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About Me

Currently I am trying to learn how to cook Japanese food. But, everything I make comes out as the same soft pile of soy flavored goop. It's not something I'm proud of. So, I'd love to meet someone who can help me with that, give me a few lessons.

My Interests

PacMan (I prefer to think of myself as the PacMaster) & all manner of old-timey video amusements, KCRW (that's what you're listenning to), I'm addictd to this "This American Life" , NPR, PRI, BBC and all sorts of initialisms, science (esp. astronomy and cosmology ), photography, putzing around on photoshop , subverting the dominant paradigm

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking to meet some cool kit and kats to hang out with.

Music:

DM, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Concrete Blonde, Pizzicato 5, Shonen Knife, Garbage, My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, Puressence, The Minibosses, Marilyn Manson, Le Tigre, the sounds of chimps randomly messing with Mogue synthesizers

Movies:

Full Metal Jacket (ah that brings back memories), MST3K: The Movie, North By Northwest, Rumblefish, Lost in Translation

Television:

Family Guy, Pink Lady & Jeff , Freaks and Geeks, MST3K, Twilight Zone (old school Rod Serling), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Buster & Me

Books:

The Epic Of Gilgamesh , The Sandman, and anything else by Neil Gaiman, In a Sunburned Country, Where the Sidewalk Ends, David Sedaris, House of Leaves, Homicide: A Year On the Killing Streets, Kurt Vonnegut, Guns Germs & Steel

Heroes:

Norman Borlaug , Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Oww.. and this guy .

My Blog

You can't stare into the Abyss without the Abyss staring back

I've spent the week listenning to right wing talk radio and I've found it most informative. Here's a few of the things that I've learned: 1. Main stream America has been convinced by the gay and lesbi...
Posted by Steven Philip on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:48:00 PST

Do Indians Celebrate Thanksgiving?

Just something I asked myself while piling fork full after fork full of roast turkey in my mouth.
Posted by Steven Philip on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:07:00 PST

Notes from a moderately foreign land

So, I've recently (& temporarily) moved from Orange County to Sacramento. And while this resettlement has gone rather smoothly and the people of this strange and foreign land have been most inviti...
Posted by Steven Philip on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:28:00 PST

Rant 3: Why I'm not worried about America.

There's been a lot of bemoaning by us liberals about the result of the last election. A lot of talk about moving to New Zealand or seceding to Canada. But, I for one am not worried about America, in t...
Posted by Steven Philip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Observation 1: Smelling the past

So, I started my new summer gig, pumping overprized health smoothies for OC'ers with way to much money. I'm serving up Liquid Yuppie Chow. Anyway, I have to say that this is the best smelling job tha...
Posted by Steven Philip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Rant 2: Elmo

I was watching Sesame Street, like ya' do, and all I could think of is "When the fuck are they going to get Elmo off of there?" Now, let me preface this by saying that my hatred of Elmo is not simply...
Posted by Steven Philip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Rant 1: What did Jesus ever say about space-time?

Okay, I need to vent! So I'm in Borders buying a copy of Discovery Magazine. Why? Because it has this really interesting cover story titled "What Happened Before the Big Bang?" I try to use my teach...
Posted by Steven Philip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

CLICK HERE, in the name of science.

So, I've never been one for journaling. I'm more of a drunken-ramblings-and-venting-at-family-functions kinda guy. That's usually how I deal with my emotions. So then what to do with this space? Ans...
Posted by Steven Philip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST