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Jakob Zgela

About Me

A father/husband who grew up in the D.C. suburbs, although my family is from there and Pittsburgh, I went to middle school in Guam and high school in Hawaii and have now lived in New Mexico for quite a while. I am currently attending the college of santa fe and seeking to obtain a double major in education and political science. I am in the band 12 step rebels which is an americana band mixed with punk rock. I also have a beautiful daughter Ada-Zoe Aleen Zgela, a lovely wife Rachel, a incredibly independent dog Elsa Mae, and three crazy chickens, Carmen, Snowflake and Carpathian.

My Interests

Anarchy, Critical Pedagogy, Veganism and animal rights, overthrowing masters of all forms , learning how to bulid better and stronger communities, and striving for equality for everyone. I like to work on my zine H.E.A.L. (Human Equality and Animal Liberation) with my wife, I also enjoy all things He-Man and monsters. Going to school and learning in general. I am also interested in the history and philosophy of education. I enjoy playing video games, although I never have time for them. A lot of my time is taken up by playing music in 12 step rebels and composing other music as well plus listening to as much music as I can, studying and reading. I also love playing with my daughter of course, all things Pittsburgh.

I'd like to meet:

my braddahs in Hawaii again, da cougars.

Music:

Neurosis, Peace Punk, Crust, Black Metal, Punk Rock, '77, thrash, 80's hardcore, pop punk, punk ska, ska, power metal, metal, 80's metal, glam, pagan metal, new wave, hip-hop, country, honky tonk, rockabilly, doo-wop, bluegrass, progressive, hillbilly, folk, rock n roll, and punk n roll, western, western swing, viking metal, garage, 30's, 40's, 50's, and early 60's music, of course 80's music, clasical, horror punk, monster rock, americana, cowboy, reggae, blues, some pop like U2, childrens music, riot grrl, most anything actually, the only music I really do not like is most Death Metal, new country, most electronic music, and most jazz (but I love the peanuts christmas album). I listen to neurosis, black metal, peace punk, and crust the most however. Neurosis, the clash, conflict, The Boss, Woody Guthrie, amebix, emperor, darkthrone, tragedy and the 3-D invisibles are my favorite bands.

Movies:

The Wolfman, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, Dracula, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and pretty much the rest of the Universal monster movies. Napoleon Dynamite, John Waters films, Joe Dirt, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars ( all of them), Harry Potter series, Encino man, Cannibal the Musical, Most of Adam Sandlers movies, Masters of the Universe, Roy Rogers movies, and of course the Secret Of The Sword, where She-Ra is introduced. I really don't watch many movies.

Television:

He-Man, She-Ra and the Simpsons but the toob is off in the Zgela house

Books:

For fictionI like Fantasy, Horror, and Sci-Fi the most, although i enjoy novels of all types. I also like non-fiction such as that of a political and historical nature. And I like political theory as well. I find myself reading mostly books on anarchy and critical pedagogy and education in general. My favorite books would be the Lord of the Rings, Dracula, 100 Years of Solitude, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and a Peoples History of the United States.

Heroes:

Paulo Freire, Howard Zinn, the Boss,