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Blackness of Tank

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About Me

Truthfully, this isn't about me. And you all know it. This entire thing was instigated by you, urged and forced into creation..and who knows how those things turn out? So, this is entirely about you. I dedicate this all to you, my friends.
But, I guess it could be a little about me..I'm not that self-effacing.
Random Things About Me
-I stole this from Amanda.
-Music is my emotional core. Every sensation can have a song.
-I can't play a single instrument(except drums, which are different).
-My headphones are always at full volume.
-Drunk people, including myself, piss me off.
-I prefer to drink alone.
-I feel oddly naked without bands, bracelets or other objects around my wrists.
-I lean toward simple black and white clothing(colored articles in my closet are gradually diminishing).
-When trying to describe me, friends can only say "he's just..Bob."
-I'm a sucker for romantic comedies.
-I'm really not that angry all of the time. I just frown alot.
-I enjoy working third shift jobs.
-I display a wide array of nervous habits when speaking.
-I like sad songs more than any others. Sad songs are more honest with their emotion.
-I'm a straight-A, honors drop-out.
-I still love all of my dragons, wizards, swords and other medieval fantasy paraphernalia.
-I like cats more than dogs.
-My color is a dark, forest green.
-I'm a hopeless romantic.
-I cannot stop biting my fingernails.
-I intend not to attend college.
-I hate cords and wires with a burning passion.
-My most commonly used phrase is, "I don't give a shit/fuck."
-I can't play the instrument, but I air-guitar alot.
-When listening to music, I am always keeping a physical rythm; tapping feet, fingers, clicking tongue or teeth, drumming hands on surfaces, thrashing/head-banging/etc.
-Injustice and love are my inspirations.
-I have an extremely hard time looking anybody in the eyes.
-Those whose eyes I can look into are important to me, somehow.
(note: this was the one song I had played at my mother's wake)
"Y'know how I know you guys are gay? Because you're holding eachother ever-so-gently."
When Planets Align..

Siblings in mind and spirit..and insanity!
"Oh, man..

I am so rocked out.."
PISS!!

"Someone once said, 'all good things must come to an end.'
..what a load of crap.
I mean yeah, sure, the good things have to end, but the bad things end too. And then they all start over again. That's just life. And you can spend your time worrying about the bad things, but it'll kinda keep you from noticing the good things, so I wouldn't recommend it.
I don't really know what I'd recommend, come to think of it.
Really, the only time things END is when you die. That's pretty final - but not always.
People say they're trying to 'make their mark on the world' before they die - that's another kind of silly thing to say. You can't make your mark on the WORLD unless you've got a bulldozer or know the secret of making crop circles when no one's looking.
I figure if you're going to leave your mark, you should leave it with people, rather than inanimate things.
Leave it by the words you say, or the things you do. The good things and the bad things. They go hand in hand. I don't think there's a 'big mark' you leave, so much as little ones, all over the place. Here and there, people repeat something you said, because it was a good idea. Or you made them think something differently. Or you just loved them, is all.
All those little marks you leave, they'll add up to a big one, someday. And in the meantime, you should just live your life the best you can with what you've got to work with, and call it good.
I guess that's what I'd recommend. And while you're at it, try not to take the world too seriously, because sooner or later, you're going to end up it's punch line. And you can choose to be pissed off about it..
..or you can choose, instead, to laugh."

My Interests

Travel, MST, my friends, obscure knowledge, classic board games, Uno, Weiner(my cat), financial security, smoking, psychology/philosophy, not doing dishes, third shift schedules, cryptozoology, IHOP, coffee and cigarettes, efficient PCs, monochrome style, neck-ties, dress shirts, steel-toe boots, smoking, hard liquor, not drinking beer, comfy pjs, theorizing religion, storytelling, downloading porn, nostalgia, my family, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Silent Hill mythology, astronomy, astrology, scaring the crap out of people, Mt. Dew, WWII memorabilia, historical documentation, tape recorders, cameras, THC, smoking..did I mention that? Must've forgotten.

I'd like to meet:

John Lennon, Henry Rollins(a 2nd time), Albert Einstein, Henry David Thoreau, Sage Francis, Socrates, Karl Marx, Adolph Hitler, H.R. Giger, Lindsay Lohan, Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, Masuimi Max, Aeire, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Mitch Hedburg, Bruce Dickinson, Daron Malakian, Bruce Campbell, Quentin Murray, Anthony Cumia, Trent Reznor, Maynard James Keenan, Christina Scabbia, my mother and grandfather.

