comics, literature (readin' n' writin'), art, philosophy, animation, politics, occult, experience, fringe, music, theater, comedy, humor, tech, sex, etc.
and now for some more cut-and-paste insight:
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey (updated 1/07)
Name: Ken
Birthday: March '76
Birthplace: NYU, NYC
Current Location: Mercersburg, PA
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5'8"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Eastern European Jew mutt (Polish, Hungarian & Russian)
The Shoes You Wore Today: tan tennies
Your Weakness: redheads
Your Fears: success, birds
Your Perfect Pizza: Hawaiian
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Get myself published, become consistently self-sufficient, possibly begin own business & get into a long-term relationship
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: k
Thoughts First Waking Up: "Man, I gotta piss"
Your Best Physical Feature: heheheheheheheheh
Your Bedtime: Lately, 12 - 1 am
Your Most Missed Memory: What the hell does that mean?
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi; Coke murders union workers in Colombia
McDonalds or Burger King: BK; what they serve actually tastes like food
Single or Group Dates: only been on one group date, don't think I dig it unless there's something seriously kinky planned
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea, but not a huge fan of tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: like a muthafuck
Do you Sing: at the slightest provocation
Do you Shower Daily: uh...
Have you Been in Love: once
Do you want to go to College: DONE!
Do you want to get Married: possibly
Do you belive in yourself: less often than I should
Do you get Motion Sickness: no
Do you think you are Attractive: Depends; how drunk are you?
Are you a Health Freak: freak? no. but learning to take care of myself better
Do you get along with your Parents: one of them
Do you like Thunderstorms: sure
Do you play an Instrument: used to play piano
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: oh yes
In the past month have you Smoked: yes, once
In the past month have you been on Drugs: define "Drugs"
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: YES, thank you, J!
In the past month have you been on Stage: not in a public performance sort of thing, no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: oh hell yes
Ever been called a Tease: not to my memory
Ever been Beaten up: yep
Ever Shoplifted: don't think so
How do you want to Die: at a very advanced age, with all my faculties, in my sleep, at point of orgasm or on a lot of hallucinogens
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I gotta grow up first; then, a comic book writer/artist, possibly retailer thereof, cartoon voice actor
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: blue
Favourite Hair Color: blue... oops, red
Short or Long Hair: depends
Height: depends
Weight: roughly proportionate
Best Clothing Style: idiosynchratic
Number of Drugs I have taken: what's that got to do with what I'm seeking in a partner?
Number of CDs I own: Christ, I dunno... 700?
Number of Piercings: 2 (3 if you count the fucked up 1st piercing in my left ear, long healed)
Number of Tattoos: none (yet)
Number of things in my Past I Regret: You want the Reader's Digest Edition or the complete 24-volume set?
CREATE YOUR OWN!
I'd like to meet:
You know who I'd really like to meet? The girl from the future with the half-purple, half-green hair and the crazy spandex from the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure who I fixated upon when I was a kid... as an adult, of course. Oh, and non-fictional.
I'd like to meet anyone who'll buy me things off this Amazon Wishlist . If nothing else, it's a peek into the bizarre miasma of interests in my mind, more than can be contained here. (Fair warning: there's roughly 1500 items on this now. I don't seriously expect to get them all, but you may wish to browse it by item type and/or priority for easier digestion.)
One more rating for the road:
You Are 73% Strange!
You are pretty darn strange. You're quirky and odd, and definitely not normal. But that's great--it makes you an interesting person. You aren't exactly as strange as they come, but congratulations on being quite unique!
How Strange Are You?
PS: Who don't I want to meet? Spammers. Not that I figure they'd read this, but just in case: let me assure you, I know who you are without even needing to open your profile, and I report you every time. I've been online since 1992; I don't get fooled, period.
Music:
The Smashing Pumpkins (thru 2000, and Zwan; I don't know who it is touring under that name nowadays), Tool (and A Perfect Circle), Oingo Boingo, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Gorillaz, The Beatles, Kenna, Beck, Tori Amos, Headquarters, Jimi Hendrix, Ween, Lords of Acid, Beastie Boys, Atari Teenage Riot, Frank Zappa, Radiohead, Moon Boot Lover, TISM, Negativland, Flaming Fire, Chemical Brothers, They Might Be Giants, Primus, Princess Superstar, Mr. Bungle, The Flaming Lips, Kula Shaker, Phish, Monster Magnet, The Grateful Dead, 8 Bit Peoples, Evolution Control Committee, Aphex Twin, Mustard Plug, Nonphixion, James Kochalka Superstar, MC Frontalot, Steve Miller Band, Jethro Tull, Marilyn Manson, Steely Dan, mc chris, mashups, nerdcore, chipstyle, filk, hardcore covers of children's songs, and anything offered freely over the net, especially unaffiliated with the RIAA and out of print
Movies:
Dark City, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Waking Life, Pan's Labyrinth, Donnie Darko, Children of Men, Pi, Spider-Man 1 & 2, Spirited Away, Dead Poets Society, The Matrix, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Metropolis, Defending Your Life, Bleu, What About Bob?, Yellow Submarine, The Incredibles, The Manchurian Candidate, The Last Unicorn, The Crow, The Dark Crystal, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, etc.
Television:
Now: Simpsons, Futurama, Kung Faux, Robot Chicken, Fairly Odd Parents, Metalocalypse, Spongebob Squarepants, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Daily Show, Da Ali G Show, Heroes, Ghost Hunters, Attack of the Show, CSI
Ever: Upright Citizens Brigade, Wonderfalls, Arrested Development, Unsolved Mysteries, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Six Feet Under, Invader Zim, Chappelle Show, Battle of the Planets, Max Headroom, Star Trek: The Original Series & The Next Generation, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Muppet Show, Kids In The Hall, X-Files (thru season 5), Mr. Show, The State, Sifl & Olly, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, etc.
My score on The Heroes Personality Test :
Hiro Nakamura
(You scored 54 Idealism, 66 Nonconformity, 54 Nerdiness)
YATTA!
Congratulations, you're Hiro Nakamura! You're a high-minded idealist, a huge nerd, and you enjoy being a unique and special person. Your combination of positive personality traits makes you impossibly lovable, and your energy and enthusiasm are absolutely infectious. Your dedication to any mission you take on, in addition to your cheerful sense of humor, are qualities anyone should be proud to have.Your best quality: Spunk
Your worst quality: You are too cute. Some people may not be able to handle it.
Link: The Heroes Personality Test
Books:
Authors encompass a greater sampling of work: Douglas Rushkoff, Robert Anton Wilson (rest in pasta), Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Evan Dorkin, Jhonen Vasquez, Jim Mahfood, Madeleine L'Engle, Neal Stephenson, Italo Calvino, Stanislaw Lem, Woody Allen, Douglas Adams, Thomas Pynchon, William S. Burroughs, Carla Speed McNeil, Jonathan Lethem, Neil Gaiman, Herman Hesse, Hunter S. Thompson, C.S. Lewis, Garth Ennis, and so on
Heroes:
Doug Rushkoff (for his usually sunny vision of human potential, even my own), Evan Dorkin (for his usually cloudy vision of human idiocy, and for inspiring me to want to work in this ass-backwards industry), Bill Hicks (died for your sins, and your sins, and YOUR sins, but especially his own), George Carlin (surliest old man on earth), Alan Moore (truly the magus), Grant Morrison (Moore's closest competition), Danny Elfman (only a few musicians can straddle punk-pop to orchestral arrangement) and the endless procession of martyrs, known and forgotten, who don't take no shit from the so-called high and mighty; we salute you.
