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Vinz Clortho

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About Me

No warranties or guarantees, either expressed or implied, are hereby granted. You assume all responsibility for damages resulting from any correspondence, including, but not limited to, frustration, disgust, bewilderment, hard drive crashes, general malfeasance, floods, fires, shark attack, nerve gas, locust infestation, cyclones, hurricanes, tsunamis, local electromagnetic disruptions, hydraulic brake system failure, invasion, hashing collisions, normal wear and tear of friction surfaces, cosmic radiation, inadvertent destruction of sensitive electronic components, windstorms, the Riders of Nazgul, infuriated chickens, malfunctioning mechanical or electrical sexual devices, premature activation of the distant early warning system, peasant uprisings, halitosis, artillery bombardment, explosions, cave-ins, and/or frogs falling from the sky.

My Interests

Scuba diving. German and Japanese language (please, no anime). Boating. Wordsmiths. Flying planes - stalled planes, not so much. Acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass. Wishing I had a didgeridoo or an analog theremin. Sociology. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Garage bands. Anecdotes. Haiku. Yuengling. Chesapeake Bay. Paranormal and UFOs. Lexical analysis. Quantum physics. Amateur astronomy. Blizzards. Green Tea. Museums. Witty sarcasm. Sushi. Bar trivia. Firefox . Satire. Quiet time.

I'd like to meet:

The Sad Truth About Relationships

Music:

Luna, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies, Pulp, Magnetic Fields, Lemonheads, Nirvana, They Might Be Giants, The Doors, Galaxie 500, Spiritualized, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Liz Phair, Blur, Smashing Pumpkins, Mama Cass, Steve Miller, Stevie Nicks, Jane's Addiction, Juice Newton, R.E.M., Ramones, Smiths, Primus, Suzanne Vega, Corrina Repp, Moody Blues, Mazzy Star, Joni Mitchell, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Dinosaur Jr., Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Dead Kennedys, Sheryl Crow, Tool, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Lightnin Hopkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Spinal Tap, Wilco, U2, Johnny Cash, Weezer, Biz Markie, Cars, Devo, Paul Simon, Beach Boys (sorry, Candice, it's true), Cyndi Lauper, Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne, Grateful Dead, Beatles, Violent Femmes, Vaselines, Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith, Rush, Edi Brickell, Dead Milkmen, Jimi Hendrix, Flaming Lips, Beastie Boys, CCR, Talking Heads, Cranberries, Lou Reed, Starflyer 59, Blind Melon, Patty Griffin, Pearl Jam, Jackopierce, Neutral Milk Hotel, Depeche Mode, Indigo Girls, Velvet Underground, Lead Belly, Spin Doctors, Crash Test Dummies.

Movies:

Memento, Fargo, Tommy Boy, Groundhog Day, Coming to America, Cherry 2000, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Alien, Poltergeist, A Beautiful Mind, Lord of the Rings, Office Space, Blazing Saddles, The Jerk, Blues Brothers, Weekend at Bernie's, Nightmare Before Christmas, Run Lola Run, Monty Python, Tron, Spaceballs, any Muppets movie, Princess Bride, Little Shop of Horrors, Ghostbusters, Friday, Shawshank Redemption, Airplane!, Labyrinth, Three Amigos, Caddyshack, bad sci-fi, B-movies.

Television:

Futurama, Family Guy, Trauma Room, Critical Hour, MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, Penn and Teller: Bullshit, MST3K, Bill Nye, Outer Limits, Brit humor (BBC), Robot Chicken, Mama's Family, Dr. Who, Daily Show, Who's Line.

Books:

Anything by E.A. Poe, Mark Twain, or Jules Vern. Usually [Auto]biographies, essays, and satire. Currently reading:

    Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory A Brief History of Time Mark Twain: Library of America, Vol. 2 Bruce Lee: Artist of Life Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx The Stranger (Albert Camus)
If only I had more reading time that didn't end in sleepy time...

Heroes:

Louis Tully , Mark Twain, Amelia Earhart, Ann Wynn, Bruce Lee. Possibly Huckleberry Hound.

My Blog

Search for Terrestrial Intelligence

Daily I log into MySpace with the hopes and dreams of meeting someone new and exciting, or failing that, just someone new and has a grasp on basic social skills. Oh how delightful to see the "New...
Posted by Vinz Clortho on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:43:00 PST