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$k8dad

LA FAMILIA 4 LIFE

About Me

First things first, I am a recovering addict / reformed hustler who is trying to take myself less serious, and do right by my people. So if you want to get with me on that old tired level? Well, unless you got a time machine you're outta luck. Those times are in the past like Bobby & Whitney.A perfect day would consist of waking up at 1:15pm in the afternoon. Pancakes with peanut butter and syrup. Followed by a day thrift store shopping (because modern day stuff is made of plastic and garbage). No really. Google it. It's true.mspmb src="http://lads.myspace.com/photoshow/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale"

My Interests

Everything from art galleries to auto shows, working on my house, motorcycles (70's Honda cb's, 77'-79' Kawasaki kz's and Harleys gotta be a Panhead or better), muscle cars and low riders, low rider bikes, Cadillacs, Cadillacs, and more Cadillacs!, skateboarding, digital photography, stencil art, yoga, working out, cat naps, bump'n my gums 'bout most anything (I like to talk a lot), social justice, animal rights (all living beings have a right to self determination), vegetarian cooking, spirituality and staying clean just for today, simple things like clean socks and dirty...

I'd like to meet:

Jeff Buckley, Mary Tyler Moore, Charles Bukowski, God, My Dad, Sarah Silverman, Weekly (when he is not getting loaded), Transexuals, Queers, Dykes, People who yell at themselves on the street, Mummies, Goth kids, Single moms, Cartoon people, Werewoofs, Car theives, Pick pockets, Junkies, Stick up Kids, Hopeless Dope Fiends, more Dopeless Hope Fiends, ex-Dope Dealers who wanna get better, Gangsters with a soft side, Men who know how to cry, other Good Dads, Folks that are not down w/ the B.S. they are try'n to sell us!, Micheal Moore, George Carlin, Tupac Shakur (a true american poet), James Brown, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jimmy K., Ray Charles, Buddha, the girl from Amelie, other parents of rotten lil' teenager skateboarding jerks, Myself (without the masks), and anyone who can rock the casbah like a hurricane. Not necessarily in that order.

Music:

Jeff Buckley, Mother Love Bone, Prince, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Art Pepper, Miles Davis, R.H.C.P., Garbage, Black Crowes, Queens of the Stone Age, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop, Kings of Leon, Pixies, Brandt Bjork, Cock Sparrer, Monster Magnet, Lifter Puller, The Hold Steady, Blitz, Earth-Wind and Fire, Marilyn Manson, Marvin Gaye, The Oppressed, (any Oi! music 77'-93'), The Clash, (most 77' Punk), Agnostic Front, (some NYHC 87'-93'), Beastie Boys, John Frusciante, the Strokes, David Bowie, 2pac, Dead Kennedys, Queen, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Mobb Deep, Madonna, The Faint, Everlast, System of a Down (is a guilty pleasure), Bauhaus, Al Green, Sublime, The Business, Depeche Mode, NIN, Justin Timberlake, Janes Addiction, Porno's for Pyros, Deftones, Biggie Smalls, The Misfits, Rick James, Doobie Brothers, The Suburbs, Turbonegro, Tom Waits, Sponge, John Coltrane, Wu-Tang, Bad Brains, the Cure, Hall and Oates, Billie Holiday, Mazzy Star, Andrew Bird, Natalie Merchant, Misfits, Nas, (Hip Hop 80's thru 98'-WTF happened?), the Game, Too $hort, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Timbaland, Fiona Apple, STP, Missy Elliot, Richard Ashcroft, WC, Cro-Mags, Velvet Underground, Jim Croce, Elton John... I'm into alot of different music, and I love to be exposed to new stuff. Let me know some of your favorites. I really want to learn more about 20's through 60's Jazz, Blues and old New Orleans style Dixieland...

Movies:

Funny Face (any Audrey Hepburn), Rumblefish, Basquiat, Buffalo 66', Gummo, Jesus's son, Stewie Griffin "the untold story", Wirey Spindell, Flirting with Disaster, She's so lovely, Igby goes Down, Flamingo Kid, Walk the Line, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fight Club, The Outsiders, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Less than Zero, Sarah Silverman "Jesus is Magic", Barfly, Angel Heart (any Mickey Rourke), Drugstore Cowboy, Bully, Romeo and Juliet, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ghost Dog, The Warriors, Blow, Kids, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Quadrophenia, Blood in Blood out, Half Baked, Kiss Kiss Bang, Romeo is Bleeding (any Gary Oldman), 1 Hour Photo, Happiness (or any film that makes me feel super uncomfortable).

Television:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, Simpsons, the Oblongs, A and E , Discovery channel, Cheaters (I know that's really bad), Rocko's Modern Life, Biography, Behind the music, and Football.

Books:

Basic Text, It Works How and Why, Just for Today, Love is a Dog from Hell (Bukowski), Dharma Punx (Levine), Peace is Every Step (Thich Nhat Hanh), The Essential Rumi Barks (Barks), When Eveything Falls Apart (Chodrin), Fuck You Heroes (Friedman), Disco Bloodbath (st. James), Drugs and Your Teenager (Palin), Positive Discipline For Your Teenagers (Nelsen/Lott), Any Art or Photography Books.


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Heroes:

My Mom. She is the strongest person I know and she cooks so many delicious dishes! My son Matty who continues to inspire me to do my best daily. My Grandma Judy who was the coolest cat on this planet. Recovering Addicts who laid the foundation, so a lost soul like me could find a way out of the darkness. And anyone who gives of themselves to make this world a better place.

My Blog

Once again...

Once again Mysace has me locked into obsession and compulsion. If you know me, you know I gotta give it up "Just For Today".                &...
Posted by $k8dad on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:09:00 PST

desire = suffering part 2

Tell me? How can I live in the belief that... if only, or just one more, and if I get that one, all will be well. I believe that my desire only feeds into more desire. So just for today (again) I am m...
Posted by $k8dad on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:57:00 PST

desire = suffering

Locked into obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior. I will be abandoning the myspace ship for a while. I am well, but I am wanting to go deeper into this process of soul searching. I believe ...
Posted by $k8dad on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:36:00 PST

RIDE4LIFE

So I went out to first Thursday tonight. This is where many motorbike riding people go to, well chat up motorbikes and such. It was pretty sweet. There were about 250 bikes there.  I am writ...
Posted by $k8dad on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:51:00 PST

I've been tagged.

The rules are, once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with "6 weird things/habits about yourself". In the end you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget...
Posted by $k8dad on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:58:00 PST

An open invitation

As some of  you may know there have been some major changes in my life recently. With the end of a 3 1/2 year relationship, my son leaving to Mexico and I let go of my second job. Thus ...
Posted by $k8dad on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:56:00 PST