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Likes and Dislikes
-written by Joan Berggren (Mom)
 
It is about impossible to get back far enough to be able to write text about him, so I decided to try to remember things Wes loved, liked and disliked. What were the origins of his value system? I don't know. What were his strengths and ultimate weaknesses? I don't know. There is no particular order to these lists, and they are somewhat unbalanced. He loved and liked so much and disliked so little. Feel free to make additions.
 

Loves / Likes

  • Kind-hearted people
  • Being outside
  • Insects, frogs, turtles, snakes
  • Fishing
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Scott Joplin
  • Chopin
  • British comedy
  • Bach
  • Playing the piano
  • Handicapped people
  • Being drum major
  • Old folks
  • Complicated physics stuff
  • Simple lullabies
  • Matchbox cars
  • Super tacos/no lettuce/extra sauce
  • His apt at Kathy's
  • Football cards
  • Baseball cards
  • Comics
  • Making bread in the bread machine
  • Marfa, TX
  • Whittling
  • Glueing wood
  • Making wood art
  • Pictures of Melissa
  • Playing soccer
  • Sleep overs
  • Dorm life at UNT
  • Phones with rotary dial
  • Garage sales
  • Going to Richland College
  • Kim Dawson's Acting School
  • Austrailia
  • Going to White Rock Lake
  • The Omni Theater
  • Keeping a journal
  • Playing saxaphone
  • Leaving surprises in Andy's bed
  • Papering Wayne and Bone's house
  • Computers
  • Veggie burgers
  • Sending postcards
  • Olds cars
  • His old car, The Gato
  • 1950's anything
  • Camping
  • Brown bears
  • Forest Green
  • Melissa's tortilla soup
  • Having his picture taken
  • Taking pictures
  • Staying up all night
  • Riding dirt bikes
  • Snow skiing
  • Scuba diving
  • Jamaica
  • Mexico
  • Old coins
  • Vintage clothes
  • All shoes
  • Collecting guitars
  • His steel drum
  • A dog named Bo
  • A cat named Free
  • A dog named Huss
  • Two cats named Floyd and Cecil
  • Reptiles and Lop-eared rabbits
  • Red macaroni
  • Eating cookie dough
  • Ranch beans with stove top stuffing
  • Going to Tennison Park
  • Golf-playing and watching
  • Living at the lake
  • Cooking with his chef hat on
  • Bob Marley
  • Skateboarding
  • James Dean
  • Kurt Vonnegut
  • Classical guitar
  • Musical theater
  • 101.1 FM
  • Campizi's pizza
  • Ali Baba's
  • Woodcraft catalogue
  • Architectural Digest
  • Easter egg hunts
  • Wading the creek
  • Montessori school
  • Playing the ukulele
  • Riding the unicycle
  • Tripping Daisy
  • Tripping Daisy fans
  • Tripping Daisy shows
  • Deep Ellum
  • Improvising on stage
  • OBE's
  • Dreaming about flying
  • Ninja's
  • Shopping at Target
  • Getting his teeth cleaned
  • Weddings
  • Muir woods
  • Upstate NY
  • Comet Hale Bopp
  • Prank calling in high school
  • Warm clothes from the dryer
  • Running
  • Christmas
  • Carl Sagan
  • Honey-baked ham
  • Bungee jumping
    ... and on, and on.

Dislikes

  • Red-neck mentality
  • Hypocrites
  • Bigots
  • Black-eyed peas
  • Wichita Falls, TX
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Cleaning out cars
  • Trying to keep a check book
  • Cruelty to living things
  • John Brown
  • Hunters
  • Small closed places
  • Walter Bingham