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travis

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About Me


Fail big or succeed big. Either way, do it big.
I get really restless every few months. It's that time of year again.
Rainer Marie Rilke (1903)
Search into the depths of Things: there, irony never descends - and when you arrive at the edge of greatness, find out whether this way of perceiving the world arises from a necessity of your being. For under the influence of serious Things it will either fall away from you (if it is something accidental), or else (if it is really innate and belongs to you) it will grow strong, and become a serious tool and take its place among the instruments which you can form your art with.
more Rilke...
There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all; ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this question with a strong, simple "I must", then build your life in accordance with this necessity.
F.M. Cornford:
There is only one argument for doing something; the rest are arguments for doing nothing
contact... AOL IM: tmilla310
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derilects. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
other stuff... ..
Phillippines, 2007...

My Interests

traveling, fishing, politics, political theory, world events, history, constitutional law.

I'd like to meet:

connnnnnnnmorrizle! Christopher Hitchens, Oriana Fallaci, Robert Bork.

Music:

muse. stereophonics. the velvet underground. the clash. josh rouse. josh ritter. the kinks. the rolling stones. ozma. the band. the beta band. elliot smith. Groove Armada. stevie wonder. bob dylan. Van Morrison. The Rakes. Coldplay. weezer. chili peppers. beck. The Fray. Al Green. Marvin Gaye. Chet Baker. Duke Ellington. Miles Davis. Otis Redding. The Cure. JayZ. gnr. ccr. robert earl keen. Isley Brothers. John Coltrane. Lou Reed. Nas. neil young. Zero 7. Radiohead. The Smashing Pumpkins.

Movies:

Alfie. Miami Vice. Ray. Bottle Rocket. Rushmore. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The Third Man. Casablance. Napoleon Dynamite. The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The Usual Suspects. Thank You for Smoking. Any Given Sunday. GladiatorBraveheart, Gladiator, The Last Samurai. Collateral. Ray. Wes Anderson's stuff: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Lost in Translation. The Goonies. All The Pretty Horses. Open Range. Unforgiven. Havana. Spy Game. The Road to Perdition. High Fidelity. too many to remember.....

Television:

entourage. the office. sportscenter. seinfeld. football. that's about it.

Books:

The Bible first off.. Stuff by Bork: Slouching Towards Gomorrah.. and.. Coercing Virtue.

ORIANA FALLACI: The Rage and the Pride; the The Force of Reason
Christopher Hitchens: Love, Poverty and War; Why Orwell Matters; Letters to a Young Contrarian

John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

Thomas Paine: His Collective Writings, including Common Sense and The Rights of Man.Anything by Bat Y'eor, The Rise of the Vulcans, The 6 Days War, The Real Lincoln, 1776. My subscriptions to GQ and Details. Anything by Viktor Frankl- Man's Search for Meaning, The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy, The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy. Do yourself a favor and buy those books by Frankl. This list gets longer every few weeks...

Heroes:

Christopher Hitchens. Oriana Fallaci. John Stuart Mill. Thomas Paine. My Parents. Jesus.

My Blog

Back to Texas

Ok, I really don't do these blogs but here we go. I figured it was about time to update some of ya'll on what I'm up to and where I'm at... since some of us don't talk nearly enough.I'm back in Texas,...
Posted by travis on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:51:00 PST