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Derek - MostlyDamaged.com

Shame on us, for all we have done; And all we ever where, just zeroes and ones.

About Me

I'm a hard edged, tempermental son of a bitch. I want the world in my hands, and sometimes it feels like there's a fire inside that threatens to consume me if I should ever succumb to mediocrity. To take this world in your hands, to forge your reality like molten steel, that is to know the face of the Gods. I believe that an indomitable will, and unbreakable friendship alone can succeed where luck and fate conspire to leave you left alone, empty handed and on the edge of lunacy. I'm not afraid to ask hard questions. I am most definitely not afraid to be myself.
You want basics? I'm a network architect. I build and design complex Voice over IP networks. I play guitar, as often as possible, and try to learn as much about music from my little brother Ian as possible. He's a sick, sick bassist, and a damn good guitarist. I'd like to say I'm a martial artist, but my lapses in training forbid me from doing so now. Most important of all, I'm in love with my girlfriend, Nicole , she's the only thing that keeps my grounded these days. I'd be lost without her. Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

Guitar, music, forensics, reading, time travel, string theory, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, reefer, alchohol, writing, jujitsu, martial arts, Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, Hakido, Aikido, Brazilian Ju Jitsu

I'd like to meet:

Everyone who can step a bit beyond the boundaries of perception, and break down the veils. People who can ask me the hard questions on life, who are willing to challenge my perceptions, and validify my beliefs. I want to meet anyone who can help me to reach the next level. Anyone who's willing to trade their fear that they might fail, for the chance that they may succeed beyond belief.

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!"" -Jack Kerouac

Music:

Nine Inch Nails, Hank Williams III, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shephard, , Pantera, Beethoven, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Deicide, Slayer, Obituary, Hendrix, The Doors, Cannibal Corpse, Meshuggah, Pink Floyd, The Faint, Leatherstrip, Skinny Puppy, Eminem, System of a Down, Sublime, Strapping Young Lad, Nile, Collapsing Lungs, Nation of Fear, Aphex Twin, too many others to name.

Movies:

Kill Bill, Natural Born Killers, Donnie Darko,Pirates of the Carribean, Fight Club, Identity, The Crow, Wargames, Hackers, Enemy at the Gates, The Siege, Conspiracy Theory, Enemy of the State, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, X-Men 2

Books:

Jack Kerouac, Neil Gaiman, Makavelli Sword of Truth series (Terry Goodkind), Bret Ellis, All Stephen King novels, Anything by Rumi, Anything with Edgar Allen Poe, The Art of War (Sun Tzu), 1984, The Giver, Neuromancer, Just about all Dean Koontz novels, Nietzsche,Margaret Weis, Freakonomics (Steven Levitt), Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Taken with a grain of salt) - John Perkins, (..basically anything I can get my hands on),Niccolò Machiavelli

Heroes:

Einstein, Dimebag, Trent Reznor, Will Wright, Linus Torvalds. Oh, and Nicole.

My Blog

Why Ron Paul (Or, Gaining hope in the people)

I'll start with his voting record, so it's clear why I'm speaking about him. This is a long post, so hopefully this will catch your attention. Brief Overview of Congressman Paul's Record He h...
Posted by Derek on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:52:00 PST

Comin as I do from the fire

Yesterday, I did it. I proved that I have what it takes. With no college, with no high school, I just landed a job at Citrix as Lead Software Engineer. It's been a long road, and a hard one, but I'm ...
Posted by Derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Almost

Despite all my past fuckups and mistakes, I may almost be out of trouble. That's a good thing. I can legally drive again, which is a better thing. I'd like to take this moment to say fuck you to all t...
Posted by Derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Torrified

I've got a lot going on in my life right now. Felt the urge to write again. I'd really like to see your comments on this. Good or bad. And yes, the song title name is a real word. Did you ever thi...
Posted by Derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Infinite Possibility

Could it possibly be true. Is my life really getting on the track I need to be on? I'm almost frightened that I could be at the beginning of a new crossroads in my life. My sleeping problem, gone. Jus...
Posted by Derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST