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About Me

To know me is to, well, tolerate me. I enjoy many aspects of the "lower arts," particularly metal and pro wrestling, both of which get a rather unfair rep by society at large. I hope to at least partially disprove the old stereotypes of metal/wrestling enthusiasts. I'm pretty open-minded of most things/kinds of people, probably because my college experience was spent with all types of "outsiders": punks, goths, metalheads, you name it. I'm something of an "outsider" myself I suppose, but you wouldn't know it just from looking at me.Basically, my life is fairly quiet and free of drama. I'm married very happily, and generally enjoy myself.

My Interests

Metal, sociology, journalism, pro wrestling

I'd like to meet:

Old friends, new friends, wrestling and metal enthusiasts. Basically, anyone I share common interests with or someone who can appreciate a somewhat warped sense of humor/view of the world.

Music:

Basically, lots of metal:
Iron Maiden (BEST. METAL. BAND. EVER.)
High on Fire
In Flames
Immortal
I
Dark Tranquillity
Death
Nine Inch Nails
Satyricon
Opeth
Mastodon
Gojira
Celtic Frost
Queens of the Stone Age
System of a Down
Agalloch
Fear Factory
Motorhead
Turbonegro
Enslaved
Early Man
Katatonia
Lacuna Coil
Lamb of God
Megadeth
Metallica (first four albums, dude)
Anthrax
SLAYER!!!
Emperor
Mayhem
Meshuggah
Jesu
Pelican
Trivium
Isis
Nightwish
At The Gates
Lots of bands.
Non-metal raves: Bob Mould/Husker Du/Sugar
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
TV On The Radio
Interpol
Morrissey/The Smiths

And a ton of 1980s stuff:
Peter Gabriel
Def Leppard
Prince
NWA

So there's enough variety to keep things interesting, but most of the time, I'm listening to metal.

Movies:

Pulp Fiction and most any Tarantino movie
Star Wars series
Kevin Smith's first four movies, although that guy's an egotist asshole
Indiana Jones series
SHAFT.
I generally like action movies, comedies, 80s movies, some indie movies.
In honor of the holiday season, here's a special video, concerning the Greatest American Movie of All Time:

Television:

The Simpsons
Doctor Who and its spinoffs
Lost
The Office
Battlestar Galactica
Desperate Housewives
The Shield
Monday Night Raw, but NOT ECW OR SMACKDOWN. THOSE SHOWS COMPLETELY BLOW. RAW only MOSTLY blows, but it's still WWE's best offering. Not saying much.
TNA Impact!
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I'm a big fan of the recently cancelled Gilmore Girls and The O.C., as well.
VH1's stable of reality shows
Days of Our Lives
Pushing Daisies
Chuck
Bionic Woman

Books:

Recent reads: "Cat's Cradle," "Bluebeard," and "Hocus Pocus" by Kurt Vonnegut, and a ton of comics and graphic novels.

Heroes:

My late grandfather; Steve Jobs; Kurt Vonnegut; Patrick Swayze; The Iron Sheik; Joseph Mascolo, aka TV's Stefano DiMera of "Days of Our Lives" fame; Stone Cold Steve Austin; Chris Jericho; and Bruce Dickinson.

My Blog

To Facebook or not to Facebook?

So I just got off the phone with an old friend of mine, who is trying to talk me into getting a Facebook account.I've resisted, because, even after they ended the college-only thing, I've felt that th...
Posted by Jim on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:17:00 PST

Strange celebrity crushes, Part 1

Famous or not so famous people I have a thing for (in some cases, I'm not even sure why):The Gilmore Girls. One year after the cancellation, and I'm still sad. Don't get me wrong, the show wasn't fo...
Posted by Jim on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:33:00 PST

Dave Meltzer can kiss my ass

Here's my totally biased, completely out-of-my-ass view on the year that was 2007 in wrestling, a year I saw only like 3 or 4 PPVs and only watched 30 minutes of RAW, most of Impact! and absolutely no...
Posted by Jim on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:50:00 PST

OK, so we didn’t smash it...

Followup to previous blog. Read that one first.The offending part of that ornament was easily removed (its a piece of plastic affixed to the ornament), so I made some modifications....
Posted by Jim on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:03:00 PST

Here’s an ornament that is NOT going on the tree this year...

Shannon and I were just decorating the tree when I found this little gem of Christmas cheer.Needless to say, this is getting smashed soon.Here's the other side, in case you were curious....
Posted by Jim on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:59:00 PST

My Top 30 Albums of 2007

Yeah, why not. I posted this elsewhere on the Internet, as well, but its an easy blog entry.I'm no critic, but I've listened to a fair amount of releases this year, and I'm a nerd, so I'm compelled t...
Posted by Jim on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:13:00 PST

Rank the "Kliq"

You heard me.Me:1. Shawn Michaels.2. Kevin Nash.3. HHH.4. Scott Hall.1,000,000. Sean Waltman.Hey yo. Go.
Posted by Jim on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:21:00 PST

My thoughts on ECW getting renewed for 2008.

A visual presentation:...
Posted by Jim on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:23:00 PST

DIE SPAMBOT DIE

A face I never need to see again:12 freaking friend requests in like, two days. Different names, same freaking pic.NO I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR WEBCAM.ARGH.So THIS is why people are migrating to Faceb...
Posted by Jim on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

You know you’re a 90s wrestling fan if...

-- You remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard about Bret getting screwed-- You remember when Ron Simmons said more than "DAMN!" and actually held a world title-- You ever chant...
Posted by Jim on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:47:00 PST