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Libertarian political theory, anarchy and individualist/voluntarist/mutualist movements, anime, music, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Calvin and Hobbes, movies, introspection, current events, my 2002 VW TDI Golf , sarcasm, keeping my friends off balance, the Net & technology, making an ass of myself, decrying the state of intellectual progress, smoking pot and slowly losing my memory, pointing out the absurdities in commercials and sitcoms, criticizing people and ideas, and tasty beer.
I bitch a lot, but usually for good reasons. :)
I'd like to meet:
You got the cat person thing, right? It's just a preference, but a subtle one. Dog folks are fine, just not the barky ones.
I like people who enjoy small crowds, wide ranges of music, and have an inner flame that can't be put out. Embarassment must not come easily as my friends and I engage in it in mutual rituality. Unless you have a cute embarrassed smile. Then I'll try to embarrass you all the time.
I'm anti-drama, but I love listening to others cope with theirs. I'm sorta the go-to guy in my circle of friends regarding this.
According to every profile I've read, EVERYONE is fun, has a good sense of humor, down to Earth, caring, outgoing, outdoorsy, and nice. Damn. I never thought so many of you people existed!...so I'll be different and say I'm a mean-spirited, holier-than-thou, over-hyphenated, plain 'ol jackass who prefers the dull institutionalism of four unadorned white apartment walls than the searing burden of a bright sunny day. How contrarian can you be?
Moviegoers, pubcrawlers, readers, TV critics, music afficionadoes, and serial laughers all make great company. Sarcastomatics are also encouraged to apply.
Someone who understands the joy and wonder of the journey as well as the destination. Someone willing to explore. Someone who can think clearly, understand concepts, and "get" that there are people who direct their lives according to principles and these people don't like being slandered as dogmatic extremists.
Music:
Artists:
µ-Ziq/Mu-ziq, A Perfect Circle, Alias, Alice in Chains, Amorphis, Tori Amos, Aphex Twin/Richard D. James/Polygon Window, Fiona Apple, Atmosphere, Autechre
Bad Company (the D'nB outfit, not the rockers), Beck, Beethoven, Ben Folds Five, Bexarametric , Björk, Black Sun Empire, BlueNoiseBand, BOA, Boards of Canada
Johnny Cash, The Chemical Brothers, The Cinematic Orchestra, cLOUDDEAD, Coldcut, Coldplay, John Coltrane, Ferry Corsten, The Crystal Method, Cypress Hill
Danzig, Miles Davis, Days of the New, Deftones, John Digweed, Division of Laura Lee, The Doors, Dr. Octagon/Kool Keith/etc.
Duke Ellington, Explosions in the Sky, The Flametrick Subs, DJ Food, Sage Francis, Funki Porcini, Future Sound of London, Stan Getz, Clifford Gilberto, Jimi Hendrix, The Herbaliser, Hot Water Music, Iron Maiden, Juno Reactor, Katalyst, Klute, Korn, Kronos Quartet, Lagwagon, Latrama, Led Zeppelin, Longhorn Devils, LTJ Bukem
Man or Astro-Man?, Massive Attack, Mastodon, Meat Beat Manifesto, Medeski Martin & Wood, early Metallica, DJ Micro, Millencolin, Ministry, Mira Calix, Moby, The Murder City Devils
Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and all his aliases, NIN, Nirvana, NOLA, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, Pantera, Charlie Parker, Pearl Jam, Peelander-Z, Philip Glass, Photek, The Pillows, Pink Floyd, Plaid, Plone, Prodigy, Punk-O-Rama
Red Snapper, Red Elvises, Robot Dick/Soccer Mom/Flamingo King , Roni Size & Reprazent, Roots Manuva, Ed Rush & Optical, Sasha, Sepultura, Single Cell Orchestra, DJ Shadow, Slayer, Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, DJ Spooky, Squarepusher, Stone Temple Pilots Sublime
Technical Itch, Thievery Corporation, Amon Tobin/Cujo, Tool, Tricky, Two Lone Swordsmen, Underworld, Unified Feel Theory, Velvet Revolver, Plug/Luke Vibert/Wagon Christ, The Von Ehrics, Weezer, The White Ghost Shivers, White Zombie/Rob Zombie.
Record Labels:
Astralwerks, Braindance, Good Looking/Looking Good, Matador, Metalheadz, Ninja Tune, Nothing, Rephlex, Roadrunner, Skam, Temporary Residence, TVT, Warp
Movies:
Film:
12 Angry Men (1997), 300, American Beauty, American History X, the first two Batmans and Batman Begins, Big Fish, The Big Lebowski, Blade Runner, Boondock Saints, Bound, Braveheart, Chasing Amy, Chicago, Clerks, Coffee and Cigarettes, Constantine, Contact, Dark City, Dawn of the Dead (the remake), Dead Poets Society, Death to Smoochy, Deep Impact, The Devil's Advocate, Dogma, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Go, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Groundhog Day, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Four Rooms, Full Metal Jacket, Goodfellas, Heat, Kill Bill volumes 1 and 2, Koyaanisqatsi, Kung Fu Hustle, Labyrinth, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Mallrats, Memento, Napolean Dynamite, Natural Born Killers, Ocean's Eleven (the remake), Permanent Midnight, Pi, Pulp Fiction, Saving Private Ryan, Se7en, Shakespeare in Love, Shaolin Soccer, Sin City, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Team America: World Police, The Triplets of Belleville, V for Vendetta, Varsity Blues, The Virgin Suicides, Unforgiven, X-Men: The Last Stand, Zatôichi (Beat Takeshi's 2003 version).
Series:
The whole Evil Dead series, Monty Python et al, the Matrix saga, Alien/Aliens/Alien 3/Alien Resurrection, xxx of the Living Dead including Land of the Dead, every Charlie Kaufman, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick (got his boxset!) movie I've seen, and the LOTR trilogy.
Anime:
Akira, The Animatrix, Berserk, Boogiepop Phantom, Cowboy Bebop, Dragonball Z/GT, Vision of Escaflowne, FLCL, Gasaraki, Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Now and Then: Here and There, Princess Mononoke, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Rurouni Kenshin/Samuari X, Serial Experiments Lain, Spirited Away, Tenchi Muyo!, and Trigun.
Television:
When I bother to watch:
24, That 70's Show, Adult Swim, American Chopper, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, C-SPAN, cable news, Chappelle's Show, Celebrity Poker Showdown, Crossballs, CSI, The Daily Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, Fear Factor, Invader Zim, Keen Eddie, Modern Marvels, Monster Garage, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons, Scare Tactics, Seinfeld, The West Wing.
Books:
How about I just note down some authors and writers? Understand that I don't necessarily agree with everything written by the following folks; I just like their various styles or substance.
Isaac Asimov, Walter Block, Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, Hans Hermann-Hoppe, H.L. Mencken, Ludwig von Mises, PJ O'Rourke, Ayn Rand, Anne Rice, Murray Rothbard, R.A. Salvatore, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, and Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman.
Heroes:
Everyone who honestly knows what they want.
