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John

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About Me


In general I am a motivated person, but I am also one of the most laid back people you will ever meet. I try to inject humor into whatever I do, wherever I go.
I graduated in May of '05 from art school with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration. I am trying my hand at a lot of different things right, trying to flesh myself out as a person and as a professional.
Most of my time is spent working one job or another. First, I'm a full-time production artist/designer at a company called The Works, doing template design, product design and a host of other miscellaneous tasks.
I do freelance web design, illustration and graphic design when the opportunities come my way, and I am hoping to become entirely self employed within two to three years.
Somewhere along the line I plan on marketing my senior thesis project, the beginning of a graphic novel based loosely on Leonardo da Vinci's life, to prospective small press publishers.
Family and friends are too important for words. I would not be who I am today without them. A handful of my friends are such because of the game of chess. Music and art are also the basis by which many of my friendships began. And someone with a great sense of humor usually gets along with me instantly.
IM me if you would like to chat.
AIM screenname = Nimzosnite
Here's a link to the website of the products that I both design and produce. Browse through, there's something for everyone.

My Interests

psychology, music, Eastern philosophy, Western philosophy, chess, movies, graphic design, drawing, painting, writing, working out, web design, comic books, internet socialization

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet anyone who has a good sense of humour, is rather down to earth, can hold an intelligent conversation, and loves music.

Music:

Nine Inch Nails, V.A.S.T., Icon of Coil, Assemblage 23, Covenant, Frontline Assembly, VNV Nation, Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, Guster, Diva Destruction, Collide, Peter Gabriel, Non-Prophets, Tea Party, Outkast, Goo Goo Dolls, Boards of Canada, Matthew Good Band, Janes Addiction, Mindless Self Indulgence, Kidneythieves, Eminem, Atmosphere, El-P, Cannibal Ox, Mr. Lif, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Orgy, KMFDM, Moby, BT, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Sixteen Horsepower, Stabbing Westward, Type O Negative, Ultraspank, Coldplay, Aesop Rock, Amon Tobin, Clint Mansell, Peter Murphy, The Orb, Filter, Foo Fighters, Kenna, Econoline Crush, Gravity Kills, Tom Petty, Thomas Newman, NeuroticFish, Sevendust, Blackalicious, Sage Francis, The Wallflowers, Filter, Fuel, Hans Zimmer, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Dreaming, Saul Williams, Portishead, Placebo, Our Lady Peace, Isle of Q, Busta Rhymes, Radiohead, Travis, Tech 9, Nas, Zion I, Zero 7, Cage, Jedi Mind Tricks, Xzibit, Non-prophets, Tricky, Morcheeba, Massive Attack, Baxter, Poe, Prodigy, Lacuna Coil, Type O Negative, Soundgarden, Fuel, Rza, Gza, Raekwon, Method Man, Common, Mos Def, Red Hot Chilipeppers

Movies:

American Beauty, Lost In Translation, Spun, Pi, Swingers, Office Space, The Lion King, Gladiator, The Usual Suspects, Pirates of the Carribean, Edward Scissorhands, Memento, The Last Samurai, Requiem for a Dream, Road to Perdition, In Dreams, The Cell, The 25th Hour, Magnolia, American History X, Mulholland Drive, Happy Gilmore, A Beautiful Mind, The Eye, Supersize Me!, The Luzhins Defence, The Wonder Boys, Sin City

Books:

Anything from Kurt Vonnegut, anything from Vladimir Nabakov, chess literature, anything from David Guterson, Elie Wiesel's Night, George Orwells Flatland, Robert Ornstein's The Origin of Consciousness, Tom Van Flandern's Black Holes, Missing Planets and New Comets: Paradoxes Resolved, Origins Illuminated, anything from Anne Rice, anything from Dave Barry, anything from Neil Gaiman, and i'm forgetting a lot...

Heroes:

My mom.