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El Jephray

Throw all consequence aside, and a cheerless pyre we will set alight... -- Shins --

About Me

I'm Jeffrey. Who gives a shit? Listen, learn and practice these words of MJK's and you might pick up my scent..."I embrace my desire to I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow to feel inspired to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral to swing on the spiral to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.With my feet upon the ground I lose myeslf between the sounds and open wide to suck it in. I feel it move across my skin. I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me. what ever will bewilder me. And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going."--MJK--.. .. ..

My Interests

Living. Creating. Listening. Learning.I love being exposed to/consuming/sharing music; I love film; I'm trying to put a couple of new music projects together; Shooting and viewing photography; Literature & other written works; History is a passionate study of mine; Traveling feeds my soul it's necessary vitamins; I dig on Cars; I'm a geek-ass-gamer; Snowboarding is my way of dancing with God; I wanna start playing hockey again--took some time off to, ahem--"clean up". Hockey's a great stress release; Meeting interesting people is such a turn-on; Learning; Growing; Navigating unfamiliar territory; I'm redefining my relationship with God; Art makes me horny...Blah, blah, blah...

I'd like to meet:

.. width="425" height="350" .. Anyone. Everyone. Motivational beings. Influential beings. Those who will inspire me to be a better Jeffrey everyday. Those that are real; genuine; authentic. I have been blessed by contact with so many wonderful creators/artists/thinkers. They have touched me beyond the discription of mere words. These folks...are the whom I'd like to meet. I wish to immerse myself in such influece to better understand ME and become more adept at touching others. Music, film and communication are my mediums so I hope to reach people on some level within their power. Who else would I like to meet? That may pose a bit of a challenge? Well...Christ; the Dalai Lama; FDR; Divinci; Aristotle; Van Gogh; my great grandparents; Johnny Cash; Sinatra; Bettie Page; Bradly Knowles; John Bonham; Keith Moon; Lennon; Kerouac, Kesey and Neal Cassady (God would I love to meet them); the Stones; Quentin Tarantino; Robert Rodriquez; Maynard James Keenan;Basquiat; Napolean; Eisenhower; Hitler; Stalin; MLK; Muhammad Ali; Alexander the Great; Malcom X; Rosa Parks; Mahmut Gandhi; Genghis Kahn; Maj. Dick Winters--Aw hell, the whole damn company for that matter. So many more. Perhaps in the after-life...that would be nice.

Music:

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Movies:

I love film with a passion. It allows me to see the world through other's eyes and bear witness to thoughts otherwise absent. I cherish it dearly. Lately I haven't been consuming much film from my house due to my lacking a nice system on which to view them. Basically I don't have anything at all to watch them because I can't get my DVD player to work with my TV. I still go to the movies alot, and as with my musical interests, there is a time and place for everything. Sometimes it's just nice to lose yerself in something mindless. Just to rattle a few for those that may be hemming and hawwing at my benign answer: The Thin Red Line (NOT A WAR FILM...A POETIC and HUMAN FILM! And the best fucking film ever to grace the screen), Apocalypse Now (so powerful), Interview with the Vampire (I so want to be one), Snatch, Res Dawgs, Fiction that's Pulpy, Kill Billy I & II, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, 12 Monkeys, Cockwork Orange, 28 Days Later, Easy Rider, Raging Bull, The Lord of The Rigs series, Band of Brothers series, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, 16 Candles, Breakfast Club, Ace Ventura, Anchorman, Old Skool, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia, American Beauty, Love Honor and Obey, Lock Stock, Snatch, Almost Famous, The Doors, The Secret of Nyhm, Sponge Bob the Movie, Madagascar, Clerks, High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, Enemy at the Gate, 24 Hr Party People, Tigerland, --Ahhhh fergedit. This is ridiculous. I can't list em. We'll talk later.

Television:

History Channel...that's it. Learn...or DIE in ignorance! And Adult Swim. Although I just watched 2 episodes of Scrubs for the first time last night. Pretty good. .. width="425" height="350" ..

