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About Me

I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people. -Jack HandeyI'm Vinny. I love my goddam life. It is dope. Imagine having an amazing place, an beautiful girlfriend, a job that doesn't feel like a job at all, a small group of unbelieveable friends, a complete lack of emotional imbalance, a non-obsessive interest in the nature of the universe and the best luck you could possibly hope for, as in everything you need in your life comes your way at just exactly the time it is supposed to, and you'll know what it's like to be me. The fucking gods love me.I'm a karaoke DJ for Entourage Entertainment in SLC. It's a really fun job and I get to meet a ton of people. Some of my shows: Sunday, Lumpys; Monday, Broken Record; Tuesday and Thursday, Oscar's; and Wednesday I do Circle Lounge...What else? I'm a pretty smart guy, I love to learn and I do it pretty quick. Oh yeah, I'm a vegan, I have been for almost three years now and it's probably the best thing I've ever done for myself.It is no measure of good health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society. I don't know who said that, but to me that's not just words, I believe it. Go Vegan, stop drinking pop, get outdoors, read, think and appreciate life because it is goddam beautiful and for your own sake breathe like you've never taken a breath before in your lifeRead my blog if you wanna know more.

My Interests

I'm interested in a lot of things. I love and hate politics for one. I don't have any sort of formal education on them, but I do have what I feel is a healthy sense of outrage.I'm also pretty into the sciences. Nothing too deep. I know quantum physics is picking up some popularity among the neo-hippie crowd and that kinda drives me nuts because I think they're missing the point, which I believe to be this: right now, without a unifying theory that binds gravity with the other three quantum forces there is no proof that quantum particles even affect us on the macro scale. So, no, quantum physics isn't gonna help you with your relationships, hippie. Also, take a bath.More than anything though, I'm interested in my friends, life, music, etc...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is as passionate and concerned as I am. I'm really sick of deliberately ignorant, hopelessly apathetic people.Apathy is the glove into which Evil slips it's hand.View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

I hate doing this section. Too many to mention, it would take me like an hour and it's just not worth it.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine, Vanilla Sky, Princess Bride, Fight Club, Highlander, The Fugitive, The Bourne Trilogy, The Fountain, I 3 Huckabees, The Secret, Stand By Me, so many others... I'll add as I think of them

Television:

Adult Swim and UFC. I don't have cable so my TV only comes on for video games. I hate television. If there's anything I really wanna watch I just find it online.

Books:

Ishmael and Story of B by Daniel Quinn are my two favorites. If you promise to read it, I will buy Ishmael for you, that's how much I love that book. I love anything by Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. They're pop science of course, but there's a reason for that. I've read every Harry Potter book at least twice, haha. I liked Fight Club, too, but I can't stand anything else that Pahlaniuk has written. Also, I'm not gonna lie, I have a hard time with the "classics." I've never made it through an entire Dickens book and I probably never will.

Heroes:

I'm not sure I have any heroes. There are certainly people I admire, but I've pretty much been my own hero for most of my life.

My Blog

I finally did it!

Congratulate me, kids. Today, I have been sober for an entire month! Yep, not a drop the entire month of August! A few of the benefits I've reaped: I've lost about 12 pounds. I remember everyone's nam...
Posted by Vinny on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:56:00 PST

The Secret

I just finished watching the Secret for the first time and I wanted to share some impressions. First of all that movie was cheesy as hell in most parts. Second, the Law of Attraction is absolutely one...
Posted by Vinny on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:46:00 PST

My (updated) Will

Well, I think it's about time I updated my Will so here we go:I, Vincent Robert Genovesi, being of sound mind and reasonably sound body do, upon my death, Will the following be done:1. I would like to...
Posted by Vinny on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:47:00 PST

Here’s the new thing this week.

I've quit drinking. Completely. Probably for good.I know, I know. Yeah right, right?I haven't told many people about this because I didn't want to worry anyone but about a week and a half ago I woke u...
Posted by Vinny on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:36:00 PST

You’re Vegan? What do you eat then?

I get these kinds of questions all the time. The answer is that I eat absolutely everything that anyone else does. I just don't put cheese on it :). And there are so many delicious meat substitutes th...
Posted by Vinny on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:49:00 PST

Guess what I did yesterday?

I ate fish. It's true. I've been getting curious for a few months now, wondering whether or not I was too hasty in going completely Vegan and sort of thinking to myself that maybe fish isn't soooo bad...
Posted by Vinny on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:34:00 PST

Cheney, a "John"? Dare I believe it??

Do ya'll remember the DC Madam, the woman who ran an enormous, widely used prostitution ring in Washington DC for about twelve years? Remember how, about a year ago, she started threatening to leak he...
Posted by Vinny on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:03:00 PST

My thoughts on the Libby commutation

1. Libby is told to do whatever neccessary to cover up the CIA covert operative leak including lying, under oath, to a Grand Jury and not to worry because the prez will pardon him if things run afoul....
Posted by Vinny on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:38:00 PST

Boring? Really?

Every 9.62 days, there is an equivalent amount of casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan as September 11th. There are 9.65 Virginia Tech shootings in Iraq & Afghanistan everyday. There are 1.61 Madr...
Posted by Vinny on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:30:00 PST

Conspiracy?

What do you have to do to get impeached in this motherfucking country?? CHRIST!!"Impeachment is so rare that the term is often misunderstood. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary ...
Posted by Vinny on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:54:00 PST