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John Barr

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

Fun loving, laid back, great sense of humor, easy to get along with and ready for anything. And damn good looking. At least I tell myself that. Don't argue with me.My main focus is to just be out whenever possible, usually with the gang of fools I call friends, and have a few drinks and just enjoy my time. Twain's, The Local, 97 Estoria, The Earl, MillTown Arms Tavern, Carroll Street Cafe, Brewhouse, The Corner Tavern, The Righteous Room, Charlie G's, The Brick Store, Lenny's, MJQ, or anywhere else in Atlanta that's off the scene and not full of socialite pricks just trying to get laid. I'm also inclined to take a trip to Southern Comfort, a trucker's bar in Conley once in a while for some serious drinking, there's no better dive on Earth and no better place to people watch than that hole in the wall. You can also find me almost every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at the Atlanta Brewing Company from 6-8PM for their beer tasting, drinking leisurely for $7. It's the best deal going and there's always a new, unique crowd to run lines on. Usually afterwards a trip to Westside Pizzeria is in order, it's THE best pizza place in town, without question. I also enjoy finer dining, Olde Mill Steakhouse and Scalini's Italian are my two favorite spots and I can be found at either place quite often enjoying a meal and drinks, and anywhere else in Atlanta that's got good food I'm game to try at least once, so if you know of a place, let's go, I'm down for it. The rest of my time is spent surfing the internet and offering tech advice on a few automotive forums that I browse on. Occasionally I work a little too if I feel like it. My mainstay for finances is buying and parting out salvage cars in a small operation that's just enough for me to handle and maintain without being overworked. The cars I mainly deal with are Nissan 240SXs, but I do mess with other Japanese makes/models too if they're cheap or even free. I do a little side mechanic work too for friends and acquaintances as well if I'm bored or feeling nice, everything from oil changes to engine swaps to rebuilding transmissions, but only if it's a cool day and I'm on my own schedule. I don't rush anything, and working in the heat is just retarded. This gives me a lot of spare time to focus on other things which is nice and makes life a lot less hectic, I don't see how people can handle the 9-5 routine and I never was any good at timeframes, I'd rather do what I want without the worry of a deadline. I've been lucky to have that freedom and I truly enjoy it, and I'm now moving into a real shop with all the amenities I could ever ask for, it's farther away but will no doubt ease the efforts I'm putting forth now. I'm psyched as hell about it.I'm also looking into other possible avenues of finance, a couple friends and myself are looking into buying a bar to own/manage so I can start doing my taxes again legally. They're worried I'll drink up all the profits though or give it all away to the ladies, so we'll see. Anything new is welcome as long as it's slow and easygoing. I don't tolerate stress at all, there's just no need for it. Layout Created at Mspremade.com

My Interests

Eating out, drinking out, drinking in, wine tasting, beer tasting, liquor tasting (hey, it's an activity), wrenching on cars, autocross, roadracing, going on long drives, camping, the beach, grilling out, movies, bars, clubs, lounges, outdoor activities like Six Flags, basically anything to get out and enjoy my time. I'm trying to get into some more cultural stuff like museums, exhibits, etc. though I don't always have people to go with, most of my friends aren't educated like I am. Good thing, most those places are full of assholes anyway. Skydiving and bungee jumping are on my list of activities to do soon as well. I also would really like to get into dancing, and I've found I enjoy karaoke quite a bit too. For the most part I'm known for my drinking more than anything which is really not all I'm about, I just play the part really well.

I'd like to meet:

Other people, living, and similarly entertaining as I try to be, or who are just looking to enjoy life like I do. I'm always game to meet cool people, no matter who they are. Women would be nice, but seriously leave the baggage at the door. I don't tolerate drama, there's no need for it.As far as famous people, no one really pertinent comes to mind except for that really cute girl in the KY warming touch commercials, she's seriously my speed. If anybody has got a name or address, throw it out please.

Music:

Sara Evans and 3 Doors Down - Here Without You

Brand New - The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows

Journey - Separate Ways



Enya - Book of days (concert)



Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease

AFI - Love Like Winter



Chevelle - The Red

Filter - Where Do We Go From Here

Placebo - Pure Morning



Depeche Mode, Brand New, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Tonic, Stroke9, Filter, Eve6, 3 Days Grace, David Gray, Ben Folds, Cake, Crossfade, Snow Patrol, Athenaeum, Johnny Cash, Phil Collins, Lit, Nickelback, Disturbed, AFI, Erasure, OMD, Cause and Effect, Def Leppard, Spoon, Angie Aparo, Fuel, Bush, Luscious Jackson, Placebo, Sarah Mclachlan, Veruca Salt, Nina Gordon, Amanda Ghost, Liz Phair, Heather Nova, Sarah Brightman, HIM, Billy Idol, Trust Co., Cutting Crew, The Outfield, A-Ha, Alphaville, Lifehouse, Jimmy Eat World, Incubus, Tonic, Josh Joplin Group, Unwritten Law, Vertical Horizon, Asia, Crowded House, Tears for Fears, The Church, New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dexter Freebish, Splender, Information Society, Semisonic, Duran Duran, Oleander, Peter Schilling, Chris De Burgh, When in Rome, Berlin, Dido, Enya, Sade, Prodigy, Orgy, Rammstein, Disturbed, and Silverchair are some that come to mind. Anything 80s is good, and most newer Alt Rock as long as it's not a bunch of kids.

