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jaku

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i teach and i learn
i watch and i wait
i paint and i brood
i sing and i dance
i doubt and i hope
i talk and i listen
i try and i fail
well... not always

My Interests

music, art, tv, movies, words, thoughts, books, fun, people, places, things, etc.

I'd like to meet:

The girl with the friendly eyes...

Music:

alkaline trio, afi, acid bath, the actual, anthrax, apex theory, baxter, biffy clyro, bright eyes, bjork, cave in, cows, cursive, dan le sac vs. scroobius pip, decemberists, deadboy and the elephantmen, d12, deftones, eastern youth eminem, far, the faint, faith no more, finch, garbage, the get up kids, the good life, grade, guns n roses, glassjaw, haste, heroine sheiks, human waste project, jay z, jimmy eat world, jenny lewis and the watson twins, lo-pro, lovage, lupe fiasco, marilyn manson, mad season, mazzy star, meat puppets, motion city soundtrack, motley crue, kate nash, new end original, nofx, old 97s, onelinedrawing, poison the well, peaches, pinback, pigface, poe, portishead, postal service, refused, rancid, rilo kiley, roxette, the start, sleep station, something for rockets, system of a down, taproot, team sleep, thursday, toadies, the used, the vandals, vampire weekend, wesley willis, etc.

Movies:

amelie, american beauty, american psycho, donnie darko, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, fear and loathing in las vegas, fight club, great expectations, groundhog day, i <3 huckabees, labyrinth, memento, party monster, purfume, requiem for a dream, shaun of the dead, welcome to the dollhouse ... basically any movie with "attack of" or "of the dead" in the title is good ... as a rule for movies, i am always entertained and rarely impressed ... i guess that's how i feel about a lot of things

Television:

the mighty boosh, the office, my name is earl, science stuff, home improvement stuff, fashion stuff, adult swim when it was still worth watching (aqua teen, family guy, home movies, brak, etc), the simpsons, kids in the hall, ed, wonder showzen, the real world, and other mindless garbage that keeps me distracted from the things i should be doing

Books:

I'm just finishing up Perfume (by Patrick Suskind). I haven't decided what is next on the reading list. A lot of my favorite books are art books - Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Ryden, Joe Sorren, and so on. I also have a warm place in my heart for Silverstien, Seuss, Scieszka, and other kiddie lit. I like books for grown ups too - Palahniuk, Suskind, Poe, Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, etc, etc, etc.

Heroes:

people that are insanely passionate and people that are passionately insane

My Blog

diary of a schoolmarm

Much to the excitement of the boys in the room, we had a visitor today.  This visitor, according to one precocious young pip, was a house centipede.  I certainly saw it, and was definitely p...
Posted by jaku on Thu, 29 May 2008 05:08:00 PST

damn you, future

Poop Freeze * nonflammable* cools surfaces down to -62 ferenheit* can be used indoors and outdoors* fucking freezes dogshit...    somehow making it something more palatable than dogshit? www...
Posted by jaku on Fri, 23 May 2008 06:25:00 PST

cosby was right...

As an educator, I feel as though funny stories are part of my meager pay.  I feel compelled to share a few gems (new, old, and borrowed)... POUNDCAKEAn obnoxious, insecure, and bulky young middle...
Posted by jaku on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:32:00 PST

Thank you, future...

The internet is, with out a doubt, the easiest way for me to: 1. Get the latest news 2. Cheat at online scrabble 3. Find movie times 4. Get directions 5. Waste a whole lot of time   With number f...
Posted by jaku on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:22:00 PST

Midnight Oil saw this coming...

At least 55 people died and a dozen others were injured after a fire broke out Saturday in a mattress factory in Casablanca.   How can we sleep, indeed...
Posted by jaku on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:13:00 PST

sprung

Spring fuckin break!!!!  Wooooooohoooooo!!!! Yah& so I went to ..Michigan.  First I was concerned that it might be too much time, and then it was suddenly too little.  It was great to s...
Posted by jaku on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:22:00 PST

suffering from irony

Feeling bored, lonely, and a bit frantic should be reason enough to broaden one's social circles.  Meeting new people should be fun and adventurous.  Why is it, then, that I feel compelled t...
Posted by jaku on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:24:00 PST

update

Well& I've reached the one month mark.  It feels pretty amazing to have the kind of job I've been in search of for so long.  All is well in that area of life.  Things are stressful, and...
Posted by jaku on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:18:00 PST

take care of your own

You would think, with all of the money that has been generated by Scientology, that L. Ron could buy his mother some groceries - at the very least, he could get that poor dog of hers a bone.
Posted by jaku on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:59:00 PST

an open letter to the city of Detroit

Dear Detroit,              I suppose a lie is no way to begin any correspondence, but I blame that on habit and convention.  "Dear" or not, ...
Posted by jaku on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:03:00 PST