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Fortune favors the bold

About Me


"Music is Kickass!! Heavy...rock..soft...contemporary...adult...whatever you want it to be. Whatever it is to you, thats what it is, but what it is to us, is life..." ~ Dave Williams RIP, Drowning Pool
"Create like a god, command like a king and work like a slave" - Otep
"To be great is to go on, to go on is to go far, to go far is to return..."
SUCCESS
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a Redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
RESPECT
"Instead of wanting to be like this or that, make yourself into a silent, immovable giant. That's what the mountain is. Don't waste your time trying to impress people. If you become the sort of man people can respect, they'll respect you, without your doing anything."
~ Miyamoto Musashi
"A true samurai has only one judge of honor, and this is himself. Decisions you make and how these decisions are carried out are reflection of whom you truly are. You cannot hide from yourself"
~ Miyamoto Musashi
"In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit."
~ Miyamoto Musashi
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Mark
Birthday: March 6, 1981
Birthplace: I think in Los Gatos, Cali
Current Location: a box in the Great America parking lot
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: DARK brown ;o)
Height: knee high to a grasshopper
Right Handed or Left Handed: LEFTY!!
Your Heritage: Mediterranean Islander (Azore Isles/Sicily)
The Shoes You Wore Today: ummm...(looks)...Boots?
Your Weakness: Kryptonite
Your Fears: My reality
Your Perfect Pizza: anything with Chicken and artichoke hearts, yum!
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Finish writing my album before the years over.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: STFU RADIOOOO!!
Your Best Physical Feature: my left earlobe, it talks to me ;o)
Your Bedtime: uggh! Between 9 and 2, depending on the day.
Your Most Missed Memory: The 10 minutes it took to do this survey! I WANT MY 10 MINUTES BACK YOU BASTARD!!
Pepsi or Coke: Whatever, so long as it isn't rootbeer (UNLESS, its IBC, then we'er good)
MacDonalds or Burger King: Was your question Togo's or Unamas? Then BOTH!!
Single or Group Dates: depends on the who and whats, but I've almost always flyed solo
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: huh, you know I never thought about it.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Right now it's Mint Chocolate Chip
Cappuccino or Coffee: Sencha Green Tea with LOTS of honey!
Do you Smoke: never cigarettes, only a couple times with pot, but wasnt good enough to keep doin it.
Do you Swear: fuck no!
Do you Sing: hehehehehehe, yesssss. It's funny cause it grew from just in the shower and cars to pretty much anytime of the day, no matter who is around, I dont care! haha ;op
Do you Shower Daily: Of courssse
Have you Been in Love: once or twice
Do you want to go to College: Yes, very much so.
Do you want to get Married: Someday, I dont mind waiting.
Do you belive in yourself: belive? No such word, but beliEve? There are inner struggles sometimes, but generally the glass is always half full with me.
Do you get Motion Sickness: Just in those stupid spinning tea pots! GRR!
Do you think you are Attractive: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you tell me!
Are you a Health Freak: Getting there, its a slow transition.
Do you get along with your Parents: Suprisingly enough, yes!
Do you like Thunderstorms: Always.
Do you play an Instrument:
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: a couple of nights out, yea.
In the past month have you Smoked: never
In the past month have you been on Drugs: never
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Nah, been too busy.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: I think so....
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: eww!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: oh yea, I dont care what you say, California Rolls count!
In the past month have you been on Stage: I wish, I miss it so.
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nah, I was the dumper ;o)
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Nah, too cold and that swamp outside my building doesn't look that tempting, to be honest.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: I dont think so, but maybe borrowed something and forgot.
Ever been Drunk: duh
Ever been called a Tease: *evilgrin*
Ever been Beaten up: in elementary school
Ever Shoplifted: back in my teens, yea.
How do you want to Die: Ummm, healthy?
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: WORKIN ON IT!!
What country would you most like to Visit: Italy, Canada, Australia, Japan, Great Britian.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I usually go with the light eyed girls, but as long as you got a killer smile, then I dont care.
Favourite Hair Color: techni-color?
Short or Long Hair: either, its all about how you dress it.
Height: Doesnt matter to me.
Best Clothing Style: I guess I'd describe mine as laid-back rocker
Number of Drugs I have taken: just pot, but no more, never enjoyed it really.
Number of CDs I own: Enough to fill YOUR house!
Number of Piercings: used to have my eyebrows pierced, but maybe again someday.
Number of Tattoos: 3 so far, 1 I want to get covered
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I try not to regret, but accept and move on.
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You Are Pretty Happy Being Single
You have a full, fun life. And you definitely don't need love to be content.
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I want to meet you! and these great people...

