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About Me

Hey guys, I'm a student at UCMT (that's massage therapy) and I am loving life right now as it comes to me. My friends are very important to me and I'm always looking to make more.
I'm a very passionate person and I hope that doesn't drive you away. I have an opinion about almost everything and I like talking about it. Everything from politics, the outdoors, conspiracy theories, religion, science, books, movies and god interest me. I also love to listen, pick up new points of view and digest them--I learn from the people around me.
A few things you'll probably find out soon enough when you meet me so I'll let you know now:
Gay: duh. If there's a problem with that it's clearly yours not mine. I respect the vocal bigot far more than the closeted Nazi. I'll assume you are cool with my orientation until I learn otherwise.
Atheist: or devout agnostic as I've heard it described. So what do I believe in? Mutual respect, dignity and personal freedoms. Let me be clear: by Atheist I mean that I do not believe in God but do not claim to know if this is true. I do however defend and respect people's rights to worship though I stray on the side of sacrilege.
Socialist: I believe that the most compassionate system of government looks out after the little guy, helps people to help themselves and protects them from corporate abuse... that makes me a socialist not an anarchist, communist, satanist or fascist--some don't seem to know the difference. That being said anyone who believes that any governmental structure will not suffer from the ills of corruption and tyranny should not try to hold a political conversation until they can handle reality.
Libertine: I follow convention as little as possible and I respect the same in others. Puritanical views of morality, quaint and comforting, but too simplistic and illogical. I defy religious mandates and establishments while in the pursuit of my own morality based upon rational thought not platitudes and dogma.
Pacifist: violence is reprehensible. Life and love is divine. One must be avoided at all costs and the other pursued with all energy of spirit.
Activist: as should you be.
Writer: Poetry, short fiction, editorial/opinion pieces.
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My Interests

writing, photography, political debates, talking, rational thought, parties, reading, research, documentaries, movies, drinking, shopping, massage therapy, working out, activism, science, hanging out, sex and everything else fun!

Create your own MySpace Slideshow! THINGS I DO NOT LIKE: walrus's, despots, lost items, slf's, laptop thieves, an empty stomach, wearing socks, stupid music, people who live their entire lives sheltered and closed to the opportunities the universe has to offer (actually I feel sorry for them).

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I'd like to meet:

SLC people, the politically active, the artist, the faggot, the queer, the radical, the hippy, the punk, the kinkster, the atheist, the mormon, the apostate, the pierced and inked, the hot, the poetic, the musically inclined, those who come as they are, those that live and love, the alcoholic, the gay, the lost and the lying.

Music:

Muse, Placebo, Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, Mars Volta, Hellogoodbye, The Strokes, The Fratellis, Mika, Interpol, Dangerous Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Stone Sour, A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, The Postal Service, Coldplay, Tool, Weezer, Cold, The Hives, The Vines, Snow Patrol, Nickelback, Hot Hot Heat, The Mars Volta, The Stills, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Razorlight, The Cure, Kaiser Chiefs, Shiny Toy Guns, Blaqk Audio, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Sea Wolf.

Movies:

Fear And Loathing, Pumping Velvet, V For Vendetta, Pan's Labyrinth, Thank You For Smoking, Running With Scissors, A Prairie Home Companion, Kinsey, Wait Until Dark, "Harry Potter," Stranger Than Fiction, "Pirates," Star Wars (Original Trilogy only), The Aviator,

Television:

Family Guy, Colbert Report, The Simpsons, Futurama, The Daily Show, South Park, King of the Hill, Project Runway, Boston Legal, CSI, West Wing, Star Trek, Mythbusters,Note: I currently don't have television, lol.

Books:

October Country, A Stranger in a Strange Land, The God Delusion, 1984, Animal Farm, The Twilight of American Culture, Harry Potter (all of em), 1984,

Heroes:

Dustin Robertson, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Ben Franklin, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Kinsey, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Heinlein, Mark Twain, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Steven Colbert.

My Blog

What a friend is... and a public apology

Everyone else has been going through so much and I've been lucky as of late until recently...it's a long story.So I get that family is important to a lot of people. Really I do. Ideally my...
Posted by Bitty on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:29:00 PST

Go Pete Ashdown!!!

I'm one of those cynical types who has lost faith in most politicians. Corruption, lack of accountability, words without actions, salesmanship over values. Then I had the privelage to tal...
Posted by Bitty on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:35:00 PST

TSC Smokers Not to Blame for Cache Air

My name is Matthew Blackham and I approve of this column's title. I woke up this morning without that familiar knot in my stomach that I experience when I don't know how my column is going to fl...
Posted by Bitty on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:52:00 PST

Oh my God I am in love

Attention Matt Blackham To the editor: In response to Matthew Blackham's article "Socialism not foreign to Utah," published in the Herald Journal on Oct 4. The boy has an attitude ...
Posted by Bitty on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:42:00 PST

Taking it Like a Man: Homophobia and the Male Identity

Before ever hearing about Kimmel's position on homophobia and masculinity in my Gender class, I knew the two were linked. Anyone who has faced homophobia better understands what I mean. Essentia...
Posted by Bitty on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:09:00 PST

Homos and Mormos

Okay I don't name the articles, and for whatever reason this week the Statesman decided to call this one "Homos and Momos have right to be heard." Hello? Mormon has an "r" in it. Sec...
Posted by Bitty on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:41:00 PST

War of the Words is upon us

Okay Peeps, here's the deal. Writing for the Statesman has brought enough heat over the last few weeks and I have remained pretty much a polite lil' liberal. I packed something of a punch this week.&n...
Posted by Bitty on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:15:00 PST

Reading

Anyone whos met me knows how cluttered my room is with loaned movies and books. It isnt uncommon to see me on the street book in hand, sometimes catching a paragraph waiting for or riding the bu...
Posted by Bitty on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:08:00 PST

Reclaiming the Word Patriot

In an atmosphere where the word patriotism is being rapidly reinvented I wish to briefly outline what a patriot is to me. A patriot is a citizen who will not sacrifice the fundamental rights gu...
Posted by Bitty on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:19:00 PST

My thoughts on immigration reform

Everyone has their own opinion about immigration now. But I really have yet to hear an original solution or one that I feel is comprehensive enough to successfully deal with the solution. ...
Posted by Bitty on Fri, 19 May 2006 05:57:00 PST