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Taylor

But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?

About Me


I'm pretty aloof, I guess, but I don't care much for describing oneself, so you'll have to find out what I'm like for yourself. However, combined with my aloofness, that should prove exceedingly difficult. You'll most likely never find out what I'm really like, and I find that beautiful. Have a wonderful day!
That day, the saucer day, the zombie day
The Ragnarok and fairies day, the day the great winds came
And snows, and the cities turned to crystal, the day
All plants died, plastics dissolved, the day the
Computers turned, the screens telling us we would obey, the day
Angels, drunk and muddled, stumbled from the bars,
And all the bells of London were sounded, the day
Animals spoke to us in Assyrian, the Yeti day,
The fluttering capes and arrival of the Time Machine day,
You didn't notice any of this because
you were sitting in your room, not doing anything
not even reading, not really, just
looking at your telephone,
wondering if I was going to call.

My Interests

DECAY. And keeping a tally of all the bad qualities of every person I have ever met in my life, then comparing myself to those people based on those bad qualities, ignoring any good qualities, and then basking in the thought of how great I am.

I'd like to meet:

I'll be serious here: Neil Gaiman, I guess, but I won't act all star-struck like every other stupid fan out there, and giggle hysterically at everything he says. No, I'll engage him in conversation, talk to him about his works. No, I won't praise him too much, I'll let loose only a suitable titter at his jokes, which will be numerous and wonderful. It will be amazing.

Music:

Jazz because it's classy, and important, intelligent people listen to it. Classical, because it's what everybody says they listen to in order to sound eclectic, even though they really mean, "I sort of liked that one Beethoven symphony, I think it was the fifth? Maybe? Ninth? Well, anyway, that one was cool."

Books:

Books. LOL books. LOL. Go read a newspaper or something, find out about what's going on in the REAL WORLD. Who needs imagination or stories? The politics of the everyday are much more important than stories, and if you think otherwise, you are wrong. I have never read a book in my life, and I am certain it will stay that way. I am majoring in political science in college, and that is all I need. Books have no place in this society, imagination has no place in this society. Efficiency is all that matters.

Heroes:

Merlyn.

My Blog

Equality.

So I read a post on a message board the other day, and that post saaaaid... "Men should always treat women with respect" (something to that effect). Which really just struck me as incredibly stupid.I ...
Posted by Taylor on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:53:00 PST

Power metal! Glorious, glorious power metal!

In this noteBLOG, I will talk about power metal, the most glorious music in existence. For those who are unaware of what power metal is, I shall explain. Power metal is the cheesiest music in existenc...
Posted by Taylor on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:35:00 PST

Once again, books...

The Book of Merlyn by T.H. WhiteThe true ending of The Once and Future King. This is a fantasy book, but I'm not kidding when I say that it's also the best treatise on philosophy and human nature I'v...
Posted by Taylor on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:45:00 PST

Importing from Facebook...

The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteGod, the best fantasy book I've ever read. It starts off incredibly lighthearted, but slowly grows darker as the story progresses. It ends on a bleak, but also ha...
Posted by Taylor on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:52:00 PST

*wastes an hour of time*

It seems quality from what I've seen, ~5 minutes. He's so funny. Edit: Oh, and at around 25 minutes in, he actually mentions Philip Pullman along with a slew of other authors, which I wasn't...
Posted by Taylor on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:56:00 PST

Recommended artist cloud (nifty!)

Basically, it's telling me which artists I should listen to based on what I have on my Last.FM page, with the size of the text corresponding to how strong the recommendation is. My recommendations are...
Posted by Taylor on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:18:00 PST

Random thoughts about things only I care about!

Agalloch is such a useful band. "Taylor, how can you refer to a band as useful? That's not an apt description." I would call them fantastic, but really, they're not so fantastic. They're the most usef...
Posted by Taylor on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:45:00 PST

More books.

Dangling Man by Saul BellowOh God. I wrote a five-page paper about it, but I absolutely cannot tell you what the book was about. I think it was about a man who was waiting to be drafted into the army ...
Posted by Taylor on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:59:00 PST