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John Avery

Fucking doughnut! Mock me, you fried cyclops?!!!!??!!

About Me

I enjoy a good cup of tea. Perhaps Bai Hao Yin Jan, Pre-Ming Long Jing, or Shou Mei. Better yet, make it a first flush Darjeeling, and I'm a happy camper.

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My Interests

Parker Posey, Collecting Razors, Geology, Probability and Statistics, Economics, Energy Stock Speculation, Momentum Trading, Bi/Multivariate Regression Analysis, Kundalini Yoga, Political Philosophy, Playing the Didgeridoo

I'd like to meet:

William Faulkner, James Joyce, Malcolm Lowry, Miguel de Cervantes, John Barth, Gustave Flaubert, Albert Camus, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Bret Easton Ellis, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, James Ellroy, Frank Herbert, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Voltaire, F.A. Hayek, Karl Marx (so I can punch him in the face). Oh yeah, and Jesus Christ (so I could have him punch Karl Marx in the face as well).

Music:

Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Holst, Dvorak, Dead Can Dance, O Yuki Conjugate, Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Black Dog, Plaid, Neotropic, Die Form, Third Global Vagina Torture, Tom Waits, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Afghan Whigs, They Might Be Giants, Big Black, Popul Vuh

Movies:

SERENITY, Blue Velvet, El Topo, Santa Sengre, The Holy Mountain, Pink Flamingos, Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ran, Videodrome, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Origional Cast Star Trek Films, Dune, Ed Wood, Cannonball Run, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Barry Lyndon, Quills, Dangerous Liaisons, Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, The Fog, Prince Of Darkness, A Beautiful Mind, Romper Stomper, Braveheart, Fight Club, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and 2 (Especially 2), Tombstone, Unforgiven, Ricki-O, Ebola Syndrome, The Untold Story, anything involving Christopher Guest, MOVIES THAT ARE NOT BASED ON COMIC BOOKS

Television:

Firefly

Books:

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Under The Volcano, Madame Bovary, The Underground Man, Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dune, Candide, American Psycho, The Black Dahlia, The Art of War, The Stranger, Astral Dynamics

Heroes:

Warren Buffett, Jimmy Buffett, All You Can Eat Chinese Buffet

My Blog

Why do I love Firefly/Serenity so much now?

OH yeah, because it is a mix of two of my favorite things....Star Trek and Westerns.  Not to mention, its message is obviously libertarian. "Sure as I know anything, I know this: In a year or may...
Posted by John Avery on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:06:00 PST

Children Of Dune

Children Of Dune What a great book!  I thought it tied up the first Dune trilogy very well.  It was the perfect amalgamation of adventure from Dune and political intrigue from Dune Messiah...
Posted by John Avery on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:50:00 PST

I, Claudius

I, Claudius - Robert Graves Just finished this great book.  If anyone wants a compelling, accurate (relatively speaking) portrayal of ancient Rome, then look no further.  Thank you Rober...
Posted by John Avery on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Funny Jokes

How many economists does it take to change a lightbulb? -None. If the bulb needed changing the market would have done it by now. How many Marxists does it take to change a lightbulb? -No...
Posted by John Avery on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST