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John

And did you exchange.. a walk on part in the war.. for a lead role in a cage?

About Me

you want to know what i'm about, read my first blog .
you've probably seen it already, but everyone needs to:
Quotes:
"Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
When it's time for leaving, I hope you'll understand
That I was born a rambling man"
--Allman Brothers Band
"the only gain of civilization for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations--and absolutely nothing more"
"He would even risk his cakes and would deliberately desire the most fatal rubbish, the most uneconomical absurdity, simply to introduce into all this positive good sense his fatal fantastic element."
--Dostoevsky
"After the union of philosophy with the popular religion, upon the first establishment of Christianity, nothing was more usual, among all religious teachers, than declamations against reason, against the senses, against every principle derived merely from human research and inquiry."
--Hume
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
--Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)
''All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.''
--T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
"The acid had shifted gears on him; the next phase would probably be one of those hellishly intense introspective nightmares. Four hours or so of catatonic despair.
"If a thing's worth doing,
it's worth doing right."
-Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson
"If she only knew
how long i've waited for her
how her smile's enough to make my winter warmer
if she knew the way she walked could take away my storm,
she'd probably call the cops and get a restraining order"
"So take credit
for anything embedded in the edit
as long as you meant it when you said it"
"Y'all don't know what my name is
probably know one of my brothers
one is a hard-workin savior
the other's a hard-workin soldier
i'm just your next-door neighbor
workin hard at tryin to stay sober
Wait for the car at the corner
pretend like you know what the plot is
won't quit til i hit California
and make you my Golden State Goddess"
--Atmosphere
"maybe the night seemed so dark because the day was much too bright"

My Interests

music, philosophy, physics and science in general, cars, altered consciousness, conversation, nature, women, fun

I'd like to meet:

Hunter S Thompson, President Bush to punch him in the jaw, Che Guevara, Johnny Depp, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Einstein, and you

Music:

first off music is life. it makes me kinda sick to imagine what life would be like without music. i might get a little bit more done though...
i like most music, but i have a real soft spot for 90s rock/alternative, and i love classic rock...
okay, i left a lot out last time, but the list got kinda huge, so i'll make a top 25:

the allman brothers band
atmosphere
the beatles
jeff beck
blind faith
bush
eric clapton
creedence clearwater revival
crosby, stills, and nash
cursive
emerson, lake, and palmer
peter frampton
led zeppelin
louis xiv
lynyrd skynrd
the mars volta
michael franti
modest mouse
van morrison
OAR
pink floyd
radiohead
rage against the machine
santana
tool
umphrey's mcgee

i probably left a few out, but i like those 25 a lot. i'll listen to almost anything, country and rap in moderation please.

Movies:

unfortunately i'm not very well-versed in this subject, if you ask me if i've seen it, the answer is probably no. but here are the movies i have thought highly enough of to spend money on:

planet earth series, the universe series, the elegant universe miniseries, fear and loathing in las vegas, requiem for a dream, the big lebowski, across the universe, memento, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, garden state, big fish, into the wild, one flew over the cuckoo's nest...thats about it.

Television:

colbert report, aqua teen hunger force, countdown with keith olbermann, st. louis blues hockey

Books:

unbearable lightness of being, fahrenheit 451, megawatts and megatons, the red queen, catcher in the rye, therese raquin, a brief history of time, oryx and crake, mr. popper's penguins, dialogues concerning natural religion

Heroes:


TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: John
Birthday: 6/3/87
Birthplace: St. Louis
Current Location: the c-u
Eye Color: Blue/Gray usually, sometimes green
Hair Color: brown
Height: i lied, im six foot nothin
Right Handed or Left Handed: righty
Your Heritage: im a mutt
The Shoes You Wore Today: 4" steel-toe wolverine boots
Your Weakness: im a HUGE procrastinator
Your Fears: the end of conciousness
Your Perfect Pizza: pepperoni and bacon, throw some green peppers or onions or jalapenos if you got 'em
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: get back to school
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:
Thoughts First Waking Up: if i have to work: 'why didn't you go to bed earlier'
if not: 'nother hour and a half? yep.'

Your Best Physical Feature: oh theres too many to pick one
Your Bedtime: any hour of the 24 is as likeley as the others.
Your Most Missed Memory: the campsite
Pepsi or Coke: coke.
MacDonalds or Burger King:
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:
Chocolate or Vanilla: both
Cappuccino or Coffee: either
Do you Smoke: cigs if im drunk, pot if i have cash
Do you Swear: yep
Do you Sing: as i've began to pay attention, the answer is definitely yes. but not well.
Do you Shower Daily: gross, of course
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: once im ready
Do you want to get Married: yes
Do you belive in yourself: of course, i can do anything. sometimes you're all you have left to believe in, and that's when it's most important
Do you get Motion Sickness: nope
Do you think you are Attractive: yes
Are you a Health Freak: no
Do you get along with your Parents: depends
Do you like Thunderstorms: love them
Do you play an Instrument: I JUST BOUGHT A GUITAR YESTERDAY!
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: not an entire one
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: nope, never have
In the past month have you been on Stage: no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: lol
Ever been called a Tease: yeah, i guess
Ever been Beaten up: hell no, i pity the fool
Ever Shoplifted: yeah
How do you want to Die: heroin overdose suicide
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: creator of the first self-sufficient space ecosystem, capable of traveling at least around the solar system, ideally before the apocalypse
What country would you most like to Visit: greece
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: i like brown or green, but the color is less important than the pattern and shading
Favourite Hair Color: brown
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: 5'8", but as long as she's shorter than me
Weight: can't be significantly overweight
Best Clothing Style: none ;)
Number of Drugs I have taken: about 16
Number of CDs I own: most of them are still blank
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: im still thinking damn it!
Number of things in my Past I Regret: sometimes you just have to learn the hard way

My Blog

what was i worried about?

    Today when i woke up, i had the all to familiar feeling of discontentment.  the kind of sickening feeling that you know something has got to give, but you can't really put a fi...
Posted by John on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:06:00 PST

Nietzche

I just started to read nietzche's "beyond good and evil" for class, and i am starting to remember why he is possibly my favorite philosopher. thus far, he has denounced all of the other 'great philoso...
Posted by John on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:44:00 PST

Heuve Ethics

Man i've been fuckin busy lately.  I spent alot of time working on 'rewriting the book' on ethics, but as i wrote about it, i realized i was much more interested in the philosophical aspect of th...
Posted by John on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:07:00 PST

i need to think of a boxing name

alright, i'm doing something i don't usually...actually ever do. i'm setting a goal. i came up with a workout plan for my budding aspiration (it was sown quite some time ago, actually) of becomin...
Posted by John on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:57:00 PST

Tool and Dasies

"L'absence diminue les médiocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent éteint les bougies et allume le feu."- La RochefoucauldWhat a fucking show. Tool's one of those bands that gives me goo...
Posted by John on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:50:00 PST

one thing i can't stand.

what i can't stand is people who cant fucking say what they're thinking. people who want to sugar-coat things in order to make it easier for me, or maybe easier for them. just tell me whats on your mi...
Posted by John on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:50:00 PST

where am i and who are you?

this has been a pretty shitty week. made a few realizations about new things and old things. im starting to feel sick. but, worst of all my fuel pump broke. cause im a dumbass stoner who likes to fill...
Posted by John on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:14:00 PST

my philosophy, really quick

im coming back to the c/u! i hope im staying with seth and sara at their place..not sure yet one good thing about coming up to the city is the price and availibility of drugs, and i will still have my...
Posted by John on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:45:00 PST