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Kent

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

My middle name is Michael. I despise mediocrity. I enjoy learning about pretty much anything. I have broad interests and tastes, but I have high standards of quality. I have remarkably vivid, absurd dreams on a regular basis. I study philosophy and Russian language and literature.

My Interests

philosophy (all areas, but especially ethics, aesthetics, existentialism, metaphysics, philosophy of science), literature, art, music, guitars, bicycles, Tolkien, everything Russian, theology, theoretical physics, politics, technology, Nintendo

I'd like to meet:

1. genetically modified zombie robot ghosts
2. Christopher Columbus, so I could punch him in the face
3. ?????????? ?????

Music:

Beck, Frank Zappa, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, The Flaming Lips, Hella, Don Caballero, Deerhoof, Sonic Youth, Wilco, Faraquet, Nervous Cop, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Cursive, Low, Blonde Redhead, The Mars Volta, At the Drive-in, My Bloody Valentine, The Appleseed Cast, Bright Eyes, Mineral, Bjork, The Beatles, The Pogues, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Embodyment, Pedro the Lion, Danielson Famile, Iron and Wine, Yo La Tengo, Godspeed you Black Emperor, mewithoutYou, The Fire Theft, Blenderhead, Hopesfall, Living Sacrifice, Dillinger Escape Plan, Scarlet, Spitfire, Extol, Zao, Rage Against the Machine, MxPx, Weezer, Nirvana, Refused, Blindside, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, The Postal Service, Wesley Willis, twothirtyeight, Discover America, The New Pornographers, The Pixies, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Sigur Ros, Steve Reich, Edgar Varese, Scriabin, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Liszt

Movies:

The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, original Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: Episode III, Pan's Labyrinth, The Matrix, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Amelie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Godfather trilogy, Cannibal The Musical, This is Spinal Tap, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail, 28 Days Later, Return of the Dragon, Edward Scissorhands, Magnolia, American History X, Pi

Television:

ugh... few shows that aren't crap: The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, The X-Files, Star Trek, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Monty Python's Flying Circus

Books:

J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales; Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, The Weight of Glory, The Screwtape Letters; Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man; Ivan Turgenev - Fathers and Sons; John Locke - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding; George Berkeley - A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge; Rene Descartes - Meditations on First Philosophy; Plato - Euthyphro, Hippias Major, The Apology; Aristotle - Metaphysics; Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy; Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series; George Orwell - 1984, Animal Farm; Jim Wallis - God's Politics; Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451; Dr. Seuss

Heroes:

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Shigeru Miyamoto

My Blog

blog

http://thekentb.blogspot.com
Posted by Kent on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:57:00 PST

books, music, and absinthe

I am currently reading God's Politics by Jim Wallis, Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis, Relativity by Einstein, Zappa: A Biography by Barry Miles, The Simpsons and Philosophy, and Unfinished Tales by J.R.R...
Posted by Kent on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:14:00 PST

St. Bernard (not the dog)

While Josh, Troy, and I were in New York, we happened upon St. Patrick's cathedral.  It's incredibly beautiful, inside and out.  It was lavishly decorated, each picture and statue ornately d...
Posted by Kent on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:20:00 PST

The Great Divorce

In "The Great Divorce," C.S. Lewis deals with issues of heaven and hell.  It's an incredible book.  The following excerpt deals with pity; it is a conversation between Lewis (who is dead at ...
Posted by Kent on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:07:00 PST

surprisingly, i'm here

hello. my name is kent. i created this a long time ago. now i'm posting something. i have one of those "xanga" blogs, which i have been using in opposition to this. but, i decided to update...
Posted by Kent on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST