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Beledeiko

Stop cognitive dissonance before it stops you.

About Me

"Whenever you rebel against causality, your motive is the fraudulent desire, not to escape it, but worse: to reverse it. You want unearned love, as if love, the effect, could give you personal value, the cause - you want unearned admiration, as if admiration, the effect, could give you virtue, the cause - you want unearned wealth, as if wealth, the effect, could give you ability, the cause - you plead for mercy, mercy, not justice, as if an unearned forgiveness could wipe out the cause of your plea. And to indulge your ugly little shams, you support the doctrines of your teachers, while they run hog-wild proclaiming that spending, the effect, creates riches, the cause, that machinery, the effect, creates intelligence, the cause, that your sexual desires, the effect, create your philosophical values, the cause.
"Who pays for the orgy? Who causes the causeless? Who are the victims, condemned to remain unacknowledged and to perish in silence, lest their agony disturb your pretense that they do not exist? We are, we, the men of the mind.
"We are the cause of all the values that you covet, we who perform the process of thinking, which is the process of defining identity and discovering causal connections. We taught you to know, to speak, to produce, to desire, to love. You who abandon reason - were it not for us who preserve it, you would not be able to fulfill or even to conceive your wishes. You would not be able to desire the clothes that had not been made, the automobile that had not been invented, the money that had not been devised, as exchange for goods that did not exist, the admiration that had not been experienced for men who had achieved nothing, the love that belongs and pertains only to those who preserve their capacity to think, to choose, to value. "
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Who the hell do you think I am?
Also, sometimes I go to the beach to pick up logs while Elliott looks at himself.

My Interests

alliteration, athleticism, advanced thought, caffeinated minds, crunchiness, electric vehicles, electronic music, high performance computing, industrial design, materials (from cloth to composites), organic foods, posthumanism, pushing the limit in general, rational philosophies, running (short - middle distance), solid state ionics, staying 10 steps ahead of the proverbial 'game', stealing your data, sustainable ecology and architecture, timeless style, typography, vegetarianism, vintage Mossimo shirts

I'd like to meet:

Athletic vegetarians, venture capitalists, and anyone with aesthetic sense / style.

Music:

Absolutely cutting-edge: +One, 7 Hurtz, Aardvarck, Abfahrt Hinwil, Adam Johnson, AFX, Alex Cortex, Anders Ilar, Andrew Chalk, Antoni Frankowski, Apparat, Arovane, Arve Henriksen, Auburn Lull, Autechre, Benge, Bit Meddler, Bitstream, Black Dog Productions, Blue States, Boards of Canada, Bola, Boy Robot, Brian Eno, Caribou (formerly Manitoba), Casino Versus Japan, Cepia, Christian Kleine, CiM, Claro Intelecto, Codec Scoville, Crunch, Cube Juice, Datathief, Denzel & Huhn, Deru, Dribs, Dynamo / Erosion (aka the utterly confusing 'Various Artists'), Esem, EU, Ezekiel Honig, Faune, Fennesz, Fizzarum, Four Tet, Funckarma, Future Beat Alliance, GAS, Gescom, Gimmik, Global Communication, Govinda, Gridlock, Harold Budd, Helios / Goldmund, Innerstance.Beatbox, Isan, Jega, Jimmy Edgar, Julien Neto, Kelpe, Kraftwerk, Lackluster, L'usine [ICL], Lexaunculpt, Loess, Lucky + Easy, Machine Drum, Mahogany, Manual / Limp, Markant, Marumari, Milieu, Modern Institute, Monolake, Morgan Geist / Metro Area, Mr. Projectile, Murcof, Nautilis, Nick Rappacioli, Peel Seamus, Phonem, Phortran, Photophob, Pliiant, Prefuse 73, Proem, Pub, Pulseprogramming, Quench, Rachel's, The Remote Viewer, Richard Devine, Robin Judge, Royksopp, Schneider TM, Scientific American, Seis Tormentas, Signer, SND, Solvent, Stendec, Team Doyobi, TEAMSHADETEk, Telefon Tel Aviv, Theorem, Thievery Corporation, Tim Story, Ulrich Schnauss, Vendor Refill, Vessel, Vladislav Delay / Uusitalo, While, Wisp, Yasume, Yunx, [Michael] Zorn

Movies:

specifically: OldBoy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Camille Claudel, The Sand Pebbles, Good Will Hunting, Gattaca, Solaris, Lost In Translation, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Cool Hand Luke, The Game, Grosse Point Blank, Trois Couleurs: Blue

Television:

Not interested.

Books:

Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins)
Logic, Sets, and Functions (Bonevac, Asher, and Koons)
B.F. Skinner
Ludwig Von Mises
Ayn Rand
Gore Vidal
my textbooks, and all manga by Nihei Tsutomu and Hiroaki Samura

Heroes:

Paul Graham, Ayn Rand, Henry Rollins, Richard Hamming, and Russian boxers.

My Blog

Giving it up to feel affected?

ARE YOU:1. A cuddler: with myself3. Tall: medium4. In your pajamas: yes (at noon!)5. Left handed: if I feel like itLAST:1. Friend you saw: David2. Person you talked to on the phone: Jim3. Friend you t...
Posted by Vladeck on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:57:00 PST

Done well is so much fucking better.

1. Hi, my name is:unknown2. Never in my life have I:smoked a cigarette.3. The one person who can drive me nuts is:how could I pick just one?4. High School:was a waste of my time.5. When I'm nervous:I ...
Posted by Vladeck on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:44:00 PST

Idiot.

Frankly, I have no idea why I'm writing to you like this, but I simply cannot suppress the hope that perhaps you sometimes think about me.For reasons I find it difficult to explain you are very import...
Posted by Vladeck on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:18:00 PST

There are heroes in the seaweed.

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind... and you know that she will trust you, for you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
Posted by Vladeck on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:44:00 PST

There used to be more of us.

1. What is your middle name? LLLLLLLLLLMNNOP2. What size is your bed? a good one3. What are you listening to right now? fans4. What are the last 2 digits in your phone number? **5. What was the last t...
Posted by Vladeck on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:55:00 PST

Hey kid, I'm a computer.

Arrêtez tout les téléchargements. http://www.livejournal.com/users/stereo99/
Posted by Vladeck on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST