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The Notorious M.L.E.

life's like a movie, write your own ending...

About Me

i can be summarized with four words - music, movies, muppets and media.as for the first part, i "sing" in a metal band called siv and have a solo audio visual project named of the order carnivora . i listen to alot of different stuff, so view that lengthy list to the left for the specifics.i also adore shiny things, mostly in the form of special effects and animation. the dark crystal has custody of me, but world of warcraft gets me on the weekends.in addition, i am typing all this in lower case as most of my life is spent grading and or proofing copy or code, so this is my idea of "letting lose". oh yes. i know how to get down.

My Interests

80's cartoons, adult swim, aeon flux, akira kurasawa, animal print, animation, art, autumn, beauty, beef jerky, biting, blueberries, body modification, bosch, bunraku, burning stuff, chai, chicken nuggets, chino moreno, cirque du soleil, cold, comics, conversation, corey taylor, corsets, dali, dandelions, dia de los muertos, existence, exposed hipbones, fake fur, family guy, fonts!, frank miller, grand theft auto, graphic design, graphic novels, green tea, heat, hip hop, honey, kissing, licking, life, liquid televison, live music, making music, marquis, maynard james keenan, meat, mike patton, movie theater popcorn, muppets, mythology, neon genesis evangelion, ninja scroll, old kung fu movies, performance art, poetry, power rangers spd, puppetry, rain, scratching, sculpture, shadow puppets, shiny things, simplicity, skin, skinny dipping, sleep, soul caliber, spoken word, sushi, tablas, teaching, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the maxx, thundercats, thunderstorms, tigers, tribal tattoos, web design, wolverine, writing, you

I'd like to meet:

anyone that can appreciate everything in a broad spectrum - from simon and garfunkel to slipknot, the dark crystal to the clockwork orange, and sushi to spaghettios still in the can.also, if you can tell arial from helvetica, know what resolution is suitable for printing versus on screen, and why underlining text for emphasis is just wrong - lets get a chai and talk shop, yo.

Music:

a perfect circle, aphex twin, atmosphere, beethoven, clutch, dead can dance, deftones, faith no more, fantomas, gwar, helmet, john cage, jt, mr. bungle, nine inch nails, nirvana, philip glass, public enemy, radiohead, sigur ros, slipknot, tabla beat science, tomahawk, tool, tori amos, tricky, and wendy carlos - to name a few

Movies:

the dark crystal, akira, a clockwork orange, waking life, clash of the titans, deep sea 3d, meet the feebles, orgazmo, nightmare before christmas, fantasia, jason and the argonauts, team america, the original star wars trilogy - sans shitty computer add ins, and svankmajer's alice

Television:

the office (british and american), power rangers spd, the simpsons, family guy, mighty boosh, and anything on pbs

Books:

anything by joseph cambell, chris ware, or neil stephenson. i also love watership down, a clockwork orange, the giving tree, and understanding comics.

Heroes:

jim henson, my grandma, my fiance, mike patton, colonel sanders, jan svankmejer, ray harryhausen, david lee roth, and lion-o. hooooo! oh, and all of my students - i learn just as much from you as you do, hopefully, from me.

My Blog

"Its the final countdowwwwwn!'

So, five months from today Tony and I will be getting married. For reals.Its hard to be believe that I will be someone's "wife" - as that's one label that never fit me, at least before. Tony, however,...
Posted by The Notorious M.L.E. on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:00:00 PST

Woohoo!

The Tony and I are going to Bonnaroo!I'm really looking forward to seeing The Police, along with Tool and Clutch - which are two of my top five favorite bands. Also, finally seeing Aesop Rock will roc...
Posted by The Notorious M.L.E. on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:47:00 PST

A belated goodbye to 2006. You were the best that's ever been!

Note: I really wrote this on the first day of the new year in my LiveJournal, which I will not share the name of here - since I'm pretty honest there, and must keep said truth from my students. Seri...
Posted by The Notorious M.L.E. on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:33:00 PST

interviewing, playing and aging

it's the wonderful time of the year again where i "level up", this time to 25, and also try to audition some more musicians to work on projects with. for future use, a.k.a. when i have and make time. ...
Posted by The Notorious M.L.E. on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:20:00 PST

wasting time

i should be working. instead, i'm drinking green tea, listening to clutch, and playing with my new little vector pet thingie. damn you sesame street, mtv, and experimental teen years for destroying ...
Posted by The Notorious M.L.E. on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:56:00 PST