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Adam

Did I fall or was I pushed? And where is the blood?

About Me

Who has never killed an hour? Not casually or without thought, but carefully: a premeditated murder of minutes. The violence comes from a combination of giving up, not caring, and a resignation that getting past it is all you can hope to accomplish. So you kill the hour. You do not work, you do not read, you do not daydream . If you sleep it is not becase you need to sleep. And when at last it is over, there is no evidence: no weapon, no blood, and no body . The only clue might be the shadows beneath your eyes or a terribly thin line near the corner of your mouth indicating something has been suffered , that in the privacy of your life you have lost something and the loss is too empty to share.

My Interests

Dabbling in the arts: writing and music mainly
Sudoku and crossword puzzles
Avid video gaming
Mix CDs/tapes (please send some)
Semantics
Drinking gin rickeys and Irish carbombs (not at the same time, though)
Being bulletproof (or wishing I was)
Kitties
Mentally berating people with my mind
Being comically redundant
Being comically redundant

I'd like to meet:

You.
[Disclaimer: "You" is not intended to be all-inclusive, universal, or non-discriminatory in the above context. "You" have been warned.]
AOL: YesterdaySavior
IM: PerfectSurrogate
LJ: thegloaming
E-mail: [email protected]
IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED, MESSAGE ME FIRST (or put a brief message in your friend request, along with your name/band name)! IF YOU DON'T, I WILL TREAT YOUR REQUEST LIKE SPAM AND DELETE IT! I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I'm tired of lending out my page as an advertising space for bands. If I like your band, I'll probably add it; if not, no hard feelings.

Music:

Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Bjork, My Bloody Valentine, Doves, Interpol, Depeche Mode, U2, Cave In, Codeseven, Failure, Ride, Ladytron, The Cure, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Charlatans UK, Autolux, The Smiths, The Postal Service, Air, Keane, Kasabian, Death Cab For Cutie, At The Drive-In, Calla, Beck, Ilya, The Helio Sequence, Joy Division, M83, Cursive, The Life And Times, Celebrity, Bloc Party, Nine Inch Nails, Ambulance Ltd., Queens Of The Stone Age, Bedhead, Pixies, A Silver Mt. Zion, The Perishers, Coldplay, Sleater-Kinney, Autechre, Mew, Snow Patrol, Frou Frou, The Mars Volta, Nirvana, Kent, The National Bank, Blur, We Are Scientists, The Shout Out Louds, The Thrills, Azure Ray, Birdie, Cocteau Twins, Elliott, New Order, Catherine Wheel, Mogwai, Garbage, Suede, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lali Puna, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Imogen Heap, Fugazi, Converge, Floor, Isis, Hum, Godspeed! You Black Emporer, The Knife, The Tears, Moving Units, Ted Leo + Rx/Pharmacists, The Rapture, Pinback, Le Tigre, Mum, Tortoise, Volta Do Mar, Les Savy Fav, New Pornographers, Grandaddy, Silversun Pickups, The National, Sonic Youth, Liars, Broken Social Scene, Starflyer 59, Adorable, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Camera Obscura, Jeff Buckley, Sisters of Mercy, TV On The Radio, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, U.N.K.L.E., Kitchens of Disctinction, The Arcade Fire, Explosions In The Sky, Death From Above 1979, Placebo, Asobi Seksu, Amusement Parks on Fire, The Margarets, Tegan and Sara, Muse, Serena Maneesh, The Dillinger Escape Plan, LCD Soundsystem, Mellowdrone, Hotel Lights, Portishead, M.I.A., Pulp, Rage Against The Machine, PJ Harvey, Smashing Pumpkins, Afghan Whigs, 238, The Beatles, Snowden, Bright Channel, Plate Six, The Faint, Spiritualized, The Dandy Warhols, Tom Vek, Tom Waits, Desaparecidos, Franz Ferdinand, Refused, Editors, Gorillaz, She Wants Revenge, Glifted, Tool, Rilo Kiley, Bauhaus, Psychedelic Furs, The B-52's, The Human League, Cansei De Ser Sexy, Xiu Xiu, Jesu, The Ocean Blue...etc....

