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About Me

Pictures of Lily
(http://www.myspace.com/picturesoflilymusic)
Share the Suffering
(http://www.myspace.com/sharethesuffering)
lifeduzt (http://www.myspace.com/lifeduzt)
I'm a walking contradiction. Everything I say, everything I do, is molded in confusion between the two extremes. Usually I settle on the happy medium...or at least the medium.
I have an imagination like no other, with an affinity for archaic language, modest and noble characters with good intentions overcoming the odds, and a love for the idea of magic and the possibilities of science.
I'm also a musician/writer/sophist, and my lyrics/words represent a fascination with (other peoples' struggle for/with) power, evil, love, hate, death, money, the destruction of the world, and the theoretical futility of any and all actions related as such. I like to think I'm objective, but I'm sure my motives seep through in places. I also love a good Dan Brown conspiracy and Piers Anthony is quite obviously the best author on the planet.
I like to travel and wish I could do more of it. I enjoy seeing other cultures, seeing what they value and respect. So far, I've been to Rome, Venice, and Lake Maggiore, Italy; Lucerne, Switzerland; Paris, France; London, England, San Juan Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Vegas, Denver, DC, Tempe, Minneapolis, SanDi, SanFran, Anaheim, Hollywood, Atlanta, and a bunch of other places.
I've been running with a few bands for almost a decade now -- the latest are Share the Suffering, Share the Glory , a deal that me and my bro had teamed up with a few of the System Failure guys to kick out some cool jams...it's sort of on hold as Kyle had to go and join Victory Records recording artist Nodes of Ranvier to rock out some awesome tunes on a big fancy schmancy label! Check it out, Kyle always does a great job.
Also, Pictures of Lily ( http://www.myspace.com/picturesoflilymusic ) is a new indie rock type thing with Kelsey on vocals and Dave Hy from Venacs on drums.
Love the Braves...I've been watching them for 14 years or so, and saw them for the first time last September!

My Interests

Music, Playing shows, Motorcycling, Lacrosse, Computers, Philosophy, Video Games, Movies, Reading (Piers Anthony, Orson Scott Card, Twain, Huxley), Watching people, Intelligence, Athletic women, Profound thoughts that sum up the meaning of the world in 20 words or less, and Atlanta Braves games.

And on a whole other level of interest: Power, Love, Evil, Death, Hate, and Money

I'd like to meet:

Piers Anthony - besides family, noone has had a bigger impact on the way I think about religion, politics, life, love, and the world in general.

And in no particular order: Chronos, Thanatos, God, Satan, Jesus, Fate, War, Nature, and any other entity that may have some power or knowledge about anything...as well as all individuals that have realized the ultimate truth that Grand Theft Auto contains all the answers to the universe.

And Zooey Deschanel, Kate Beckinsale, Vanessa Rousso...but especially Zooey.

Music:

Puya, N.W.A., System Failure, Pantera, The Handshake Murders, Far, Onelinedrawing, Hatebreed, Stabbing Westward, Silverchair, Deftones, The Goops, Rush, Meek, P.O.S., Ice Cube, Too Short, August Burns Red, Big L, Social Distortion, SOAD, The Secret, Flatfoot 56, IZ

Movies:

IZ - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Kansas State beats #4 Texas 45-42

The Thirteenth Floor, Boondock Saints, The Warriors, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Gladiator, The Negotiator, Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengence, Office Space, The Cooler, Saw, Saw ii, Saw iii, The Station Agent, Back to the Future 1 2 3, Dangerous Beauty, 300, and any movie with PEPE THE KING PRAWN IN IT!!!

Television:

Futurama, Big Brother, Seinfeld, Rescue Me, Family Matters, Street Smarts, Family Guy, MacGyver, Quantum Leap, Highlander, Sliders, How I Met Your Mother, Poker After Dark, and Braves games.

Books:

Piers Anthony - anything and everything, but especially:
*Incarnations of Immortality series
*Xanth series
*Adept series
*Mode series

Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Shadow Puppets

The Adventures of Huck Finn (Twain)
Further Adventures of Huck Finn (Matthews)
Angels & Demons (Brown)
The Da Vinci Code (Brown)
1984 (Orwell)
Brave New World (Huxley)
Harry Potter 1-7 (Rowling)

And another of my favorites involving Benjamin Weaver, one of the coolest characters ever:
A Conspiracy of Paper (David Liss)
A Spectacle of Corruption

The Coffee Trader
The Ethical Assassin

Heroes:

My Parents
My Brothers
My Grandpa
Piers Anthony
Huck Finn

My Blog

Top Secret Mission: Failed.

I didn't even make it there -- I ended up in a ditch rammed against a wooden pole near Hershey, NE after tailing off of Ice-80 W going 70mph at 8:15pm last night. I did a freakin 360 and am lucky my t...
Posted by duzt on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:28:00 PST

Let’s chalk last night up as...

...whatever, it's always my fault. Or maybe it's other peoples' fault for asking 'what I do'. 'Not enough' was the answer last night. And as obvious as that is, it's getting pretty embarrassing to say...
Posted by duzt on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:36:00 PST

Working out is finally paying off!

...cuz I took my backpack to the gym today...and I found my long-lost beanie at the bottom of it. Freakin score, I needed that thing so much for this coldass weather. Oh yeah, and I'm working out. Los...
Posted by duzt on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:05:00 PST

Disc Golf awesomeness - Part deux

Bam! New low score of 53! Gorgeous day. Nice temperature and no wind at all. Obviously the course is still a cakewalk, but I knew I could shoot way better than I had done before...and no better time t...
Posted by duzt on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:38:00 PST

Disc Golf awesomeness

I went out yesterday after work to play some disc golf, and wowsa was that ever an easy breezy beautiful round. I broke my old record by a stroke with a 61 and even made a few nasty throws. I tried to...
Posted by duzt on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:03:00 PST

Ouch!

Four workouts down and obviously I'm not even in a normal person's shape. This is perhaps the beginning of a total makeover. I'll look better, I'll feel better...and I'm getting some new skin this wee...
Posted by duzt on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:06:00 PST

NY in NYC

Looks like I'll be spending New Years in NYC with bro and Ms. Shari. I haven't been to NYC since I was too young to remember, so it should be fun. We'll be just over the Hudson. Just gotta be careful,...
Posted by duzt on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:40:00 PST

Session: End

Pictures of Lily headed into Curtis Grubb's studio this weekend and just wrapped. We were trying for three songs and got about 75% of the way done before we start mixing. Great studio, and Curtis real...
Posted by duzt on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:57:00 PST

I win.

So tonite I was trying to recover from about three weeks of really poor poker playing, and one hand in particular boosted my confidence. Everything started off really well; I bet up some good pot...
Posted by duzt on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:10:00 PST

Big Brother Central

Big Brother season 8 is in full swing. There's a new twist with America's Player, as America pulls the strings and votes for one player...mixed reactions as one a*hole basically flew a banner over the...
Posted by duzt on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:23:00 PST