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Turq

You mean this sucker's nuclear?

About Me

...I hate to warn you boys and girls, technology is cheap, bandwidth is accessable, thestic moralism is being breached... people are bored.
--Dave Warner on internet pornography and cyber erotica.
People -are- bored, and they call me for tech support. I'm a 27 year old network engineer and support technician, who's just insane enough to think he's an iguana, at least on the intarweb. (or is that internets? Darned W, always changing his terminology, he's a wiley one, that W.). When I'm not at work, I somehow still manage to be interested in computers. I also dig cars, poetry, music, and books of all sorts. I studied biology in college, ran out of money, and fell back on my instinctual geekiness, since my good looks weren't selling. Someday, I'd like to finish my biology degree; I'd also like to start my own company. I've got lots of ambitions, all pulling in different directions, and I've got to reign them all in. I recently moved to St. Charles from Fenton, I bought a house. I share it with my mom, but my name's on the deed too, and I pay a big chunk of the house payment, so you can't accuse me of just being some loser who lives with his parents. (Or, alternatively, you -could- accuse me of being a loser who pays way too much money to live with his parents.). I could ramble for hours, but for now, I'll just shut up. If I'm leaving something out that you'd -like- to know about me, though, just ask!

My Interests

Computers, hacking, cyberpunk, furries, biology, lizards, current events, poetry, music, suitcase nukes, dragons, cars, hanging out, dumpster diving, road trips, exploring. . .

I'd like to meet:

People into technology, cyberpunk and sci-fi, intellectual pursuits, reading, action movies, cars, music.. People who can deal with the fact that I'm a 'furry' without freaking out.. Sincere people.. People with minds of their own, who have their own beliefs and views, and can talk to me about them without shoving them down my throat. People who realize I'm not perfect, but they're not either. And someday, somehow, a beautiful girl who hopefully won't break my heart like the last. . .

Music:

Thomas Dolby, Information Society, Duran Duran, U2, Poe, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Kraftwerk, INXS, Hotel Faux Pas, The Cure, The Who, Apocalyptica, Nine Inch Nails, Giorgio Moroder, Talking Heads, B-52s, Cake, The Church, Counting Crows, Eric Clapton, Genesis, Flock of Seagulls, Peter Gabriel, Icehouse, Howard Jones, Live, No Doubt, Huey Lewis and The News, Real Life, REM, Robert Palmer, Savage Garden, Sheryl Crow, Smash Mouth, Tears For Fears

Movies:

Buckaroo Banzai, Back To The Future, The Matrix, Electric Dreams, Weird Science, What Dreams May Come, The Last Castle, Sneakers, Wargames, James Bond, 2001, 2010, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dead Poets' Society, Tank Girl, Johnny Mneumonic, Indiana Jones...

Television:

House, CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS, JAG, MacGuyver, Fifth Gear, Diagnosis Unknown, Good Eats, Iron Chef, Nash Bridges, Two and a Half Men...

Books:

Zeitgeist, Heavy Weather, Burning Chrome, Neuromancer, Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution, The Cuckoo's Egg, Getting Acquainted With Microcomputers, Count Zero, Animal Dreaming, How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive. . .

Heroes:

Steve Wozniak, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, Steve Jobs, Steven Hawking, Buckaroo Banzai, Ralph Bishop, Benjamin Franklin, Gregory House...