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TS Barringer

I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful...

About Me

Too much machismo for most, but prone to bouts of sobbing when reading particularly poignant and sentimental Hallmark cards ..

My Interests

Dogs, bubble wrap, music, movies, thinking myself into corners, being a martyr, scarred bodies and scarred souls, kettle corn, knockin' boots, bowling, tropical fish, painting, Lockerby skins, Secondary Citizen punks, slayin' sucker M.C.s, tattoos, waxing nostalgic, power lifting, getting cool stuff in the mail,pointless philosophical banter, learning life lessons from dogs and toddlers, honing my sarcasm, deep couch meditation inspired by bad TV, hypochondria, distinctive facial hair (on men), self-depracation, the Eagles, belittling others to increase my sense of self worth ,looking up obscure topics on the internet, video games from the 80's, taking the easy way out and learning the hard way, being with friends, monsters, crossword puzzles, and being anywhere except work. I've also been diligently creating a fantasy world for more than two decades, which is where I tend to spend a lot of my time.

I'd like to meet:

Crispin Glover, Bruce Campbell, and Gary Larson. Other Glitteratti.

Music:

Cro-Mags, Bad Brains, Bruisers, Pink Floyd, Leatherface, Anti-Heros, Peter Gabriel soundtracks, SNFU, Buzzcocks, Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Seaweed, Police, GBH, Men at Work, Wire, Husker Du, Dead Can Dance, Sham 69, Morphine, Portishead, U2 (pre Joshua Tree), Slayer, Enya, Hatebreed, Integrity, Sick of it All, Cranberries, Dropkick Murphys, Fear, SLF, Blood for Blood, Stars and Stripes, Guns n Wankers, Beltones, 4Skins and The Bee Gees

Movies:

Blade Runner, Road Warrior, Wild at Heart, Rumble Fish, Raising Arizona and Pee Wee's Big Adventure.Horrors starring Sam Neilrollbar-base-color:; scrollbar-3dlight-color:

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Television:

I don't really have too much time for T.V. as my day is full of activities which exercise my mind, body, and spirit.During the meager 6 or 7 hours I do devote daily to the boob tube, I generally watch whatever's on since I can't figure out the remote. When I do figure out how to switch channels I get frustrated because I can never find The Muppets or Soul Train

Books:

When I had something resembling an attention span some years ago I liked to read Stephen King. Portrait of a Young Artist was a great book, but all in all I tend to stick with reading that has a lot of nice, big pictures without a whole lot of text.

Heroes:

My dog Grace and the Motorcycle Boy.The guy who invented caller ID.

My Blog

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Sat Oct 13)

1:48 pmIngrid's mother got here yesterday and we've had a perfectly lovely visit thus far. She's visiting a friend of hers right now and Ingrid is out running errands. Hopefully buying me presents. I'...
Posted by TS Barringer on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:22:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Thurs Oct 11)

8:17 pmI was knocking myself while on my stroll with Gracie about the amount of TV I watch. Then it struck me that the bigger issue is that I have that much spare time  to begin with.Ingrid and I...
Posted by TS Barringer on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:35:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Tues Oct 9)

6:24 pmWell, I quit my job today. Even by my standards quitting two jobs in less than a month is terrible. At first glance this probably seems like it was an incredibly stupid move.Au contraire. Being...
Posted by TS Barringer on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:05:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Mon Oct 8)

7:56 pmLast Friday my head showed up to work 2 hours late and left three hours early. Coward.Today neither of us made it. I checked the schedule three times last week and I still thought this morning ...
Posted by TS Barringer on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:50:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Sun Oct 7)

9:28 pmOperation Bring on Massive Breakdown is in full swing.I met my new doctor today. We discussed my long struggle with mental disease and other things which have been going on in my life for the p...
Posted by TS Barringer on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:02:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Fri Oct 5)

9:15 pmI don't seem to be getting much better on my own. God bless her heart, Ingrid actually found a shrink who would see me this Sunday.The end of my workweek is here. I don't go back until Tuesday,...
Posted by TS Barringer on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:51:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Thues Oct 4th)

8:39 pmI made it through another day at my new job, but only by the hair on my chinny chin chin. I almost lost my temper after receiving criticism for not doing a thorough algae wipe yesterday on some...
Posted by TS Barringer on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:28:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Wed Oct 3)

8:57 pmI feel better today, but not much. All day I could only think about how I was once again back at square one, working for minimum wage. 36 years old working for 8 dollars an hour with a bunch of...
Posted by TS Barringer on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:27:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Tues Oct 2)

8:57 pmWhat an atrocious day. My brain feels like it's been wrung out by a gorilla.I've been financially dependent on my dad to varying degrees my entire life. This gives him complete control between ...
Posted by TS Barringer on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:48:00 PST

One Monkey with One Typewriter (Mon Oct 1)

11:46 amJon and I were cruising around Saturday talking about the demise of American culture. It's difficult to promote family values when for most Americans the nuclear family is just an abstract con...
Posted by TS Barringer on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:08:00 PST