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About Me

"Dance like you're stamping on a human face forever, love like you've been in a serious car crash that minced the front of your brain, stab like no one can arrest you, and live like there's no such thing as God." -- Warren Ellis
"The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish." -- Terence McKenna

My Interests

Dreams, the subconscious/unconscious, Dualism, Mythology, mystery schools, mystery traditions, the occult, Christianity, Buddhism, graphic novels & comics, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis, Jung & Freud, the unexplained, demons & possession, ghosts and other "monsters," hiking & rock climbing, conversation, reading, writing, acting, formulating plans, attempting to save the world

I'd like to meet:

People who will travel with me, who will come camping and hiking and on random day/weekend trips. People who can talk for hours but are never boring. People aho are literate, who are creative, who want SOMETHING. Someone who inspires me.
That last one's important.

Music:

Jason Webley, Jason Forrest, A3, Chris Cornell, Eels, Flogging Molly, traditional/folk music, Live, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Soundgarden, Minibosses, Bad Religion, Audioslave, Blue Man Group, Velvet Revolver, The Servant, Bad Religion

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, Mirrormask, Hot Fuzz, Moulin Rouge, Live Free or Die Hard (I'M IN IT!), Brick, Thank You For Smoking, Serenity, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Saved!, The Order, Shaun of the Dead, The Triplets of Belleville, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rules of Attraction, March of the Penguins, Kung Fu Hustle....

Television:

DRIVE, Wonder Falls, Clone High, Huff, Nip/Tuck, Firefly, Rescue Me, The Shield, Entourage, Futurama

Books:

- The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
- Iron John
- As a Driven Leaf
- Neil Gaiman (Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, American Gods, the Sandman series, etc.)
- The Phantom Tollbooth
- The Power of Myth
- The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Watchmen
- Antony and Cleopatra
- The Way to Shambhala
- Transmetropolitan
- Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- Terry Brooks' "Running with the Demon" trilogy
- The "A Short Introduction to.." series
- Anything by Jung, Joseph Campbell, or published by Shambhala Publications
- Books on dreams, books about dreams, fantasy and art
- Irish Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost World

Heroes:

Neil Gaiman, David Phillips, and Avalokitshevara.

My Blog

Holy S!7

Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself "as often as possible" while period...
Posted by John the Revelator on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:36:00 PST

Stephen Colbert and the Technological Singularity

I had a very weird dream last night. Actually, two, since the first dream replayed itself while I watched in the third person.This dream revolved around me coming up with the funniest idea for a...
Posted by John the Revelator on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:13:00 PST

Getting the band back together

So, I had a meeting with my old writing partner, David, yesterday, and we've decided to "get the band back together" as it were. We're going to be working on two really cool romantic comedies to...
Posted by John the Revelator on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:16:00 PST

A post full of Awesome! and FAIL

To bridge the gap that’s occuring while I eat my (admittedly later-than-expected) breakfast burrito.First, the FAIL (since there’s little of it today):Hayden Christiansen may play Superman...
Posted by John the Revelator on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:36:00 PST

Some other Awesome! I forgot at the time

I maed u a Muxtape. But I eated it.So, a Muxtape is an online Mixtape with up to 12 songs of yours on it. Check it out while you can. And if you make one, post me a comment so I can ...
Posted by John the Revelator on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:59:00 PST

Bullshit Volcano BBQs

Awesome news: we have officially finished principal photography on Bumps, and we should have a working rough cut shortly. Then we’ll be having a screening party / focus group thing next week, m...
Posted by John the Revelator on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:00 PST

Bumps news, computer’s finally working, and a short, irrational tirade about Michael Cera

First of all, Michael Cera can go eat a dick.No, no, that’s uncalled for. He was really great in Arrested Development and Superbad, and his performance in Juno was good, too...but C’...
Posted by John the Revelator on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:22:00 PST

Happy Accidents, Prophetic Dreams and Overprotective Kitties

So, as it turns out, our editor for BitN actually has the same night-vision camera that the Ghost Hunters guys use for their show. We ended up putting in a few scenes that take advantage of that...
Posted by John the Revelator on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:41:00 PST

Bumps in the Night update, plus more

All right, I'm back in Lost Angles, and it's been a crazy busy week.Currently, on Bumps in the Night, we're knee-deep in the editing process. I picked up the last of the footage today, and we ha...
Posted by John the Revelator on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:03:00 PST

Final update on my grandmother

Around 4:30PM EST on Feburary 22, 2008, Mary Reha died peacefully, with some of her family present.I flew back to NY yesterday. Today and tomorrow are the viewings, and Tuesday is the funeral.&n...
Posted by John the Revelator on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:00 PST