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About Me

"If we knew what we are, we should do as Sir Arthur Jermyn did; and Arthur Jermyn soaked himself in oil and set fire to his clothing one night."â€“ H.P. Lovecraft

My Interests

GW, Rackham, reading a lot, writing a lot, television, movies, music, bars, the night time, history, nature, astronomy, religion, the future, philosophy, art, figuring people out, wondering and pondering

I'd like to meet:

Sun Tzu, Lovecraft, Poe, Cervantes, The Marque de Sade, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Nero, Caligula, Aleister Crowley, Dr. Bendo, Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Abdul Alhazred...

Music:

Look at my music player, that's what I'm listening to currently, which I need to update

Movies:

The Coen Brothers, Sofia Coppola, Richard Kelly, Darren Aronofsky, Marc Forster, Luc Besson, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Wes Anderson

Television:

The Tudors, Dexter, Big Love, X-Files, Star Trek, History Channel, Science Channel, Discovery Channel, Military Channel, Rome, Deadwood, Carnivale, Californication, Heroes, American Gladiators, Terminator, UFC, Cities of the Underworld, John Adams, Generation Kill

Books:

Lovecraft, Moorcock, Abnett, Cervantes, Poe, Milton, Carroll, Miller, Frankl, Vaughan, Aesop, Voltaire, Lee, Goethe, Sun Tzu, Vasquez, Mignola, Templesmith, Willingham, Moore, Powell, McNeill, Thorpe, Gaborit, Matheson, Golden, Rowley, Cook, Hearn, Howard, Peters

Heroes:

Look under books and who I'd like to meet

My Blog

Maybe I’m in a movie

The dead around me argued at each other, fought and screamed. They were confused and lost, just like me. I think I just handled it better. Being dead gives you a moment to think. What is t...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:32:00 PST

Moving on to find

"Why?!" I asked. My grandfather just looked at me. I could tell he was just as confused about the whole thing as I was. "Let's go, I have someone I want you to meet," he said after a few ...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:40:00 PST

A gate

"C'mon, let's get out of here. A bit too depressing for me," my grandfather said. We stood up and started our walk when we heard a shout. We both stopped and turned to look into the cemetery. &n...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:14:00 PST

A walk and explanation

My grandfather and I walked for sometime, he told me about his living life, told me the truth about some of the stories I had heard growing up. He told me about the war he was in, the death he h...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:13:00 PST

Continued

She did not bring her family, which caused my eyebrow to shoot up, I was curious with a small touch of sadness. I wished I could reach out and touch her, just once, just to feel her skin one mor...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:27:00 PST

From beyond

I stood there, watched the circus unfold. My parents house filled with most of their friends and a few of mine. Mine of course didn't fit in with the others, taking breaks to step o...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:50:00 PST

Working in the forest

In 1935, I was working for the Park Ranger service in Wyoming. I rode on horseback, carried a .38, had the hat and the star on my chest. Harry wasn't to far off, taking a few years ...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:41:00 PST

Old old old old...

I was born in 3,582 B.C. I'm quite old, but look young. My memory is sharp, much sharper than my sister's. I'm a druid. I know what you think, I wear robes and chant in the darkness...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:34:00 PST

The undeath of an actor

I gave my notice a few years ago. My grand retirement from the theatre of love. I was quite the actor in my day, I had swooned and been seduced, stabbed and held, but I stepped off ...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:43:00 PST

What’s behind your eyes?

The sun set. The dreams start. Carnal lust and bloody debauchery, sad cries and jubilant screams. Things aren't right. Things are backwards in my head. I should dream of cool breezes and s...
Posted by Tobias Rome on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:39:00 PST