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Otama

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BRYAN FENKART - "Imperfect Man"
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I'm 60% MySpace!
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You're 60% addicted to MySpace.
My, my, quite the kingpin, aren't we?
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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. This is Otama's space... Currently, he lives in southern New Jersey, not far from Philadelphia and works at Cardinal Health as a cost accountant. You've probably never heard of Cardinal Health, but it's in the top 25 of the Fortune 500.
Some of Otama's favorite things are music, sports (despite his inability to actually play any of them!), and video games (something he actually can do because it largely involves sitting on your ass!). See the list of music and sports on the left. He tries to get to concerts any chance he gets, hopefully with friends, but he's willing to go solo if need be. He writes reviews of every show he goes to in his blog, so if you like some of the music he has listed, you might want to check them out. Most of the shows he gets to will be in the Philadelphia/Atlantic City area with occasional excursions toward northern NJ or down to the Baltimore area. He recently "discovered" (woke up to??) the local Philadelphia music scene, which is fabulous! It started with Silvertide, then Pepper's Ghost, and has snowballed from there to other great bands like OutSet, Fooling April, IKE, and the rest. Check out the many links in the music section on the left. You should be able to find something you like! And check the calendar for upcoming shows he plans/hopes to get to.
Other than that, Otama's a pretty boring guy... He's an accountant - what did you expect??
That's about it... Hope you enjoy your stay, and check out some of the links on the page if you're interested.
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Some of these seem pretty off to me...
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||| 26%
Stability |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 73%
Accommodation |||| 16%
Interdependence |||||||||||||||| 70%
Intellectual |||||||||||| 43%
Mystical |||| 16%
Artistic |||||||||| 36%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Materialism |||||||||||| 43%
Narcissism |||||||||||| 43%
Adventurousness |||| 16%
Work ethic || 10%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 50%
Conflict seeking |||| 16%
Need to dominate |||||||||| 36%
Romantic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Avoidant |||||||||||| 43%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||| 56%
Wealth |||||| 30%
Dependency |||| 16%
Change averse |||||||||||||||| 70%
Cautiousness |||||||||| 36%
Individuality |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 70%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||| 56%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Physical Fitness |||| 17%
Histrionic |||||| 23%
Paranoia |||||| 23%
Vanity |||| 16%
Hypersensitivity |||| 16%
Female cliche |||| 16% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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The Ultimate Nirvana Survey
How long have you liked Nirvana?: About 13 years, I think (I was a little late)
Who is your favorite band member?: Kurt
What's your favorite album?: In Utero
What's your favorite song?: Beans - it's just frickin' hilarious!
Which albums (doesnt have to be the full album) do you have?: I have all the domestic albums - not all the imports, like the first couple Outcesticides
Favorite Songs
Come As You Are or Polly: Polly
Smells Like Teen Spirit or Pay to Play: Pay to Play
Pennyroyal Tea or In Bloom?: Pennyroyal Tea
Dumb or Heart-Shaped Box?: Heart-Shaped Box
You Know You're Right or Lithium?: You Know You're Right
Scentless Apprentice or Serve the Servants?: Scentless Apprentice
About a Girl or All Apologies: About a Girl
Randomn
Seen the box set DVD?: Yes
Do you think Kurt Cobain killed himself?: I have my doubts...
Is Nirvana your favorite band?: Yes
Were you alive while they were around?: Yes
Do you have a Nirvana poster?: multiple
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My Interests

Sports - Yankees, NY Giants, Devils, and Tar Heels

Music - all different kinds
Concerts!
Comic Books - I buy waaaayyy too many
Video games (mainly sports-related games now)

Music:

I like all kinds of stuff, but here are some of the top ones:

OutSet

IKE
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Fooling April
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Pepper's Ghost
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Pawnshop Roses
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Halestorm
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Cliff Hillis
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Shane Hines and the Trance
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Silvertide
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Army of Anyone
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Stephen Lynch
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And more of my eclectic tastes:

Bryan Adams
Ryan Adams
Aerosmith
Alice in Chains
American Minor
Black Crowes
Blink 182
Bon Jovi
David Bowie
Buckethead (some amazing guitar work)
Eagle Eye Cherry
Eric Clapton
Les Claypool (and the many bands he's been a part of)
Collective Soul
Counting Crows
Cream
Days of the New
Neil Diamond
Everclear
Exies
Bryan Fenkart
Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five
Foo Fighters
Jeffrey Gaines
Goo Goo Dolls
Green Day
Green Jelly
Green River
Hanson (shut up!)
Head
Jimi Hendrix
James Iha
Incubus
INXS
Krease
L7
Letters to Cleo
Lisa Loeb
Barry Manilow
Mother Love Bone
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty
Pixies
Primus
Ramones
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REM
Ed E Roland
Screaming Trees
William Shatner (yes, he makes music now, and surprisingly, it's not bad)
John Shaughnessy
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Shinedown
The Slip
Smashing Pumpkins
Soul Asylum
Bruce Springsteen
Stone Temple Pilots
Temple of the Dog
Tenacious D
Velvet Revolver
Weezer
Neil Young

Comedians:

Lewis Black
Jeff Foxworthy
Mitch Hedberg
Denis Leary
Nick Swardson

I'll add more as they come to me...

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Movies:

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..Scary or funny movies are usually the best. Some of my faves include:

Bad Santa
Big Daddy
Billy Madison
Clerks
Daredevil
Dogma
Dumb and Dumber
Fantastic Four
Halloween series
Happy Gilmore
Nightmare on Elm Street series
Punisher (not the one with Dolph, the one with Jane)
Rocky series (yes, all of them!)
Saw
Spider-Man 1 & 2
V for Vendetta
X-Men (all of them)

I'll add more of these as they come to me...

Television:

Some shows I try not to miss:

World Series of Poker
24
Hell's Kitchen
House
Last Comic Standing
Lost
Medium
My Name is Earl
The Office
The Apprentice

And some other stuff I watch when I can:
Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Any time the Yankees are on! (not nearly enough down here - I end up listening on the AM radio more often)
Football (does it really matter who's playing?)
The Simpsons when I catch them
Family Guy
Devils games (when I actually realize they're on)
Tar Heel games
Other College Basketball

Books:



I assume this means comic books. Is there any other kind?

The Walking Dead (a GREAT zombie book!)
Y The Last Man
Fables
Runaways
Anything Spider-Man
Marvel Team-Up
Anything by Bendis, especially Powers!
Almost anything Batman
Most Wolverine
Daredevil
Exiles
Most anything by Rucka, Mack, Brubaker, Vaughan, or Kirkman
Anything Ultimate (I hate the idea of re-writing history, but the writing is too damn good!)

I have read some real books too..
Come As You Are - Michael Azzerad
Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain - Ian Halperin and Max Wallace
Miss America - Howard Stern
Private Parts - Howard Stern
Quivers - Robin Quivers
Who Killed Kurt Cobain? - Ian Halperin & Max Wallace

Heroes:

The Holy Trinity - Me, Myself, and I :-)

My Blog

Collective Soul @ the Borgata Music Box in Atlantic City, NJ 4/19/08

Way late on this one...  But it's the only show I've been to in over a week... Last Saturday, I went to the Borgata to see Collective Soul.  My ticket said the show was at the Event Center, ...
Posted by Otama on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:09:00 PST

Fooling April @ Doc Watsons in Philadelphia, PA 4/15/08

This week, I went to WMMR's Local Shots Live show at Doc Watson's for just the second time.  Jaxon was off, so there was another guy filling in for him as host. The first band of the night was Fo...
Posted by Otama on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:12:00 PST

Tim Butler/John Faye @ Puck in Doylestown, PA 4/12/08

It's been almost a month since my last local show, but I tried to get back into a rhythm with a big one - Tim Butler's CD Release Party! Unfortunately, I got to the show pretty late, so I completely m...
Posted by Otama on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PST

Presidents of the United States of America @ the Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA 3/26/08

It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged...  I still have pictures to post from my last two shows as well as pictures from my trip to Washington DC.  I went down there for the op...
Posted by Otama on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:39:00 PST

OutSet/Dylan McGuire @ the Tin Angel in Philadephia, PA 3/14/08

The last two shows I’ve been to were both at the Tin Angel, which is kind of odd considering I’d only been there 6 times in the last two years...  And even odder was that the first tr...
Posted by Otama on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:42:00 PST

John Faye/Brett Talley/Derek Fuhrmann @ the Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA 3/7/08

I’m really late on this blog... like a week late...  I’ve just been so busy with work and other stuff going on that I haven’t had time to write it.  The details are pr...
Posted by Otama on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:25:00 PST

Fooling April @ World Cafe Upstairs Live in Philadelphia, PA 3/1/08

It's been a couple months since I last saw Fooling April, so I was glad to see they were headlining another show at World Cafe Live.  They even got to invite two of their favorite bands to be on ...
Posted by Otama on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:09:00 PST

Foo Fighters @ the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA 2/21/08

Been a while since I blogged...  I've only been to one show since my last blog though, even if it was last week... The Foo Fighters were back in Philly last Thursday, and it was my first time see...
Posted by Otama on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:18:00 PST

Sue Steen/John Faye @ Chaplins in Spring City, PA 2/8/08

Last night, I made my first trip to Chaplin's in a while. It's a great room, but it's a bit of a hike, especially when the show is during the week and there's rush hour traffic on the Schuylkill. But ...
Posted by Otama on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:12:00 PST

OutSet/Illinois @ the Well in Feasterville, PA 2/2/08

Last weekend, the Well hosted its final show.  Apparently, they're going to focus on using the space for recording instead of concerts.  So to close out their concert schedule, they invited ...
Posted by Otama on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:05:00 PST