Music:

Metallica(born and raised), Beatles, Iron Maiden, Moody Blues, Collective Soul, Tool, Mastodon, VNV Nation, NIN, Primus, Stabbing Westward, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Portishead, Sage Francis, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, System of a Down, Perfect Circle, Bush, Radiohead, Morcheeba, Lacuna Coil, The Cure, Sneaker Pimps, Bjork, Massive Attack, In Flames, Nevermore, Opeth, Three Doors Down, Marilyn Manson, Dave Matthews Band, Tatu, Slipknot, Ani DeFranco, Our Lady Peace, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Kidney Thieves, Rammstein, Creed, Queens of the Stone Age, Grand Funk Railroad, Brand New, Blue Oyster Cult, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Third Eye Blind, Cranberries, Queen, Gin Blossoms, Counting Crows, Misfits, Mars Volta, Aphrodite's Child, Dusted, Blind Melon, Aphex Twin, Prodigy, Down, Pantera, Anthrax, Godpseed You Black Emperor, Modest Mouse, Sigur Ros, Jack Off Jill, KMFDM, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Rollins Band, Oasis, U2, Type O Negative, Akira Yamaoka, Nobuo Uematsu

Movies:

Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Fight Club, Jay and Silent Bob, FF7: Advent Children, Brain Damage Films, Harold and Maude, When Harry Met Sally, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Best Friend's Wedding, Still Breathing, Aliens/Predator series, Silent Hill, Conan, The Ring, Dawn of the Dead, Pi, SLC Punk, Porn, Ghost World, The Big Lebowski, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Neverending Story, Sci-Fi Originals, Shaun of the Dead, House of 1,000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Evil Dead series, The Matrix, November Rain, Godzilla(japanese originals), Faces of Death series, and anything bad that I can make witty remarks about during viewing.

Television:

BTVS(guilty pleasure), Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Sci-Fi Original movies, MST3K, MXC, VH1 I Love the X0's, Discovery/THC/National Geographic documentaries, Sightings, X-Files, NHL(go Sabres), Family Guy, South Park, Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Clone High, Buffy, Scare Tactics, Oz, The Sopranos, Ren and Stimpy, Looney Tunes, Transformers/Beast Wars

Books:

Chuck Palahniuk, David Eddings, Henry David Thoreau, J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allen Poe, Hal Lindsey, Anne Rice, Sylvia Plath, Neil Gaiman

My Blog

I hold onto..

I don't want hate.And I still am....
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:33:00 PST

Letters on my chair..

I seem to type up alot of mushy bits of conversation and exchanged words between Amanda and I; however, they're the most poignant, powerful things I've heard. This is an excerpt from a letter written...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:46:00 PST

Yes, I'm a bum..but I'm a Harvard bum.

Bob: (to Amanda) Like Simon's dog, how he went alone into the field to die. He snapped at anyone who tried to help him. However, applying this to our case, you'd have to bite me pretty damn hard to ge...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:42:00 PST

Y'nang! What?

Amanda: We're yin and yang. Black and white..except you'd be the black, I'd be the white.Bob: (slightly skeptical expression) You make me sound like the negative half of this coexistence.Amanda: Well,...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:34:00 PST

Signal Giggles

I just spent the last ten minutes laughing hysterically. I haven't actually "giggled" in ages. My stomach hurts now. And what was I laughing at? Myself!But this is a good thing. It means I'm in a gene...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:04:00 PST

One/Two-liners

Bob: Sorry if we like porn. We're men, y'know? Even me!Amanda: Exactly! "Blues" is the best musical genre ever created by people with thumbs.Amy: That's how I would've done it; kill!..secure resources...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:10:00 PST

One-Liners, pt. 2?

No, this isn't really another set of one-liners. However, since picking up my favorite books(for the 10th time in 10 years), I've been itching to quote passages and dialogues between characters.For lo...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Wed, 17 May 2006 10:26:00 PST

One-Liners, pt. 1

I'll be doing this every so often. I have alot of "unassociated" quotes from people, stored in the vast vault of my memories, that require no other explaination or accompanying commentary. Enjoy!Amand...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:04:00 PST

..and mending.

(January 20th, 2006. AIM convo with Amanda) Bob: and that's why I'm telling you now that I'm all for it, so you have the sure knowledge that I am. you have a definite, second conspirator. Amanda: Good...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:30:00 PST

Breaking

There are times..alot of times..when I look back on things that've shaped me into who I've become. Reasons why, were they good or bad and the like. And I've noticed most of them are not good. Most of ...
Posted by Blackness of Tank on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:11:00 PST