Devils have danced on my door step
While angels have sung in my yard.
And wise men are hiding in mountains
While most of us are working too hard.
How You Live Your Life
You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.
You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think.
You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly.
You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.
How Do You Live Your Life?
I have been known to enjoy these things (when no one is looking):
going to concerts (preferably Widespread Panic)
traveling
music & movies
history
philosophy
politics
relearning the guitar
red wine
reading
psychology
writing
drawing (on occasion)
camping
strange foods
baseball
comedy
art - in all it's forms
playing 'Civilization' until my eyes bleed
I have also been known to be...
a horrible procrastinator.
terribly forgetful.
a night person/insomniac.
Agnostic but not amoral.
a cat person.
a bit O.C.D./A.D.D.
a romantic at heart.
an occasional hermit.
full of useless knowledge.
not afraid to admit when I'm wrong.
a devil's advocate.
shy at times.
easily embarrassed.
an ex-republican (embarrassing).
always the one with a snappy comeback.
not afraid to laugh at myself as easily as others.
not really a phone person.
forgetfull...did I say that already?
one who enjoys intelligent conversation.
a pack rat.
messy. But it's an organized mess.
obsessive when it comes to music. I gobble it up.
bored easily.
easily amused.
a dancer who can't dance.
a musician who can't play.
a comedian who can't stop laughing.
a dreamer... But I'm not the only one.
sick of talking about myself.
Hmmm…
“Who I'd like to meet?â€
How about if I just go with it?
Let's see what happens…
Someone with a purpose, a vision, a message an honest to Nature, real-life, ideas-manifested-in-the-flesh super hero… The Mothman, Bloody Mary, me and myself, a child's mind, the president, Johnny Cash… In other words a monster, a ghost, God the Devil, an angel, a demon, a free-wheelin' rip-roarin' sonofabitch with nothin' but a stitch holding their insides together... A preacher or a teacher with the integrity, ability and will to give what they have for free - love and knowledge - and not lick and drool all over it and roll it in sugar with sprinkles of abomination and cram all the pre-programmed, pre-packaged, infomercial, “I know it’s true because that’s what I was taught†bullshit lies and disinformation down our throat like so much else in this fucking world that’s hard to swallow… Make up your own mind!!! True wisdom begins by unlearning all you were taught! Just give me some truth!!! Don’t sell it to the highest bidder on some street corner in a seedy part of town where no one wants to be seen but everyone goes (and yes, they saw you there)... I’ve got me a megaphone motherfucker and it’s pointed straight at your head!! Who needs a gun when you know and own the truth and the truth owns you? Yeah, that’s the big stick I’m walking with little man, and I‘m just a strollin’ down the side of the road, like Bill Bixby and I’m headin’ into your town next shithead!
Oh, yeah… Who would I like to meet?
The Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, terrorist attackers or an honest politician... I wanna see - Paul Bunyan ride Babe the Ox, Casey Jones watchin’ his speed, George Washington never tell a lie, Johnny Appleseed spreading his seed across the country… seeds of doubt? of fear? of lies? of apathy and happy conformism? How about Jesus doin’ silly magic tricks, Buddha rubbin’ his own belly, Mohammed takin’ his own myspace pictures in his mother‘s bathroom, Gandhi eating a double quarter pounder with extra cheese, Confucius getting confused, Krishna sanding the floor, Moses holding an actual conversation with a burning bush, the Devil dancing in the pale moonlight. Did any of this happen? What part of this reality is real? I guess it’s all a matter of who and what you meet and the only person you’re sure to meet is the one person who knows the truth, you…
Well, you and the Grim Reaper…
The cradle, the grave and all that exists in the ether before, between and beyond… The Wizard behind the curtain... The puppet master who’s pulling my strings and the switchboard operator that keeps pushing my fucking buttons… Scream at the conductor who’s been dead for twenty years… Cause ‘when they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years, then they expect you to pick a career, when you can’t really function you’re so full of fear’… A working class hero is something to meet! A person with real muscle and the strength to carry on!
