About Me

My opinion of myself would be far too subjective to provide an accurate represrentation of my personality. Better to just look at the comments below. But if you must know, I'm awesome. Sure, sometimes I smell like rotten celery and I have been known to pick my ass in public but I have good taste in music and I am usually pretty sharp on current events. I can be counted on to provide an educated, albeit caustic, opinion on many subjects (see "interests" below) but have worked hard to be humble and considerate of others feelings unless they're morons. I can't stand morons and will usually ridicule them. Sometimes to their face but I usually just put it on my blog or ramble to my girlfriend about it. I'm smart in a strange laid-back way that people seem to like. I have accumulated some great anecdotes and have bits of arcane trivia on many subjects but I don't get in people's face about how smart I am. Unless, they're idiots. To stupid people I am pompous and rude. Stupid people have this opinion that I think I know everything. That's so stupid. Don't you know what Socrates said? Remember, from Bill and Ted? "Like the sands through the hourglass..", remember? Anyways, I'm probably giving you too biased an apprasial of who I am. I'm a cool guy and you'll probably like me, unless you're a dumbass.

My Interests

Let's impeach the president

I'd like to meet:

My friends, when I can find the time. Usually at one of their houses or at a bar or something.

Music:

Just about anything with some sort of organ/piano/synth. I also like stuff that's kinda ...well..... Emo examples: Ben Folds, Mates of State, Quasi, Billy Joel, Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, Badly Drawn Boy, The Pixies, The Sugarcubes, Weezer, The White Stripes, Beck and some Belle and Sebastian. Also I like assorted electronica and a little hip hop like: Freezepop, Ladytron, Miss Kittin, Yaz, Kraftwerk, New Order, Atmosphere, Danger Doom (well MF Doom really), Run DMC, Digable Planets I also like music made by angry, disaffected women. Like: Sleater Kinney, Bikinikill, Le Tigre, The Gossip, X-ray Specs and I still have this thing for Veruca Salt for some reason.

Movies:

Anything that scrambles my brains. Or is funny to watch while baked. I don't really go to the movies nowadays. I rent movies sometimes but they just aren't the source of entertainment they were when I was younger. I certainly prefer movies to TV though.

My Flixster

Television:

Chances are, you're watching too much of this already. It was harder to stop watching TV than to quit smoking. But once you're free of the TV Guide Schedule you realise that there's alot of life to be lived out there. There's so much real life experience you're missing out on because you're trying to live vicariously through the TV screen. Reality TV? Are you kidding me? Life is to short and the world is too big. Except Mythbusters....that show is pretty cool. Penn and Teller's BS is cool too. That's some educational stuff. hmmm.... I guess I did learn how to read form Sesame Street. Maybe not all TV is bad. But why watch a show like American Idol or the Apprentice? Why are people so entertained by watching other people completely humiliate themselves in front of the whole country? What if it was you up there?

Books:

Haven't been reading much lately unless you count The Onion or other people's blogs. I think the very last "book" I read was "Hey, Rube" by Hunter S. Thompson. I read the paper and the news (including the Onion) just about every day. I'm more of a magazine guy: Discover, Scientific American, The Economist, Juxtapoz or XLR8R (my girlfriend subscribes) and the odd Hustler or PEnthouse (from the sock drawer).

Heroes:

Batman. Just some rich dude that dresses up like a bat. Hunter S. Thompson. the only man I know that got respect for acting like a complete lunatic. ME. I rule I always wanted to be like me. I just did what came naturally!

My Blog

Anyone know any gamers in Seattle?

Here I am again. I’ve been trying to cope with this problem lately....you see... none of my friends here in Seattle are gamers. Sure, it’s easy for me to meet people here. This city is pac...
Posted by Nick on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:36:00 PST

so so so tired.

Another long-time-no-blog post....No school for me this quarter. Work is more hectic than anything right now and we're on a forced march to try and catch up from my vacation. I've been working very ha...
Posted by Nick on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:15:00 PST

still alive

Just so that all my friends know... I still live.... Things were hectic there for a bit. I moved to a new (smaller) apartment, a block away from my old one.I've been moving stuff around to try to mak...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:19:00 PST

More venom for Boomers

So I finished my finals today for summer quarter. I get a few weeks vacation before fall and I'm excited to take it easy for a bit. I was casually (read: Obsessively) reading the news today and I caug...
Posted by Nick on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:56:00 PST

I'm so sick and tired of whiny baby boomers(rant of doom)

I am fucking sick and tired of whiny, stupid, self-important baby-boomers. My entire generation has been living under the shadow of these mindless sellout fucks our whole lives and I have HAD IT. I'v...
Posted by Nick on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:11:00 PST

being poor isn't what it used to be (Excuse the self-pity)

Each night I come home from work I catch the 14 bus from Pioneer Square to Capitol Hill. Usually I get the 10:14pm bus at 7th and Jackson. The corner is usually a gathering of people at the low point ...
Posted by Nick on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:12:00 PST

The Struggle Continues

I've been pretty reclusive now for a while. Even when I had my short summer break before this summer semester I holed myself up in my apartment and played Total War the whole time. I don't think I've ...
Posted by Nick on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:23:00 PST

230 years and we're still fighting George.

Someone sent out a copy of the Declaration of Independance at work yesterday. I gave it a good read through and I suggest you all do the same. Pay aprticular attention to the laundry list of grievance...
Posted by Nick on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:50:00 PST

Running of the mouth

I have this problem you see... I have a big mouth and alot of shit comes out of it sometimes. What I'm trying to say is: I have a compulsion to talk shit. This is more than simple lies. What "shit ta...
Posted by Nick on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:32:00 PST

I have a music Blog now!!!

So my work is having a contest for people to make music blogs. So I started one here:Professional AppreciatorRead about music. My way. Let me know what you think!!!!I haven't blogged here for a while....
Posted by Nick on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:18:00 PST