Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe

About Me

I'm 26, glad I've done what I've done and hope to do all that I plan. Life changed after traveling in Europe and again after AmeriCorps *NCCC (Perry Point 4 eva!). My massive motorcycle road trip across the U.S. is over. 21,000 miles spread out over five months. I'm slowly putting together the perfect Reuben sandwich. I'm going to the university now. My grades have been superb so far. Now I need to find a way to pay for it all. My current plan is to work at the oil refineries and use the money to keep going to school. After that I guess I'll try to keep it as surreal as I have been these past few years, but you know how shit goes... That Beetle said it best; Life is what happens when you're making other plans. I guess then that whatever happens in between I'm mostly cool with. Mostly.* Music is paramount. My Scandinavian metal collection is expansive, but I've been known to dip my fingers in many musical pies (I love pies). I am into a variety of music though and I may know a thing or two about artist X if you would ever want to give it a shot. I'm a movie nerd, too. I recently found out that I was part of a test audience for "Raising Arizona". I was 7 and I didn't like it. And apparently I told them in no uncertain terms. *Aliens reference
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My Interests

Fascinating folk (it doesn't take much), heavy fuckin' metal, myself, travel, odd cultural references, looking forward, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), wheelin' n' dealin', reminiscin', Reuben sandwiches, root beer, hiking in Washington, ales, key lime pies, blustery fall days, factoids, public libraries...

I'd like to meet:

People who bring things to life that I would otherwise never notice, people who are good at the things that I am not, "the one" and any friend I may run into in my time. And all my Hollywood girlfriends (see blog).

Music:

Favorite artists: Guns n' Roses ~ Nightwish ~ Opeth ~ In Flames ~ Metallica '83 - '88 ~ Amon Amarth ~ Rodrigo y Gabriela**********On my iriver right now :********** AC/DC ~ Alison Krauss + Union Station ~ Arch Enemy ~ Amon Amarth ~ Children of Bodom ~ Coldplay ~ Cypress Hill ~ Dead Presidents soundtrack ~ Deicide ~ Dimension Zero ~ Ella Fitzgerald ~ Fear Factory ~ Gamma Ray ~ Global Underground: 016 Dave Seaman in Cape Town ~ Guns N' Roses ~ Hammerfall ~ Hypocrisy ~ Iced Earth ~ In Flames ~ Iron Maiden ~ Johnny Cash ~ Judas Priest ~ Kansas City Soundtrack ~ Lionel Richie ~ Machinehead ~ Megadeth ~ Metallica ~ Miles Davis ~ Ministry ~ Nightwish ~ Notorious B.I.G. ~ Oasis ~ Old Man's Child ~ Opeth ~ Origin ~ Ozzy ~ Pantera ~ Parliament ~ Patsy Cline ~ Public Enemy ~ Queensryche ~ Rodrigo y Gabriela ~ Sepultura ~ Slayer ~ Snoop ~ S.O.D. ~ Stevie Wonder ~ Stratovarius ~ Swordmaster ~ Testament ~ The Crown w/ and w/out Tomas Lindberg on vocals ~ The Cure ~ The Eagles (yeah, that's right... shut up) ~ The Haunted ~ Therion ~ Tom Petty ~ U2 (but not that new shit) and the Wu-Tang Clan.Plus a ton of songs from artists who never made a decent complete album.Dig a third of these bands and I will love you forever (ladies only).Thanx Irene for the ~ idea. Always credit your sources.

Movies:

******THAT I LOVE******: The George A. Romero series (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead) ~ Repo Man ~ 28 Days Later ~ The Descent ~ Leon the Professional ~ Freddy Got Fingered ~ Training Day ~ Old Boy ~ Serial Mom ~ Jacob's Ladder ~ Harold and Maude ~ Crouching Tiger ~ Hero ~ Wet Hot American Summer ~ The Corporation ~ Ronin ~ Ong-Bak ~ the Talented Mr. Ripley ~ LOTR series ~ Return of the Living Dead ~ Bubba Ho-Tep ~ Devil's Rejects ~ City of God ~ Amelie ~ Brick...Reloaded and Revolutions were CRAP.

Television:

UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade) ~ Metalocalypse ~ old Ren and Stimpy ~ Weird TV ~ Law And Order before Angie Harmon and all the spin-offs ~ Beavis and Butt-Head (the videos) ~ old Liquid Television ~ early '90's Headbangers Ball ~ SNL during the '96 presidential race ~ the War of the Worlds TV show (horribly overacted but with innovative gore) ~ McGuyver ~ Homicide: Life On The Streets ~ hockey on CBC~The Box when it was on. Can't forget the throwaway genius of Family Guy and to some extent American Dad either.This group busts your brain!

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Books:

******THAT I LOVE******: Among the Thugs ~ Shogun, Siddartha ~ Lonesome Dove ~ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ~ Soul on Ice ~ early Choose Your Own Adventures ~ Scary Stories (which every child should be issued by age 8) ~ the Culture Shock! series ~ the Godfather ~ H.P Lovecraft's collections ~ The Autobiography of Malcolm X ~ A People's History of the United States...

Heroes:

No one person has ever been complete enough to be my hero. Instead, I tend to "heroize" certain traits. Whereas "hero" is an all encompassing term to me, "role model" is more what I see. Someday though, I will become my own hero and then hopefully I'll be the kind of father I never had.Stephen Colbert at White House Correspondence Dinner

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My Blog

First quarter wrap-up, next quarter ramp-up.

I did pretty well. Pulled off the improbable A from my Comm. 220 class and settled for an A- in my Comm. 101 class. My performance in my 101 class got me an invitation to be an instructor&...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:29:00 PST

My 26-year-old thoughts on debt in America, 2008

If I’m to go into debt for anything, I’d rather it not be for a Communications degree from a public university. A house? Different story. A family or a business venture?&...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:37:00 PST

Contemporary Americana def. & ex. UPDATED 3/28

My definition of Contemporary Americana is constantly being amended, but for now it’s something like this: Anything uniquely American that has been experienced by a wide assortment of Amer...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:12:00 PST

Coming together like butt cheeks

No eloquent writings on the past week, just a brief update. First off, I aced my final speech in Comm. 101. Overall I’ve gotten A-’s on all four speeches and a B- on the midter...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:59:00 PST

Slayer did not deserve a Grammy

Slayer should not have won the best metal song. Slayer has been around a long time, yes, and their influence on the scene is undeniable, but let's face it, they are OLD. Their style and me...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:06:00 PST

Last week was rough, but brisket makes it better (PHOTO BLOG).

I gotta remember to keep current on this blog. If it seems like I haven't done many interesting things since the road trip ended, then last week would be a notable exception. We'll start w...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:30:00 PST

Polar Bear Run ’08

Just got done with the Lake Padden Polar Bear Run. For those who don't know, a polar bear run is a tradition where you run into a freezing cold body of water on New Year's Day. I've done i...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:30:00 PST

For all those I met on the road

There's something I didn't tell all you new folk I met this summer. I could explain it in writing here, but I think you'll enjoy the video more. There you go. My horrible b...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:29:00 PST

First post-trip blog EVER

After a weeklong delay, I spent the first night in my new studio last night. I'll post pics when I get everything set up. Right now it's a mite haphazard looking, but it should come togeth...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:22:00 PST

The final road trip blog: Bellingham, WA 11/11

The last week of the trip saw me hanging out with Dorian, Kris, Mary, Haddie, Brent and Tasha from *NCCC. It's a funny thing about being on the road for five months. You have all the time ...
Posted by Rupert Murdoch presents: Gabe on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:18:00 PST