Books:

On the Road (God Bless Jack & Neal); Anything, ANYTHING, on WWII History; Band of Brothers; Stranger in a Strange Land; The Dirt; One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest; The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test; Rock-Ographies; Syrup; Jennifer Government; The Vampire Lestat; Green Eggs & Ham; Oh the Places You'll Go; The Light in the Attic; Where the Sidewalk Ends; Goodnight Moon; That Was Then, This is Now; TKMB; Wild at Heart; The Beach; Dharma Bums; Behold a Pale Horse (The truth IS out there--just a stones throw away--WAKE UP!!); I stopped reading for like 2 years...Worst thing ever. Never cease!! I started again like a couple of years ago. I will never stop again.

Heroes:

God; Jesus; Lauren Victoria Shabino; Danny Carey; Eric Melvin; Maynard James Keenan; Ray Borque; The Great One; Johnny Cash; Ole Blue Eyes; The Dalai Lama; Shaolin Masters and paradoxically, Samurai; GnR (Appetite era); Victor Wooten; Jon Fishman; My mother Jayne Hall; My stepfather, Donald Hall; Don McCullin Sid Vicious; John Lydon; Mick; my friends; JMS; Bret Favre (and I'm not even a Packer fan); Major Dick Winters; Col. Spiers; Mstr. Gunnery Sgt. Edward "Ted" Dohoney; David Rosenthal; Yoda; Humble, honest, modest, kind and brave individuals.

My Blog

My 4th Eye

Here is me...I attempt to steal time with a cheesey, Cannon EOS 300; 35mm standard film camera. I will upgrade once I determine whether I'm an acceptable "taker of photos" or not...and that may be nev...
Posted by El Jephray on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:30:00 PST

Regret's a bitch...so don't have any...

"When I was young, I was so full of fear I hid behind anger, Held back the tears It was me against the world, I was sure that I'd win The world fought back, Punished me for my sins I felt so ...
Posted by El Jephray on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:22:00 PST

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...

"She packed by bag last night, preflight Zero hour, nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high As a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight ...
Posted by El Jephray on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:16:00 PST

PEACE

The Holidays are Here and We're Still at War Brett Dennen Pilgrims in the parking lot Arteries clogged with blood clots Pushing through the aisles of department stores Neon crosses and Christmas ligh...
Posted by El Jephray on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:49:00 PST

Patience

What a strange calm...I'm so fortunate that my religion possesses infinite voices.I needn't look any farther than my collection of priests and priestesses for peace.Heal me now music. From afar and fr...
Posted by El Jephray on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:29:00 PST

Salvation and Reawakening

I'm tired of feeling weak. I'm sick of being lost. I'm stronger than anything this physical world brings to my front...I just forgot to live. Rounding the corner now...Thank you God. Thank you my sha...
Posted by El Jephray on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:17:00 PST

Selfsabotage

--> --> Hate Me[message on voicemail:] Hi Justin! This is your mother. It is 2:33 on Monday afternoon. I was just calling to see how you were doing. You sounded really uptight last night, it mad...
Posted by El Jephray on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:59:00 PST

Picking up the pieces of my soul...

This reflection is not directed to my lover as an initial digestion of the lyrics might suggest...but rather it's addressed to my other love. The one that I truly must quit.  Carry On~CSNYOne mor...
Posted by El Jephray on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:51:00 PST

Fuckin, Bob...

-->StartFragment --> ROCKS and GRAVEL Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road,Make a solid road.Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road,Make a solid road.Takes a good woman ...
Posted by El Jephray on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:43:00 PST

Flattery, I say, flattery...will get you eveywhere my dear.

So my lover did something no one has ever done for me before...Well it's not exactly FOR me--I mean I wouldn't put it up in MY apartment as this would surely be an act of vanity--but it feels tremendo...
Posted by El Jephray on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:01:00 PST