A muscle relaxer, a pain killer, a nerve pill, a patch, a straw, a needle, a bottle, a prozac nation with the notion that the perfect drug exists in pill, powder or “new†easy-to-swallow-cherry-flavored liquid form. Yeah, it’s out there people - the perfect drug - it’s called living your life… live it with respect towards others, yourself and those who came before you and did the best they could with what they had… live it without blinders or borders… throw down your doctor or street pharmaceutically prescribed crutches, get out of the wheelchair that used to be your TV viewing couch, unplug yourself from the internet life support, get up from that bed where your fear’s cold clutch embraces you all day and all night long while you wallow in your tears, leaving you feeling like a rag doll that‘s been pulled at, ripped apart, sewn back together, thrown around, down on the ground, stomped on, shaken and stirred like some rich man‘s drink he holds to look sophisticated… AND RISE!!
Damn the consequences and do what you like!!! Because if you finally do get things right and absorb all the knowledge and love that‘s out there, you’re gettin’ a free ticket on a train that’s leaving this godforsaken station and it’s headin’ straight for whatever Heaven that your tired and torn, lied to, tied-up, drugged-up, television-mind will allow you to believe in… and if you don’t think there’s some kind of reward in it, or no light at the end of the tunnel, then compensate by making your own Heaven on Earth and give it Hell in the here and now ’cause there ain’t no second chances on this one way ticket, my friend. Yeah, that drug is out there and it’s waiting for you… feed it like another monkey on your back ’cause once you get a taste, there ain’t no cure and there ain‘t no comin‘ back… The highs are high and the lows even lower but if you hang on to the handrails and strap yourself in, this motherfucker will take you on
the RIDE OF YOUR LIFE!!!
Currently trapped on
my playlist with
no hope of escape:
Thom Yorke
The Eraser
Tool
10,000 Days
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Blitzkid
Five Cellars Below
Portishead AND Radiohead are currently recording new albums slated for release soon!
This is an abbreviated list of some of the music that I listen to. I've also included some that I usually don't listen to on a regular basis. Simply because they had an effect on my life in some way and hold many memories. Memories forgotten, sparked by a song. Some good, some bad, but all... very significant.
Genres:
Rock/Metal, Trip-Hop, Grunge, Classic Rock, Jam Bands, some Punk and a handfull of others...
Artists:
John Lennon
Widespread Panic
these guys are good!
Radiohead
Ok Computer is
THE greatest album ever made!
(even beats Sgt. Pepper!!)
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Metallica
Blind Melon
Portishead
DJ Shadow
U.N.K.L.E.
Aimee Mann
Alanis Morissette
Fiona Apple
Pink Floyd
Alice In Chains
Nine Inch Nails
The Doors
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Marilyn Manson
Massive Attack
Tricky
Garbage
Run D.M.C.
Gomez
My Chemical Romance
The Rolling Stones
Velvet Underground
Queens of The Stone Age
Deftones
Modest Mouse
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The White Stripes
At The Drive-In
The Mars Volta
Foo Fighters
CKY
Live
Candlebox
Korn
White (Rob) Zombie
My Morning Jacket
Citizen Cope
Cornershop
Soundgarden
Rage Against The Machine
Audioslave
Stone Temple Pilots
Hole
Local H
Smashing Pumpkins
Linkin Park
The Black Crowes
Green Day
Neil Young
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Marley
Garbage
Julianna Hatfield
Grateful Dead
Muse
T.H.C.
Frou Frou
Pulp
Blur
Oasis
Coldplay
Damien Rice
Iron & Wine
Dave Matthews Band
Beth Orton
Cake
Butthole Surfers
Jem
Johnny Cash
Waylon Jennings
Marty Robbins
Suicidal Tendencies
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Cooper Temple Clause
Basement Jaxx
Credence Clearwater Revival
Rusty Wier
System of a Down
The Who
Lamb
Mandalay
Chemical Brothers
Morcheeba
Groove Armada
Moby
Low Fidelity All-Stars
Beck
Fatboy Slim
The Verve
Mogwai
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November.