Movies:

Audi R8 Hillclimb


No Man's Land, Equilibrium, The Machinist, Purgatory Flats, Swingers, Van Wilder, Van Wilder The Rise of Taj, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Just Friends, Old School, School for Scoundrels, Heaven's Prisoners, Panic, Cadence, Desperate Hours, Into the Fire, Final, P.S., The Forgotten, American Gun, The Upside of Anger, Whirlygirl, 11:14, Underworld, Underworld:Evolution, Last Rites, Kiss of Death, A History of Violence, Waiting, Kung Pow, At Close Range, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Untamed Hearts, The River King, Boondock Saints, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Layer Cake, Smokin' Aces, Surviving the Game, Just Cause, Super Troopers, Club Dread, Beerfest, Road Trip, Euro Trip, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Out Cold, 100 Girls, Accepted, Closer, She's The One, After Hours, Pretty Persuasion, The Love Letter, I Want You, The Very Thought of You, Seven Girlfriends, The Croupier, Final Destination 2, Final Destination 3, The House Next Door, Donnie Darko, Remo Williams, Black Rain, Ronin, The Eiger Sanction, Cry Wolf, Wrong Turn, U Turn, Serendepity, Mr. Jealousy, Simply Irresistable, Angel Eyes, Frequency, Runaway Jury, Mulholland Drive, 21 Grams, Confidence, Pavement, Written in Blood, Internal Affairs, Koyaanisqatsi, The Cutting Edge, The Croupier, Less Than Zero, Double Bang, Primal Fear, Heat, Music from Another Room, A Clockwork Orange, The Girl Next Door, Point Break, Drop Dead Sexy, Convoy, Gone in 60 Seconds (the original, not that piece of shit with Nick Cage), Wedding Crashers, The Negotiator, Changing Lanes, The In Crowd, Falling Down, The Dead Pool, Sudden Impact, Death Wish, Deliverance, Love Comes to the Executioner, and anything with AJ Cook. I'm kind of hoping to marry her one day.

Television:

Prison Break Video- Depeche Mode- Precious

Monty Python classic - Salad Days Prison Break, it's by far the best show ever written and aired on TV. The Shield is a close second. Any of the Law & Orders are good except the really old stuff, and Entourage is great when HBO decides to show new episodes. I also like How I Met Your Mother and Two and Half Men. Buffy, Angel, Roswell, Tru Calling, and others in that genre were really good too in their day, I've been on a DVD kick lately catching up on some of it. Also anything British like Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Benny Hill, and The Young Ones are great to watch, especially when drinking. Gilmore Girls was good for a long time, but the new season's direction isn't what I had hoped for.

Books:

I don't read much, though I do enjoy a good Reader's Digest or National Geographic from time to time. I like to stay educated on things that no one else knows about.

Heroes:

Anyone who can pull off a good alligator fuckhouse without incident.

My Blog

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have found a new lease on life.There's a Little Cesars pizza on the South 120 loop, stumbled on to it today. I thought they had all been closed for good, this one opened back up recently in a new bu...
Posted by John Barr on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:42:00 PST

The art of anal plowing

Ah, to feel the shaft of a sawed off broom handle, what a high. I thought I was done with being screwed by the online World, oh how naive I was.If you've kept up on my other blogs you know my feelings...
Posted by John Barr on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:15:00 PST

The end of an era

After a long and profitable run, I'm now forced to find a new place to inhabit my stash of cars and parts and the business that surrounds them. The shop's landlord, a loud mouthed, arrogant, piece of ...
Posted by John Barr on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:25:00 PST

What in hell

So last Thursday during my crazy day of a root canal I get a call from one of my customers asking about a car he's looking to buy. Doug, who I met through another customer, Andy,  is seemingly al...
Posted by John Barr on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:02:00 PST

Women, input needed here

I'm going to probably catch hell on this one from the guys, but I'm too damn confused to not write this blog and I could use some reassurance here.A few weeks ago I borrowed a DVD from a friend, the m...
Posted by John Barr on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:48:00 PST

I am more hardcore than I ever knew.

So I'm late with this blog because of a few things, mainly time but also because I lost my camera for a while and couldn't download the picture below. But here it is now.Back in 1984 we all witnessed ...
Posted by John Barr on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:34:00 PST

And here it is.


Posted by John Barr on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:33:00 PST

The utmost temptation ever, safely avoided...for now

Today I swung by Cumberland Mall to ship a few things at the Post Office. It's close by, open late, and usually pretty dead, so it's convenient as hell. On the way out I cut through Sears to get to my...
Posted by John Barr on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:42:00 PST

Dr. Neil Clark Warren can die in a fire

It's been a while since I had a good rant, and a commercial on TV just now sparked a little anger that has led to this. Enjoy.Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder of eHarmony.com, is a lying piece of shit. ...
Posted by John Barr on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:26:00 PST

This isn't a blog, just a funny email

I had to put it in here though, since it's comical as hell. Gary Jones sent it to me a while back, and I finally found it. Whoever wrote it can take credit if they feel like."I was walking home Sunday...
Posted by John Barr on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:42:00 PST