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Max Alert

Far too frail! My subculture kicks your subculture's arse.

About Me

inside my head i see a nice person, but...i don't know. when i speak, i tend to be honest to a fault, but...people hear what they hear. i'm probably too emotional and when you're "too" anything it is a problem.i made the last couple of years harder than they had to be and am really striving to do better in the future. i tend to put all my energy into one thing or area and it has made other areas suffer. my new plan is to be more open to new things and new people so that i can try to learn from my mistakes.i like animals more than people for the most part and would rather be alone than go out. i don't mesh as well with people these days so i find it best to be in my house when not working.i love my career. my job and the people i work with are awesome. i didn't intend to work in post production but am glad that that is where i landed because it is something i enjoy and think i'm fairly good at for the most part so it makes me happy. i also play poker to support my income and that is one of my few "social" events. i play 3 - 5 times a week and find a lot of internal and external satisfaction in it.i used to make music but i don't currently have any desire to persue it. even though music is still a passion for me, i no longer feel like i have what it takes to make good music. maybe that will change. i hope so as that is what i've always wanted to do.

My Interests

poop, poker, music, video games (Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Halo, SoCom, Katamari Damacy, Tomb Raider are some big favorites), hard work, DJing, organization, animals, staying up all night, drum and bass, wrc, horror movies, british comedy, UFC, words, language, naps, apple computers, logic audio, books, the scent of a girl, toys, jhnen's artwork and comics, staying in when others go out, going to the movies (with certain others, awesome...alone, even better), taking showers, collecting records, making mixes, smiling at people when i pass them on the street, hot tamales, petrichor, the night,...

I'd like to meet:

I'd really like to meet my mother's father and Douglas Adams. Although I'm willing to wait a little longer. otherwise, i just want to meet and have good people around me that have their best interest as well as mine at heart.

Music:

coil, in the nursery, boards of canada, autechre, skinny puppy, aphex twin, dntel, manual, cocteau twins, portishead, massive attack, front 242, r.e.m, joy division, new order, electronic, wireless, moby, xymox, current 93, nitzer ebb, download, doubting thomas, si begg, kraftwerk, roxette, my life with the thrill kill kult, the cure, peter murphy, mum, john murphy, 808 state, acen, air, air liquide, as one, bauhaus, bel canto, belle & sebastian, bigod 20, black tape for a blue girl, bochum welt, book of love, baindead soundmachine, breakbeat era, cabaret voltaire, cccp, chemical brothers, chris & cosey, chris connelly, clan analogue, click click, clock dva, consolidated, curve, daniel ash, david bowie, dead can dance, death cab for cutie, depeche mode, digable planets, division day, east flatbush, eat static, echo & the bunnymen, electronic, esthero, everything but the girl, fc kahuna, fluke, freaky chakra, front line assembly, funkstrung, garbage, gridlock, groove armada, halou, herrmann &kleine, hilt, i am robot and proud, interpol, jane's addiction, jega, jem, jin, karen han, kinesthesia, KMFDM, l'usine, lali puna, lamb, languis, leftfield, leonard cohen, linkin park, lords of the new church, love & rockets, lsg, lush, mar, mc 900 ft jesus, meat beat manifesto, mercy shore, mike paradinas, nine inch nails, oasis, orbital, ozric tentacles, pan sonic, paul schwartz peter schiling, phaser, phoenicia, pigface, pj harvey, plaid, plastikman, plateau, polygon window, pulp, push button objects, rabbit in the moon, radiohead, rob dugan, royksopp, saint etienne, sigur ros, single gun theory, siouxsie & the banshees, smashing pumpkins, soft cell, squarepusher, st. germain, swans, tear garden, the art of noise, the grid, the jesus and mary chain, the klf, the legendary pink dots, the orb, the smiths, tones on tail, tricky, uberzone, underworld, UNKLE, vector-lovers, voodoo child, what she wore, µ-Ziq ...

