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Paul James

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About Me

Songwriter. songwriting for me is peace, equilibrium, excitement, individuality - as is poetry. The walls could be caving in, sailors could be manning the life rafts, the sky could be falling, and somewhere in that chaos would be a swift moment of truth: set the pen down or finish your thought. It's like having a fish on the line - you could give slack to a line, but why not expend a little more effort and see what you've got on the hook?

Gym rat... Squat. Eat steak. Bench Press. Eat chicken. Deadlift. Eat salmon. Muay Thai. Eat thai food. lookin' for an ISSA certified personal trainer?Current Tattoo Artists On My To Do List: Bob Tyrrell (For 3rd Visit.) Tim Kern (April/May NYC hopefully) James Kern (Hell City Tattoo Fest?) Paul Booth (End of 08'?)


My Interests

Tattoos! Down comforters, broke-in cowboy boots, Celestion gold's, solid right hooks, sweep arpeggios...my Macbook. Being a nerd.

I'd like to meet:

My 2nd worst critic.

Music:

MY GOAL IS TO BE SIGNED TO LOST HIGHWAY RECORDS BY THE YEAR 2010.Johnny Cash. Ryan Adams. Mastodon! Shai Hulud. Sabbath (of course). Brad Paisley. Down. Hank Williams. The Jazz June. Poison The Well. Hank III. The Mars Volta. Dwight Yoakam. High On Fire. Necro. The Get Up Kids. Dillinger Escape Plan. Merle Haggard. Skynyrd. Fear Before The March of Flames. At The Drive-In. Willie Nelson. Sepultura. New Amsterdams. Minus The Bear. Fugazi.

Movies:

Black and white flicks are superior to color films as a blind man's hearing is far superior to that of a man who utilizes all 5 senses uniformly.The Dirty Dozen. No Country For Old Men. Big Fish. The Big Lebowski. Pulp Fiction. The Shawshank Redemption. Across The Universe (the premise was spectacular).

Television:

Benjamin Franklin averaged 3 hours of sleep a night- without television. I try to stay busy as well.

Books:

I guess it's somewhat outgoing to say I'd rather give than receive but I do enjoy writing over reading. Change my mind. Please.Ayn Rand. Faulkner. Hemingway (+ other lost generation writers). Mark Z. Danielewski.

Heroes:

My grampa Norman, though I really didn't get to know him that well. However, the things I do remember ring more true now that I get older and experience life more intricately. Thanks gramps!

My Blog

Survey- stole this shit from Tim Kern

Okay, had too much red bull (plus vodka) late at nite so here goes nothin... I took this from Tim Kern, cuz I don't know anyone anymore and I'd just like to prove it to myself. Depressing. Anyway- onw...
Posted by Paul James on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:00:00 PST

More depressing Michigan jokes

Date: Apr 22, 2007 10:31 PM Subject You might live in Michigan. Body: f you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the f...
Posted by Paul James on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

Michigan Friends

FRIENDS: Tell you not to do something stupid when drunk Michigan FRIENDS: Will post 360 degree security so you dont get caught --------------------------------------------------------- FRIENDS: Call...
Posted by Paul James on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:43:00 PST

Dogs. Awesome quotes.

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are ...
Posted by Paul James on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:59:00 PST

That long road...

I've been visiting the Animalpak.com site pretty damn all day long for the last week. It's been my motive to get back in the gym as soon as possible. It's good to read articles from monsters/animals/b...
Posted by Paul James on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:15:00 PST

March 1st. Sick.

Larry the Cable Guy once said "I tell ya, I was angrier than a skinhead watchin them Jefferson's." I concur, dear Larry.  I've been sick for the last 5 days. Like call in to work on Monday sick. ...
Posted by Paul James on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PST

Self Actualization? Errr, not really. I'm just trying to not jinx myself.

What makes you hungry? What is your inspiration? When the weight of the world is on your shoulders, what is your saving grace? Can the state of your life itself be motivation, enough? You know what I ...
Posted by Paul James on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:58:00 PST

New progress pictures. 2/22/07

Well I posted some new progress pictures, as I will every Thursday from now til competition. I tried to actually use lighting to my advantage due to my complexion being whiter than Woody Allen rolling...
Posted by Paul James on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:03:00 PST

American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

SUPPORT THE AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT August 8, 2006 Dear Member of Congress: After four years of increasing public demand for an end to horse slaughter, you have an immediate op...
Posted by Paul James on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:28:00 PST

New Ink

Thank God tattoo's are permanent. Check out the work done by Detroit native Bob Tyrrell on my right bicep. More to come...After a 9 hours of collective driving, I finally brought this baby home. The f...
Posted by Paul James on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:24:00 PST