Music:

Machine Head, Sevendust, Metallica, Alice In Chains, Chimera, Shadows Fall, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Skinlab, 40 Grit, Technocracy, Called To Ruin, Better Left Unsaid, Cold, Evanescence, Rob Zombie, PM5K, Eagles, Eric Clapton, Tim Mcgraw, Ozzy, Insolence, Sublime, Incubus, Nonpoint, Manipulant, Staind, In Flames, Delerium, Megadeth, Papa Roach, Lacuna Coil, Ill Nino, Disturbed, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Pantera, Damageplan, Aaliyah, Snoop Dogg, AC/DC, NIN, Limp Bizkit, Re:Ignition, Beethoven, Soulfly, Sepultura, Krenshaw, Everlast, Dave Matthews Band, Cypress Hill, House Of Pain, Bone Thugz In Harmony, Strata, Killswitche Engage, 36 Crazyfists, Deftones, Korn, Spineshank, Primate

Movies:

Return of the Living Dead 3, Rocky 1-5, The Crow, The Bourne Identity, My Cousin Vinny, Resident Evil 1 & 2, Count of Monte Cristo, Pirates of the Carribbean, Hellraiser 1-3, Music DVD's and home videos, Pantera Vol. 1-3, The Big Lebowski, Hannibal, Dark City, The Last Samurai, anything by Kevin Smith, Spiderman(s), I Robot, The Bourne Supremacy, The Punisher, Hosue of Flying Daggers, KILL BILL Vol 1&2, Constantine, Hellboy, The Prophecy, Out Cold

Television:

Invader Zimm, Newsradio (Phil Hartman era, RIP), Seinfield, That 70's Show, Friends (shh, dont tell!), The Sopranos, Becker, Late Night with Conan Obrien, The Critic, Will & Grace (shit! let that one outta the bag too!), TMNT, Forever Knight, Simpsons, King of the Hill, American Choppers, Uranium, History Channel. and gotta go with the classics too: Cheers, M*A*S*H*, Murphy Brown (haha) The Addams Family, The Jeffersons, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Scooby Doo............no, I dont watch tv!

Books:

everything by Anne Rice that I've read so far have been VERY good, Poison Elves, wanna get into Stephen King, Dragonlance Series, JTHM, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, LOTR series, Musashi. Playboys (HEF FOR PREZ!), Revolver music Magazines.

Heroes:

James Hetfield and Miyamoto Musashi

My Blog

Ok, first time EVER writing lyrics....

ok, so I was at work and have been reading alot about that shooting at that school in Idaho, and now the death toll is at 6 dead... It hit a spot in me and I was out of control and felt compelled to w...
Posted by ..:::M A R K:::.. on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:24:00 PST

MOVING TIME!!

yep, im finally goin goin back back to San Jose, I got my new job starting Tuesday at Namco (they made Pac-Man). Today is my last day in Newman, sweetness.  To all whom I've met in the Central Va...
Posted by ..:::M A R K:::.. on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:06:00 PST

The path that lays before me...

Man, it's been quite an interesting year thus far for me.  A few life changes here, a splash of drama there, good times!  haha ;o) But in all seriousness, I have been reflecting on something...
Posted by ..:::M A R K:::.. on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:28:00 PST

It's all in your head

Machine Head  - All In Your Head You tell me, I've been walking on a railingBeen excelling at failingThat I think wrong, I don't belongI don't fit, I don't give a shitTake my guitar and microphon...
Posted by ..:::M A R K:::.. on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:44:00 PST