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JayPee

If you drink enough of anything, it'll do something.

About Me


I tend to get obsessive about things and I've been known to be overly sensitive. I live with a cat, but I suspect he's afraid to ride with me on my bicycles. Talk about a deal-breaker. I'm also absolutely thrilled that it's an election year. Can we get something happening here folks?

Get Your War On!

My Interests

Deejaying, making noise via computers and keyboards, bicycles, bicycles, bicycles, Volkswagen Rabbits and Dashers, booze, diesel engines, Cooperative business, renewable fuels, plant-based fuels, "green" urban planning, urban farming, aquaculture, sustainable trail design, community, electronics, books, graphic design, typography, printmaking, sewing, odors, birds, war, and taking pictures of ceramic bunnies.

I'd like to meet:

Bunnies.

Music:

techno, electro, industrial, sleaze, whiney pap, abrasive crap, downtempo tripe, and droning atonal noise.

Movies:

Apocalypse Now, Snatch, The Professional, Le Femme Nikita, City of Lost Children, Boondock Saints, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Ten Things to do in Denver When You're Dead, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Spun, Dancer in the Dark, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Time Bandits, Brazil, Run Lola Run, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Smokey and the Bandit, Under the Rainbow, The Cannonball Run, Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Tombstone, The Unforgiven, Any adaptation of Shakespeare done by Kenneth Branagh, movies about nuclear war, movies about the apocalypse, movies about the general futility of it all, and anything by John Waters or Tim Burton.

Books:

Many. Currently reading The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Heroes:

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg

JayPee's Details

Status: Alive
Here for: Living
Orientation: Upright
Ethnicity: Zesty
Sign: Cancer/Leo Cusp
Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
Children: Are okay
Occupation: Fixer of your Digital Lifestyle,,
Groups: Cars Kill Electro.612 Printmakers Unite Midwest Artists MPLS Techno Technoheads Electrocore Bikeaholics Unanimous

My Blog

Vacation!

So I'm finally taking a vacation. It's been at least 5 years since I've taken the last one, the one that was measured in weeks. Single weeks. To combat digital fatigue brought about by endless lapto...
Posted by JayPee on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:41:00 PST

R.I.P. Miko

Some of you knew Miko. I had her euthanized today becasuse she wasn't getting better and the repeated trips to the vet and repeated doses of anesthetic weren't good for her quality of life. She was s...
Posted by JayPee on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:42:00 PST

Capsule.

Growing up, I always enjoyed traveling during inclement weather. Whiteout conditions in Alaska, blizzards in North Dakota, torrential downpours and tornados in Wisconsin, all manner of severe weather...
Posted by JayPee on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:12:00 PST

The Robot Spy

The original Johnny Quest series was awesome, I remember seeing the re-runs when I was really little and some of the episodes freaked me right out. One episode, "The Robot Spy" sticks out in my head....
Posted by JayPee on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:13:00 PST

Tybalt and the Centipede

After the centipede was captured by clever use of the coffee jar, it was photographed, examined, allowed to cause general shivers and creepyness, then released out-of-doors....
Posted by JayPee on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:57:00 PST

Steven Boley

Two years and a day ago Steven Boley, an aquaintance of mine and fellow UW-Stout employee was riding his bike to work and was struck from behind by a truck driven by some guy who wasn't paying attenti...
Posted by JayPee on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:39:00 PST

An Open Letter to Poison Ivy

Dear Poison Ivy, We've never had the chance to meet before and as such, I've never had the pleasure of being formally introduced to you. I've heard many stories of your exploits and conquests and ha...
Posted by JayPee on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:59:00 PST

Muskrat

I happened across a pair of muskrats as they were feeding on duckweed this past weekend. They're normally quite shy but these two were apparently used to humans as they live near a small park on Lake...
Posted by JayPee on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:00 PST

Shop.

I have a private little bike shop in my basement. It gives me a place to play with my bikes and gets me away from computers, yet still alows me to use my hands doing something. A good, relaxing diver...
Posted by JayPee on Sun, 06 May 2007 07:42:00 PST

Things. Thoughts. Drip drip drip.

So, after years of dealing with low-grade sinus issues undoubtedly brought on by past experiences, I caved and purchased a neti-pot. Mind you, this is after years of people extohling the virtues of t...
Posted by JayPee on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:12:00 PST