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About Me

I have the superhuman power to stay at rest for years at a time. Loud noises and sudden movements make me uneasy, as do new experiences. So how the heck is it that for 3 years I ended up living in Japan, and travelling South East Asia? Well, it wouldn't be, if not for the excellent friends I've got, and the huge amounts of alcohol they've put into me. :)Now I'm back in my little house on the prairies, wondering where to wander next.Anyways, have a look at my photo album, if you like: http://www.pbase.com/alexjet

My Interests

Music, Movies, Meditation, Games, Japanese History, Eastern Religions, Psychology, Photography, Children, Martial Arts, Taekwondo, Onsens, Festivals, Food, Friends, Fornication, Art, Drama, Driving, Drumming, Dreaming

I'd like to meet:

Nobody. Seriously, I'm too busy to meet new people.

Music:

Tool, System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Waits, Elliott Smith, Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan, Coil, Portishead, The Tea Party, Nick Cave, Aphex Twin, Leonard Cohen, Massive Attack, DJ KRUSH, DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Delerium, Serart, Matt Darey, TAO, KODO, Nick Drake, Badly Drawn Boy, Damon Albarn, Dan the Automator, Lovage, Deltron 3030, Squarepusher, Autechre, Barenaked Ladies, Moxy Fruvous

Movies:

Way too many favourites to list. Fave directors include Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky, P.T. Anderson, Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, David Fincher, George Lucas, Spike Jones, Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry, and more.

Television:

I hate television. Not on principle, but mostly because 99% of it seriously sucks.

Books:

Roberston Davies, Ken Wilber, Tolkien, Nick Hornby, Friederich Nietzsche, Joseph Campbell, and... bah, I never read anymore.

Heroes:

Ken Wilber, Kevin Smith

My Blog

Sore and geeky

Don't try this at home, kids. Been killing time online for the last four hours or so, trying not to think about the thrashing I took at tonight's taekwondo class. Tested for my green belt a few ...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:55:00 PST

One more Valentine's minute...

My feet are about to fall off. Seriously though, all broken toes aside, nothing Taekwondo can throw at you will work your legs and feet like a long and busy Valentine's dinner rush at a hi...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:09:00 PST

Bored

I don't know if it's lack of sleep, lack of food, lack of immune system, or lack of excitement, but I've been so tired lately. I really should be at the gym or taekwondo, but instead I nap, and wat...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Packing nerves

Well, it's the last minute before I have to leave on my trip, so as usual I'm just starting now to pack my bags. This has become my every-trip routine now, and I'm not sure it's such a bad thing. I ...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Broken toe, say it ain't so

So I broke my big toe during my last taekwondo tournament. I planted a very powerful turning kick right in my oponent's kneecap, and the kneecap won. A loud snap, a faint whimper, a little cold spra...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Know when to roll 'em

Japan's coinage system is beyond ridiculous. There are 6 types of coins: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500.. So what happens if something costs 51 yen? You pay 100, and get back four 10s, a 5, and four 1s....
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Ah, sweet seratonin and edorphins. How thy rush cheers me.

Nothing like a little love to raise one's spirits. A little love, and a big typhoon like the one I'm seeing right now which just caused a huge oil drum to fly across a parking lot into a driving truc...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

There and Back Again

Well, just got back from probably my shortest vacation ever, outside of cross-border shopping trips to Minot, North Dakota. I and two cool friends went to Thailand and Cambodia last weekend, to see ...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Appetite for Destruction

So I survived the tournament, and even had the luxury of not being the one to go home in an ambulance- that honour belonged to a poor 13-year old who got his insides messed up by a flying knee. I fou...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Uh oh.

Hmmm. No damage done at practice last night. Instead found out that I'll be in the ring against blackbelts in tomorrow's fight. Spared current pain, on the promise of even greater future pain. S...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST