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Karl

Between a bullet and a target and it won't be long before...

About Me

I'm in law school. This means I spend all day poring over musty old tomes in a dark building, oblivious to the outside world. I regularly converse with only a small handful of people and neglect my closest and dearest friends. My skin is turning sickly pale, as I haven't been outdoors in sunlight since August. My eyes are straining as they are constantly employed in my ritualistic accumulation of data. My body is warping into a strange, hunch-backed posture, and my brain is twisting as strange new thought processes assert themselves. No longer do I do such things as party, meet girls, or go to clubs. I'm in law school. Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal of my past ideals. Or we'd outgrown each other, you know, that sort of thing. But let's face it, I fucked them over - my so called ideals. So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers - all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person. I spent a decade chasing impossible dreams of art, glory, and redemption. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life, success, social standing, power and money. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die.

My Interests

My interests are far too vast to be conveyed through such an inherently limited medium. That said, here's a sampling in absolutely no order of importance: short fiction, film, novels, anime, science-fiction and fantasty, roleplaying games (yes, I'm a nerd), weight-lifting, camping, backpacking, travel, basic astrophysics, space travel, sailing, martial arts, fencing, rowing, Van Gogh, impressionism in general, Paris, environmentalism, democracy, history (specifically European and Classical, though I've been branching into Japanese), archaeology, anthropology, undersea exploration, weaponry, the Aesir faith, Native American animism, the Christian faith, philosophy, being big, survival, how stuff works.

Music:

Under Construction to seem more impressive

Television:

I don't have a means of watching television at the moment. Which is a very good thing. That said, however, I have recently been able to check out the following shows and found them worthy of my approval: Nip/Tuck, Survivorman, Freaks and Geeks, The Young Ones, Samurai Champloo.

Books:

Almost all of them.

My Blog

Italia

Is awesome.  Tyrole is my new favorite place on earth, pictures will be forthcoming.  Am currently in Venice where net rates are astronomical, but I will hopefully be able to post more in a ...
Posted by Karl on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:48:00 PST

MOTHERFUCKING PROPERTY

So the class I spend the most time studying for, the class with the all multiple choice examination, the class worth the most fucking credits, the last class to have the grade returned, the class upon...
Posted by Karl on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:41:00 PST

leave it to me...

Your results:You are ApocalypseApocalypse 88%Magneto 86%Dr. Doom 83%Lex Luthor 83%Green Goblin 79%Dark Phoenix 77%Poison Ivy 74%Juggernaut 63%Kingpin 59%Two-Face 59%The Joker 58%Mr. Freeze 57%Venom 57...
Posted by Karl on Tue, 15 May 2007 11:57:00 PST

This one's got a scary ending

..> You scored as Miyamoto Musashi. You're considered a sword saint, whatever the fuck that is.  You don't give two hoots what weapon or tact people come at you with, as your solution is a steady...
Posted by Karl on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:49:00 PST

The pinnacle of Sci-Fi Comedy--Brit Style!

     I have a new favorite show.  As many of you know, my home entertainment options are pretty much limited to books and YouTube.  Thus, one cracked out evening after fa...
Posted by Karl on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:55:00 PST

another internet quiz to inflate my ego

..>..>..>Your Kissing Technique Is: PerfectYour kissing technique is amazing - and you know it.You have the confidence to make the first move.And you always seem to know what kissing style is going to...
Posted by Karl on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:39:00 PST

I'm going to London!

Well, it looks like I've got a spot with Notre Dame's summer program studying law in London.  Sounds like it should be pretty fun.  I'm looking at taking International Business Law and EU La...
Posted by Karl on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:13:00 PST

Proof our leader actually can read!

Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. N...
Posted by Karl on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:09:00 PST

Wow, law school has changed me...

...or maybe I just made the right choice in coming here.  You are The DevilMateriality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession The Devil is often a great card for business succe...
Posted by Karl on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST

Embarrassing confession

While I was supposed to be studying tonight, I instead watched a movie.  Now, I've slowly been coming to realize that a certain actor, whom I used just slightly less than despise, is actually rat...
Posted by Karl on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:35:00 PST