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About Me

Actively Fostering Unrest Since '72

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

I'm still trying to wade through all the friend requests I got when I had the picture up of me naked in the shower with Bill Nye the Science Guy, Frank (the manager of the McDonald's down the street), and the eight tubes of Big Mac Sauce. And no, those were Bill's bosoms, not mine.

Music:

This Week: Mingus, Black Sabbath

Movies:

Documentary. 70's plot driven. Cassavetes. ToshirÃ´ Mifune. Spike Lee. Mr. Depp. Sometimes, in the modern action, when the editing is too fast and I'm not really seeing anything, just getting the feeling of high stress, well, I close my eyes.

Television:

Do Not Have One. It's a better living. Otherwise, I'm a slave to the television. It astounds me, and I can't stop watching. My mouth hangs open and my eyes glaze over and I make grunting noises that sometimes rise up at the end as if they're questions. ungh?

Books:

lots and lots and lots. Lots. Right Now: Will the Circle Be Unbroken -. STUDS TERKEL . And I finished Soul Made Flesh by Carl Zimmer. (He also did Parasite Rex which is really, really good). Super history of modern science. If you haven't read him (odds are no...) then get on it. I don't care if you're 42 or 14 (you know who you are). Here's a link to his website (click the pic of the dictyostelium, or SLIME MOLD, below)- he writes an astounding blog. SLIME MOLD

Heroes:

I need a hero/ I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night/ he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast/ and gotta be fresh from the fight/ I need a hero/ I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light/ He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon/ And he's gotta be larger than life/ LARGER THAN LIFE...

My Blog

Just because youre paranoid&

Doesn't mean they're not watching you. Ah, Thomas Pynchon. That quote is from Gravity's Rainbow. I think Kurt Cobain copped it. So, the new Thomas Pynchon is out and I'm excite...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:41:00 PST

Listenting to people worth listening to....

My habit upon arriving at work is to turn on Democracy Now (there's a link on my page) to get a human view of what's happening in the world. So today, they had interviews with both Alice Walker ...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:33:00 PST

I been to the edge- I looked into the abyss- they had alot of snack foods there.

Hot and thick queso, the days congeal together; Austin, September. The whole town forcing itself through the heat. The water holes are dry. Standing over a hot grill, feeling like the meat...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:38:00 PST

Accidental Art

I've taken to eating my lunch during work and then using my hour to walk around or read...to do anything nearby that will make my day seem less wasted. I start feeling good about the time my head...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:03:00 PST

That's just dumb.

So i'm driving home from work yesterday, and there's a lady driving like she's drunk in front of me- because of course she's on the phone (I do it, too) and eating at the same time. I presume sh...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:28:00 PST

The Good Stuff

So I was listening today to old archives of This American Life at work today. We do that a lot. It makes for a nice day at work. Anyhow, back in 2/23/01, episode #178, they had t...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:15:00 PST

Lies, Lies Revised

I think I was standing barefoot in the grass, twilight switching on the streetlights and the sour-mash smell from beneath the apple tree spreading thickly in the summer air when I first was told. ...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:04:00 PST

Keeping up with the Jones' is as hard as keeping up with my head

I'm in the fight, now. If Id managed to avoid the consumption frenzy up until now, I suspect it had as much to do with utter laziness as it did with an ideological stand. But now, being th...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Tue, 23 May 2006 02:57:00 PST

Adult

Well, I'm finally buying a house. I've been looking for a really long time and finally, the American Dream dances before my eyes. Sure, maybe I'll be the one dancing in...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:07:00 PST

talkin' 'bout my generation

probably won't march, probably won't strike, probably won't rise up in revolution, just what are we gonna do? Any idea, cause I'm sick of just watching this all go down in my name... Iraq, soon Iran, ...
Posted by Assalicious Boomboom on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:00:00 PST