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
The Movie Of Your Life Is A Black Comedy
In your life, things are so twisted that you just have to laugh.
You may end up insane, but you'll have fun on the way to the asylum.
Your best movie matches: Being John Malkovich, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Psycho
If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?
When it comes to DVDs, widescreen is the only way to go. You miss so much of the intended visuals with full screen because the scenes have been mutilated by chopping the sides off.
I love movie quotes! If I get with another movie buff it's almost like I can speak another language with them using only quotes from movies. Damn, I'm a nerd!
It would be a Herculean feat to list all of my favorite movies. I am seriously addicted to movies! They're like a peanut butter and crack sandwich!! But here's a handful to give you some idea...
By Genre:
Almost any
Horror movies:
George Romero
Exorsist
Evil Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Crow
Rob Zombie films
Sci-Fi:
The Fifth Element
2001
Blade Runner
Twelve Monkeys
The Matrix
Star Wars
Planet of the Apes
Star Trek
I also really enjoy "indie" films or anything without a commercialized "Hollywood" ending or plot. I love a movie without a real ending, where it's left for the viewer to decide! At least the filmmaker isn't insulting your intelligence!
Naked
Memento
Fight Club
Garden State
Quintin Tarantino films
Trainspotting
Requiem For A Dream
Sin City
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
M. Night Shyamalan films (What a twist!)
Comedies/
"Stoner" movies:
Shaun Of The Dead
Cheech & Chong
Austin Powers
Half Baked
The Big Lebowski
Beatles movies
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dazed & Confused
Joe Dirt
Haggard
Super Troopers
Adam Sandler films
Kevin Smith films:
Double your pleasure, double the trailers.
CLERKS II
Anime:
Akira
Hayao Miyazaki films (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away)
Ghost In The Shell
Inuyasha
Others:
Tombstone
The Doors
Walk the Line
I also seem to have an affinity for Bruce Willis Movies. I don't know why...he's such a prick. And some of his movies really suck.
Some things I like to gaze at are...
[adult swim]
"I call this one 'I Wanna Rock Your Body Baby' and in parenthesis it says '(Till the Break of Dawn)'"
"When Jesus was president he ate babies. Or was that Satan?"
Wondershowzen!
Can you say "twisted social commentary" kids?
Buffy, Angel, etc.
Discovery Channel
(I used to think only old people watched this stuff...does that mean I'm old now? Dammit!!!)
The History Channel
(again...old people)
Comedy Central
Mind of Mencia!!!
CNN
(I like to keep informed on all the lies and scaremongering that I'm supposed to be buying into.)
Six Feet Under
Weeds
I can't stand it when people act like they're too cool or too smart to watch tv. That's just bullshit! We're all slaves to the box!
1984
George Orwell
(Read it. Because you're living it.)
The Da Vinci Code
Lord of the Flies
Tao Te Ching
J.R.R. Tolkien
Arthur C. Clarke
Ray Bradbury...especially Fahrenheit 451
graphic novels
sci-fi
history
Douglas Adams
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
Marilyn Manson
In some unexplainable way
this book changed the way, I look at the world.
The many men and women who have served and continue to serve this country. For doing their best. For fighting for what they think is right. And whether or not you agree with what our government is doing doesn't matter when it comes to our soldiers. They didn't volunteer to be government puppets. They didn't volunteer to fight for a megalomaniacal president or his twisted agenda. They volunteered for their family, their friends, the people and ideals that they love so much and hold so dear that they would lay down their life to protect. Can you say the same?
My father.
My little brother and his son Jaden!
My greatest hero. For reasons that cannot be expressed with words. She taught me the secret of eternal youth.
My mother.