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John

The tears I cried yesterday have turned to rain. -Thich Nhat Hanh

About Me

I would prefer that you inferred from what lies beneath. :P
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Stability |||||||||||| 46%
Orderliness |||||||||||| 50%
Accommodation |||||||||||| 43%
Interdependence |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Mystical |||||||||||| 50%
Artistic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Religious |||||||||||| 43%
Hedonism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Materialism |||||||||||| 50%
Narcissism |||||||||||| 43%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 63%
Work ethic |||||||||||| 43%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 50%
Conflict seeking |||||||||||||| 56%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||||| 70%
Romantic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Avoidant |||| 16%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Wealth || 10%
Dependency |||||||||||| 43%
Change averse |||||| 23%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||| 56%
Individuality |||||||||||| 43%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||| 56%
Physical security |||||||||||| 43%
Physical Fitness |||| 17%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||| 70%
Vanity |||||||||||||||| 63%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Female cliche |||||| 30% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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You are Taurus:The sign of the physical sense; security.Strong desires mainly revolve around personal security. Taureans tend to be on the possesive side. When disrupted, they may become completely depressed and turn away from the world. React to experiences by possible worth.Astrological Symbol: Bull. Symbolizing stubborn "bull-headedness" and quiet strength. Planet: VenusColor(s): Brown, Russet, Turquoise.Birthstone: EmeraldFlower(s): Red Rose, Daisy, Lily, Daffodil.
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Your wise quote is: "Fashion is a
form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to
alter it every six months" by Oscar
Wilde.You are a very sarcastic person with a
sharp tongue. You may not be the one always
talking, but your mind is nevertheless
criticizing. You tend to have a cynical view on
life itself and be somewhat withdrawn with who
you really are. Society now is in your eyes
corrupted and you wonder how the world will
survive. And people are in your mind very
ignorant and blind to the reality.
What wise quote fits you?(pics) UPDATED
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Your soul is vengeful.
That is the driving feeling you have in your
life right now. Someone fooled/betrayed you
really bad and now you are after them to make
them pay. Your heart and mind has been
blackened by your hate for this person and it's
on the line with obsession. You need to let go, but
that is something you just are incapable of
doing. Betrayal is something you don't take
very lightly and you can easily make new
enemies. People often see you as a cold and
harsh person who may be in need of anger
management, but they don't know what you're
going through and can't understand. On the
bright side; you don't give up that easy when
you've decided to do something. Hopefully you
will have your revenge, if it is within reason,
and get your honour and dignity back.
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The hot dogthe main character Gerald is balding. He goes to
his bald "Uncle Grandfather" for
advice on how to stop the balding. After sort
of learning what he must do he goes on a
journey that completely rips on anime in a good
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Perfect hair forever
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My Interests

nature, music, bears and cubs, politics, absurdism, writing, philosophy, beer, independent film, concerts, autos, photography, reading, online crap, hiking, movies, bars, parties, road trips, Buddhism, theology, Adult Swim, global warming and how to stop it, astronomy, cooking, fractal geometry, pornography, Magic: The Gathering, Al-Bukkake Jihad Gay Terrorist Network (it's a joke, alarmists!), Vinnie DiMartino from American Chopper and many other interesting diversions.
adopt your own virtual pet!
buddhism. ohhhhhhmmmmm.

which religion are you? (pics)
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Renton! *swoons* Your out of the toilet, moving on,
going striaght and choosing life. Go you.

Which Trainspotting charactor are You?
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You're a Klingon! Strong and self-confident, you
are a warrior through and through.

What Star Trek Race Are You?
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Hello, Frank. We really don't know what went wrong
with you. Were you not satisfied with life?
Just decided to go whacko one day? Or maybe
you're more all-knowing than the rest of us...
We may never know if you really came from the
future. Oh, and kudos on the bunny-suit.

Which Donnie Darko Character Are You?
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You are Tyler!!

Which Fight Club Character Are You?
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You are Beast of the X-men!With all that knowledge upstairs, it's hard sometimes to relate with people. Oftentimes you just find
yourself enjoying a lab experiment. You are
an adventurer, a prankster, and a great friend!

