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About Me

"Come waste your time with me"-Trey Anastasio"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it."-Adam Smith"The secret of great wealth with no obvious source is some forgotten crime, forgotten because it was done neatly."-Balzac"As Bokonon teaches us:Tiger got to hunt/ Bird got fly/ Man got to ask himself/ why why whyTiger got to sleep/ Bird got to land/ Man got to tell himself/ he understand"-Kurt Vonnegut"Sexual insecurity results in a supermasculinity trip called imperialism."-Jerry RubinMan, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shiat we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.-tyler durden"One of the of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting every one else to give it up."-CS Lewis"Men did not make the earth... It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property... Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds."-Thomas Paine"I want you to notice when I'm not around"-Thom Yorke

My Interests

my name is keenan. I have very poor spending habits. The absolutism of my early youth has given way to a soft hesitancy. I'm non partisan. I was born in fairview hospital (minneapolis), spent my childhood on the island of Hawaii & grew up in north dakota. I have a bad reputation with the townies. I'm a mongrel. I don't believe things are as they seem. I'm currently traveling the united states, I work at hotels. I like to cook watch documentaries take very hot showers ride motorcycles seek truth take very cold showers play poker juggle pins/balls/oranges etc, kick hack read write drink run swim climb skate fight trip play video games and so forth. I'd like to find my place in the world. figure out what's what. you know, like wtf is really going on here. finding the correct course of action. things need correcting.

I'd like to meet:

Maxwell's Daemon and Schrodinger's cat

Music:

creedence clearwater revival, fugazi, orange dust, pepper, blur, weather report, buena vista social club, g. love and special sauce, depeche mode, samosa, immortal technique, brother israel kamakawiwo'ole, aphex twin, beatsteaks, panic! at the disco, talking heads, white town, tupac, cake, the eels, portishead, prefuse 73, arctic monkeys, sublime, cat stevens, violent femmes, autechre, better than ezra, styles of beyond, fatboy slim, the rapture, afroman, the british murder boys, the surgeon, snoop dogg, air, fischerspooner, queens of the stone age, the streets, moksha, the cure, orbital, kyoto beat orchestra, the subways, skalpel, felt, ben folds five, green velvet, the pixies, belle and sebastian, timo maas, they might be giants, inkedindecision, the bloodhound gang, chemical brothers, the dandy warhols, photek, of montreal, jane's addiction, spoon, adam beyer, pedro the lion, tortoise, future sound of london, propagandhi, jantri, brian eno, dntel, the postal service, death cab for cutie (in that order), richie hawtin, pastikman, weezer, apoptygma berserk, sycamore smith, michael jackson, phil colins, drive o dreamer, sigur ros, paul dailey, telepathy, prodigy, the blood brothers, the neptunes, n.e.r.d., dj dan, bob dylan, dj qbert, bread, broken social scene, the velvet underground, the beatles, shpongled, derision, beck, wilco, red hot chili peppers, john denver, social distortion, the orb, handsome boy modeling school, lords of acid, ok go, front 242, marvin gaye, nic garcia, vnv nation, beastie boys, coheed and cambria, gary numan, dillinger escape plan, groove armada, faux jean, moby, digable planets, tori amos, horse the band, new order, junkie xl, sublime, coltrane, manu chau, sasha, john digweed, green day, sonic youth, juno reactor, le cirque rouge, underworld, nas, squarepusher, modest mouse, genesis, nirvana, nine inch nails, bloc party, mf doom, cream, rancid, nada surf, a perfect circle, jay z, ladytron, live, arcade fire, joy division, gang of four, anti-flag, primus, basement jaxx, bad religion (circa the grey race), phish, say anything, ESP, the notwist, husker du, jedi mind tricks, michael andrews, oasis, tv on the radio, kraftwerk, royksopp, tenacious d, bauhaus, the new pornographers, at the drive in, the mars volta, mindless self indulgence, blackalicious, talvin singh, james taylor, ben kweller, radiohead, the presidents of the united states of america, buck 65, me first and the gimmie gimmies, the get up kids, amon tobin, aesop rock, against me, m.i.a., daft punk, thievery corporation, a tribe called quest, dead milkmen, june panic, afro celt sound system, donovan, the bad plus, four tet, zwan, dillinja, explosions in the sky, venetian snares, everclear, the march on versaille, pavement, infected mushroom, tool, kool keith, john b, artbreaker, happy apple, spiritualized, every time I die, dead prez, david bowie, kanye west, nofx, hybrid, dangermouse, doormouse, ceelo green, outkast, goodie mob, dungeon family, tegan and sara, peaches, peter tosh, james patrick, john lennon, kentucky sound arsenal, atmosphere, el-p, brian transeau, boards of canada, wookiefoot, cky, corporate avenger, massive attack, tricky, junior gong, cursive, soul coughing, james zabiela, sona, busted up beats in general, etc

Movies:

steamboat bill, lone wolf mcquade, blue velvet, me and you and everyone we know, edward sissorhands, high fidelity, spun, the revolution will not be televised, broken flowers, silent hill, dead poets society, rodger and me, march of the penguins, fear and loathing in las vegas, deuce bigalow: european gigolo, gattaca, the big lebowski, maria full of grace, the adventures of sebastian cole, closer, the princess bride, fight club, hofmann's potion, the trip, altered states, 5th element, it's a wonderful life, the crow, johnny cash: the last great american, sin city, the missing secrets of nikola tesla, the mission, go, manufacturinig consent, rock and roll high school, a scanner darkly, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, saved, once we were warriors, groove, requiem for a dream, the matrix, why we fight, pi, baraka, storytelling, american beauty, the secret of nimh, waking life, garden state, kill bill, the money masters- the federal reserve history, the last temptation of jesus christ, the city of lost children, city of god, loose change, the motorcylce diaries, american history x, the swimming pool, el topo, the holy mountain, reservoir dogs, blow, zombie movies, supertroopers, half baked...

Television:

I liked walker texas ranger before it was hip to do so

Books:

kurt and mark vonnegut, isaac asimov, william james, john locke, ray bradbury, alan watts, ken kesey, aldous huxley, ludwig wittgenstein, hermann hesse, chuck palahniuk, henry david thoreau, henrik ibsen, paul williams, adam smith, stephen baxter, robert heinlein, albert camus, tom robbins, jurgen habermas, charles bukowski, george orwell, philip k dick, claude brown, lloyd alexander, ra salvatore, george rr martin, darby laine, bertrand russell, carl jung, eldridge cleaver, richard bach, william terry, orson scott card, jack kerouac, malcolm x, tom wolfe.

Heroes:

nikola tesla, andrew jackson, eugene debs, batman, bertrand russell, albert hofmann, my family, etc.

My Blog

cell phone conundrum

I can't decide on a cell phone/plan.  I think I might just get a pay as you go deal from a major carrier, or pay out the ass for tracphone minutes, cause the phone I really want (sony ericsson w8...
Posted by raise or fold on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:40:00 PST

a list of places I've been in the last 5 months.

    1. North Dakota       a. Grand Forks       b. Fargo    2. Hawaii       a. Kona (2x) ...
Posted by raise or fold on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:11:00 PST

I'm going to vegas

viva
Posted by raise or fold on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:01:00 PST

update

hi
Posted by raise or fold on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:09:00 PST

a hutterite girl smiled at me today

it was the most sincere, demure smile I've ever received.  at a walmart, no less.  ^_^    
Posted by raise or fold on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:39:00 PST

what should I do?

should I stay or should I go?
Posted by raise or fold on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:57:00 PST