Movies:

Stanley Kubrick films, Tim Burton films, Wes Anderson films, Alfred Hitchcock films, Requiem For A Dream, Pi, Memento, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Dead Poets Society, Amelie, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, American Beauty, Office Space, American History X, Meeting People Is Easy, Big Fish, Vanilla Sky, LOTR trilogy, Super Troopers, Club Dread, Star Wars, Seven, Frailty...et al

Television:

Adult Swim
Family Guy
ATHF
Sealab 2021
Futurama
Robot Chicken
Moral Orel
Comedy Central
South Park
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
IMF
G4
Attack of the Show!
X-Play
Cheat!
IFC
The Henry Rollins Show
Food Network
Iron Chef (original and American editions)
Everyday Italian
30-Minute Meals
Good Eats
Molto Mario
Essence of Emeril (I can't stand the live version)
Case Closed
The Simpsons
Jeopardy!
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Coupling
The Office (prefer UK, but US is funny too)
House
Law & Order
Heroes

Books:

Current reading: "Attention. Deficit. Disorder." (Listi)
Favorites: "1984" (Orwell)
Everything (Palahniuk) [yes. everything.]
"Fast Food Nation" (Schlosser)
"The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" (Chbosky)
"Anthem" (Rand)
"House of Leaves" (Danielewski)

Heroes:

Dad (a bit contrived, but true nonetheless)
Mrs. Debbie Thompson (my favorite English teacher, who inspired me to continue with my writing after high school)
Mrs. Glenda Smitherman (my favorite History teacher, who truly taught me not only to never forget history, but to embrace it)
FDR (the greatest president in history)
All of my favorite writers and musicians, who have made it possible for me to never quit following my dreams

My Blog

Guest list: Birmingham -1

I've been struggling for the past year or so with defining and redefining friendships from the past and present; there are some from Birmingham who seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth when I m...
Posted by Adam on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:10:00 PST

Forget about your house of race cards

This week in politics: The Race Card. It's a slimy charge to accuse someone of, and one that is often picked up very quickly by politicos and talking heads. Which basically translates to a guarantee...
Posted by Adam on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:16:00 PST

Following Dredge...ADDENDUM 07/18/08 RE: "Big news in the future"

I'm engaged!
Posted by Adam on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:03:00 PST

Substantive Post 1

I was awarded with an Honors Program Scholarship for the Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 semester, the total of which will more than pay for tuition, fees, books, and supplies. This puts me in an interestin...
Posted by Adam on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:45:00 PST

Following Dredge to the edge of a cliff

HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY:Talking to Dave about music and planning a jam session at the hangar during my tirp to Birmingham.  Or, Hillary Clinton's concession and consequent endorsement of Obama. LOW ...
Posted by Adam on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:05:00 PST

News, or April Fools? You decide!

Japanese phone company testing scent downloads"Japanese cell phone users will test a new service that allows them to download fragrances, major telecommunications company NTT Communications Corp. said...
Posted by Adam on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:29:00 PST

R.I.P. Pepper (1991-2008)

My dog Pepper was put to sleep Saturday morning after nearly 17 years of vivacious life.  During the last two years, her health steadily declined to spite her years of rambunctious behavior for w...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:41:00 PST

MCCAIN IN 08!!!

I’ve had just about enough of all this bullshit Democratic Party infighting.  Michigan and Florida voters deserve to have their voices heard, and we’ve got two bumbling buffoons clown...
Posted by Adam on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST

Scurrlious

This Tuesday appears to be the deciding contest for the Democratic presidential nomination with primary contests in Texas (which has caucuses as well), Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island.  So, a pol...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:40:00 PST

Sapere audere

Well, it's "spring" break [here in Michigan, they call it "winter break"], so an update seems appropriate.It's the halfway mark for this semester, and I am basically sailing through my classes.  ...
Posted by Adam on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:35:00 PST