Which of the X-men do you resemble most?
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I'd like to meet:

Um, people who read, gay bears and cubs and masculine/rugged types, choice local folk, liberals, activists, socialists, union members and their supporters, third party debate hounds, Dennis Kucinich, metalheads, techno-heads, Buddhists, Trekkies (or Trekkers *sigh*), people who have experimented w/ hallucinogenic substances, poets and other artists, sports fans, football players (heh heh), gearheads, bod mods (lol), punk rockers, NON-RACIST gay skins, potheads, drunks, freaks, geeks, hilarious queens, *gratutious classification*, basically anybody who considers themself to be a person of inner strength and knows how to cut loose and have a killa time! ................................................WHO I DON'T WANT TO MEET: social conservatives, radical religious righters, gun nuts, other self-important conservatives, bigots, heroin addicts, stuck-up drama-ridden couture queens and all other hipster clones, crackheads, friggin' gossip columnists, the spitefully dispassionate, and finally anyone who is BORING!

Music:

TOOL, A Perfect Circle, In Flames, Deftones, Ultraspank, Nothingface, 311, System of a Down, Filter, Pantera, Diecast, Drained, Incubus, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, U2, Live, Mat Kearney, Darkbuster, Tree, Dropkick Murphys, Vision of Disorder, Taproot, Flaw, Superjoint Ritual, Staind, Refused, Prong, Killswitch Engage, Alice in Chains, Cephalic Carnage, Sublime, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Beatles, Choking Victim, Between the Buried and Me, Rage Against the Machine, Beck, Soundgarden, Eastcide, Marilyn Manson, MC Lars, Bloodhound Gang, The Automata, H8 Machine, The Haunted, Crowbar, Biohazard, Metallica, Shadows Fall, Pig Destroyer, Radiohead, Slayer, Doves, Fear Factory, Sepultura, The Flaming Lips, Hatebreed, 7th Rail Crew, Machine Head, Nine Inch Nails, Gravity Kills, Fatboy Slim, Spineshank, Sex Pistols, Kilgore(Smudge), Nickelback, Anthrax, Ministry, Testament, Gorillaz, Snot, Toxic Narcotic, Tears For Fears, Helmet, Ramones, Rinocerose, Prodigy, Faith No More, R.E.M., Life of Agony, The Mars Volta, Black Flag, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Acid Christ, Killing Joke Democracy, The Doors, Duran Duran, Big Bad Bollocks, Henry Rollins, Corrosion of Conformity, Green Day, Beastie Boys, The Cure, John Lennon, plenty of progressive/deep/acid/dub house i.e. Global Underground, Lee Burridge, Danny Tenaglia, UNKLE, Sasha, Sander Kleinenberg, Deep Dish, Danny Howells, Steve Lawler, Satoshi Tomiie, Cedric Gervais, Felix Da Housecat, Plump DJ's, Dave Seaman, Oakey, etc.

Movies:

Fight Club, Donnie Darko (theatrical version!), Hero, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Trainspotting, I Heart Huckabees, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Brazil, Fahrenheit 911, all the Trek Movies, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Star Wars series, Cecil B. Demented and all John Waters (A Dirty Shame, LOL!), Requiem For a Dream, The Matrix Trilogy, Troma Team Releases!, Monty Python's fine works, Pitch Black, Midnight Express, Stand By Me, U-Turn, The Goonies, Lord of the Rings series, Willow, The Hudsucker Proxy, Kill Bill, The Fifth Element, Gladiator, SLC Punk, Pan's Labyrinth, The Fisher King, Spider-Man 2, Lord of Illusions, Starship Troopers, Dutch, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Ghostbusters 2, Batteries Not Included, Urbania, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Harry Potters, Ong-Bak, Iron Monkey, Life is Beautiful, Napoleon Dynamite, Legend, American Beauty, Adaptation, Dallas 362, The Road to Wellville, Dr. Strangelove and other Kubrick, Woody Allen, Little Buddha, National Lampoon's, Bush's Brain, The Birdcage, Jeffrey, Angels in America, The Joy Luck Club (OGT! YAY!!), Mel Brooks, Bruce Lee, other Michael Moore (Canadian Bacon anyone?), historical fiction, horror, situational comedy, documentary, I could go on and on....

