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Armando

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

..Hola there!My name is Armando Valle, and I'm an Indie filmmaker in Baltimore, MD. I'm 34 years old, originally from Puerto Rico, and now live in Towson, MD. I joined MySpace in January 2006. I'm here mostly to network with other filmmakers, writers, producers, musicians, actors and artists; but I also like to meet new people too. This profile was edited with MySpace Profile Editor

If you're a horror flick fan, make sure to check out our website, Horror-101.com--The Thinking Person's Horror Website. Op Ed pieces, commentary, critical articles about scary flicks, news, and more: Horror-101.com
It's time to re-boot this section. I'll be updating it with fresh, interesting stuff which I've been digging. Stay tuned for fresh updates.

My Interests

You can also find me online at:
ArmandoValle.com
XterminatingAngel.com
(in serious need of updating. changes coming in 2008)
Horror-101.com
Horror-101 now online!!
OctopusOverlords.com
twentythreebooks.com
If you're into Poetry and books--this my friend Douglas recently launched book publishing venture. Check it out!
Indie Films, Horror films, Documentaries, Foreign films, Mainstream films, Computer and Video games, Online gaming, Filmmakers such as: Luis Bunuel, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, George A Romero, John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, The Cohen Bros, Martin Scorcese, Wim Wenders, Guillermo Del Toro, Richard Linklater, Pedro Almodovar, and many, many others. TV Shows: Red Dwarf, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Are You Being Served?, Monty Python, and many others. I'm also a huge, huge fan of The Transformers toys, cartoon, comics and universe.

(Yes, I'm geeky this way. I grew up in the 80s. Loved it)
Places I like to hang out in Baltimore: Max's On Broadway, The Brewer's Art, Red Maple, The Charles, The Senator, Barnes And Noble in Towson, Fletcher's, The Sound Garden, Federal Hill, Fell's Point, Charles Village and Canton.

I'd like to meet:

Some people I would like to meet of late: Barack Obama, Jarvis Cocker, Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood (well, all guys of Radiohead), Christine Vachon (film producer), P T Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Cera (of 'Superbad' and 'Juno') and Ellen Paige and Diablo Cody.
In General: New people. New friends. Single ladies. I want to have new adventures. Other filmmakers, film crew people, actors, producers, directors, writers, camera people... People who are in the Filmmaking scene, specially if they're on the East Coast. I would very much like to meet people who are interested in investing or doing fundraising for Indie films. Also, in general, I like creative people, so would like to meet musicians, photographers, and artists. I'm a huge Horror fan.. so would like to talk to other fans out there.
Do you love scary movies? Do you want to know the latest on upcoming horror flicks? Do you enjoy fright film classics? Want to talk to other scary movie fans? Come to Horror-101.com!

Music:

Music.. Some of my favorite artists are: Radiohead, Pulp, Blur, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Belle And Sebastian, Spiritualized, Supergrass, The Beatles, Interpol, Pink Floyd, Mozart, Amy Mann, Kings Of Leon, Fiona Apple, The Flaming Lips, The White Stripes, Amy Winehouse, The Strokes, John Lennon, Kanye West, Outkast, U2, Gorillaz, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Richard Ashcroft and many others.

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, The Exterminating Angel, Pulp Fiction, Videodrome, Sin City, Lost In Translation, Fargo, Blue Velvet, American Beauty, Dawn Of The Dead, Un Chien Andalou, Shaun Of The Dead, Raging Bull, Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother), Waking Life, Wings Of Desire, The Devil's Backbone, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Hellraiser, The Evil Dead many others

Television:

24 (Don't call me while Jack Bauer's kicking ass. hehe), The X-Files, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Holmes On Homes, Survivorman, Man Vs. Wild, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

Books:

Writers such as: Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Chuck Palanhiuk and many others. Books: Imajica, The Sandman, Fight Club, Neuromance, House Of Leaves, The Shining, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Non-fiction books such as The Elegant Universe.

Heroes:

The Dalai Lama, John Lennon, Luis Bunuel, Clive Barker, Robert Rogriguez, Quentin Tarantino, and anybody who busts their ass and sacrifices to make their dreams and artistic vision come true and make this a more interesting, better world.

My Blog

Shift Happens

They worked me hard this past week. I've not had the time to blog in over a week. I got assigned a dayjob work detail that's challenging, but involves dealing with a lot of paperwork. At school, I've ...
Posted by Armando on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:33:00 PST

Shine A Light

I caught the new Martin Scorsese-directed Rolling Stones concert film at a preview screening this past Tuesday night. Impressions: I wasn’t dissapointed. ’Shine A Light’ is Martin S...
Posted by Armando on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:41:00 PST

Take 5 w/ Creative Alliance

The Creative Alliance Moviemakers film collective has started a nifty blog spotlighting interviews with Baltimore-area filmmakers. They recently posted a short interview with me which you may che...
Posted by Armando on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:15:00 PST

Monstermania

(This blog entry is a Feature article at Horror-101.com, my website dedicated to horror movies.)It’s taken me a few days to recover from the great time we had at Monstermania 2008 in Cherry Hill...
Posted by Armando on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PST

The Good, The Bad And The Queen. Pt 2

Just came back from having a great time at the Monstermania horror con in Cherry Hill,NJ. I’ll tell you about those exploits on my next blog. I gotta head to bed shortly as I’ve an early c...
Posted by Armando on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:59:00 PST

The Good, The Bad, And The Queen

Got a 93% on my first major Biology class exam. Woot! ****** I just picked up a couple of new CDs. First is ’The Good, The Bad, And The Queen’ This is a side-project from Damon Albarn (Bl...
Posted by Armando on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:46:00 PST

Damn you, Pancreas!

The question was 'Give a detailed example of how the body maintains homeostasis thru a negative feedback system'. I went with 'the hypothalamus sends a hormone named glycogen to the liver, which in tu...
Posted by Armando on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:30:00 PST

We make our own reality

My filmmaker friend Scott Kecken has this bit about his life philosophy posted at his facebook profile. Sounds great to me. I think I'm going to steal this bit from him. I think he won't mind:"We crea...
Posted by Armando on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:39:00 PST

Napping on a Sunday afternoon

Just got up from taking a nap on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and thought I would do a blog.Here are the much belabored Katsucon pictures. Not much to show but just an idea how popular anime conventions h...
Posted by Armando on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

Blah

I had a great time doing a camera gig at Katsucon 08 in DC last weekend. I want to tell you more about that, but because I don't feel like uploading the pics just right now, I'll wait until later this...
Posted by Armando on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:29:00 PST