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The Albonkey

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About Me

I don't know how it will be in years to come. There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good. In our time, mass or collective production has entered our economics, our politics and even our religion. There is a great tension in the world and men are unhappy and confused. And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man. By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged. It is a sad suicidal course our species seems to have taken. And this I believe; that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for; the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against; any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for that is one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system. Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that seperates us from the uncreative beasts. If the glory can be killed, we are lost.(John Steinbeck - East of Eden - 1952)

My Interests

Films, Sport and Tomfoolery.

I'd like to meet:

A talking dog - that would be sweet.

Music:

Bit of this - bit of that... Hard-Fi, Doc Brown, The Herbaliser, Kano, The Shins, Blackalicious, The Kooks, Hot Hot Heat, Aesop Rock, Lo Fidelity All-Stars...

Movies:

Donnie Darko, The Philadelphia Story, House of Flying Daggers, Battle Royale, Shaun of the Dead, Brick, The Maltese Falcon, Apocalypse Now, La Haine, Office Space, Super Troopers, The Castle, early Argento, The Evil Deads, Amelie... you name it really.

Television:

Spaced, Lost, The Sopranos, Peep Show, Soccer AM, MTV and as much sport as possible.

Books:

A Million Tiny Pieces, Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, East of Eden, Libra, any cookbook with pictures of delicious scram.

Heroes:


TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Dave
Birthday: 31/01/1978
Birthplace: St. Leonards nr Hastings but that's not my fault
Current Location: Dubai
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6ft 4
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: errrr white and english if that's what you mean
The Shoes You Wore Today: didn't really wear any today (beach)
Your Weakness: kryptonite
Your Fears: clowns and pain
Your Perfect Pizza: extra extra large
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: get ripped, finally pay off all my credit cards?
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: probably a swear word - sorry
Thoughts First Waking Up: My head hurts / where am I / I hate work
Your Best Physical Feature: beer belly, nipples, i don't know.
Your Bedtime: whenever I want - I'm a big boy now.
Your Most Missed Memory: If it's missed surely I can't remember it????
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi, I think.
MacDonalds or Burger King: Macca Ds
Single or Group Dates: Single definitely
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I have no idea...
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate or vanilla what? Ice cream? Condoms?
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Do you Smoke: Only when I'm pissed
Do you Swear: errrr like a docker unfortunately.
Do you Sing: not if I can help it... it's a bad noise.
Do you Shower Daily: yep twice
Have you Been in Love: yep
Do you want to go to College: again?
Do you want to get Married: maybe one day
Do you belive in yourself: I have proof that I definitely exist so yes.
Do you get Motion Sickness: If I read in a car yes, otherwise no
Do you think you are Attractive: I'm no oil painting but I don't ming
Are you a Health Freak: I'm active but no
Do you get along with your Parents: Yeah, kind of.
Do you like Thunderstorms: hell yes
Do you play an Instrument: the i-pod
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: oh yes
In the past month have you Smoked: oh yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: define "been on"
In the past month have you gone on a Date: ummm no actually, is that sad?
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yep
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: that's very specific - no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yuk
In the past month have you been on Stage: god no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no, that's the benefit of not going on dates
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: I think I'd get my hands chopped off - no
Ever been Drunk: frequently
Ever been called a Tease: ha ha - no
Ever been Beaten up: hell no but you should see the other guy!
Ever Shoplifted: ummm - kind of but I was very young.
How do you want to Die: with no regrets
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: If I grow up - a grown up.
What country would you most like to Visit: NZ and I'm going in a fortnight woo hoo
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: Blonde
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: shorter than me
Weight: lighter than me
Best Clothing Style: funky and casual
Number of Drugs I have taken: a few
Number of CDs I own: There's about a month of music on my itunes
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: 1
Number of things in my Past I Regret: dunno
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