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Derek

Do you know about the chemicals?

About Me

Hey- I'm Derek - I'm unusual and tragic and alive. I have killed, I have helped kill, and I will kill again.I guess you could say that I'm a Kirk Cameron/Kurt Cobain figure, roguishly quirky, dandified but down to Earth, kooky but comprehensible; denizen of the growing penumbra between alternative and mainstream culture; an angsty prophet of the already bygone apocalypse, yet upbeat, stylish, and sexy! I suffer from Mean World Syndrome, and have been struck dumb by a force that screams from deep beneath the cold, black, and endless waters. I really enjoy long, hot showers, even though I can never remember whether I've already washed my hair or not. I love cinema, and am currently pursuing a career in uranium enrichment... I mean film. An ancient lunatic reigns in the trees of the night."Humanists try to behave decently and honorably without any expectation of rewards or punishments in an afterlife. The creator of the Universe has been to us unknowable so far. We serve as well as we can the highest abstraction of which we have some understanding, which is our community." - Kurt Vonnegut.. make
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My Interests

Epic are the proportions of my soul! I take an interest in books and literature. I love concerts, traveling, relaxing, time with friends, and any experience that leaves me bewildered. I'm a chemical super freak. I enjoy playing my guitar, reading, and any outdoorsy kind of activity. I would someday like to become a mortician, or at least dress up and act like one. Music and cinema are my two biggest passions, and I hope to eventually have a career in the film industry. Don't kill fish, kill yourself.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet (and form a band with) Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Mozart, Syd Barrett, Kurt Cobain, John Bonham, and Frank Zappa. Throw in some Les Claypool and Mike Patton, recruit Hunter S. Thompson as their road manager, and the musical zombie super-group from hell is born! I'd also like to meet Chuck Palahniuk...and some of the peeps who decoded the human genome...people who bring out the best in me...and Lassie..... width="425" height="350" ....

Music:

My favorite band ever is Tool. I am also big on Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Nine Inch Nails, Primus, Gorillaz, Dreamtheater, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsies, The Mars Volta, The Roots, At the Drive-In, TV on the Radio, Interpol, The Decemberists, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Uniform, Bitches Brew, Muse, Mike Patton, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, A Perfect Circle, Yes, Rush, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Incubus, Frank Zappa, Slayer, Beck, and MIRV. My guitar wants to kill your mom...

Movies:

Some of my favorites include Being John Malcovich, Network, Adaptation, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Children of Men, Eternal Sunshine, Donnie Darko, Trainspotting, The Beach, Blood Simple, The Indiana Jones trilogy, Back to the Future (I and II), Crash (the David Cronenberg version), What Lies Beneath, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Amalie, Run Lola Run, Pulp Fiction, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?- I also loved a bunch of Gilliam movies such as Fear and Loathing, Brazil, and Time Bandits. Paul Thomas Anderson is great (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love), American Beauty (can't deny the awesome power of the bag scene!) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Memento, Seven, Goodfellas, Fight Club, Freeway, Factotum, Rushmore, Dead Alive, Meet the Feebles, Swingers, I Heart Huckabees, and this one goes out to Rich- the movie "Freaked"...

Television:

Southpark, Space Ghost, Aqua Teen, Daily Show, Curb your Enthusiasm, Entourage, "the news", Family Guy, Real Time with Bill Maher.

Books:

"We are daring and immortal. We are unusual and tragic and alive. We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping void of space that folds and swallows-a darkness that would devour anyone not as strong we."I read the bible...not.

Heroes:

George Carlin, Charles Darwin, The Southpark guys, Charlie Kauffman, Tool, and Pink Floyd. Ohh, and Hitler... only because he never took shit from magicians. "Where is ze' fucking rabbit??!!"

My Blog

Bonnaroo 06

    What up freaks and ghouls. Just back from good ol' Tennessee USA from the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Amazing time.     I won't bore you with a long ramble, ju...
Posted by Derek on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:32:00 PST

I was off work today

so I went to the mountains, wandered around, and took some freakin pictures. And the quote of the day... "He who approaches the temple of the Muses without inspiration in the belief that craftsmanship...
Posted by Derek on Sun, 28 May 2006 09:05:00 PST