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Alex

I can't stand feeling nothing. I can't stand feeling old. I can't stand standing for nothing when st

About Me



AIM = zerochance 666I play guitar in Grinstead ...I do graphic design ...I worship 80s metal and write cheesy tribute songs .Pro: Gay marriage, immigration rights, smaller government, gun control, fiscal responsibility, open borders, religious freedom, evolution, etc.Con: Racism, sexism, homophobia, ethnocentricity, mass mentality, theocracy, abstinence-based sex ed., zealotry, jingoism, Hawthorne Heights…basically, I have an ever-growing list of annoyances, both large and small.I’m opinionated, and I left my “edit” button in my other pants.Current Obsession: watching Metalocalypse on YouTubeCurrent "Best Song Ever": A toss-up between Foreigner's "Jukebox Hero" and Kansas' "Carry On Wayward Son."

My Interests

Guitar solos, pixels and vectors, politics, literature, beer, pens and pencils, fruitbooting, friends and foes, music, burning and pillaging, etc.

I'd like to meet:

No one, really.

Music:

I dig:Bad Religion
Hot Water Music
In Flames
Darkest Hour
Dredg
The Smiths/Morrissey
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Mars Volta
Coheed and Cambria
Iron Maiden
Thursday
Samiam
Alkaline Trio
AFI (older stuff)
Johnny Cash
Miles Davis
Sage Francis
Rohff
Isis
Jawbreaker
Thrice
Pelican
Mastodon
DragonForce
Between the Buried and Me
The Roots
Minus the Bear
Consume Consumer
Squarewell
Savior, Say I
Pat Benatar

Movies:

Movies suck these days .

Television:

Gilmore Girls, since I'm in love with Rory, and Metalocalypse.

Books:

I just finished Una Escalera Al Cielo by Mario Mendoza, and I'm currently reading Revenge: A Story Of Hope by Laura Blumenfeld.

Heroes:

Günther, Satan, Burne Hogarth, Charles Bukowski, Mario Mendoza, Joe Satriani, Paco De Lucia, Derek Hess, Greg Graffin, etc.

My Blog

To Live By

"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. And maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. I...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:46:00 PST

I Vow to the Burning Bush

Seriously, I can't even be mad at President Bush anymore.  As a matter of fact, I have grudgingly developed somewhat of an admiration towards the man that in spite of numerous corruption scandals...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:19:00 PST

Bring it...

So, the weapon count at our apartment is pretty high.  We have (to my recollection) two crossbows, multiple arrow tips, a rifle, an ax, a ninja sword, part of a bayonet, a warhammer, a saw and a ...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:35:00 PST

First of Many. Chapter I - I'm so meta-gonzo...

I am of the mind that if you're going to spill your guts with raw, unflinching honesty to a complete stranger, that person should at least have the common decency to buy you a beer. This is why the co...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:15:00 PST

Fighting Fire with Fire

At the risk of being melodramatic, the last year and half has been pretty convoluted.  A lot of ups and a lot of downs, all leading up to where I find myself now  a perennial state of confusion ...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:27:00 PST

My favorite record of 2006...

You cool kids can keep your Panic! At The Disco records, or whatever overly obscure indie polka fuckcore band Pitchfork Media is telling you in unnecessarily verbose fashion you should be listening t...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:44:00 PST

Impotent Anger, Proudly On Display...

This is absolutely fucking stupid.According to this story, an Arab-American architect of Iraqi descent wearing a t-shirt with an anti-war slogan, in both Arabic and English, was forced to remove his s...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:44:00 PST

ARGGHHHH!!

Ok - I've had it. I've had enough. I'm not a violent man, but would someone please just kill Paris Hilton already? I don't care, whatever it takes so that we don't have to hear from her ever again. Se...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:29:00 PST

"Socialismo o Muerte" is now only $20 at your local Hot Topic!

If you're like me, you probably find the irony of the visage of a socialist deity (pun fully intended) being stamped on t-shirts for mass consumption and becoming one of capitalism's biggest-selling c...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:48:00 PST

The Transformers movie may cause me to switch careers

I've just found out that Hollywood über-hack Michael Bay is at the helm of the upcoming live-action Transformers movie.Given that The Transformers are one of my most prized childhood memories, I must ...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:53:00 PST