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Barney Rebel

It's in the photograph.

About Me


I won't bore you with too much about me, so I guess I'll just keep it simple.
I hate people who are closed-minded. Everything has merit. People who criticize other people on what kind of music they listen to, which god they believe in, etc are the epitome of closed-mindedness.
I don't like people who don't look at the overall picture. Don't take words of your government, and the mainstream media as gospel. Don't vote for the next candidate just because his/her political promises suit you - how do they suit the country as a whole? Not like those promises won’t come true at the expense of something else. “We will build better highways” [just don’t complain if you wait all night for care in the emergency room one day]
I hate people who don't take social responsibility. You cost our subsidized-health care a lot of money. Don't blame the marketing campaign of McDonald's too for your shitty eating habits.
I love my photography – I take it for what it’s worth. I am pretty sure I won’t end up being a professional photographer some day, but hey I can pretend. I work with computers every day, so I think of my camera as another computer. You just have to tell it what to do, and not get pissed off when it doesn’t work.
I am no poet, but I guess I can be clever with words. My English sucks like no tomorrow. But hey, I can bust a good rhyme (especially when drunk). Who cares about tomorrow right? Gas prices could be $10/litre and we’d be screwed anyways.
Why am I learning how to use my left hand after 33 years? Why not – if you lose your right arm, you can still work, and pay your income tax. Am I dedicated? No I have no choice. Working hard doesn’t guarantee you a payoff. It just may increase your chances. My dad always told me to work hard, yet he told me to never gamble. I’m kind of in a bind here…
I work for a Fortune 500 company, but don’t receive Fortune 500 pay. How unfortunate.
I have a business degree. I majored in Enterprise Development. Last week I was downtown just a block from where I graduated from. Suddenly, I had to go to the washroom really badly. I remembered there was a washroom with 24 hour access down the main hall of the campus. I went to the washroom, and noticed they had finally renovated the place. Two cool things about that – firstly, I realized my tuition got put to use in fixing up that washroom which gets used a lot. Secondly, I finally realized I learned something from school: there is a 24 hour washroom close to downtown if I ever need to go.
I am an honourable person. I tend to keep my promises. I may be late delivering them, but hey, I do my best.
I don’t like one kind of music. It all depends what mood I am in. I’ll give anything a listen, and listen to people say how amazing that music is.
People say I don’t listen. I have a lot on my mind, so I tend to not hear you. I probably have a mild form of AADD. I went to get it diagnosed one day, and our amazing healthcare system basically made it not worth my while – what was it I was talking about again?
I’ve been married for over six years now. She’s three-months pregnant. I keep getting all sorts of lectures from everyone. Don’t worry, we’ll manage.
I get fascinated by colour. Yes I know the colour scheme on this page is boring and bland, but I will paint it or add nice wallpaper to it soon. Much like our house, my wife does all the decorating…
Well that’s it for now.
I hope I kept it simple enough for you.
.BR
PS. I bitched up my profile good with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

poetry
snowboarding
running
nutrition
Photography

I'd like to meet:

Most of the people I'd like to meet are dead -

Music:

Trip-Hop
Electronica
Nu-jazz
Prog rock
Thrash metal
Party rock

Movies:

The Eye
Office Space
Princess Bride
Equillibrium
V for Vendetta
The Corporation
9-11 Press for Truth
Born into Brothels
Jesus Camp
An Inconvenient Truth
The Power of Nightmares

Television:

CBC's "The Passionate Eye"
CBC's "The Big Picture" with Avi Lewis
CBC Lens
The Apprentice
Heroes
The Office
The IT Crowd
NBC Datenline: To Catch a Predator

Books:

Generation X - Douglas Coupland
1984 - George Orwell
Crossing the Rubicon - Michael Ruppert
Freakonomics - Steve Levitt
Selected Poems - William Carlos Williams
IT - Stephen King
Static - Amy Goodman
The Bug - Ellen Urman

Heroes:



Terry Fox
Optimus Prime
Ansel Adams

My Blog

This is where I'm from


Posted by Barney Rebel on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:52:00 PST

This is my cat


Posted by Barney Rebel on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:29:00 PST

This is my son


Posted by Barney Rebel on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:08:00 PST