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alex

shameless self demotion

About Me



My Interests

interests
makin' cool shit.
people.
finding new ways to camouflage how much of a geek i am. failing at it.
being the grade f from which your A- can be determined.

I'd like to meet:



anyone who is smart enough to realise that i'm not actually a walking stereotype, regardless of how often i may joke about it...

Music:

music
i'm not retyping that whole list just so you can judge my worth as a human being based upon my musical taste...
just trust that it's probably better than yours.

Movies:

movies
ones i've already seen.

Television:

television
not enough good shit on to justify paying that bill.

Books:

books
be here now, 1984, anything by nick hornby, anything by douglas coupland, anything by laurie notaro or dave barry, my old history of graphic design textbook, harry potter...

Heroes:

heroes
no heroes, only influences to outdo.

My Blog

my pants smell like rock and roll

tonight i got plucked off a chair and hung upside down by a tiny israeli man with a large moustache.he was wearing leggings and striped socks.do yourself a favor... if monotonix comes around, go see t...
Posted by alex on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:52:00 PST

WHY I LOVE MOLLY

a conversation, via txts:me: ugh... so i herd i liek fagsmolly: so i herd u liek lolcatsme: so i herd u liek buttsecksmolly: so i herd u liek mensesme: so i herd u liek squickingmolly: so i herd u lie...
Posted by alex on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:18:00 PST

you love it.

on the subject of shitty banner ads... combined with the worst cramps EVAR, i bring you...[full credit to lexi for spurring this mind-numbingly awful/awesome idea]...
Posted by alex on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:13:00 PST

may you and your illegal copy of photoshop burn in hell

i'm not sure if i've ever posted a blog about this before, and i don't care enough to go back and look...so if i have, consider this an expansion on something i've long pondered.i've always wondered w...
Posted by alex on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:57:00 PST

i want my shoelaces back

my feet itch. i want my shoelaces back. i'm too young for this. the carpet here is warm and soft but the lint is starting to suffocate me. i have all these boxes full of childhood memories that i ...
Posted by alex on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:33:00 PST

teh infamous blue screen of death!

ok trent, we get it. you don't do windows.i do love me some angsty tech nerds, though. i gotta admit....
Posted by alex on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:04:00 PST

alex presents: semi-useless goal of the day!

sometimes, i pine for a desk job. no, it's not the monotony or the blocked sites that i miss, nor the squeaky sound of my ergonomically correct office chair as i spin around in it to the point of nau...
Posted by alex on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:17:00 PST

far away

i just realized there is a whole era of my life from which there are no pictures. well, maybe there are some... but i don't have them. the only one i can remember anyone taking of me is a polaroid i...
Posted by alex on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:22:00 PST

pre work boredom/utter stupidity

i've played with this face recognition thing before... it's an invaluable boredom killing tool... it'll eat up your time like nobody's business and i've got bills that need ignoring right now.for some...
Posted by alex on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:42:00 PST

you too can stay up to code!

a friend of mine inquired about the "new policies" i was instituting. i figured i ought to pass along what i told them so everyone else can "stay up to code" as well. that's right kids... shape up o...
Posted by alex on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:12:00 PST