Television:

Real Time with Bill Maher, Frontline, Nova, Nature, Wonder Showzen, Sox and Pats, Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, Lil' Bush, Ultimate Fighting, Star Trek anything, Frisky Dingo, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Henry Rollins Show, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, American Experience, Perfect Hair Forever, Venture Bros., Sealab 2021, Oblongs, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Motorweek, Oz, Six Feet Under, Really Big Things (Matt Rogers *drool*), Curb Your Enthusiasm, A.T.H.F., Minoriteam, Globe Trekker, Round Trip Ticket, Mythbusters, Moral Orel, The Universe, Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Showbiz Show, South Park (but not those Neo-Con friendly episodes), Penn & Teller's Bullshit! (objectivity!), Survivorman, The Big Gay Sketch Show, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain.... I can't seem to remember everything, so here's some channels: HBO, Showtime, Sundance, IFC, PBS and affiliates, National Geographic Channel, Discovery, The Science Channel, History and History International, Logo, BBC, NESN, TLC, Spike TV, Bravo, Speedvision....that's a fairly broad spectrum I guess.
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Books:

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Landscapes of Wonder by Bhikku Nyanasobhano, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence by Robert M. Pirsig, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, a bunch of Stephen King, The Vampire Chronicles by Ann Rice, Chuck Palahniuk, Thich Nhat Hanh, other Buddhist dharma/philosophy, Noam Chomsky, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Carl Hiaasen, Harry Potter, Star Trek, America: The Book, others too numerous to mention!!!

Heroes:

Buddha, Lao Tzu, The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, John Lennon, Stephen Hawking, Eugene V. Debs, Matt Groening, Seth MacFarlane, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Bruce Lee, Howard Zinn, Bill Maher, Che, Sailor Jerry, Dimebag Darrell, Hunter S. Thompson, Gore Vidal, Robin Hood, anybody with strength of the spirit and a revolutionary mindset, and finally you, dear reader, for getting this far with me here. :)

My Blog

Social and Existential Anxiety

I've decided that I require some sort of mild anti-anxiety medication. My nervousness is really starting to irk me, and probably those around me as well, and it doesn't really go away save for when I'...
Posted by John on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:49:00 PST

A Strange, Twisting, Striking Kind of Providence

Almost three weeks in, I'm still pinching myself. Is this actually happening? I keep thinking that sooner rather than later I'm going to wake up in my bed alone, sweating, and trying to cling to the l...
Posted by John on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:03:00 PST

A Bright, Shining Light

It's 5 am and, regretably, I cannot sleep. You will please excuse any typographical errors on my part; tonight has been great: Ryan, Jagermeister and disobedience! I think my 'waking' has confused Rya...
Posted by John on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:49:00 PST

A Cloud Over Me

I've been up all night and dawn is breaking over Fort Hill in Roxbury. It's cold in here. My hands are freezing. The windows in Richard's study are open. I'm not going to shut them. The Pru has this o...
Posted by John on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:34:00 PST

Strike That, Reverse It

So I'm not going anywhere. Money. It really blows. Yup. That's about it. I'm finding myself bored out of my mind day after day. My only escape is the city and whatever diversions can be found therein....
Posted by John on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:15:00 PST

My Change of Scenery

Let me preface this by telling you that I've yet to intuit what it is exactly that's going on here. Let absurdism ring! I'll go free range I suppose...I feel like it and... ohboy!....it feels so right...
Posted by John on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:09:00 PST

Why I Don't Write More Often

Well great; it's fucking autumn. This past summer was a blast, if not a bit on the sleazy side. I, being without work for almost all of it, took to backpacking around Boston for days at a time with es...
Posted by John on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:29:00 PST

Fleeting or Forever?

     I am torn. I've been hanging out with this guy I met last year. After one night of misbehaving during the summer of '05, we parted ways and then I lost his number. I ran ...
Posted by John on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:49:00 PST

The Mencia/iLife/O'Reilly Axis of Evil!

I am sick and tired of jerk-offs man! Why is it that Carlos Mencia thinks I care what is blurted out of his fat head? First of all, he is so blatantly self-hating, I'm surprised he hasn't shot himself...
Posted by John on Thu, 04 May 2006 12:13:00 PST

10,000 Days

The new TOOL is priceless. You need it.....NOW! Don't wonder who they are if you don't know already (Dumbasses!), just go buy it today. :) As a friend of mine put it, it is "EPIC". I wish this could b...
Posted by John on Wed, 03 May 2006 01:36:00 PST