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Klayton

For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky.

About Me

That's what I'm trying to figure out.
Class is in session:
My 2 cents:
Bill Hicks: "It's just a ride."
YES, WE CAN:
If I had just a little bit of wisdom
I should walk the Great Path and fear only straying from it.
Though the Way is quite broad
People love shortcuts.
The court is immaculate,
While the fields are overgrown with weeds,
And the granaries are empty.
They wear silk finery,
Carry sharp swords,
Sate themselves on food and drink
Having wealth in excess.
They are called thieving braggarts.
This is definitely not the Way.
- Chapter 53, Tao Te Ching
"It's time we were patriotic about something other than war." - John Edwards
"America doesn't start wars - we end them.
We don't turn away from the world - we lead it.
And we don't commit torture - we condemn it."
- Sen. Chris Dodd, former candidate for 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination
"Ah, Harry, we have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness."
-Hermine, in Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
"There are as many ways to God as there are created souls." - Muhammad
"Trust in God, but tie your camel's leg." - Muhammad
Tear aside veils of all you see in this world, and you will find yourself apart in solitude with God. If you draw aside the veils of the stars and the spheres, you will see that all is one with the Essence of your own pure soul. If you will but tear aside the veil, you will see nonexistence, and you will see forthwith the true meaning of God's purpose. When you have cast aside the veil, you will see the Essence, and all things will be shown forth within the Essence. If you draw aside the veil from the Face of the Beloved, all that is hidden will be made manifest, and you will become one with God, for then will you be the very Essence of the Divine.
- Attar
If you could get rid
Of yourself just once,
The secret of secrets
Would open to you.
The face of the unknown,
Hidden beyond the universe
Would appear on the
Mirror of your perception.
- Rumi
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One who knows does not speak.
One who speaks does not know." - Tao Te Ching MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

politics, music, books, movies, news, sociology, anthropology, religions, cultural evolution, meditation, binaural beats, consciousness expansion, graphic arts, cars, NPR

I'd like to meet:

Barack Obama. William Shatner. George Clinton.

And some new people to hang out with. I left the suburbs for Seattle a few months ago, but now I go out less and know fewer people, which is exactly the opposite of what I expected/wanted to happen. I could use some good conversation and a little bit of fun.

Music:

Aesop Rock, Afrika Bambaata, Al Green, Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Beastie Boys, Beck, Betty Davis, Black Sabbath, Blackalicious, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Brothers Johnson, Buffalo Springfield, Cake, Calvin Harris, Chemical Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Dr. Dre, Earth Wind and Fire, Erykah Badu, Faith No More, Funkadelic, Gnarls Barkley, Go! Team, Heart, Holy Fuck, Ike and Tina Turner, Isley Brothers, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Kool and the Gang, LCD Soundsystem, Miles Davis, Muse, NWA, Nikka Costa, Outkast, Parliament, Pink Floyd, Prince, Rick James, RJD2, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Strapping Young Lad, Talking Heads, The Who, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Movies:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, On Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Star Trek, The Day the Earth Stood Still, THX 1138, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, Dr Strangelove, Brazil, Inherit the Wind, Snatch, Clerks, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof

Television:

This American Life, Arrested Development, Everybody Hates Chris, Lost, Alias, Big Love, Weeds, Family Guy, American Dad, Freaks and Geeks, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders, Little Britain, The Young Ones, The Singing Detective, PBS

Books:

Skinny Legs and All, Another Roadside Attraction, Jitterbug Perfume, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Tao Te Ching, The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966, So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away, Revenge of the Lawn, Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, An Unfortunate Woman, Trout Fishing In America, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Satanic Verses, Shame, Fury, The Moor's Last Sigh, Siddhartha, Demian, Steppenwolf, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Hell's Angels, Kingdom of Fear, Fear and Loathing in America, Generation X, Miss Wyoming, Choke, Slapstick, Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Mother Night, Running with Scissors, On Liberty, Rights of Man, All the King's Men

Heroes:

Bill Hicks, Hunter S Thompson, Tom Robbins, Salman Rushdie, Richard Brautigan, Gene Roddenberry, George Clinton

My Blog

Get your geek on.

When it comes to television, I think there is a tie for the best shows ever:  Star Trek and Lost.  (Lucky for me, the two sort of come together next year when the JJ Abrams-directed Star Tre...
Posted by Klayton on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:28:00 PST

We’re just a biological speculation

Biological Speculationby Funkadelic, from the album America Eats Its Young, 1972 We're just a biological speculation Sittin' here, vibratin' And we don't know what we're vibratin' about And the anim...
Posted by Klayton on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST

ARGH.

Argh. I did not have a fun night or morning.  Now I am super tired and super cranky.
Posted by Klayton on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:24:00 PST

Richard Brautigan versus the Virginia Tech Massacre

Finally, after three years or so, I finally know how my book is going to begin.I've been wanting to write a book for at least that long, and I've had the beginnings of a general story for it, but I co...
Posted by Klayton on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:50:00 PST

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My head is so full right now it feels like it's going to burst.
Posted by Klayton on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:08:00 PST

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He went to the cityto see some friends, To give me sometime to myself.I've been trying to figure outwhat to do with myselfallnight. I'm going outside to smoke a cigarette.......
Posted by Klayton on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST

On the road

The road trip has begun. I am typing this from the cozy confines of the hotel room I just checked into in Ontario, OR. I got off to a late start on the trip. Originally, I had planned on leaving at ab...
Posted by Klayton on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:40:00 PST

No Kill U

Only two more days until my vacation. Only two more days until my vacation. Must not kill. Must not kill. Only two more days until my vacation. Only two more days until my vacation. Must not kill. Mus...
Posted by Klayton on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:55:00 PST

No no no no no

Please tell me that it's just unusually warm in the office and that I'm mistaking that and the fact that I'm tired for the feeling I get when I'm getting sick.  My boy seems to have mono.  T...
Posted by Klayton on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:00:00 PST

On a snowy day

It snowed last night. The alarm clock rang at its usual time, that time which seems like a reasonable time to be awake when I set the alarm, but never seems so when the blaring mechanical scream jolts...
Posted by Klayton on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:38:00 PST