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About Me

If offered a choice between pie and cake, I'd choose pie AND cake. But if forced, at gunpoint to select only one dessert, I'd choose Baked Alaska. Not because it's my favorite, but because it's a little like cake, a little like pie, but mostly like ice cream on fire.By the by, not to sound standoffish, but I generally prefer that complete strangers send me a message before trying to add me as a friend, as a courtesy. I've met some amazing people that found me at random. But they were all nice enough to let me know that. Also, I've blocked band friend requests because I get them constantly. I'll take the time out to listen to your band if you take the time out to send me an actual personal message. Quid pro quo.

My Interests

Implement throwing, film making, fencing, cycling, bad-mad-or-fringe science, memes, etymology, creepy robot culture, repurposing old technologies, sport bearding

I'd like to meet:

Classy troublemakers, with whom I might make a better class of trouble. And any rich folks who've run out of ideas as to fun new ways to spend their money. Have I ever got plans for you...

Music:

Difficult listening.

Movies:

I worked 2 days a week at an independent video store just so I could brainwash their clients with my taste in film. My list of beloved films is longer than I care to type.

Television:

Nothing I like is allowed to stay on TV.

Books:

Currently reading... a host of boring tech manuals. Last 5 Just finished... "The Gun Seller" by Hugh Laurie "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain "You Can't Win" by Jack Black (the depression era hobo, not 1/2 of Tenacious D), "How To Survive A Robot Uprising" by Daniel H Wilson (nothing new for me) "House Of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski (took forever, almost worth it)

Heroes:

Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, M.D., PhD. Adam Worth Sir Richard Burton (the explorer, not the actor)

My Blog

2007 Report Card

As I begin again my 9 Days Of Resolve, I thought I'd republish 2007's resolutions with an update as to how I fared. All told, I consider them a success. They were conceived as a plan to improve the qu...
Posted by Starnes on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:47:00 PST

Noisician Recognition

This is how we go when we go like this.~R...
Posted by Starnes on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:38:00 PST

The Spectacle

This is the first chapter of Guy Debord's Situationist classic "The Society Of The Spectacle" where I have replaced the words "the spectacle" with "MySpace". Makes for an interesting read. Is posting ...
Posted by Starnes on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:28:00 PST

For Clint, and for us all...

Here's a video of a beautiful morning in New Orleans circa the Summer of '05. It stars my friend Clint, was directed by my friend Henry, and features a bicycling horde of other friends of mine. I'm ev...
Posted by Starnes on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:36:00 PST

Distraction

So, my video/digital camera is broken and it is killing my progress. The one in my phone has a busted flash now, too. Plus, I'm running low on funds and can't really afford to spring for a new minidv ...
Posted by Starnes on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:30:00 PST

Report Card

At a little over a week into these new resolutions, I'm doing pretty well. A few pictures behind, as I forget that the phone has a camera in it, and I spent a few days with it not working anyway. Exer...
Posted by Starnes on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:29:00 PST

This Year's Plan

Here is the full list, as promised, including the first two from last week, revised and improved. As my friends, I trust you to remind me of these at any given opportunity, should my resolve begin to ...
Posted by Starnes on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:59:00 PST

9 Days Of Resolve

As is my personal tradition, I will be spending the 9 days between New Year's Eve and My Birthday making resolutions, to be implemented at the begining of my personal year, through January 9th of the ...
Posted by Starnes on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:17:00 PST

Long Fall, Soft Landing

For those of you I haven't seen or spoken to in the past few months, I thought I'd provide an update vis a vis my living situation. I have, since last post, found new digs. Twice. Some friends found m...
Posted by Starnes on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:29:00 PST

Eviction Redux

I just lost a 20 minute diatribe about this that I haven't strength or patience enough to retype. The long and short of it is, since my last communique, I found a place in NO, only to have it sold out...
Posted by Starnes on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:02:00 PST