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Big Brother Watches

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


I am a libertarian socialist and gnostic with a streak of arrogance who craves knowledge and understanding and who's primary focus is always love.

My Interests

Earl Grey tea, spending time with friends, writing and warm, rainy days.

I'd like to meet:


People into politics, no matter their affiliation and fellow Diabetics. As far as famous individuals: Karen Armstrong, Karl Marx, John Locke, Buenaventura Durruti, Eric Blair (George Orwell), Erich Fromm, Howard Zinn, Mitch Hedberg, Lewis Black and Hugh Grant.

Music:

System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, Leftover Crack, The Thought Criminals, Rammstein, The Beatles, Queen, Outkast, Explosions in the Sky, Imogen Heap, Eiffle 65, Juno Reactor, Tupac and U2
(Labled artist)

John Williams, Mark Griskey and Don Davis (Composers)

Movies:

Action: The Bourne Supremacy, Collateral, V for Vendetta, Casino Royal, Blood Diamond and Kingdom of Heaven
Drama: Nuremberg, The Dead Poet Society, Inherit the Wind and The Devil Wears Prada
Science Fiction: The Matrix, The Island, Revenge of the Sith and I, Robot
Horror: Saw and Wrong Turn
Comedy: Shaun of the Dead, Hebrew Hammer, Space Balls, Accepted and Dogma
Romance: Just Like Heaven, Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics
Documentaries: The Myth of Liberal Media, The Elegant Universe and Jesus Camp

Television:

The West Wing (Season 2), Stargate: Atlantis and Arrested Developement (Seasons 1 and 2)

Books:

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin; 1984 by George Orwell (Literature)

The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Mystery)

The Lost World by Michael Chrichton (Science Fiction)

The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell and Yoga by James Hewitt (Non-Fiction)

T.S. Elliot and Jennifer Cook (Poetry)

The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar (Theater).

Heroes:

Erich Fromm, a german psychologist in the 1950's whose simple but revolutionary ideas have changed my life on a fundamental level.

Buenaventura Durruti, leader of the Durruti column during the Spanish revolution of 1936 who guided his troops through reason and inspiration as opposed to coercion and outward discipline.

My Blog

WTF Mate?

..> ..> To all of you people who simply refuse to move to the ever superior facebook and may want to know what I've been up to...I can't imagine that includes that many people but I'll put it on ...
Posted by Big Brother Watches on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:50:00 PST

On Shooting an Elephant and Middle-Class Anarchism

As an Anarchist with a middle-class background, reading Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was a bit of a revelation for me. It wasn't a revelation in the sense that Orwell had unveiled an opinion ...
Posted by Big Brother Watches on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:52:00 PST

Terrorism at the Movies

In the wake of September 11th and the July 7th attacks in Britain, countless individuals, organizations, and governments have capitalized on the fear we all face. Some use this emotion to publicize bo...
Posted by Big Brother Watches on Mon, 29 May 2006 02:36:00 PST