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Mark

Every tomorrow is better than yesterday.

About Me

I'm a software developer by day and filmmaker and musician by night.

I love the outdoors, especially hiking and camping. I love to travel. I like checking out new stuff around town or just walking around downtown and on the riverwalk.

What I've Been Listening To

My Interests

I love going hiking and camping -- anything outdoors. My favorite place to hike is Big Bend National Park . I like mountain biking a lot though I need to get back into it.

I love live music too -- especially in small venues. The best shows I've seen live lately are Ian Moore and King's X (yeah they aren't very similar - sue me).

Movies are another one of my loves - especially if I get to see them at the Alamo Drafthouse . I like a lot of different kinds of movies - but the weirder the better.

I'm also into independent filmmaking . I've made two short films and I'm currently working on a third. No, they aren't that kind of films.

I'd like to meet:

People that like to create things: art, photography, film, music, and have fun. Interesting people are much cooler than celebrities anyway.

I'd love to meet someone who'll leave on the spur of the moment for a trip to the desert or the beach. Someone who's open to the opportunities that pop-up with no warning.

Music:

I like a lot of different stuff - the people I listen to most right now are Ian Moore , Jane Bond , Neko Case , The Dog Men Poets , The Toadies, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers , King's X , Disturbed , Junior Brown , The Mars Volta , Eric Johnson, Eric Gales, Dave Mathews Band, Primus, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Foo Fighters, Arc Angels, Tom Petty, Poundhound, Incubus, Sarah McLachman, Moke, U2, Soundgarden, The Clash, Queens of the Stone Age, Peter Gabriel, The Refreshments, Living Color, Lenny Kravitz, Danny Barnes, Steve Tibbets, Phil Keaggy, Baka Beyond, Soak, Al Dimeola, Vallejo, Days of the New, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Morse, No Doubt, Santana, John Coltrane, Jeff Beck, Shakira, Yes, Trout Fishing in America, Omar and the Howlers, Nine Inch Nails, Rush, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins...

Movies:

A few of my favorites: The Big Lebowski, Dark City, Donnie Darko, Shaun of the Dead, GoodFellas, Bubba Ho-Tep, Amelie, The Devil's Backbone, Raising Arizona, Spider-man, Aliens, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Jaws, Memento, Master & Commander, Tombstone, Sin City, Kung Fu Hustle, The Thing, A History of Violence, Lord of the Rings, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Snatch, Ghost in the Shell, Nightmare Before Christmas, Phantasm, Lost in Translation, Blade I/II, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Signs, The Sixth Sense, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Swingers, Drunken Master II, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Airplane!

Television:

If you haven't seen the show, this will sound beyond nerdy, but the new Battlestar Galactica is actually a great show. Time magazine actually named it best show on television ... so there. BG is so much better than the rest of the crap on Sci-Fi channel that words fail me. 24, Mythbusters, Insomniac, Doctor Who, Daily Show.

Books:

Anansi Boys (everything by Neil Gaiman ), Cryptonomicon (everything by Neal Stephenson ), everything by Terry Pratchett , everything by Joe R. Lansdale , everything by Kinky Friedman (our next governor), Bradley Denton (Blackburn, Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede), everything by Ray Bradbury .

Heroes:

Bruce Campbell, Robert Rodriguez, & my Grandma!

My Blog

Blowing the Dust off of this Blog

I haven't posted here in a long time because I honestly don't get onto Myspace much anymore. I am posting fairly frequently at my "real" blog which you can check out here:http://www.markmorga.comSee ...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:16:00 PST

Dog Men Poets Saturday Night (2/24) at Limelight

My favorite San Antonio band is playing this weekend at the Limelight:Dog Men Poetswith Crank ShaftThis Sat Feb 24th@ Limelight 2718 N. St. Mary's, SA18 & up...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:03:00 PST

My Favorite Horror Films

Here we go...The ShiningEvil Dead 2Alien/AliensSilence of the LambsThe Thing (1982)Night of the Living DeadJawsThe Devil's BackboneThe ExorcistNight of the HunterInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)A...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:17:00 PST

Star Wars ... Shortened

heh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=couCxHkDHkk
Posted by Mark on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:30:00 PST

New Flickr Photos

I put some new photos on my Flickr page.  Ask me if you don't have the link.
Posted by Mark on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:37:00 PST

Baby Toupee

Now my kids never needed this, being born with full heads of hair and all, but for less fortunate parents, I present:Baby ToupeesProblem exists, problem solved....
Posted by Mark on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:36:00 PST

The Attractiveness/Relationship Graph

via the Accordion Guy, The Attractiveness/Relationship GraphSeems about right, except I'd make the null set a lot larger.  ...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:52:00 PST

Back on Glasses

I'm wearing glasses again for the first time in two years. I need to stop wearing contacts for at least a month prior to getting Lasik - so I'm taking the plunge now.First reaction: I can see SOOOO ...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:23:00 PST

Childhood Trauma

Thanks to Netflix, I'm able to face something horrible from my past. 1979, Panama. Age 9.My sister and I spend the better part of a Saturday begging our parents to allow us to go to the movies with ...
Posted by Mark on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:46:00 PST

Revealed...

About the ears.I was a little skeptical of the plan. I could think of more fun ways to get arrested. In the end it was much more fun than I ever expected.A. & D. came up with the idea based on this ...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 09 May 2006 09:02:00 PST