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FoxBat

"The earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming. Dreaming of you..."

About Me

Yo. I'm an assistant English teacher at Abuno Senior High School in Takatsuki, Japan. Stuck here for a year and finding out "Lost in Translation" might just be a documentary ;) JK, actually have mixed opinions about Japan. But, on to me... (aka the edited version of the About Me that's been on my LJ since day one...) -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------I'm the remains of an open mind who sought objectivity and found it was a myth. Not a cynic, but an optimist with a jaded streak. Liberal/moderate Agnostico-Christio-Taoist-Buddhist-Existentialist with some libertarian views on some issues. I'm just a guy from Winston Salem / Chapel Hill, NC who got through school and is trying to find an in to the ways and means of international politics and commerce, hopefully enlisting umm... sometime... in either Army or Marines. (Been saying that for 3 years...) If you want to know more, just ask.
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My Interests

Philosophy, Anti-Philosophy, Religion(s), Psychology, Politics, Anime, Manga, Video Games, Comics, Sci-Fi, Astronomy, Biology, Pop Culture, Science and Technology, Poetry esp. Romantic or Free Verse, Art.... hell, the whole breadth and length of human ingenuity, creativity, and endeavour. The macabre and the paranormal.

I'd like to meet:

People with similar inquiring and open minds (and not in THAT way... well mostly not in that way). No preaching please, got too many scars from that. Just nice folks with a bit of the hardcore or bizarre in them somewhere.Your results:
You are Dr. Doom Dr. Doom 72% Apocalypse 71% Mr. Freeze 61% Magneto 60% Venom 58% Juggernaut 57% The Joker 54% Lex Luthor 54% Poison Ivy 51% Green Goblin 49% Mystique 49% Two-Face 49% Dark Phoenix 47% Kingpin 44% Catwoman 37% Riddler 36% Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.
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The new Mindless Self Indulgence video... directed by Jhonen Vasquez! (JTHM, Zim)!

Music:

Basically anything, but mostly: Tom Waits, Sarah McLachlan, Collide,The Pogues, The Cure, Mindless Self Indulgence, Siouxsie and the Banshees/The Creatures, Delirium, Razed in Black, Dave Matthews Band, Lisa Gerrard/Dead Can Dance, Beethoven, Smetena, (classical music with strength and lots of minor chords) DMX, Busta Rhymes, the darkest of Drum and Bass (thanks Rich). Any sort of Gothic, Punk, Celtic, Taiko, Blues, R&B, Rap, or Jazz will catch my ear if it has soul, substance, pathos or a feeling of the meaningful or epic.

Movies:

Sin City, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, John Carpenter's The Thing, Clerks, Clerks 2 (hilarious!), Mallrats... the whole Kevin Smith collection, The Shawshank Redemption, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Crow, Ravenous, Drunken Master, Trial at Nuremburg, Batman Begins, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Graveyard of the Fireflies, The Princess Bride, The Punisher, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Escape from New York, Escape from LA, too many to count...

Television:

[Adult Swim],The Venture Brothers, 24, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Law and Order Anything, That 70's Show, Farscape, Penn and Teller's Bullshit!, Harvey Birdman, Sealab 2021, Red Dwarf, The Wire, 24 (I know I said it already, but it's 24. Jack Bauer. 'nuff said.) Gungrave, Family Guy, Batman TAS, Justice League, the stuff on G4-Tech TV and Cartoon Network.

Books:

Tao Te Ching; Norton Anthology of Poetry; The Devil's Chaplain by Richard Dawkins; the Neuromancer Trilogy by William Gibson; anything by Clive Barker, HP Lovecraft, Warren Ellis, or Neil Gaiman; nearly any graphic novel; genre bending cyber/steampunk; assorted drek.

Heroes:

Deadpool, Solid Snake, Batman, Wolverine, Robert E. Lee (tragic hero), Richard Dawkins, Lao Tzu, Galileo, T. S. Eliot, William Shakespeare, Chief Joseph, Spider Jerusalem, Gandhi (everyone has to have Gandhi somewhere), Jack Bauer, George S. Patton (or George C. Scott's version).