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iPat

He gets a check from the government for being crazy.

About Me

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Just your average misunderstood, free-thinking freakshow.~~~~~~ The sun sets ten minutes from my house. The ocean is right over there (see?) and the mountains are over there (no. There. In the east.) I live in the best city in the universe and I have the sweetest girlfriend ever. Life sucks. Apparently, and I did not know this until recently, I am a sarcastic bastard. So be it.You know, destruction is a form of creation. Just a thought.So it this: Maynard. White blockish building. Black windows. Big windows. Porpoises across the street. Carbeurator. Cellophane. Carl Malden. Orange marmalade. Bubkes... Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

Music (avant garde), Books (good), film (noir), Earth, space, ocean, spirit, life, death, order, chaos, harmony and discord.The real deal, though?

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, Moses, Ghandi, Dalai Lama. But they're fairly busy and/or dead. So, I suppose I'd just like to meet various interesting people and some of my heroes...

Music:

RADIOHEAD, The Smiths, Sigur Ros, Tool, The Police, Muse, XTC, Pinback, Rush, Elvis Costello, the Dannnyy Luupnuur Quintet, David Bowie, Aphex Twin, The Beta Band, The JAMC, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Clash, Interpol, She Wants Revenge, Bloc Party, Clinic, Echo & The Bunnymen, Gram Rabbit, Death Cab, Teenage Fanclub, Built To Spill, Autechre, Supergrass, New Order, Cocteau Twins, COIL, Depeche Mode, Elefant, Yo La Tengo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Walkmen, Teardrop Explodes, The Futureheads, The Kills, The Pretenders, Sonic Youth, Skinny Puppy, Dead Kennedys, there are so many...I like every band ever. Except Gwen Stefani. She's awwwwful. I like this better:

Movies:

Donnie Darko, Wings of Desire, The Last Supper, Snatch, I Heart Huckabees, Cinema Paradiso, Donnie Darko, Pulp Fiction, Eraserhead, Waking Life, The Hunger, Brain Candy (Hey, kids. Where's your father? He's upstairs masturbating to gay porn.), did I mention Donnie Darko?, Eternal Sunshine, Office Space, Spinal Tap, The Exorcist, The Shining, Jaws Five - Fire Island (Hey...I'm gonna eat that hairy leg!) and anything with Wilford Brimley in it...like Donnie Darko. He was an extra in that picture.Radiohead sounds better than ever. Listen to this stellar performance:

Television:

QVC, Home Shopping Network, any shows about suicide or programs with Charleton Heston (post-mortem) in them. TV sucks.But watch this anyway. It sums what I've been griping at you about all this time:

Books:

Chomsky, Thurber, Goodman, Ivins, Hightower, Palast, Franken, Maars, Roy, Keillor, Uris, Vonnegut, Leonard, McCourt, McMurtry, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Shakespear, Adams, Newton, Nietzsche, Paul, Isaiah, Daniel, John, Paul, George, Ringo and Thom.

Heroes:

Jesus, Amy Howard, Moses, Dalai Lama, Ghandi, Jackson Shehane, the WTO protestors, Alex Jones, Al Franken, Amy Goodman, Jello Biafra, Thom Yorke, Johnny Cash, Wilford Brimley in Donnie Darko and Charleton Heston (post-mortem)

My Blog

Damn. I Don’t Know What To Say

    I just realized that since I've arrived in California, I don't have anything to rant about.  Life is...pretty, pretty, pretty good.  I know I have obligations, debts and p...
Posted by iPat on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:45:00 PST

Follow-up to "25 Years"

    I want to thank those of you, friends all, who responded with words of encouragement, understanding, reassurance...support.  I can only tell you that in this trying time in my ...
Posted by iPat on Mon, 19 May 2008 05:14:00 PST

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Radiohead, me and Dallas, Texas

    I looked into this guy, Jeremiah Wright, and listened to the entire sermon whose soundbite (i.e. "God Damn America") has been played ad nauseum in mass media efforts to bash Barack ...
Posted by iPat on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:41:00 PST

Functions of the Right-Wing Populist Mind (pt. 1)

    How is it that a media apparatus which almost perpetually apologizes for and covers for the Bush Administration and its comrades can be construed as, "The Liberal Media", called tha...
Posted by iPat on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:22:00 PST

The Bible isnt One Book (And Kevin Costner IS Hot)

As claimed by a survey respondent. "The Bible isn't one book".The question (asked by Steve) was, "What is MY favorite book?".  I answered that way because Steve has never read any book of th...
Posted by iPat on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:35:00 PST

Consolidated

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the end of America, the rise of the Fourth Reich and the arrival of Friendly Fascism.  Regrettably, millions will die as before.  But think of the tremendous...
Posted by iPat on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:55:00 PST

Advice to a friend

It reads like you have a fairly clear understanding of your triggers...those people, places, things and situations which lead you to behave in a manner you would normally not...in regard to alcohol.&n...
Posted by iPat on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:45:00 PST

Things For Which Im Thankful

1: Bread.  I've never tried it, personally.  But I understand it's just...just great.2: Shaving cream.  So much more effective than tile grout.3: Women.  Without them all the ...
Posted by iPat on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:51:00 PST

Last night I had the strangest dream

 As I remember it:  I was pitching in an amateur baseball game...at a carnival...at night...against the Chicago White Sox.  I was frustrated because I could not find the strike zone.&nb...
Posted by iPat on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:15:00 PST

Abortion, and who should be aborted.

Pro-life or Pro-choice? Do I like abortion?  No.  Do I get a sexual thrill out of it, like our president and his henchmen do over the blood of slain soldiers?  Hell no.  But techni...
Posted by iPat on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:34:00 PST