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MaFree

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About Me

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Click Here to put this video in your profile! Spelling and sleeping are difficult for me. I am on a continuous path that some times dead-ends, branches off, or disappears. Yet the fun is in hacking away a new trail with my machete. When I laugh really hard I make no sound, snort, or squawk like a seagull. My dog is like a Tim Burton creation all: ears and eyes, mouth and teeth, black and white. I am in love with my job because it is challenging and compelling and, at most times, controlled chaos. It keeps me on my toes. I am trying to balance my head and my heart. I have spent the last seven or so years residing in my mind and have transferred some of the energy into my heart only to be struck with the obvious reality that the heart is not a rational thing. When I stop learning, I will be dead. People with little to say bother me. This does not mean quiet people. What I am talking about are people who have nothing to add to a conversation or those who talk too much and say too little. I am also trying to meet people where they are at. The two kind of people I just mentioned…there is a reason for their action, or inaction. We all do the best we can with what we have. And we are all hypocrites.

My Interests

the moment of stillness that takes place while dancing amidst a sea of people, smoke swirls in sunbeam shafts, counting the number of steps it takes to get somewhere, photography, publishing, lamp making, night long conversations that include Guinness and coffee, sharks, Burton(Tim), digressing, Dali(Salvidor), exploring and learning with my students, writing, laughing, Hunter S. Thompson, traveling, tangents, sunglasses, Shakespeare and whole bunches of other stuff

I'd like to meet:

People who can teach me new things. People who think one of the meanings of life is perpetual growth and change and who actively strive to understand themselves. A fellow traveling traveler. Existentially stimulating interactions. The White Rabbit. The Dude. And someone who can help me understand quantum physics.

Music:

Radiohead, Tom Waits, Ween, DJ Shadow, Wilco, Otis Redding, Morphine, Muse, Pixies, Stevie Wonder, Jane's Addiction, Outkast, T-Rex, Van Morrison, Atmosphere, Pink Martini, VU, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Boss, Elliot Smith, Mazzy Star, Primus, Soul Coughing, Weezer, They Might Be Giants, G'N'R, Bijork, Bach, Dylan, Marley, Faithless, Iggy Pop, Jack Johnson, Jamiroquai, Sublime, Calexico, Jeff Buckley, Ryan Adams, Bill Withers, Leonard Cohen, Iron & Wine

Movies:

Scarface, Nightmare Before Chistmas, Pollock, American History X, Cradle Will Rock, Natural Born Killers, Reservoir Dogs, Dark City, Clue, Dr. Strangelove, Company Man, Army of Darkness, Billy Elliot, A Clockwork Orange, Frida, Donnie Darko, Secretary, Wet Hot American Summer, The Big Lebowski, I am Sam, What the Bleep Do We Know, Tigerland, Finding Neverland, Almost Famous, Can't Buy Me Love, Whale Rider, Fantasia

Television:

I have been defeated by the dragon. TV has encompassed my life. I like that basketball and football are a click away, but the hours spent drooling to syndicated reruns of CSI (no matter how much I love it) and animal shows are taking away from my spark. It is my strongest addiction...

Books:

-BOOKS-A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Galapagos, The Things They Carried, Ender's Game, Lord of the Flies, 1984, Brave New World, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, On the Road, Slapstick, Journey to Ixtlan, Merchant of Venice, Prison Writings, The Queen's Gambit, Fast Food Nation, Life of Pi, To Kill a Mockingbird, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Celistine Prophecy, Waiting for Godot, ~Lamb, or The Gospel According to Christ's Childhood Pal~, Biff-POETS-ee cummings, Charles Buwoski, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Moncure March, Kim Stafford, William Stafford, William Blake, William Carlos Williams

Heroes:

All the unsung heroes of the Montgomery Boycott: the people who walked ten miles every day, those who drove others in their cars, and the kids who spread the word to the adults. The hundreds of people who protest throughout the world on a daily basis; some simply think their protests because they live under an iron fist. My friend Pedro who has not eaten a grape or strawberry in over six years to demonstrate his dedication to the cause. My students. Fred.

My Blog

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Blank Page   I have nothing to write today. My mind is empty; The creative juices have been drained.   Last night I was Hooked to the machine. A blue glare and an Incessantly humming buzz To...
Posted by MaFree on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Tsunami Evacuation

So I had my first "real-deal" evacuation last night while tying one on at the bar with some coworkers.  The siren went off for three miunuets and then the creepy voice came on saying, "This is no...
Posted by MaFree on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST