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Machiavelli

The devil you know beats the devil you dont, and I like the devil I've got

About Me

I spend a lot of time working. Not because I need the money, but because I don't have much else to do. I hated high school, so I graduated a year early. I'm not currently going to college, but I do plan to get around to it. I'm a very intelligent individual, but I try to "know my audience," so to speak. I'm a big guy, 6'4" and about 215 lbs. I'm a big believer that, with a few exceptions, women are beautiful. As such, I'm very protective of my women friends and they know they're safe around me. I like to stay in and watch movies; I'm not big on parties. I don't like gossip or "drama." I love the night; It's quieter and prettier than the day. I'm a pretty easy-going guy and I'd like to be out and about while I'm still young, but at the same time be looking for someone I could settle down with.
CARPE NOCTEM
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Peter
Birthday: February 5, 1988
Birthplace: Lancaster
Current Location: My bedroom
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6'4"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed, but I kick with my left foot, I'm not sure why
Your Heritage: German and Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Sneakers
Your Weakness: Subway food
Your Fears: Mediocrity
Your Perfect Pizza: Nearly all pizza is good pizza
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Don't kill a homeless person with my bare hands...well, maybe next year
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "Aye"
Thoughts First Waking Up: "No living being should have to be awake this early"
Your Best Physical Feature: *opens mouth, thinks better of it, closes mouth again*
Your Bedtime: Whenever I get tired
Your Most Missed Memory: I don't miss my memories
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: Whichever's closest
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I don't drink tea, it's too natural
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: All I'm after is the caffeine....
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Like a sailor
Do you Sing: Only in the shower
Do you Shower Daily: Of course, how else could I get my singing practice in?
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Someday
Do you want to get Married: Yes
Do you belive in yourself: That's about all I believe in
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: Well, I'm not Brad Pitt, but I'm not quite beastly either
Are you a Health Freak: Hell no
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes, much better than I used to
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes
Do you play an Instrument: I can play lots of instruments, just not well
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Hell yes
In the past month have you Smoked: Nope
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nah, they're too expensive
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Oreos come in boxes now?
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No
In the past month have you been on Stage: No
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: It's January...
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Not that I recall
Ever been Drunk: No
Ever been called a Tease: No
Ever been Beaten up: No
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Quickly
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Happy
What country would you most like to Visit: Spain
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I don't care, as long as it doesnt change with the contacts
Favourite Hair Color: Brunnettes
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: 5'6" or so
Weight: Whatever looks good
Best Clothing Style: Whichever style suits their personality
Number of Drugs I have taken: What does this have to do with what I like in a girl?
Number of CDs I own: I dunno, just a couple
Number of Piercings: None
Number of Tattoos: 3, one on the upper part of each arm and on on my left calf
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I try to concentrate on not screwing up the present, rather than what I've screwed up in the past
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I want to be a comfort to my friends in tragedy. And I want to be able to celebrate with them in triumph. And for all the times in between, I just want to be able to look them in the eye.
-Joshua Lyman
You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
-Ray Bradbury
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
-Henry David Thoreau
"In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that Norsemen had discovered America centuries earlier, or that you really can't get credit for discovering a land already populated by indigenous people with a developed civilization. Those people are communists. Columbus discovered America."
-America, The Book
You are here in after referred to as someone who gave it a shot, gave it off, left the cruel world to us
-Rhett Miller, referring to Elliott Smith
Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
-Nicolo Machiavelli

My Interests

I dont have too many hobbies, but I'm really into movies. I own way too many DVDs and I've almost run out of places to put them.

I'd like to meet:

A beautiful, intelligent woman that laughs at my jokes and can keep me in line.

Music:

Tupac Shakur, Elliott Smith, Pariah Lout, Goo Goo Dolls, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles, The Shins, Counting Crows, Queen, Flogging Molly, Boston, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Sublime

Movies:

Boondock Saints, Serenity, Office Space, The Devil's Own, The Untouchables, Grandma's Boy, Unforgiven, The Man Who Would Be King, V for Vendetta, Anchorman, Escape from New York, Beverly Hills Cop, Collateral, Devil's Advocate, Gladiator, Poolhall Junkies, Notting Hill, Munich, King of New York, Unbreakable

Television:

Family Guy, Frasier, West Wing, Home Improvement, The Man Show, The Daily Show, The Office, House M.D., Supernatural, Friends

Books:

The Rose that Grew from Concrete, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Prince, The Hobbit, Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, When will Jesus Bring the Porkchops?, America: The Book

Heroes:

Clint Eastwood, for his unmatched ability to be a badass at all times, and George Carlin, for sharing my views on so many things.

My Blog

Cajones

For those of you who may be unaware, I am a die-hard Republican. For that reason, my support is behind John McCain to be the next President of the United States (and my next boss.) So when I read that...
Posted by Machiavelli on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:00 PST

Weird Facts

As per request, 15 weird facts about myself (I hope you're happy):1. I haven't eaten a vegetable in nearly a decade2. My eyes used to be bright blue, but the older I get, the darker they become.3. Dep...
Posted by Machiavelli on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:58:00 PST

My Way

My Way And now, the end is near; And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full; I've traveled each and every ...
Posted by Machiavelli on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:19:00 PST

Damned if you do...

A while back, maybe a year or two ago, a buddy of mine explained to me why he thought women seem to be attracted to assholes. He said that confidence is a big turn-on and being an asshole exudes confi...
Posted by Machiavelli on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:15:00 PST

Ozymandias

Ozymandias of Egypt I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:-Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose fro...
Posted by Machiavelli on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:13:00 PST

Pour out a little liquor...

September 13, 1996, a day which to many, if not most, holds little to no significance. I am, therefore, compelled to remind you all that this was the day Tupac Amaru Shakur died. Today is the 10th ann...
Posted by Machiavelli on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:21:00 PST

An Important Reminder

We do not live in a Democracy. Take a moment to really consider that before you start yelling at me. A democracy is a form of government in which the general populus makes the decisions. We don't. We ...
Posted by Machiavelli on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:32:00 PST

And now it's all this....

Though I was never obsessed with The Beatles as some people are, I am rather fond of quoting John Lennon from time to time in saying "I'd rather be ashes than dust." Recently I'd shared that quote and...
Posted by Machiavelli on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:37:00 PST

Say your prayers

Though I'm currently an atheist, I was raised as a Catholic. Before I discarded my belief of God, along with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, I used to say a prayer before I went to sleep every night...
Posted by Machiavelli on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:08:00 PST

Comfort

Everyone has a retreating point; A place they go when they've been battered by the world, a safe place. Normally, that place is the comforting embrace of other people. I, on the other hand, have never...
Posted by Machiavelli on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:10:00 PST