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Jon Abbott

The more you live, the less you die!

About Me

Visit my blog or photoblog to find out. :^)

You can reach me on AIM at Equuleus42 for voice/text/video chatting.

My Interests

Traveling, Investing, Hiking, Computers, Writing Music, Listening to Music, Art, Movies, Motorcycling, Bicycling, Camping, Good Beer, Astronomy, Reading, Philosophizing, Figuring Stuff Out

I'd like to meet:

You.

Music:

Rock, Classical, Pop, Alternative, Punk, New Wave, Electronic, Industrial, Reggae, Big Band, Heavy Metal, Old School Rap, Celtic, Grunge, Jazz, Latin, etc. Specific bands include Air, The B-52s, Beatles, Beck, Bob Marley, Buzzcocks, CAKE, The Clash, Dave Brubeck, David Byrne, DEVO, Ditty Bops, The Doors, The Flaming Lips, Frank Sinatra, Genesis, Gomez, The Grateful Dead, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Cliff, King Crimson, The Kinks, KMFDM, Kraftwerk (and their infamous alter ego Señor Coconut), Led Zeppelin, old Metallica, Medeski Martin & Wood, Monty Python, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Orbital, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Phish, Pink Floyd, The Police, Primus, older R.E.M., Radiohead, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush, Sepultura, The Smiths, Soul Coughing, Talking Heads, They Might Be Giants, Thievery Corporation, Tom Lehrer, Tool, U2, The Ventures, The Who and Yes

Movies:

Koyaanisqatsi, Contact, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Truman Show, The Matrix (but not the sequels), Being John Malkovich, Children of Men, Mars Attacks!, Back to the Future trilogy, Star Wars II-VI, Microcosmos, American Psycho, 2001, Dune, Moulin Rouge, THX 1138 (favorite quote: "What's wrong?"), Napoleon Dynamite, Run Lola Run, Logan's Run (favorite quote: "It's my job... to freeze you!"), Triplets of Belleville, UHF, Zardoz, All Wallace and Gromit, anything directed by Tim Burton or Stanley Kubrick, or written by Charlie Kaufman

Television:

Rick Steves' Travel series, NOVA, National Geographic, Jeopardy, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Family Guy, Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast (it's about the closest thing to watching pure static), Fawlty Towers, Dexter's Lab and The Simpsons. I hate almost all commercials except for the very funny ones. I remember when MTV showed the astronaut and played music. I don't own a TV though, so I watch stuff with an iMac and Netflix instead.

Books:

Alas Babylon, Siddhartha, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Brave New World, Anthem, A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, Barron's Guide to Making Investment Decisions, A Brief History of Time

Heroes:

Anybody who stands up for what they believe

My Blog

Will the real blog please stand up?

Hey everybody, check out my real blog over at monogon.org.
Posted by Jon Abbott on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:33:00 PST