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Simon

shine your light on the world

About Me

"A Heathen, Conceivably, not, I hope, an unenlightened one."
- Lord Summerisle

I'm a Tree Hugging Dirt Worshiper.
I'm no vegetarian, but i've been accused of eating sticks.

true revolution
is a turning of the tides
within our own hearts



"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."-Susan Ertz

Some things, you're just going to have to find out for yourself.

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My Interests

Nothing, Mountains, Music, Snow, Eating, Cooking, Gardening, Friends, Debauchery, the kind of melody that leaves you hungry, Photography, Sleep, Making my computer do my work for me .

I'd like to meet:

Dr. Chim Richalds

A Live Snowflake. People who aren't afraid to ask. People who know that humor belongs in everything. People who recognize the need for change. People who don't get offended by things they don't understand. Anyone who thinks wandering around the wilderness for a couple weeks is good fun. Haters need not apply.

Music:

Music, is what happens between the Notes.KRS One, The Coup, Run DMC, DMX, Kool Keith, Amon Tobin, Mr. Scruff, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Frank Zappa, Kraftwerk, Breadmold, Wesley Willis, DJ Krush, Boards of Canada, Dead Kennedys, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, Jimi, Bad Brains, Bill Laswell, Beastie Boys, Massive Attack, Nightmares on Wax, Primus, The Cure, Talking Heads, Porno for Pyros, The Gladiators, Manu Chao, Blackalicious, Roni Size, Thelonious Monk, Aceyalone, Deltron 3030, Dialated Peoples, Jurassic 5, The Who, Up Bustle and Out, Bonobo, Jon Kennedy, The Roots, Mos Def, Dead Prez. other dnb, ska, ragga, dub, jazz. or anything overtly political

Movies:

The Wicker Man (1973 version), Ghandi, Four Rooms, How I learned to stop worrying and Love the Bomb, Lost Highway, Kurosawa's Dreams, The Shining, Cool Hand Luke, Casablanca, One flew over the cuckoos nest, Dune, Mononoke, Pi, Snatch, I love you Alice B Toklas, Twin Peaks, homemade ski movies

Television:

I don't do TV. But I make exceptions for the simpsons, futurama, twin peaks, etc.

Books:

How to drive your competition crazy, The Tao of Pooh, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Education of Little Tree, Zen and the art of Seeing, The power of Now, The Vegetable Gardeners BIBLE, Organic Plant Protection. The works of Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, George Oshawa, Mark Twain, Poe, and Homer come to mind

Heroes:

Maria Montessori, Victor Hasselblad. But really, the heroes are the snow flakes floating in the sky, that are the raindrops running down my neck.

My Blog

The Soapbox Derby

dig it.
Posted by Simon on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:01:00 PST

This is Important

http://xkcd.com/463/
Posted by Simon on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:48:00 PST

Hypocrites

A 13-year-old autistic boy was banned by a court order from attending services at a Roman Catholic church in Bertha, Minn.http://www.startribune.com/local/19059069.html?location _refer=WorldNow, i'm no...
Posted by Simon on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:12:00 PST

%*!*!@&

For the love of god.Someone please explain to me, how it is, that in a city of 70,000 people, I can not order food on the telephone and have it brought to me?what the fuck is wrong with these people?!...
Posted by Simon on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:12:00 PST

Big Brother and the Radioactive Cat

Welcome to the Surveillance Society.
Posted by Simon on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:41:00 PST

Choosing is still the sickness of the mind

my requirement isnothing short of perfectionunattainable
Posted by Simon on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:04:00 PST

gag refelex

I just want to take this opportunity to point out, how this time of year, exemplifies everything that is wrong with our society. Rampant materialistic consumerism is but one symptom of the illness...
Posted by Simon on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:16:00 PST

niggy tardust

i'm feeling the Saul Williams. go download your own copy from his website.from "Raised to be Lowered" (my emphasis)To manifest your dreams before you manifest your fears.To navigate beyond the treache...
Posted by Simon on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:47:00 PST

choosing is the sickness of the mind II

is it?! is it not?!oblivious distinction.why?! oh dear god, why?!
Posted by Simon on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:53:00 PST

You didn’t get the memo?

The mystery is solved. Ms. Jupiter Juice i mean. She is Karelian. http://www.kbdcoa.com/
Posted by Simon on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:06:00 PST