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About Me

There is a balance with a basket of stones holding down the one side, and another basket with sand being scooped into it spoonful by spoonful. The people on the side with the stones think the people spooning sand into the basket are foolish in their efforts in trying to outweigh the other basket. They jeer, "Look! The sand is spilling out the sides of the basket almost as fast as you are filling it!" The sand scoopers know that the fight will take time. They know they will get discouraged. But they also know with enough hands scooping sand into this basket, it will one day outweigh the basket of stones. Will you pick up a spoon?"From the outside of muddled dealing, form the outside of bottled feelings, form a mountain of marbled ceilings. Commence the healing." - Built to Spill

My Interests

Music:

Mostly rock/indie rock... Built to Spill, Counting Crows, Cake, Modest Mouse, Pedro the Lion/David Bazaan, Shout Out Louds, Ben Folds (Five), Bright Eyes, Elliot Smith, The Decemberists, Third Eye Blind, My Morning Jacket, Queen, The Physics of Meaning, Ryan Adams, TV on the Radio, (Old school)Weezer, The Flamin Lips, Regina Spektor, Spoon, The Police, G. Love, Afro Celt, Pavement, The Killers, Radiohead/Thom Yorke, Band of Horses, Damien Rice, Ox, Lovedrug, Mates of State, Beck, Death Cab, Elliot, Five Iron Frenzy, Iron & Wine, U2, The Wallflowers, Holcombe Waller, Clem Snide, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Snow Patrol, Nada Surf, Tom Waits, The Cure, Johnny Cach, Little Brazil, Old Canes, Zookeeper, The Stills, Pattern is Movement, The Shins, They Might Be Giants, The Who... many more.

Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, Snatch, Lock Stock, Amelie, Fight Club, American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, Dogville, Adaptation, Closer, Boondock Saints, Eternal Sunshine, Everything is Illuminated, Little Miss Sunshine, About Shmidt, Monty Python, Kung Fu Hustle, Napolean Dynomite, Smoke... and many more.

Television:

Lost, Simpsons, Family Guy, Scrubs, CSI, Law and Order, Curb your Enthusiasm, Arrested Developement... although I don't really watch T.V. anymore.

Books:

Anything by Chuck Palahniuck, Orson Wells or Ray Bradbury. Kite Runner, The Time Travelers Wife, Evasion, Flowers for Algernon, A Brave New World... stuff like that. Currently reading A Clockwork Orange.

My Blog

Dreams, dreams; they're good for the heart

Here are some dreams I documented, err, somthing like that. Some are long, some are confusing, but I hope that they are at least entertaining . Enjoy. January 15, 2006 I dreamt that I ...
Posted by Jay-Jay Shabadoo on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:26:00 PST

Paralyzed

I want to be paralyzed. Maybe then nothing much would be expected of me, and anything I do accomplish would be considered incredible or genius; measured by no other standard than myself and my circums...
Posted by Jay-Jay Shabadoo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

South Philly Blaze

The smoke emerges, giving the fires presence away. No secret can be kept forever. Traitor. Betrayer. Despite the nature of this cycle, this is meerly a cry to be noticed. The negative attention see...
Posted by Jay-Jay Shabadoo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Philly Transit

I don't know if you all have noticed the signs on the subway cars that read, "As a courtesy to others, please take your trash with you." I could not help but notice the underlying sociological/psychol...
Posted by Jay-Jay Shabadoo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Beauty, in my eye, the beholder.

I sat down on a bench today outside of the 1801 Vine Street building as I ate my lunch. I watched as a man walked towards the central fountain, peer down on the ledge surrounding the water, and stepp...
Posted by Jay-Jay Shabadoo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST