Sophocles Timerift - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I live in Japan, on the Goto island chain, in Arikawa to be exact. I teach English at 6 elementary schools and 1 Junior High School. Japan has its ups and downs. The ups are what keep me goin'. I've saved a child, I've breakdanced at Japanese punk shows, I've backpacked 100 miles spanning ten days through New Mexico wilderness to see Mexico from atop of a mountain range, I've walked upon 3 continents, I've been to the DMZ, the Great Wall of China, Taipei 101, and the Sydney Opera House, I've found Edgar's chainsaw in Zozo without the use of a strategy guide, I've used my right hand to touch both of the epicenters of Little Boy and Fat Man, I've lit myself on fire, and I've seen the face of God in a cloud. I see shadows of the things that are long past and have dreams of moments from our future. I believe that when You die, because of the fact that You will be lacking a functional brain that provides Any human being with a cognitive consciousness, nothing but darkness will be waiting for You. But, this is not the end. Because of the earth's molten iron core always in rotation and creating an electromagnetic field that encompasses the entire earth (which is also resonsible for the Van Allen Radiation Belts,) an energy signature that is created by Your body will return to this electromagnetic energy field. This explains why spirits exist and why the living can sense them, for Our bodies have a greater amount of biochemical electromagnetic energies then signatures. Every memory that you have requires bioenergy for Your neurons to blossom. But whether a spirit from the past has any kind of consciousness, even I do not know. I believe there is none because the brain does not exist anymore, but then again if a small part of your signature is still rampant what will your signature experience? When we die are we mere recorded echoes when sensed by the living, or is there a separate unseen realm that signatures swim through, signatures with not the slightest clue how or why they got there? Do not be afraid of your death. It will come in time, I promise.

My Interests

Working, playing video games, watching movies, making short films, working with others on short films, fishing, Kendo, Badminton (not to sound like a fag but Badminton really kicks ass, and not to offend the homosexual community with said "fag" reference either,) reading, writing short stories, and trying to perfect my breakdancing styles.

I'd like to meet:

K-Fed, Gyllenspoon, J-Lo, Brangelina, P Diddy, TomKat, Jacko, and any other celebrities famous enough to have an abbreviated name for not doing anything but being in our magazines and movies.

Music:

Pink Floyd, Sufjan Stevens, Sage Francis, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Channel Live, KRS-One, Talib Kweli, Electric Soul Method, THP, George Clinton, Arrested Development, Bob Marley, Anti-Flag, The Dead Kennedys, Johnny Klegg and Savuka, Wutang Clan (with focus on the RZA and the GZA,) Binary Star, Tha Awkwords, Dr. Dre circa 1992, Snoop before the Doggfather, Tupac, Public Enemy, Sex Pistols, The Silent, Erykah Badu, OutKast (focus on ATLiens,) Warren G, early Ice-T, pre War and Peace Ice Cube, STP, Soundgarden, and the score to the original Ninja Gaiden.

Movies:

PAN'S LABYRINTH.

Television:

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Books:

Dante's Inferno, very passionate; Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos, How the fuck can a mortal mind think up Hyperion?; Kafka's Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Hunger Artist, all very bleak when it comes to human compassion; Alexander Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo, the greatest adventure ever written; James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans, the second greatest adventure ever written; Evan Wright's Generation Kill, which is very truthfully disturbing; Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, whilst being an easy read it is quite ahead of its time; Tom Wolfe's The Electric Koolaid Acid Test, of which I model my life after (without the LSD,) The Holy Bible, and in contrast Anton Lavey's Satanic Bible (both great books,) and Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, of which is impossible to explain.

Heroes:

MC Mic McJustice because of his unstoppable yet politically toned and subtle rhymes; Sally Ride because she's dead; Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Margaret Thatcher because watching them both make out is hot; Dante because he really wanted that piece of ass named Beatrice; my father is my greatest hero, he never molested me once.

My Blog

The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm

I've been doing this for 2 years. Yes, this month marks my 2 year anniversary of jumping on a plane to Japan; the following year after that inital flight would be spent drunk, everyday drunk, spending...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:21:00 PST

Western imperialism in Japanese education

I asked my fucking 8th grade class a question today as part of a competitive English quiz game to refresh memories before a test. The question was (in English,) "Who was the first American in J...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:47:00 PST

Wesley Snipes in prison?!?!?!

yep, Kiddos...Blade is in prison for 3 years on tax evasion. Crazy shit. Always pay your local and federal taxes or else get royally raped by Uncle Sam, JS
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:01:00 PST

Westroads ’07 (A further call for gun control)

I had written after Virginia Tech the importance of the necessity of strict gun laws in the US. The victims of Westroads Mall are yet 8 more casualities of the war not being fought on Ignorance....
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:15:00 PST

The Death of Movies

Next year, they're coming out with a new Alien Vs. Predator, a new Rambo, a new Terminator series on Fox, and a new Terminator movie in 2009.Generation 1980's needs to stop making shit based on what T...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:05:00 PST

Brit.

It's been a rough couple of weeks for Britney, hasn't it? Losing her kids, showing off her pussy (again,) and now Hit-and-Run charges. I think the real shame rests in that America gives a fuck a...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:41:00 PST

The worst movie ever.

I just finished Xanadu. Yep. JS
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Sat, 19 May 2007 05:16:00 PST

The results of the financial gains of the handgun industry (Virginia Tech)

It's a given probable fact that there are Crazy people everywhere. In every corner of the world, in every country, Crazy people are to be found. Years of isolation, the inability to make s...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:07:00 PST

America and the Thin Disease

Why is it that every woman's magazine has to feature the skinniest women that fit into thousand dollar dresses? What is our fascination with being thin, and getting there as fast as you can?&nbs...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:08:00 PST

www.godhatesfags.com

If you're not familiar with Fred Phelps and his Topeka, Kansas based Westboro Baptist Church, you can check out his website at www.godhatesfags.com. According to their beliefs, every d...
Posted by Sophocles Timerift on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:29:00 PST