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John

About Me

Those who read this article should also consider that it registers only Runeberg's conclusions, not his dialectic or 'proof.' Who would resign himself to seeking proof of something he did not believe or whose preachment did not matter to him?

My Interests

books, john barth, donald barthelme, games, t.s. eliot, james joyce, rye humor, wry bread, wild irish rose, l5r, karaoke, Go, symbolism, Corbiere, Freud, Lacan, MST3k, psychoanalysis, computer music, mathemes, attitude copping

I'd like to meet:

Internet tycoons, busters, Kevin Costner, the clown, moments, Sigmund Freud, Mike of MST3k, Lacan, Zizek, Gary Larson, George Feeny

Music:

Future Bible Heroes, The Magnetic Fields, Postal Service, Neil Diamond, Bauhaus, DNTEL, Weakerthans, Tool, Beck, Cake, Soul Coughing, Belle and Sebastian, New Pornographers, Top 40s, Roy Orbison, M83, Neutral Milk Hotel

Movies:

Adam's Family, Adam's Family Values, Too Hot to Trot, Friday, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Waterworld, The Postman, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Gummo, Blazing Saddles, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Girl Next Door, Blue Velvet

Television:

Adult Swim, The Swan, High School Reunion, WB, FOX, PBS, Kids in the Hall, Arthur, Pepper Ann, Twin Peaks, Sealab 2021, Dinosaurs, One Saturday Morning

Books:

Gravity's Rainbow, Lost in the Funhouse, Lolita, Notes from Underground, Bible, Lord of the Rings, Ada or Ardor, Finnegans Wake, Coming Soon!!!, Ulysses, 60 Stories, Collected Poetry of T.S. Eliot, Dungeon Master's Guide, Anthologies, Berlin Stories, Moby-Dick, Leaves of Grass, Ecrits, DeLillo, Confederacy of Dunces, Borges

Heroes:

Jerri Blank, Ezra Pound, Futurists, Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, Roy Orbison, Freud, Lacan, the Boy and his Blob

My Blog

The Great Combini

Dr. Rieux and I have been spending a lot of time together. He tells me we got to stick together through this plague of his, and do what we can not because its great, not because its Christian, not bec...
Posted by John on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:29:00 PST

Mild mayhem

At the izakaya (food bar) I just schooled a Frenchman on what it means to be witty. Thing is, I wouldnt mention his nationality if it werent for the reason that that was his point of attack. I love th...
Posted by John on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:38:00 PST

Sonnet the Hedgehog

I wrote a sonnet. Since sonnets are usually about love, I mostly followed that theme. Its mostly in the style it should be, but it doesnt have the perfect meter. Rhyme scheme is set, I believe.  ...
Posted by John on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

A challenge of sorts

        Here is the final draft of my story that should be less than 200 words. It clocks in at 172, I think. I counted it by hand. The reading group set this limit as a ...
Posted by John on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:17:00 PST

japan 2

i am a bit more pleasant these days. tomorrow im  going into town (as i call osaka proper) to mill about, and send money around. I want to go on a trip but money may be tight. BUT we do get a win...
Posted by John on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

In japan 1

Hail and well met from the dark side of the earth. No one think Ive been ignoring you, this is my first visit to an internet cafe over here. The basics: my number:08061097399my address: 559-0022 Osaka...
Posted by John on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:26:00 PST

Pretty Woman

So I havent heard pretty woman in awhile, and I really like Roy Orbison right now. So as I was telling Nick, today I was moved by this song. I thought for sure the pretty woman would have ignored ro...
Posted by John on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:38:00 PST

life gives me a glass of sand, i turn it upside down, make a castle and call myself the king

so the exroommate took her prescious shower curtain, forcing me to take baths. Not so bad, except that im a tall person. 2nd: i wanted to drink beer in the shower, but instead i had to drink in the tu...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Kidney failure

So anyways, the new room mate moved out today. Not too good. But I did finish a story. Not as good as the last one, but it is the second strongest i think. I made sure to check if the ex roomie st...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

First day of work

Just got off work and I am hella tired. Apparently, they made this specific job as some sort of dirty hybrid to fill gaps. What this means to me now is the guy training me, Howard (who is pretty cool ...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST