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Charles

Prozac and conformity will not grant you a perfect life.

About Me

Writing, language, history, architecture, and traveling are my interests - but I'm more passionate about food, photography and bike riding. I love severe weather events - especially thunderstorms. Recently, I returned to college full-time to study photography and graphic design and I have started taking advantage of the college's new rec center.Shopping for organic food and then preparing creative meals is stress relieving, fun, and a good way to take care of a basic need. I also love good coffee. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Coffee.And....I still take a few minutes out of each day to get my hair just the right amount of messy.Check out Art Bell and George Noory's Coast to Coast AM radio show which airs overnight on either AM radio or via paid subscription on Streamlink online. Coast to Coast AM covers eclectic and underground topics such as UFO's and Aliens, Armageddon and Conspiracy Theories, and Energy Alternatives and Environmental Protection.....Being back in college after all these years seems a bit surreal at times, but I was able to get back into the groove and it's fun. College is one place that being a HIPSTER is a definite plus.div img {visibility:visible;} ... The best layouts ProfileGenie.com

My Interests

Chillout Music /DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY / Acting / APPLE MAC BOOK PRO / Thunderstorms & Severe Weather Events / AUDI A4, S4 + MINI Cooper S / learning how to fly...

I'd like to meet:

Maybe I'm just jaded but I can't think of anyone right now.So instead, enjoy the following film shorts. "He Was Once", Parts I and II, by Mary Hempsted...------------------------------------------------- ----------

Music:

TRIP-HOP / Electronica / Downtempo - Chillout / New Wave ----Neuvelle Vague, The Dining Rooms, Kid Loco, Mogwai, ZERO 7, Thevory Corporation, TV On The Radio, Massive Attack, ROYKSOPP, SIGUR ROS, Birdy Nam Nam, Lamb, Goldfrapp, TINDERSTICKS, Kraftwerk, A Flock Of Seagulls, Cabaret Voltaire, Bjork, Yo La Tengo, Joy Division, AIR, Portishead, Morcheeba, Groove Armada, Moby, HOOVERPHONIC, Craig Armstrong, Arsenal, DEEP DISH, Millenia Nova, FILLA BRAZILLIA, Bang Gang, Perry Blake, U.N.K.L.E., BOARDS OF CANADA, Broadcast, MORCHEEBA, SKALPEL, Tortoise, Tristeza, Arab Strap, Bebel Gilberto, SCORN, Archer Prewitt, Pink Floyd, Frou Frou, Saint Etienne, STEREOLAB, Plone, Pram, LEMON JELLY, NICK DRAKE, MONO, Kevin Yost, UNDERWORLD, FAITHLESS, TIMO MAAS, Way Out West, John Digweed, 9 LAZY 9, ESTHERO, GRETCHEN LIEBERUM, KASKADE, Slide Five, Nick Cave, HALOU, WAX POET, TELEPOPMUSIK, Low, MYLO, Cinematic Orchestra, Andrea Parker, Nightmares On Wax, Beth Orton, WAGON CHRIST, CRANES, Armand Van Helden, Hefner, ADD N to X, Emiliana Torrini, etc, etc, etc.....

Movies:

THE SIMPSON'S MOVIE / MAGNOLIA / SIN CITY / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN / MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA / MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / Directors: Quentin Tarintino, Tim Burton, Michael Moore, Russ Meyers - and Ken Burns' PBS documentaries. / John Cameron Mitchell movies including, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and "Shortbus"./ John Hughes movies including "The Breakfast Club", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Weird Science", "Pretty In Pink", "Sixteen Candles", etc. / A Life Less Ordinary / The Nomi Song (Klaus Nomi documentary).///////////////// On the 'To See' list... LEONARD COHEN - "I'M YOUR MAN"*, & *"THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE"

Television:

MAD MEN, on AMC. http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen ... / THE SIMPSONS / The COLBERT REPORT / JUDGE JUDY and THE PEOPLE'S COURT / The O'Reilly Factor (Hey, I don't have to agree with everything Bill says!)/ Space Invader Zimm / LAW & ORDER / COPS / CAN'T GET A DATE / ANDERSON COOPER 360/ VH-1 & MTV including Charm School, I Love New York I and II, Rock of Love, The Pick Up Artist / Flavor of Love 1 and 2 - #3 coming soon! / Made / CURRENT.TV / History, Discovery, National Geographic, and Travel Channels / BBC America/ PBS / "DEMOCRACY NOW" on "FSTV" (FREE SPEECH TV)

Books:

Surrealist Games, Juxtapoz, THE BIBLE, Tao Teaching's, TASCHEN PUBLICATONS, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" - Al Franken, "Confessions of a Shopaholic" - Sophie Kinsella, "THE HIPSTER HANDBOOK", "The Day After Tomorrow" - Art Bell + Whitley Strieber, "Tales From The Time Loop" - David Icke, "EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG" (DISINFORMATION GUIDE TO SECRETS AND LIES) by Russ Kick / "The Quickening" - Art Bell / "Claire Marvel" - John Burnham Schwartz / "Cain's Book" - Alexander Trocchi / "MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" - Arthur Golden / SEASON'S GLEAMINGS (the art of the aluminum christmas tree) / KRAFTWERK: I WAS A ROBOT by Wolfgang Flur.

Heroes:

Henry David Thoreau, a Naturist who not only wrote, 'Walden' (or 'Life in the Woods'), but also the lecture entitled, 'Civil Disobedience', among other brilliant works. I enjoy taking hikes through (and photographing) the Walden Pond area each time the season changes. The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park is nearby. http://www.decordova.org/ Just down the road is the Gropius house. Built in 1937, the Bauhaus-style home of Walter Gropius was planned for maximum efficiency and simplicity of design. http://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/homes/gropius.htm