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B. R. S.

Hands! Hands in new places!

About Me

Currently Reading: Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz (School-related reading)
Previous Reading: Dan Simmons' The Terror - A great book about the suffering of men in the Arctic.
German(y) aficionado.
Music worshiper.
Book worm.
Runner.
Quasi-Guitar Player.
Quasi-Recording Engineer.
Coffee hound.
Movie buff.
24, Scrubs, and Lost fanatic.
Social drinker.
Gunslinger/Tower Junkie.
Geek.
Hopeless romantic.
Joss Whedon fanatic.
Browncoat.
Secular Humanist.
Materialist/Physicalist.
Armchair philosopher.
Socially liberal.
Quasi-economically conservative.
[Insert applicable descriptive noun here]
As you can probably tell from the above list, I like to think of myself as somewhat of an intellectual. But meeting me in person, you're not going to have that same opinion. I'm as clumsy, absent minded, and ungainly as they come. However, I like to think my bumbling geekiness to be endearing in some circles.
Meh.
You decide.
AIM Screen Name: schneidergeist
LiveJournal: http://axeeleven.livejournal.com

My Interests

music, reading, running, coffee, concerts, Mac computers, enjoying Joss Whedon's creative projects, playing guitar, singing, german, germany, ireland, languages, europe, video games, British accents, going to bars, dressing well, sporting a buzz-cut, blazers, movies, electronics, band t-shirts, philosophy, rationale, reason, physicalism, secular humanism, progressivism, social liberalism

I'd like to meet:

Intelligent, rational, well-read, non-judgmental, friendly people.

Gibt es Deutsche oder Studenten, die Deutsch studieren, die MySpace benutzt? Da ich Deutsch studiere, möchte ich andere Deutschsprecher finden und mitsprechen. Prost!

Music:

All sorts of Rock and Metal, Trip-Hop, Blues, Metallica (minus St. Anger), Tool, Chevelle, Coldplay, Zero 7, Massive Attack, Cardia, 30 Seconds to Mars, Candlebox, Finger Eleven (Tip only), Ours, Rammstein, Soundgarden, Jane Monheit, Creed (My Own Prison and Human Clay), Alice in Chains, Alter Bridge, Bush, Disturbed, Dredg, Foo Fighters, Loudermilk/Gosling, Oleander, Our Lady Peace (Naveed, Clumsy, and Happiness...), Porcupine Tree, Pulse Ultra, Shinedown, Silbermond, Silverchair, Stone Temple Pilots, Filter, Dust for Life, A Perfect Circle, The Darkness, Kevin Martin and the HiWatts, Space, Sneaker Pimps, Melissa Auf Der Maur, My Vitriol, System of a Down, Tricky, Neverending White Lights, Sigur Rós, Muse, The Sword, Saltillo, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Stemage, Edguy, Trivium, Hibria, Dream Evil, Dominic Cifarelli, The Chronicles of Israfel

Movies:

The Boondock Saints, Office Space, Lola Rennt, Pirates of the Carribean, Desperado, Sin City, The Matrix, Liar Liar, Matchstick Men, 300, Pi

Television:

24, Scrubs, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly (hopelessly addicted... I worship Joss Whedon and all his greatness), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Highlander, The Family Guy, That 70's Show, American Chopper, The Soup, Prison Break, Late Night with Conan O'Brian

Books:

Been doing lots and lots of reading. Some notables: Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, Palahniuk's novels, Koushun Takami's Battle Royale, Frank Delaney's Ireland, Chuck Klosterman's books, Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, Sam Harris' The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation

Heroes:

Jack Bauer
Mark Tremonti
James Hetfield
James Black
Jimmy Gnecco
Matthew Bellamy
Sam Harris
Richard Dawkins
Keith Olbermann