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About Me

I am a faithless man for I have the revealed knowledge.

I am laughing because I feel compassion for you,
and I am sad for the same reason...

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

entering the darkness and returning with the light
mystical revelations
2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylethanamine (or DMT)
Sufism
curries & dark ales
Arabic coffee
chai tea
Gnosticism
Yoga
Aramaic
Sanskrit
Tantra
Hermeticism
pesto
meditation
hummus
falafel
baklawa
vegetarian/vegan
classless socialism
Marxism
Tai Chi Chuan
Kendo
kenjutsu
exotic women
red wines
sex
sobriety
celibacy
lucid dreaming
shamanic journeys
painting
creation and transformation through art
being a complete and total nerd and/or dork

I'd like to meet:

old friends long lost on the ocean waves of life,
atheists who can carry on rational dialogues with a mystic,
those who have met the Soul while walking their path,

Music:

Dead Can Dance
Peter Murphy
Slowdive
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Joy Division
Bauhaus
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Cocteau Twins
Catherine Wheel
Pulp
Suede
The Smiths
Morrissey
VAST
Peter Gabriel
VAS
Greg Ellis
Azam Ali
Niyaz
Mercan Dede
Cheb I Sabbah
Ravi Shankar
Cornershop
Sheila Chandra
Natacha Atlas
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Hossam Ramzy
Rajna
Delirium
This Mortal Coil
The Creatures
New Order
Curve
Love and Rockets
Tori Amos
Gary Numan
Front 242
KMFDM/MDFMK
Nitzer Ebb
CHANT
VNV Nation
Covenant
Front Line Assembly
Hooverphonic
Wolfsheim
And One
The Mission UK
The Sisters of Mercy
This Ascension
Wolfgang Press
Provision
Apoptygma Berzerk
Wumpscut
Orbital
London After Midnight
PJ Harvey
HUM
Tool
Rush
Queen
The Beatles
Jeff Buckley
Massive Attack
My Bloody Valentine
M83
The Malcontent Party
Alice In Chains
The Smashing Pumpkins
Jane's Addiction
Jawbox
Fugazi
Interpol
Greytown
The Walkmen
Elefant
The Bravery
The Killers
The Secret Machines
Death From Above 1979
Ladytron
Ride
Public Image Ltd.
Electronic
The Future Sound of London
Assemblage 23
Velvet Acid Christ
Faith and the Muse
Miranda Sex Garden
Dead Kennedys
Pig Destroyer
The Misfits
Coheed & Cambria
Guns 'N' Roses
The Flaming Lips
Native American music
I love classical Persian/Middle Eastern/Moroccan/Turkish music
and many, many more...

Movies:

Baraka,
The Last Temptation of Christ,
Powwaqatsi, Koyaanisqatsi, Naqoyqatsi,
every Monty Python movie,
Pi,
Requiem For a Dream,
The Hunger,
Dark City,
Fight Club,
The Deer Hunter,
Full Metal Jacket,
Jacob's Ladder,
Heaven and Earth,
Dead Man,
Waking Life,
The Highlander,
Braveheart,
Gladiator,
Kingdom of Heaven,
The Circle,
Baran,
Taste of Cherries,
Siddhartha,
Lagaan,
Brotherhood of the Wolf,
The Dark Crystal,
Labyrinth,
Singles,
Velvet Goldmine,
24 Hour Party People,
Reality Bites,
the original Star Wars Trilogy (fuck the new trilogy! it's shit!),
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy,
The Matrix,
The Ninthe Gate,
The 13th Floor,
The Crow,
I love foreign films, particularly Iranian films, Bollywood, Japanese films, and Film Niore

Television:

I think Wonder Showzen is fuckin' hilarious!!!!

it's been a while since I've had a TV, hmmm
everything from PBS and the BBC,
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Nature (I love to watch animals fuck, kill and die)
Nova (I'm just a nerd)
Are You Being Served?
Red Dwarf
The Highlander: The Series
Star Trek TNG
Dr. Who
Kids in the Hall
The Black Adder
Twin Peaks
Northern Exposure
Nip/Tuck
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
The X Files
Freaks and Geeks
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I told you I was nerd)
Angel (the apocalypse has never been so entertaining)

Books:

I prefer ancient heretical texts, particularly gnosis, magick and mysticism.

Heroes:

Kevin -- for being able to do what I could not,
Josh -- for being 4+ years sober,
my older brother, Joey (for being a mentor, for graduating third in his med school class while being married with a daughter and his second on the way),
my mom (for being my first teacher),
the proletarians,
every students working their way through college,
Patanjali,
the Buddha,
Mahavir,
Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (Balkhi),
Sir Aleister Crowley,
Tashunka Wikto (Crazy Horse),
Tatanka Yotanka (Sitting Bull),
Salah ad-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub (Saladin),
Apollonius TyanÃ¦us,
Simon Magus,
Prophet BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h,
Prophet Muhammad,
Ghengis Khan,
Mahatma Gandhi,
Kahlil Gibran,
Rabindranath Tagore,
Vladimir Lenin,
Che Guevara,
John Lennon,
George Harrison,
Richard Bach,
Stephen Hawking,
Albert Einstein,
Carl Sagan

My Blog

the coffeehouse pseudo-intellectuals

I finally found a 24 hour coffeehouse in this small universitytown, and tonight Epoch is filled with the frivolous chatter of pseudo-intellectuals. The alpha nerd is wearing the emo hipste...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:07:00 PST

semester's end

I made a 3.75 for the semester, which brings my cumulative GPA to a 3.868. From what I remember, summer is meant to be relaxing. I want to take it easy this summer -- just one class. ...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:13:00 PST

I survived!!!!!

I survived the end of the semester!!!! More importantly, I survived the party that followed. I am not drinking for a while, and I won't drink on an empty stomach ever again. I requested my...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:11:00 PST

The First Wave

So I didn't sleep last night. I studied all night for my A & P exams on the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems of the body. I rocked those examinations! I was also caff...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Thu, 10 May 2007 06:29:00 PST

It begins

Hell Week It happens at the end of every semester. I am working on fabricating a lab for astronomy because the sky has been overcast for all but a week or so this spring semester. I think ...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Mon, 07 May 2007 12:29:00 PST

YES!!!!

This morning, I logged onto the UT website to check my application status and... I am accepted. This is a milestone unlike any others. All the goals I have set in my life were short term goals -...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:39:00 PST

give unto Caesar...

Once again, I owe the IRS.It is a modest amount -- $205 -- but this is the third year straight that I owe the IRS.I guess it is better to owe $205 than to have the IRS come after me in a few years, "S...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:46:00 PST

Home For the Holidays

I went to Houston for baby Jesus day. It is always strange to return and see how much has changed, or rather, how much I have changed. No Rest for the Weary I have worked continually. Upon finishing ...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:08:00 PST

4.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My grades are in.I just finished running in circles cheering at the top of my lungs.I bit off 15 hours this semester, and I did it -- 4.0!!!! If I was home, I'd be running through campus shouting, "FU...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:40:00 PST

It is accomplished!

I finished my final exam in U.S. History -- not a cumulative comprehensive final -- but final exam, ever. I have been slightly sick since Tuesday, and I felt like shite this morning, but I ...
Posted by the shadow of Light on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:10:00 PST