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Travis of the cosmos

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.

About Me

We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.

My Interests

"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."
-Kurt Vonnegut

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a story to tell.

Music:

mu?sic [myoo-zik]–noun 1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
stuff i like:
Aesop Rock
Kenna
The Mars Volta
Mos Def
Glassjaw
Head Automatica
DJ Shadow
The Roots
Jay Z
Modest Mouse
Minus The Bear
Bjork
The Sound of Animals Fighting
Every Time I Die
Amos Lee
Amy Winehouse
The Arcic Monkeys
Lily Allen
Led Zeppelin
The Streets
Pink Floyd
Bloc Party
Nine Inch Nails
Elliot Smith
The Octopus Project
Rage Against the Machine
Ratatat
He Is Legend
Talib Kwelli
Say Anything
Tool
The White Stripes
Death Cab For Cutie
Murder By Death
Explosions in the Sky
Dragonforce
The Clash
Radiohead
Animal Collective
The Faint
M.I.A

Movies:

Star Wars(the originals). Superman(entire series). Batman(minus Forever and Batman and Robin).Where the Buffalo Roam. Kids. Dazed and Confused. Anything by Wes Anderson. Trainspotting. Guy Ritchie Films. Guillermo del Toro films. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Natural Born Killers. Requiem for a Dream. Kevin smith films. A Clockwork Orange. American History X. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Anything with Judd Apatow's name on it.Across the Universe. The Song Remains the Same. Meeting People is Easy. As Good As it Gets. Old horror films. The Fifth Element. Animal House. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. many more that I don't feel like naming, but you get the picture.

Television:

scrubs. jeopardy. adult swim. history channel. the daily show. colbert report. the office. the simpsons. IFC. news channels. discovery channel.

Books:

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut. Ray Bradbury. Stephen King. Chuck Palahniuk. Mark Twain. Al Franken. Shakespeare. Henry David Thoreau. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Jack London. Christopher Moore. Ayn Rand. Books(not including works by the previous authors.):A Clockwork Orange. 1984. Utopia. The Catcher in the Rye. The Andromeda Strain. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Of Mice and Men. The Lord of the Flies. The Jungle. again..the list goes on and on.

Heroes:

My Parents. Kurt Vonnegut. Thoreau. Jimmy Page. Omar Rodríguez-López. Salvador Dali. Vincent van Gogh.

My Blog

break a leg(no, really.)

(music playing softly. enter stage left.  to the audience:) tragic hero:  I'm disintegrating into oblivion.  Turning into an insignificant part of your past.  For what it's wo...
Posted by chameleon on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:52:00 PST

a boy named peter pan

Whisk me away to Neverland so that I may never grow old.  Take me back to the good times..times when we would all sit in the driveway and talk about everything and nothing at the same time. ...
Posted by chameleon on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:32:00 PST

a pirate's life for me.

When this city sleeps, you'll find me out on the prowl.  I'll be the one with the thorn in his side, slow dancing only to pass the time.  At dawn..find me in the gutter..dreaming of your fac...
Posted by chameleon on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:29:00 PST

cliche'! at the disco

Dumbfounded,I sit and count the stars, wanting to learn their secrets of shining so brightly.  A fountain of tears and words that tear my heart, sometimes I'm a burden to myself.  I light a ...
Posted by chameleon on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:07:00 PST