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jam!us

Resistance is useless. It is useless to resist it.

About Me


Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things, — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
SIR FRANCIS BACON, Apothegms No. 97

My Interests

Beets
Bears
Battlestar Galactica
& Jenn

I'd like to meet:



People of loose morals who enjoy life.
AIM = freejamius

Music:



Movies:

A Clockwork Orange, Almost Famous, Anchorman, The Big Lebowski, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Fight Club, Garden State, I <3 Huckabees, Hype!, LOTR, The Matrix, Pan's Labyrinth, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Wall-E

Television:

30 Rock, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, Arrested Development, Chappelle's Show, Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Frisky Dingo, Futurama, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Real Time With Bill Maher, The Simpsons, The State, The Venture Brothers

Books:

James Campbell "The Hero With A Thousand Faces"
Nick Hornby "High Fidelity"
Truman Capote "Breakfast At Tiffany's"

Heroes:


Brock Samson

My Blog

America: Recession, Bush/CNN: Economic Slow Down

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Posted by jam!us on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:54:00 PST

Top 10 Albums of 2007

Sorry, I just can't resist doing these. I was going to make a list Stephen King/Entertainment Weekly style where I listed albums I was into this year regardless of release date until I realized it was...
Posted by jam!us on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:12:00 PST

AWOL

For those attentive few of you out there you will have soon noticed my internet status has shot from constant to completely absent; as of today, I've moved to Wilkes-Barre. I've taken few items with m...
Posted by jam!us on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:00 PST

"True" ad

What the fuck is up with that scrolling advertisement? The one with the tranny looking Joker in a green dress that slams her ass up against the text box?I mean, it's a much more honest advertisement o...
Posted by jam!us on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:41:00 PST

John Frusciante speaks to me

I was afraid to be meBe anyone you want to beI don't blame my weakFor my not being able to speakClearly about things I've said beforeAnd if it's light outside, night will fallAnd if it's life, it reso...
Posted by jam!us on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:59:00 PST

Vicarious

I'm not going to lie. I like Tool. I love Tool. In fact, I think they're the greatest band active (in lengthy spurts) in rock music today. Everything they do is so precise. Every note, art and video i...
Posted by jam!us on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:20:00 PST

The weather outside is frightful? Nay, I say it delightful.

I never feel so at one as when it snows. So even though I probably barely made it home and my car shat out halfway up my driveway, I feel grateful to have been able to stand out back and gawk in wonde...
Posted by jam!us on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:58:00 PST

Enlightenment in a bowl. Just like grandma used to make.

One of God's own personal disciples gave me a ride to work today. As he manuevered through the Sam's Club parking lot, barely avoiding parked cars, he informed me that he was sent back to this world w...
Posted by jam!us on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:48:00 PST

Take this job and shove it??

I guess I really don't utilize these because I don't feel my life is generally interesting enough to write more than a couple brief paragraphs about. But it seems this evening my life has officially b...
Posted by jam!us on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dream Theater

I always just assumed that Dream Theater was, to quote Sobo, "Rush with less sack" but I just got lost in "Beyond This Life" for about, oh, 8 minutes or so. Fuck, I hate being late in discovering good...
Posted by jam!us on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST