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About Me

I am Gabriel Xavier Gilberto Fransisco Ramon Mason-Torres. Yeah, I know that you shouldn't post your full name on wacko/robot full myspace, but I think it's one of my most impressive qualities, so there it is.
Blame my parents, by the way.

I'm in the Army, 115th Brigade Support Batallion, 1st Cav.
Stay Cav and Go Ordnance!
(Sorry, they pay me to say it)
(Not that you shouldn't stay cav, nor do I imply that the Ordnance Corps should not go.)

I'm a (shamelessselfpromotion) excellent cook, a huge (obligatoryselfdeprecation) nerd, and an aspiring terrible rock star.

I almost may be the worst Texan ever, but I'm new, so cut some slack.

(jerk)

My Interests

I'm a rocker. I rock out.

I'd like to meet:

A pirate. Or a ninja. Or a robot ninja pirate. Who lives in space. And has magical adventures. And maybe a talking elephant named poncho with the power to rock.

Music:

Favorite Band:The White Stripes
Favorite Artist: David Bowie
Favorite New (to me) Band: Jaguar Love
Favorite Album I bought recently: Consolers of the Lonely by the The Raconteurs
The Album I've been listening to the most: Vampire Weekend
The Band I've been listening to the most: The Velvet Underground
The Song I've been listening to the most: Welcome to Jamrock by Damian Marley
Albums I've played more than once recently:
The White Stripes - Icky Thump, Elephant, and self titled
Crass - Christ the Album
Juno Ost
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation
Blood Brothers - March on Electric Children
The Velvet Underground - Loaded, White Light/White Heat, and VU and Nico
Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
The Beatles - Sgt, Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Marcy Playground - Shapeshifter
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
The Rapture - Echoes

Movies:

Good movies based on good books (Clockwork, Fightclub, Trainspotting, etc..)
Kevin Smith, Monty Python, Danny Boyle, Michel Gondry.
Depp (of course), Kate Winslet, Jamie Bell
And anything with Danson, of course (know thy enemy) Those aren't the only movies, actors, of filmmakers I like, or even necessarily my favorites, that's just what comes to mind

Television:

I don't have cable, so I only watch TV once a month or so.
I do miss cooking shows, cartoons, and being able to just turn it on and not having to do anything. Other than that, I'm doing fine without it.

Books:

What can I say, I'm a nerd. I read a LOT. Fantasy, sci-fi, weird old crap, the occasional Manga.
My favorite authors: Robert Heinlein, Irvine Welsh, Douglas Adams, Robert Jordan, Roger Zelazny, George Orwell
Favorite books: Trainspotting (Welsh), Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein), Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter Thompson), Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Series: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas), Wheel of Time (Jordan), the Chronicals of Amber (Zelazny), the Belgariad and the Malorian (David Eddings), the Adept series and the first 15 or so books of the Xanth series (Piers Anthony)
I've started reading a lot again recently, and that makes me happy
Right Now I'm Reading-
Fiction: The Drawing of the Three by Steven King
Non-Fiction: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan Last Books I Read-
Fiction: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Non-Fiction: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Next Book I Plan to Read : A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
I used to read comics, but not that often anymore. My favorite superhero is Ragman, because nothing's tougher than a dude whose superpower is taking souls.

Heroes:

MacGuyver.
He can do anything, maybe including stealing Ted Danson's woman (ya better watch out, Danson!)

My Blog

The field problem

So I'm going to be in the field for two weeks.This consists of my entire brigade going out into the wilderness to do "missions".All the infantry dudes will be running around, and the tankers will be c...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:45:00 PST

My charming wit is wasted on some people

Some comments on a YouTube clip of Yo Gabba Gabba (a kid's show):The initial comment: Goeid WOW.. O_O my IQ just dropped 30 points from watching this..This is defin...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:23:00 PST

A new blog. Yaayyy!

Um, I don't actually have anything to put in it. Well, I do, but I'll do it later.I was just sick of looking at the decemberween stuff, as it's now August.That's part of why I haven't added a ne...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:40:00 PST

Christmas Vs. Chanukah Round 3 (Told you I'd do it eventually

Okay, so, round three was supposed to be food, but I was too fat and sassy after my frying binge to write it.So here's the original Round 3: Centerpiece Christmas: The tree. Okay, I l...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:04:00 PST

Decemberween Debate Round 2

Okay, folks, get ready for Round Two: Miracles- Christmas: The miracle of Jesus. Ok, kid was born. Woo hoo. I mean, from a religious perspective you have the whole God's ...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:03:00 PST

Curse you, tiny computer people! (Part 2)

So I uninstalled the Sims 2 and all the expansions from my computer (all 12(!) gigs of it) before I "left"and now I'm going to be here another month.And I kinda want it all back.It's just a little bit...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:20:00 PST

Happy Chanukah, bitches!

Ok, so, the coolest winter holiday?Chanukah, fools!Seriously.As a non-religious person, I don't know why christmas is the default holiday. I mean, if you don't believe in anything, then it doesn...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:41:00 PST

Oh, Jack White, when will you return my love?

They Cancelled the fucking tour! I was FINALLY going to see them, and the CANCELLED THE FUCKING TOUR! Damn you Jack White, Damn you! Why do you persist in taunting me, bringing me close and cast...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:10:00 PST

Freak-ed out

So, on a lark, I searched for my step-mom here on myspace, because I need to talk to her but I'm too cowardly to call her, but couldn't find her, so I looked up my little brothers, and I found Karl, t...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:22:00 PST

Sily boy, don't you even know the names of things?

Apparently not.So I guess that I officially lived in "Lake Balboa", Los Angelas, not Van Nuys.I mean, they talked about it when I was there, but not everyone knew about it, and it wasn't really used.I...
Posted by Doc Rocktopus on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:27:00 PST