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Ben

It's all a lie. But it's all for you.

About Me


I live in Mesa, I'm in my third year of school, working towards a degree in some combination of Geology and Physics. I play guitar and am working on a couple CDs and some other interesting projects with friends.
Ben --
[noun]:
A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever
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Name: Ben
Birthday: August 18, 1977
Birthplace: Safford, AZ
Current Location: Mesa, AZ
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6'0
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right-handed
Your Heritage: Norse-Germanic, English, Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Boots, then sneakers
Your Weakness: Smiles, Music
Your Fears: Failing at life
Your Perfect Pizza: Anything
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Survive the semester
Your Most Overused Phrase: How Awful
Thoughts First Waking Up: Did I oversleep?
Your Best Physical Feature: ...as if
Your Bedtime: Between 10pm and 8am, depending on any number of variables
Your Most Missed Memory: Tori Amos, 2nd row, center stage
Pepsi or Coke: Diet anything
MacDonalds or Burger King: Wendy's
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Coffee
Chocolate or Vanilla: Both?
Cappuccino or Coffee: Both?
Do you Smoke: Not since September!
Do you Swear: Like a fucking sailor
Do you Sing: Badly and too often
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: Close
Do you want to go to College: I am in hell, er... college
Do you want to get Married: I don't need the state to validate my love life.
Do you belive in yourself: Usually
Do you get Motion Sickness: Not really anymore, though maybe on a boat?
Do you think you are Attractive: I'll leave this one alone.
Are you a Health Freak: I probably should be.
Do you get along with your Parents: Most of the time.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes, please.
Do you play an Instrument: Guitar, some piano, bass (kind of)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Only if nyquil counts
In the past month have you Smoked: No
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Aspirin?
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: In the past month have you asked a more idiotic question?
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No, and that really needs to happen.
In the past month have you been on Stage: No, and that really needs to happen too.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Oh my...
Ever been called a Tease: No
Ever been Beaten up: In elementary school
Ever Shoplifted: In elementary school
How do you want to Die: Zombies
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Proud owner of a death ray?
What country would you most like to Visit: All of them
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Any
Favourite Hair Color: Any
Short or Long Hair: Any
Height: Any
Weight: Depends
Best Clothing Style: I know nothing about fashion
Number of Drugs I have taken: I'll leave this one alone too.
Number of CDs I own: Too many
Number of Piercings: 1
Number of Tattoos: 2
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Not many, life's too short for that.
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My Interests

Music, martial arts, science, spirituality, art, travel (someday), coffee, good conversation...

I'd like to meet:

People who think.

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Music:



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Television:

No.

Books:

Unfortunately, the only reading I do these days is from textbooks. I usually go for decent fiction, random sacred texts, the occasional biography, occult, horror, and humor.

Heroes:

Heroes are for people who don't do anything.

My Blog

Squeeze

So, my doctor believes he has discovered an aterial stenosis in one of my kidneys.  This translates to a pinch/kink which screws up blood flow and causes blood pressure to become dangerously high...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:50:00 PST

Number 6

So today I got in my 6th car accident, and for the sixth time, I was not cited.  I was making a right turn while a white Camaro was making a left turn into a blue Oldsmobile, which promptly veere...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:00:00 PST

sigh

Well, after my car accident in 2000, the oral surgeon warned me about the possibility of microfractures in my teeth that could cause them to fall apart.  So last night one of them did.  It w...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:49:00 PST

Frozen

Yeah, its fucking cold, dark and there's this amazing fog.  I fucking love it.  Here's some pics.  If you're coming this way for the holidays, this is what you have to look forward to.....
Posted by Ben on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:24:00 PST

progress

So, I think I'm going to stick out the physics major.  I know how obsessive I can get about things, and I think I'll really regret it in 20 years if I don't do it.  That said, I'll be in sch...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:26:00 PST

I Lied pt. 2 (post breakdown)

So, I'm going back to ASU in January.  For those of you who don't know, I flipped the fuck out after my mom's surgery and quit... everything.  Hooray for meltdowns, eh?  But I think it ...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:29:00 PST

I Lied

Well, after entertaining the possibility of being dirt poor for the next four years, I've decided to attend ASU instead of U of A.  Fuck financial stress.  I've had enough of that over the l...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:30:00 PST

Its really over!

Well, I finished the last assignment for the semester.  I am finally free!  So, having survived the 22 credit nightmare, I've vowed to never take this many classes again (which means I'll pr...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 18 May 2006 05:45:00 PST

Pain

Yay dental work.  I had three teeth sanded down to nothing so they could attach a bridge.  The good side, no more partial and no more chronic pain.  But goddamn this thing hurts.  ...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:43:00 PST

winter transformation

School is out for Winter intercession.  I got A's in all of my classes, except maybe math, I won't know on that one for a couple weeks.  But I will be getting a monetary stipend for getting ...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:09:00 PST