Movies:

i am a huge fan of movies. who isn't i guess, but i really like them a lot and used to go out to see them more often. going to back into that. i also like to watch good movies many times. some of my favorites are...28 days later, hellraiser, in the mouth of madness, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, serenity, the godfather, henry: portrait of a serial killer, a clockwork orange, american history x, aliens, the matrix, ginger snaps, say anything, suspiria, terror at the opera, the exorsist III, dogma, boondock saints, the princess bride, shaun of the dead, predator, amelie, audition, punch drunk love, magnolia, the texas chainsaw masacre, lock stock and two smoking barrels, monty python and the holy grail, star wars (4-6), ladyhawke, dawn of the dead, and many more...


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Television:

i love tv. i know it is considered the "idiot box", but i enjoy it a lot. some of my favorites are: house, the amazing race, jeopardy, 24, the west wing, arrested development (stupidly cancelled), invader zim (*sigh*), the daily show with john stewart, inside the actor's studio, top chef, the world poker tour, the late show with david letterman, big brother, this american life, survivor, bones, high stakes poker, studio 60 on the sunset strip, the office, the black donnellys (stupidly canceled), american idol, poker after dark, project runway...

Books:

the hitchhiker's "trilogy", dirk gently's holistic detective agency, the long dark teatime of the soul, a salmon of doubt, the meaning of liff, spirit of 69, pol pot, polio, first they killed my father, american gods, the harry potter books, a perfect day for banannafish, stranger in a strange land, swan song, the cat who walks through walls, to sail beyond the sunset, supersystem, the stand, the talisman, a good bit of southern american lit...

Heroes:

i looked the word up and i don't think i have any, strictly speaking. i am fairly sure i've never met a "mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability" but i can't be sure. if i have they didn't identify themselves as such. another definition is "a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities or one that shows great courage". i have met a few of those i suppose but none that i could call my own. however i did find an alternate one that says a hero can be "an object of extreme admiration and devotion" but that looks like it is leaning more toward idolatry and we all know how scary that can be.for now i'm gonna say none...

My Blog

the sun...

...has really been pissing me off this week with all this crazy heat...but i have to give it mad props for the sunrise i just saw. good stuff.
Posted by Max Alert on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:58:00 PST

A Choice in Your Number of "Top Friends"

I know there are several ways to get this done but I thought this one was kind of cool because you can choose 4, 8, 12, 16.  The downside is you have to add the X Men profile.  Whatevers.&nb...
Posted by Max Alert on Thu, 11 May 2006 01:30:00 PST

My Johari Window

I'd posted this in a bulletin and know I post too many of those so most people probably ignore them.  So, if you know me (for real) and you'd like to do this I'd appreciate it. http://kevan.org/...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:25:00 PST

the circle closes

i tried to be subtle and use some tact when dealing with a sensetive situation with a friend...and i was called a liar. I looked to a friend for counsel...and was accused of talking behind someone'...
Posted by Max Alert on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:03:00 PST

Full circle...cont'd

Anyway, I just realized I have a boatload of Won I need to change in before I get on the plane so I'm going to have to make this shorter than I thought...So the first night I went to bed at an okay ti...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

And we come full circle...

Hello all. Back in the Incheon airport getting ready to head back to Los Angeles. I am going to miss travelling and seeing new places, but it'll be nice to have the comfort ( and order...I know I'm a ...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

In Seoul...

Wow...what a difference a day makes.The internet is crazy expensive here but I'm being treated like I own the place and you could land a plane in the room they gave me. :)I'll probably update less due...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Hello Internet!

Wow...a lot has happened since last I wrote. Not sure when I'll get to write again so I'll jot down some things I'd like to expand on as well as tell what I've done yesterday and today.After I wrote m...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Very nice day in Lao...

Today was great.Last night after writing, we settled in a bit and had some food. We planned for our day trek today then went and watched the Last Samauri. Jay and A&W had some "Happy and Funny for...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

In Lao now...cont'd

Anyway...I'm almost done but it's better to be safe.The minibus was just the 6 of us along with the driver and an English speaking guide so it was cool. We had to stop to go to the bathroom so we went...
Posted by Max Alert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST