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About Me

..This profile was edited with MySpace Help - Profile Creator and Editor MySpace Profile Help!I am 23 years old, and, in my humble opinion, the greatest thing I've ever done is writing the lovely piece of music to which you are listening.Stuff I like: reading, learning, playing guitar, writing songs, recording music, waking nightmares, foreign languages, Lincoln Station, calligraphy, origami, puzzles, the occasional fistfight, history, linguistics, culture, paranoia, theology, religion, art, paranormal phenomena, normal phenomena, watching movies, working out, metaphysics, physics, throwing water balloons at people from moving vehicles, insulting people who don't think like me, sitting around at local restraunts like some retired WWII vet telling stories that only 9 other people find funny, insomnia, darts, archery, reincarnation, excercising my will to power like my main man Nietzche said, philosophy, and, in general, causing a scene anywhere I go.

My Interests

Regular Interests: musicam facere, poemas lyricas scribere, carmina componere, libros bonos legere, televisionem videre, linguas alienas studere.Questionable Interests: watching Golden girls with my Grandma, studying the art of human procreation via the internet, drinking Sprite at the bar like a "gayrod," plotting the demise of David Spade, writing my congressman regarding the unexcusable rising of the price of milk, eating Snickers Bars or hot dogs for breakfast, obnoxious prank phone calls, constantly expecting the collapse of civilization, headbutting people after several alcoholic beverages, wanting to move to Scandinavia for the betterment of my family, Guinness binges, hat-wearing as a sport, nonconsentual nude photography of people's spouses.

I'd like to meet:

(In No Particular Order): Doc Holliday, Julius Caesar, HP Lovecraft, Chuck Baris, Ritchie Blackmore, Achilles, Diogenes of Sinope, Jesus of Nazareth, Franklin D Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Marcus Aurelius, Winston Churchill, Che Gueverra, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Soren Kierkegaard, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Alexander the Great, JD Salinger, Randy Rhoads, Lemme Kilmister, Albert Camus, St. Thomas Aquinas.I would also like to meet a girl with a nice smile who likes to talk philosophy and can make me turkey sandwiches, provided she is not a logical positivist.

Music:

Metal. Motown. Oldies. Milli Vanilli. Abortion Addict on repeat.

Movies:

Anything with Al Pacino (escpecially Serpico and Carlito's Way), Braveheart, Halloween, Lady and the Tramp, The Land Before Time, Nightmare Before Christmas, Underworld, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, anything by Hitchcock, The Machinist, Ghost World, Equilibrium. I'm not really picky about movies, and there are really only a few I wish I regret seeing (c.f. Dan Valencia).

Television:

The Daily Show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Rescue Me, The Shield, The Price Is Right, Wheel Of Fortune, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 60 Minutes, 30 Minutes Meals with Rachael Ray, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, AC 360, The Weather Channel.

Books:

1. The Stranger by Albert Camus 2. Candide by Voltaire 3. The Iliad by Homer 4. The Shadow Over Innsmouth by HP Lovecraft 5. Ta Kata Daphnis Kai Chloe by Longus of Lesbos 6. 1984 by George Orwell 7. Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

Heroes:

My Parental Units, George Carlin, Denis Leary, the Gracchi, Bill Nye (The Science Guy), Peter North, St. Maria of Pussyfart, Mrs. Dolores Vonder-Haar, Al Gore (just for his charisma) Brian Boru, Glaukos, Seneca the Younger, Mongolians in general, and anyone else who laughs when they see animals fucking.

My Blog

The Many Names of the Shocker

The Official Neighborhood Shocker Thesaurus(If you don't know what the Shocker is, you seriously need to harden the fuck up).-Two in the pink, one in the stink-Two in the crack, one out back-Two in th...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Mon, 07 May 2007 02:21:00 PST

The Most Expensive Piece of Paper I Ever Bought

I finally got my diploma from U of I today. Several thousands of dollars and mile-high mounds of bullshit spread out over 4 years, and finally I can cut ties with that godforsaken institution.&n...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:04:00 PST

Vulgar Haikus

Just out of pure boredom, I have set up a website dedicated to the creation of vulgar haikus, carrying on a tradition that was first begun in the hallowed halls of St. Patrick High School several year...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:18:00 PST

Several Complaints

1. The Job Search I am frequently asked how my job search is going. Since it's a very fluid process, and it does take time to find the right le...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:21:00 PST

Aesthetics

Aesthetic.Wow. That's a big word. What does that mean?The short answer is that it comes from the ancient Greek word aisthanomai - to percieve. In English, it is used to refer to the ...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:14:00 PST

TMac's Bartending School

As of January 2nd, I have hung up my drinking hat indefinitely. Regardless, I always try to come up with new drinks to request at the bar. Most of these are not real, so don't shit your kn...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:48:00 PST

New Year - Old Philosophy

Absolutely amazing. 200-fucking-7. Who woulda thought? I would like to take this most fortuitous opportunity to wish you a happy new year, on the off chance that I may not have done ...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:03:00 PST

Your First Swedish Lesson

Swedish - a language spoken by approximately 9 million people - is one of the most useful, and also funniest sounding, languages in the modern world. Here is a short vocabulary selection to demo...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:06:00 PST

The Virtue of MadLibs

The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I laughed, fucking and weary, Over many a scabby and wizard-like volume of zippy lore, While I jerked off, nearly napping, stankily there came a tapping, A...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:09:00 PST

Miscellaneous Douchebaggery

This is a collection of miscellaneous bullshit, placed in no particular order. ----------------------------------------My old computer broke down over the summer, and, since I am a fucking dope, I di...
Posted by Tommy Mac on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:19:00 PST