having fun behind the scenes. The film audio commentaries are great too, since you get to hear alot of what happend from behind the scenes with the cast and crew members that made it possible. I just hope that I'll be in a movie someday that means as much to me as the AP movies do to myself and others.

The Goonies - A classic movie for me. Its got everything in it. What kid wouldnt dream about going on an adventure like those kids did? I always enjoy watching the movie for many reason, although I don't know what appeals to me the most about it. To me there's just so many really great scenes in the film. The diversity in all the characters is truely great to me, and I sit and wonder when I'll go on an adventure with an asmetic who leads me in search of pirate treasure and a chunky kid with an active imagination will do the "truffle shuffle" just so he can come in my house.


Favorite TV Shows:

Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - There are many reasons I like this show (besides my favorite actress being in it) The thing about it that probaly hits closest to home with me is the character of Xander played by Nicholas Brendon. I can really relate to his character, because of the fact that I always feel the need to be funny or that I sometimes use humor as a defense mechanism to push others away emotionaly. He always seems to have a troubled relationships when it comes to girlfriends, which I can really relate to. The great thing about the show to me is that it can appeal to anyone, no matter who you are, or what you're like. I used to think the show was just some "chick show" or something at first, but I actually wasnt a fan (nor did I watch) the show before it switched networks. The thing was that UPN kept showing the promos for the upcoming season over and over and over again and I couldnt stand it, and then I finally reached the point when I was like "AHHH!!! Alright, I have to watch to see what happens, I don't care if I don't understand whats going on, I gotta watch it" so I watched it and I kept on watching it from then on. When the first season of BTVS came out on DVD my friend bought it we sat down and watched, but after it was over I wanted to see the second season real bad, but unfortunatly it wouldnt come out on DVD for a few more months. My friend couldnt stand the wait either, so he downloaded all the episodes from seasons 2, 3, 4, and 5 and put them on cd's and then he gave them to me. Buffy is now in its 7th season and I continue to watch/love it.

Everybody Loves Raymond - A great sitcom with great characters. There's just so much to every character in the show that as if the entire cast is the comic relief. I always laugh at the show even when Im watching an episode Ive already seen over and over. I can't really say that one character is better than the other because of the way that they appeal to everyone in such a comedic fashion.

Friends - I dont think I have to explain why I (or anyone) like(s) this show but the thing that hits closest to home about it to me is the character of Chandler, Im alot like him.

Smallville - This is such a great show, even if you're not a fan of comics (or Superman) because the acting in it is superb, the morals come across very well, and I could go on and on about this, but I'll just say check the show out if you havnt already.

The Jamie Kennedy Experiment - Hillarious. It's like a more extreme version of Candid Camera but its got a real comedic twist with a comedian like Jamie Kennedy dressing up in diffrient disguises and pretending to be all sorts of diffrient characters. There have been times when Ive watched that I started crying because I was laughing so hard.

The Simpsons - One of the greastest shows of all time. I dont know anyone who dosnt like it, or at least find it humorus. In high school me and a group of friends would sit around and quote lines from show from time to time, just to get a good laugh. There's not really anything that I can say about The Simpsons that the veiwer dosnt already know upon watching it. Its one of the shows that you'll watch


Favorite Bands:

Ataris
Bad Religion
Blink 182
Feeder
Goldfinger
Greenday
Linkin Park
Nerf Herder
New Found Glory
Nirvana
No Use For A Name
Offspring
Something Corporate
Sum 41
Unwritten Law
Weezer



Favorite Song: “Hit Or Miss” by New Found Glory - I can really really relate to it, but can't we all?


Favorite Soundtracks:

American Pie 1 & 2 - Both albums are filled with great songs that were once big hits when the movies were released. Its always fun for me to go back and listen to both albums.

Jossie and the Pussycats - Filled with some really cool girl band pop punk songs. Even though the songs were made specificaly the movie, they're all good, especialy if listening to pop punk is your kinda thing.

Queen of the Damned - A really cool hard ass album. The movie is very music oriented, and the songs are great. The album features the likes of Marlyn Mansion, Chester Bennigton of Linkin Park, Wayne Static of Static X, Def Tones, and Aleeyah, preforming songs that were all written by Jonathan Davis of Korn.


Favorite "Geek" Stuff:

Favorite Video Games: Street Fighter (almost all of em), Final Fantasy 7 (fav RPG ever), Grand Theft Auto 3, Phantasy Star Online (till it got boring), Shenmue, Rival Schools 2/Project Justice (import), Rent A Hero No.1 (import), and a few more (that I cant think of for the moment)

Favorite Comics: Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men (Joe Mad's run), Deadpool, Battle Chasers, Danger Girl, Crimson, The Dark Knight Returns, and bunch of DC Elseworlds stuff. (I used to be really into comics but I havnt been in to a comic shop in like 5 years)

Favorite Anime Movies: AKIRA (remasterd), Ninja Scroll, X, Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Alpha, Fatal Fury

Favorite Anime Series: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rouruni Kenshin, Record of Lodoss War, X


This is basicly a section for music recomendations, or in other words what I like and think you should listen to. Seriously though, people tell me I have a pretty good ear for music, so here I'll post songs that I think are good. My taste in music really varies in some cases, but you'd be able to tell that just by browsing over the list I have posted here. This is a good list for those people who may have heard about the band, but they may not know what songs to download by them. If you have any troubles trying to find a particular song on the list somewhere on the net, just IM or E-Mail me and I'll try and get the song to you in some way shape or form.


Adema - Giving In, The Way You Like It

Allstars - Bump In The Night

American Hi Fi - A Bigger Mood, Flavor Of The Week, Hi-Fi Killer, Vertigo

Ash - Burn Baby Burn, Cherry Bomb, Pacific Palisades, Kung Fu

Ataris - Fast Times At Dropout High, Please Take Me Back, San Dimas High School Football Rules, That Special Girl, Up Up Down Down Left Right A B Start

Attaboy Skip - Ghostbusters (cover)

Bad Religion - 10 in 2010, 21st Century Digital Boy, American Jesus, Infected, Inner Logic, Them And Us, A Walk, Sorrow

Boxcar Racer - I Feel So, Tiny Voices

Bracket - 867-5309 (cover)

Cheap Trick - That 70's Show (Theme Song)

Crease 867-5309 (cover) (faster than the one above)

Dashboard Confessional - Again I Go Unoticed, The Swiss Army Romance, The Good Fight, So Impossible, Hands Down, Jamie (cover)

Dexter Holland of Offspring with Pennywise - Stand By Me (live cover)

Eifel 65 - Blue

Electrasy - Cosmic Castaway, Morning Afterglow, Naked

Enya - Only Time

Euphoria - Solitude

Face To Face - Won't Lie Down

Final Fantasy 7 Theme{Fully Orchastrated}(extremely beautiful orchastra song)

Feeder - Buck Rodgers, High, Just A Day, Piece By Piece, Come Back Around, We Cant Rewind, Hole In My Head

Fenix TX - All My Fault, Song For Everyone

Ghoti Hook - Earth Angel (cover)

Goldfinger - 99 Red Ballons(cover), Mable, Since She Left Me, Superman

Guano Apes - Big In Japan (cover)

Gray Daze - Anything Anything

Homegrown - Barbie Girl (cover), Give It Up, Not Alone, She's Anti, Sixteen, Kiss Me Diss Me

Incubus - Make Yourself

Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness, The Middle

Kula Shaker - Hush (cover)

Lit - Im In Over My Head

Linkin Park - My December, The Morning After

Lucky Boys Confusion - Fred Astaire, One To The Right, Bossman, 40/80, City Lights

Me First and The Gimme Gimmes - Danny's Song, Phantom of The Opera, Science Fiction Double Feature, Leaving On A Jet Plane, I Would Walk 500 Miles (all MFaTGG songs are covers, MFaTGG is a cover band, they only play cover songs)

Midtown - Just Rock And Roll, Like A Movie, Living In Spite (acoustic)

Millincollin - No Cigar, Every Breath You Take (cover)

MXPX - Scooby-Doo (cover), Take On Me (cover)

Nerf Herder - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Theme, Golf Shirt, High School, Lamer Than Lame, Pantera Fans In Love

New Found Glory - Eyesore (acoustic), Glory Of Love(cover), Hit Or Miss, So Many Ways, Sucker, The Story So Far (acoustic)

No Use For A Name - Chasing Rainbows, Fairytale New York, Lifesize Mirror, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Loaded Gun

NOFX - Go Your Own Way (cover)

Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide

Rembrants - I'll Be There For You (Friends Theme)

Simple Plan - Grow Up, Id Do Anything, Im Just A Kid, American Jesus (cover)

Skycycle - Help Yourself, Terror Time, The Last Girl On Earth, Ramona The Palm Reader

Sprung Monkey - Whats That You Say

Sum 41 - Fat Lip, Motivation, In Too Deep, Makes No Diffrience, Over My Head/Better Off Dead, The Hell Song, Still Waiting

Tenacious D - Wonder Boy

The Hippos - Struggling, Wasting My Life, Always Something There To Remind Me (cover)

The Malcom Effect - This One Time

The Movielife - Hand Grenade

The Starting Line - 3's A Charm, Best of Me

The White Stipes - Fell In Love With A Girl

Third - A.M.L, Compromises, In The End, So This Is Goodbye

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me

Tuuli - Rockstar Boyfriends

Ultraspank - Where

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Zed - Renegade Fighter