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The Future Tony Blair(-Borders)

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About Me

I'm a painter, prophet, would-be nerdcore rapper, fantast, art director, dedicated father, bloodthirsty barbarian, web designer, mad scientist, dancer, hopeless romantic, intellectual dilettante, futurist, gamer, nerd, android, cowboy, trustworthy friend, snappy dresser, collector of trashy fantasy magazines, survivor, purveyor of fine music, keeper of a tidy home, sorcerer supreme, graphic designer, awful and prolific poet, frequent ambler, imbiber of copious amounts of coffee, big brother, retired rivethead dj, cartoonist, former porn industry employee, wielder of the power cosmic, of no relation to the bookstore people, and deadly ninja skilled in the arts of stealth and assassination...

I dream of one day designing daikaiju (giant rubber monsters).

My Interests

drawing, graphic design, painting, role-playing games, physics, string theory, chaos mathematics, memetics, music, the occult, philosophy, psychology, art, dancing, comic books, science fiction, reality reconstruction, evil geniusry, science, nature, art, giant robots, robots, dungeons and dragons, ninjas, pirates, comics, architecture, interior design, engineering, being lazy, singing poorly in the shower

I'd like to meet:

Geeks, freaks, punks, misfits, rejects, artists, philosophers, scientists, psychologists, musicians, martial artists, ninjas, pirates, playwrights, warrior-poets, quantum theorists, elves, hobbits, dwarves, radical free thinkers, liberals, Buddha, Zen masters, and performers of derring-do.

Music:

Brit Pop, British Invasion, British Punk, Classic Punk, Glam Rock, Trip-Hop, Backpacker Hip-Hop, Classic Hip-Hop, Nerdcore Hip-Hop, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop, EBM, Industrial, Classic Ska, Art Rock, Shoegazer, Electronica, New Wave, No Wave, Bebop Jazz, Blues, Motown, Ambient, Post-Punk, Post-Punk Revival

Movies:

UHF, Bladerunner, Donnie Darko, Ghostbusters, The Princess Bride, Office Space, Edward Sissorhands, Young Frankenstein, Unbreakable, Evil Dead 2, Bride of Frankenstein, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lord of the Rings, Seven Samurai, Kung-Fu Hustle, The Iron Giant, Spirited Away, Shaun of the Dead, Cemetery Man, Bubba Ho-tep, Austin Powers, Napoleon Dynamite, Kill Bill, Pi, Finding Neverland, Austin Powers, Early Woody Allen, Peter Sellers, The Marx Brothers, Doctor Strangelove, The Ipcriss File, Clint Eastwood Westerns, Martial Arts Epics, Star Wars (duh!)

Television:

The Simpsons, Heroes, The Daily Show, Cowboy Bebop, Lost, The Tick, Insomniac, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Kung Fu, Twin Peaks, Johnny Quest, Transformers, Robotech, Gundam Wing... basically anything with giant robots in it

Books:

Cryptonomicon, The Brothers K, Alice in Wonderland, I Robot, VALIS, Breakfast of Champions, Lord of the Rings, The Way of Zen, Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Dune, H.P. Lovecraft, Sandman, The Watchmen, Abarat, Imajica, The Wasp Factory, War of the Worlds, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Windup Bird Chronicle, Conan, Warlord of Mars, The Dark Tower Books, The Snow Leopard, Devil in the White City, The Many-Colored Land, The Shadow of the Wind, Little Big, Fortress of Solitude, Geek Love, Use of Weapons, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Running with Scissors, House of Leaves

Heroes:

Pablo Picasso, Einstein, Dr. Doom, Klee, C.G. Jung, Alan Watts, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Moebius, Salvadore Dali, William Blake, Clive Barker, H.G. Wells, Michael Caine, e.e. cummings, Egon Schiele

My Blog

Haiku... Monday?

OMG! I forgot Monday's haiku! What's wrong with me?Um, could it be that I've been preoccupied working on comics, updating my design and illustration portfolio, snatching glances at the new D&D 4.0 boo...
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:31:00 PST

He Never Eats While On the Job, He Heard That It’s Good to Stay Hungry

Ah, I remember that song. Theme from Rocky XIII by Weird Al...Anyway, I'm on my fifth day of "fasting." I've been eating nothing but fresh fruit (and maybe a "meal's worth" of that daily) and drinking...
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:06:00 PST

Hooray!

My website is back up.Two more days until D&D 4.0 books ship. *NERD ALERT!*I'm drawing today... a lot. YAY!
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:54:00 PST

ROBOT’S DOWN!

You might have noticed (or not), but my website is currently down. That's because my host seems to be currently off-line. Hopefully, they'll be up soon so I can transfer what few files I don't have ba...
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:48:00 PST

New Art: "When I Grow Up"

It took several months of coloring this surreptitiously in Photoshop; five minutes here, five minutes there, until it was finally finished. PHEW!You can go HERE for a 1280 x1024 desktop version....
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:39:00 PST

It’s Official!

The Flannery and I have officially been designated a healthy couple by a trained professional. So we win! In your face, Flanders!
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

Haiku Monday

stomach growls hollowmy kingdom for a pizzadamn, I'm so hungry
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:48:00 PST

Also...

Mad, mad, mad, mad, mad props to Flannery! for graduating! I'm so proud! EEEEEeeeee!
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Mon, 26 May 2008 09:59:00 PST

Haiku Monday

sleep in late, eat sconeread book, see movie, watch lostyay! three day weekend!
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Mon, 26 May 2008 09:56:00 PST

Haiku Tuesday

I was home yesterday and my Internet was down. So, it's Haiku TUESDAY once again.under the bed, fetalrow of gargoyles protect himchild's heart becomes fear***I started seriously working on my childhoo...
Posted by The Future Tony Blair(-Borders) on Tue, 20 May 2008 10:49:00 PST