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100% USDA of Vitamin J

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Alternating emotionally between petulant child and codger, I speak light of the serious, and serious of the light.

My Interests

Travelling via foot or bike
mini-marts
24-hour diners
black t-shirts
HD with surround sound
clean lines
negative space
coffee shoppes and their demon elixir
olde tyme spelling
buffoonery
18th century English dandies
Apple
SNAFUs
bad puns
deft wordplay
obscure museums
medical oddities
kids board games
comic-booky things
internet movie rentals
used book stores
flea markets
yard sales
thrift stores
tripping over hobos
sketching
writing
reading
electronic gadgets
gizmos
doohickies
brazen stunts
making devil horns with your fingers and attempting poor falsettos
That's all I really need.

I'd like to meet:

Creative types, uber-geeks, people with dry, caustic wit, intense mavericks who not only march out of line but start their own parade, those with something original to say but lack a vehicle or voice, know this: Our tribe is the same. Let's commiserate.

Music:

As copied directly from my itunes, proving I have way too much spare time on my hands. Find your favorites, A to Z.

A

A Perfect Circle, Adam & the Ants, Aerosmith, AFI, Akira Yamaoka, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio, Amusement Parks On Fire, Angelo Badalamenti, Angels of Light, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Apoptygma Berzerk, Assemblage 23, Audioslave

B

Bad Religion, Barry Adamson, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, Birmingham 6, Black Sabbath, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Blur, The Breeders, Brian Eno, Bush

C

Candlebox, Catherine Wheel, Cellophane, Chem Lab, Chevelle, Chris Connelly, Chris Cornell, The Clash, The Clay People, Cobalt 60, Coil, Cold, Collective Soul, Cool For August, Corrosion Of Conformity, Covenant, Cracker, Cranes, The Cruxshadows, The Cult, The Cure, Cyclefly

D

Danzig, David Bowie, Days Of The New, De/Vision, Dead Can Dance, The Dead Kennedys, Deftones, Delerium, Depeche Mode, DGeneration, Die Krupps, Die Warzau, Dinosaur Jr., Dio, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, The Doors, Dragonforce, Drain STH, Dream Theater

E

The Eels, Elliott Smith

F

The Faint, Faith No More, Filter, The Flaming Lips, Flesh Eating Foundation, Flick, Foo Fighters, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Full Devil Jacket, The Future Sound Of London

G

Girls Against Boys, God Lives Underwater, Godflesh, Godsmack, Green Day, Guns N' Roses

H

Haujobb, Helmet, Hole

I

Iggy Pop, Incubus, Interpol, Iron Maiden

J

Jeff Buckley, Jerry Cantrell, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Juno Reactor

K

Kidney Thieves, Killing Joke, KMFDM, Kraftwerk, Kyuss

L

Lard, Leather Strip, Led Zeppelin, Live, Liz Phair, Local H, Lords Of Acid, Lou Reed, Love and Rockets

M

Machines of Loving Grace, Mad Season, Manowar, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Matthew Sweet, MDFMK, Meat Puppets, The Melvins, Metallica, Mike Patton, Ministry, Misfits, Modest Mouse, Morphine, My Bloody Valentine, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

N

Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Neil Young, New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana

O

The Offspring, Orbital, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Orgy, Ozzy Osbourne

P

PIG, Paradise Lost, Paul Oakenfold, Pearl Jam, Peter Murphy, Pigface, Pinback, Pink Floyd, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Placebo, The Police, Portishead, Powerman 5000, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Prick, Probot, Prong, Pyschopomps

Q

Queens Of The Stone Age, Queensryche, Quicksand

R

R.E.M., Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, The Ramones, The Raveonettes, Recoil, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Refused, Ritalin, Rob Zombie, Robin Trower

S

Sasha, Screaming Trees, The Second Coming, Sevendust, Sex Pistols, The Shins, Sister Machine Gun, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, Skold, Slowdive, Smashing Pumpkins, Smile, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Soul Asylum, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, Sponge, Stabbing Westward, Stone Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, Stratovarius, Styx, Sunna, Swans, System of a Down

T

Temple Of The Dog, Tenacious D, Therapy?, This Mortal Coil, Tiamat, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Tool, Tori Amos, Tricky

U

U2, Urge Overkill

V

Vast, Velvet Acid Christ, Veruca Salt, Violent Femmes, VNV Nation

W

Weezer, Weird Al Yankovic, The White Stripes, White Zombie, The Who, Wolfsheim

X

X Marks The Pedwalk

Y

Z

Zombi

Movies:

28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
300
40 Year Old Virgin, The
Abre los Ojos
American Movie
Aristocrats!, The
Audition
Batman Begins
Blade Runner
Cabin Boy
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Chopper
Clerks
Clerks II
Crow, The
Dark City
Descent, The
Falling Down
Fight Club
Haiku Tunnel
Haute Tension
Jacob's Ladder
King of Kong, The
Little Nicky
Machinist, The
Mallrats
Memento
Minority Report
Napoleon Dynamite
Night Watch
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pi
Pollock
Pulp Fiction
Roger Dodger
Se7en
Sin City
Sunshine
Super Size Me
True Romance
Unbreakable
Virgil Bliss
WayDownTown
Zoolander

and many more....

Television:

Lost
Heroes
Family Guy
Local News
Video Games
The occasional trashy VH1 talking head "top: whatever" list show

The End.

Books:

Graphic Novels, Dante Alighieri, and everything in between...

My Blog

To All Boston Sports Fans

I admit we philly fans are "pathetic", we cheer for teams that don't win, we believe that the fight in the dog should be bigger than the dog in the fight, that passion, hard work, effort, and hustle i...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:12:00 PST

An Utterly Shameless Plug

To anyone who has wondered why I've been so hard to find for the past month:  It's because I've spent 8 hours per day at the day job, then the next 16 (Yes, NO SLEEP) were spent playing, rec...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:08:00 PST

I think its a sign

I stopped in the kitchen at work, and as a reward to myself for eating reasonably well lately, decided on the old standby: the Snickers bar.  It was $.80, which was perfect because I had $.90 in ...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:51:00 PST

Def Poetry Spam

Everyone receives spam email but few of us actually read it.  I, in obvious need for a cure for erectile dysfunction, free ringtones and online gambling memberships, sometimes read my spam, ...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:18:00 PST

Skinny People are Fat

Well, at least they CAN be, so says an MSN article on health & fitness. Read below.-----Thin people can be fat on the insideInternal fat around organs can increase diabetes and heart risksLONDON - If...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Fri, 11 May 2007 05:14:00 PST

Secrets Revealed

Wow, you sure are nosy.
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:51:00 PST

Not an Addict

Good lord... I hadn't had Starbucks in a few weeks.  Coffee, yes, but not Starbucks brand, brewed to perfection from their establishment until today.  Now everything is turning blue and I ha...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:00:00 PST

A reminder to the sociopathic back-stabbers

Keep in mind that while the pen is mightier than the sword, spoken words can be deadly- deadly to your psyche, for I am not a stranger to exposing your darkest insecurities to your face during a heate...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:48:00 PST

How's your English?

Joe Vento, owner of the overrated Geno's Steaks in South Philly has gotten much publicity out of his now infamous sign which reads: "This is America. When ordering, speak English."  His rationale...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:51:00 PST

Freedom is another word for DEBT FREE [part 1]

In October of 1995, I took out a loan from the bank.  'Twas for tuition, art school tuition.  The following year I had to take out another, for the same reason, higher education. Interest di...
Posted by 100% USDA of Vitamin J on Tue, 23 May 2006 12:52:00 PST