Jonny R [ I â™¥ â™ª ]

About Me

Born in Oakland, now in Martinez; both are great places in their own way. I was a pessimistic, introverted little kid but have slowly become more social, and my mood is usually tretty good.

My Interests

Politics and current events, photography, trains (real ones and models), a bunch of other stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Nice people of various ages; ravers & other PLUR people; Bruce Springsteen fans

Music:

Some favorites right now: Steve Baltes (great trance from Germany!), DJ Danny Coggin, Breeze and Styles, Bruce Springsteen, The Nice Guys, "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" (as in Finding Nemo), Nirvana, old Sisters of Mercy.About my pictures: Deciblast.org is no more ... but check out this fun thing on Youtube from Party MonsterCheck out NBC's rave kit! ---

Television:

The Office, Family Guy, Weeds, Futurama

Books:

The American Language by H.L. Mencken, Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary, 1984 by Orwell, Brave New World by Huxley, The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain, Stranded (records to bring on a desert island) by Greil Marcus, The Shining by Stephen King, anything about Artificial Intelligence

Heroes:

Barack Obama, the Google guys, the Juice Guys, the Nice Guys, General Wesley Clark, Jimmy Carter, Steven Jobs, Ramsey Clark

My Blog

Words of "The Gift" by the Velvet Underground

THE GIFT by The Velvet Underground (from a story Lou Reed wrote in high school)Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit. It was now mid-August which meant that he had been separated from Marsha for more th...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:21:00 PST

Happy Indigenous Columbus People Day

I had a day off from work today for Columbus Day. In Berkeley they call it Indigenous Peoples Day and they mourn the occasion of the white man arriving to kill the natives. Anyhow it was a day off for...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:29:00 PST

Customizing the page again -- finally

Just about a year ago, I took out all the cool formatting that my friend Taylor had added to my page. He made it look really cool but I couldn't read it so I made it plain. It took until now to start ...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:27:00 PST

blahg blahg blahg :)

One thing I just read about blogs said, "No matter what, post something every day! If you want readers you have to do that." Well whatever. How about a few months between posts. Does anybody read thes...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 22 May 2006 03:45:00 PST

Great party

Last night was Hard Candy 3, held in Oakland .... I had never been to that venue. I loved it! I'd like to see it used more often. I met some really cool new people and saw some others I hadn't s...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Return of readable page

My bud Taylor had prettied up my page with huge rave pictures, moving text, shaded edges on the pictures, and colored fonts, but I found it impossible to read and I got tired of it. I need to be able ...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Finally got a job!

So ... 2004 sucked ass in so many ways ... but 2005 is off to a good start. I finally got a job. Ok it's a temp job, but it's a good one. And it pays every week! yay. Peace.
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

It's getting better every day

Things seem to be looking better. I didn't get the jobs I mentioned that I interviewed for, but I had another interview yesterday and I thought it went well.
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My Summer Vacation

This is my first blog ever. I'm still out of work. I got canned May 28 and now it's Sept 2, so it's like I've had the summer off. It's been a good summer. Now, though, i really need to get crackin'. ...
Posted by Jonny R [ I e j ] on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST