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Squid Quo Pro

aka Jim

About Me



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My Interests

Live music (almost any genre), playing guitar, writing music, Soccer (C'mon Metro!), poker, snowboarding, eating sushi, camping, techie stuff, movies, people watching, finding new places to hang and new bands to see.

I'd like to meet:



A woman who's sexy, smarter than me, likes my nerdy sense of humor, thinks my signs of aging are cute and knows the sport of soccer better than I do.
Hey! I already found her!

Music:

All sorts of industrial, metal, punk, good Hip-Hop(no radio shit), breakbeats and anything experimental.

Guitar Influences:
OLD U2, Helmet, NIN, Slayer, Lake Trout, Soundgarden, Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, Faith No More, The Ramones, Bad Religion, Misfits, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, God Lives Underwater, Killers, The Cure

Other Stuff I Dig:
PWEI, DJ Shadow, Pigface, Wu-Tang Clan, Kasabian, Tom Waits, Rage Against the Machine, RUN-DMC, GangStarr, MOP, Eminem, Dr Dre

.., the list goes on, ba-da-doom da-doom da-da

Movies:

Favorite Comedies:
40 Year Old Virgin, PCU, Office Space, Kung-Pow Enter The Fist, Spaceballs

Favorite Stoner Movies:
Harold & Kumar, Friday, Kevin Smith films

Favorite Documentaries:
Bowling for Columbine, Word Wars, Once in a Lifetime: The story of the NY Cosmos, Street Fight

Favorite Horror:
Saw, Shining, The Ring

Favorite Animation:
Team America: World Police, Akira

Favorite Action:
Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2, Natural Born Killers

Favorite Mystery/ Thriller:
Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, The Man Who Wasn't There

Favorite Drama:
25th Hour, Kundun

Absolutely Horrible movies:
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

so many others not listed..,

Television:

I really can't stand most of the crap on TV. That being said..,

When it's not soccer..,
Most HBO, Comedy Central and Adult Swim series, 30 Days, Law & Order, MST3K, Jackass, Survivor (I feel like such a tool for watching that show).

Books:

How Soccer Explains the World, The DaVinci Code, Stupid White Men, Tao Te Ching, Cats Cradle, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Rotten.com's library

Heroes:

in no particluar order

My Blog

Fuck You MSNBC, Fuck You CBS

" I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"Evelyn Beatrice Hall (pseud. S. G. Tallentyre) 1906Good job stickin up for your boy. I hope the rest of their employ...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:27:00 PST

an oldie but goody

I posted this blog back in October 2005. It seemed approriate for me to repost it now.Originally titled: My "Top 8" and yet another Seinfeld reference*********************So now we all have a choice o...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:38:00 PST

My wrist hurts from playing with it all night

Yay! I got me a new toy!!Now I gotta find a way to pay all my other bills..,
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:21:00 PST

interesting morning so far..,

The bus line I take to work has a no cell phone policy. It's not strictly enforced, but it's just enough to make you feel like an asshole for using one. Because of that rule, the bus is near whisper q...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:44:00 PST

Lessons I've learned this week

 - An intelligent 14 year old doesn't need a babysitter, just someone to tell him when to go to sleep and when to wake up.  - Never have 5 Jack & Cokes before going on stage. -...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:17:00 PST

No. Thank YOU Mr Leary..,

"God.. "I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy because my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." Hey! Join the fucking club, ok!? I thought I was going to be the startin...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:49:00 PST

Turtles are funny

Three tortoises, Mick, Alan and Les, decide to go on a picnic. So Mick packs the picnic basket with beer and sandwiches. The trouble is the picnic site is ten miles away so it takes them ten days to g...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:46:00 PST

All the Polish I know

Polish SwearingEnglish TranslationChujCock, dickKutasCock, dickFiutCock, dickDupekAssholePojebAssholeDziwkaSlutSpieprzajPiss offSpierdalajFuck offPojebanyFucked upPierdolecFuckerGównoShitKurwa!Fuck! (...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:00:00 PST

TravelBlog 2.2 - "It's by the zoo"

On our first outing to Amsterdam we stayed and the plush 4 star Victoria Hotel. It's a huge old building right in the center of the city, very close to the main train station. If you ask any cab drive...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:18:00 PST

TravelBlogs 1.0 - 1.5 revisited

Someone asked about my first trip to Amsterdam so here are the links to my previous TravelBlogs:Euro-lag - TravelBlog 1Freedom loving Puritans - TravelBlog 2Pimpin out London - TravelBlog 3Amsterdam's...
Posted by the J the I the M the M the Y the J the I the M.., on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:40:00 PST