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About Me

Just a decent guy trying to get through life with a little dignity. Trying to grow up, grow out. Overcome my weaknesses and find my way to better days.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The makers of Baby Geniuses. So that I can kill them.

Music:

A Perfect Circle
At the Drive In
Beck
Blink-182
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Box Car Racer
Bright Eyes
Cake
Chevelle
Cursive
Death Cab for Cutie
The Deftons
Desaparecidos
Eliot Smith
Eminem
Everclear
Finch
Flogging Molly
Frank Sinatra
Gorillaz
Interpol
Iron & Wine
Jay-Z
Jimmy Eat World
Korn
Lauryn Hill
Louis Prima
Marilyn Manson
The Mars Volta
Modest Mouse
Mos Def
Muse
Nine Inch Nails
NOFX
Pavement
Pink Floyd
Portishead
The Postal Service
The Presidents of the United States of America
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Rilo Kiley
Rise Against
Snow Patrol
The Strokes
Sublime
Third Eye Blind
Tool
Violent Femmes

Movies:

The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Adaptation
American Psycho
Anchorman
Austin Powers (1 & 2)
The Big Lebowski
The Big Sleep
Billy Madison
Casablanca
Cast Away
Dark City
Dodgeball
Dumb & Dumber
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcist
Happy Gilmore
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Jackass (1 & 2)
Kill Bill (1 & 2)
K-Pax
The Ladykillers
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky And The Media
The Matrix
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Others
Shallow Hal
Sin City
Team America: World Police
There's Something About Mary
Tommy Boy
Unbreakable
Wayne's World (1 & 2)
The Weather Underground
The Wedding Crashers

Television:

The Daily Show
Emeril Live
The Family Guy
Good Eats
House
Monk
Mythbusters
Scrubs

Books:

1984
American Psycho
Atlas Shrugged
Brave New World
A Brief History of Time
Catch-22
Cat's Cradle
The Contortionist's Handbook
Dermaphoria
A Farewell to Arms
Fight Club
Jesus' Son
Kiss Me Judas
A People's History of the United States
Reasons to Live
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Stranger
Survivor
The Tomb
The Universe in a Nutshell
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

My Blog

Martyr: A Novel (in full)

Martyr Written 2004
Posted by Runner Down on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:21:00 PST

catapults and tadpoles

I'm up to three pills now, every night. My wife sees the stack of boxes in the medicine cabinet and casts a worried look at me. She says to not take so many. To see a doctor. My sister did, she says, ...
Posted by Runner Down on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:01:00 PST

Half-hearted religious flame

Let's consider the answer to this question. Why are people losing their interest in religion? Well, why was religion so important in the past? 1 - It explained the creation of the universe. Yup. thank...
Posted by Runner Down on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:19:00 PST

Free Bird plays on the radio...again

Everywhere I go, I wind up working in the same place. A little office, tucked away in the corner of a one story building. I spend the majority of my time amusing myself with oddball websites: SEE: www...
Posted by Runner Down on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:37:00 PST

serhgey

50 Strange Questions....1. What is your best friend's Dad's name? Robert3. Who was the hottest teacher you ever had?Mrs. Dilly for half of one semester.4. Have you ever made out in a movie theater?+5....
Posted by Runner Down on Fri, 25 May 2007 10:28:00 PST

Zomg wtf chek dat pwnage

I am addicted to world of Warcraft. I am an undead Rogue named Skumm on the Twisting Nether server. Thanks Riss.
Posted by Runner Down on Fri, 25 May 2007 10:04:00 PST

Alive and well

Don't worry. new short story soon - "Sleeping Dogs"
Posted by Runner Down on Wed, 23 May 2007 09:00:00 PST

old

Jason works solemnly. His eyes are set and his hands move quickly. He seems totally unaware of the sweat that soaks his clothes. He doesn't seem to notice the small amount of blood that trickle out of...
Posted by Runner Down on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:26:00 PST

The Difference

...I flew away from phoenix. I left the graveside of my former self. I wrapped my body with warm clothes and aimed north for the winter. My scars have healed. The skin over them has become callused. M...
Posted by Runner Down on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:23:00 PST

Dead End

I strip off my clothes and stand in front of the hotel mirror, counting scars...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> For every one I see on my chest, there's ...
Posted by Runner Down on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:18:00 PST