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Frankenjake

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About Me



I'm a neurotic making his way though life learning by doing the wrong way and kicking myself each step of the way! Left-leaning, argumenative, stubborn S.O.B. and roleplay-lovin weirdo damn lucky to have landed himself in Austin.

My Interests

My interests could fill a phone book, it's hard to define everything. I love cartoons for their ability to fly under radar, comics for their mixture of art and storytelling. I enjoy writing though I've yet to find a medium. Of course, I worship the silicon God, and speaking of God, I enjoy long philosphical and theological debates and thrill in a knock-down, drag-out over politics. I can't read novels, only text books and the like. Computer programming, Mudding, roleplaying of the Vampire: Masquerade variety. List goes on. Bathing is nice, but only for recreational purposes.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet someone who could stand me and like me for me, a long shot I know. If she were female, that'd also be good. I love women on the full-figured side. Not obese, though I have been down that road, but a woman with curves drives me wild. If she's got a sense of humor, likes to argue and can stand me, she's perfect...
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Music:

Another endless list. 1920's Jazz like Paul Whiteman, old blues like Leadbelly, stoner rock like Clutch, 70's southern rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Space Age Pop like Esquivel, excellent trumpeteers like Al Hirt and Herb Alpert, goth/classic hybrids like Rasputina, nerd rock like Weezer, even a bit of Klezmer like the New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, virtuoso violin like Paganini, and of course the old school heavy metal like Rob Halford or Iron Maiden, and a bit of a soft spot for old bluegrass like Flatt and Scruggs.

Movies:

I'm really picky when it comes to movies, a bit of a snob. I find the early and mid 70's was when they seemed to really start getting experimental. An old movie I liked was Gaslight and Twelve Angry Men. I really appreciate broadway plays redone as movies as long as they're adapted well. The Designated Mourner, Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (MENDACITY!), Glengary Glenn Ross, The Big Kahuna. I used to be a big fan of the trinity, Coppola/Kubrick.. and I forget the last. Memory escapes me. Anyways, I was also a big fan of the indie trinity, Lee/Tarantino/Soderberg. I've moved away from that a bit, but I still look at the Conversation as a masterpiece, and Tarantino still amazes me at times. Movies that aren't afraid to kill off the protagonist are nice, but usually it's good if they have a reason. Movies adapted from books don't really turn out well, but english actors, Shakespearean actors and movies with great scripts and excellent character actors always inspire me. I appreciate kitsch, like Eating Raoul, Phantom of the Paradise or even the brilliant Buckaroo Bonzai, but idiocy for idiocy's sake never grabbed me. Sometimes, I can't even bear to go to Blockbuster when I know there are good movies out there and they've stopped making them. Thank god for I Love Video.

Television:

Television's kind of gone downhill for a while, I avoid networks like the plague. Cable always offers something interesting between sports and shows about sports and shows about shows about sports. And late night softcore porn. I find myself rediscovering my nerd roots, tuning in each day for four hours of Star Trek Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation, but my TV is always on Cartoon Network. Beyond the absolute genius of shows like Sealab, Space Ghost and Aqua Teen, I found that I've come to appreciate all the inside jokes, all the little jabs that fly under the radar, and the comedy gold that cartoons get away with, yet get belittled as child's fare. Bugs Bunny dressed in drag as a valkyrie on a portly horse is great, no two ways about it, and the Rabbit of Seville is always a classic. HBO seems to keep up well with creative productions like Carnivale and Deadwood. I even found myself liking a reality show for crying out loud! Hey, Family Bonds grew on me. And a very wise friend turned me onto Kolchak the Night Stalker, for which I never thanked him. Updated with Battlestar Galactica (Thanks Ehren), Dexter and the Tudors. Gotta love overwraught melodrama!

Books:

Novels were never really my thing. I either become disgusted with lack of creativity or jealous of their talent. I stick to odd things, books on theology, philosophy. I have numerous books on the Kabbalah, Islam, hell and such. Roleplaying books are falling apart by frequent reference, and speaking of reference, I find myself reading things like encyclopedias and books on computer programming and economics. I recommend The Great Wave highly, it's interesting to see price fluctuations throughout history. Current reading is whatever is piled around the bathtub at the moment. Needless to say I have many waterlogged books that are frayed at the binding.

Heroes:

When I was young, Albert Einstein always inspired me, but I'm not a physicist, so wherever I had a creative endeavor, I found a new inspiration. Wes Anderson never ceases to amaze me. Scott McCloud and his view on comics is great, as is Art Spiegelman's. I don't need to point out family, as they know how I feel about them. Chuck Jones was a genius who I've admired. Political-wise, it's tough to say. I liked Bakunin, but know too little about him. As you can see, it's tough picking one. I'd say its one of my family, but no need to out them here.

My Blog

Kissing Cousins

I wondered, just on the whim since I was thinking of starting my own Banana Republic in the middle of the Caribbean (and no not the store), of the minimum population I could have to avoid genetic depr...
Posted by Frankenjake on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:59:00 PST

Brain Leavings

I had a strange brain dump last night. One of the first things I remember is meeting this fat black chick who I thought was attractive and we slowly got into talking, then fooling around. Needless to ...
Posted by Frankenjake on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:20:00 PST

Of Percentiles, Clones and Magnitudes

"And everything I know is what I need to knowAnd everything I do's been done beforeEvery sentence in my headSomeone else has saidAt each end of my life is an open door."-The Who, "905" Thinking of how...
Posted by Frankenjake on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:41:00 PST

Man Cannon

Well, things have been QUITE eventful over the holidays, so much so that I've pretty much abandoned my post at my computer and marched obtusely into the jaws of the waiting world. God help us all. See...
Posted by Frankenjake on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:13:00 PST

Genuflect! Genuflect! Genuflect!

Yes yes, I know. AGAIN I've been neglecting my duties in blogging, but I've been so damn busy I am almost never doing anything other than working and sleeping. Oh, did I mention that? I GOT A JOB! I w...
Posted by Frankenjake on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:37:00 PST

Once Again, Without Emotion

Had a relatively entertaining night, went on my first urban exploration through the tunnel under the Congress Avenue bridge. I checked out some bats and managed to avoid being mugged by psychotic hobo...
Posted by Frankenjake on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:37:00 PST

I’m A Wiz-Kid

Yeah, I know I never blog. I always intend to but I never get the time. This week especially I've been inundated with things to do, including jobs, social stuff, meetings and doctor's appointments. Jo...
Posted by Frankenjake on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:44:00 PST

Hard Time For Paragon Villains

Made this myself over the course of a night. Simple I know, but I was just testing out the medium using the City of Heroes Demo Maker. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUNwFxGFmw   ...
Posted by Frankenjake on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:30:00 PST

Mechanical Man

Leave it to my dreams to screw up a perfectly fine night. My head was on square and I thought I had a pretty good time at Ryan's service with family and friends. Made contact with an old friend and th...
Posted by Frankenjake on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:51:00 PST

Two Centimes

Yeah yeah yeah, I know I haven't been blogging much but considering the circumstances I really haven't had the impetus to do so. As far as Ryan, I thought I was coping pretty well till a day or so ago...
Posted by Frankenjake on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:08:00 PST