Julian Rodriguez - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Mostly harmless. Sometimes the devil you know, sometimes not.

My Interests

Music, Gaming, SF (as in not "sci-fi"), Film, Theather

I'd like to meet:

A worthy adversary.

Music:

Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Sarah McLachlan, Evanescence, Bird York, Sade

Movies:

Anything by Kieslowski, in particular "Rouge" from the Three Colors series. Charlie Kaufmann films, "high concept"/genre films...

Television:

B5, Battlestar Galactica (the new one), Veronica Mars, Lost, 24, House, Prison Break, The Unit, Alias (guilty pleasure), Desperate Housewives, The West Wing (completly in love with Allison Janney, but otherwise also a guilty pleasure), Invasion

Books:

The 48 Laws of Power, Godel, Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, *Anything* by Ellison or JMS, The Sandman Series by Gaiman, The Dark Night Returns by Miller, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence, The Dark Tower series by King, and (ashamed) some Tom Clancy when I was a kid (/ashamed)

Heroes:

Ann Monaco, Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski- Though I didn't go in to any of their professions, they shaped my life.

My Blog

Closure, Satisfaction

So the banner ad above my editing page is some Flash nonsense about helping President Bush defeat Mike Tyson, and being rewarded with $500 in free gas. So much for targeted marketing.....
Posted by Julian Rodriguez on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:19:00 PST

Whispers in the dark

I wrote this in January, and posted this on my own domain. It's a confession of sorts, and rereading this reminds me of the pain I felt at that time. I still haven't found any answers, and...
Posted by Julian Rodriguez on Mon, 01 May 2006 10:54:00 PST