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Jake

we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving.

About Me

'even the deepest contemplation only recalls us to our unreality. seeing the self we take ourselves to be is illusory does not mean seeing through to something else. it is more like surrendering to a dream. to see our selves as figments is to awake, not to reality, but to a lucid dream, a false awakening that has no end.'
~ John Gray

'i don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. the main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning'
~Michel Foucault

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My Interests

THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE: "We have bigger houses but smaller families More conveniences, but less time We have more degrees, but less sense More knowledge, but less judgement More experts, but more problems More medicines, but less healthiness We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication We have become long on quantity, but short on quality. These are times of fast foods but slow digestion Tall man but short character Steep profits but shallow relationships. It's a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room." -Dalai Lama

I'd like to meet:

'a friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything'

'a pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.'

'after coming into contact with a religious man i always feel i must wash my hands.'

~ good 'ole Nietzsche

You are a
Social Liberal
(81% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(6% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist
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Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Music:

Scissor Sisters, Miguel Migs!!!, Radiohead, Portishead, Postal Service, Morcheeba, Rufus Wainwright, Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Wax Poetic, Tricky, Zero 7, Kings of Convenience, Hooverphonic, and when I'm out on the town: lots and lots of HOUSE MUSIC!

Movies:

The Constant Gardener, The Life of David Gale, Magnolia, American Beauty, Monster, Party Monster, The Corporation, and honestly too many to name.

Television:


You Are Most Like Samantha!
For you, dating is the ultimate sport
You're into guys with power, looks, or a lot of money.
You rather have a great two weeks than a great forever.
But even you fall victim to love from time to time. :-)

Romantic prediction: You'll find love in the next few months...

But you'll be the last one to realize it. Which Sex and the City Vixen Are You?

Books:

whats the matter with kansas? people's history of the united states. the corporation. fast food nation. too many. but right now "The Idea of the Self"

Heroes:

Frank Kameny, Che Guavera, Angelina Jolie

My Blog

Don't you love my gucci baby?

"Don't you love my new Gucci baby?"Genetic design in an age of unchallenged constructsby Jacob ParkinsonDebating the moral ambiguities of a new technology As human mastering of genetic manipulation fa...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

remember, remember the 5th of november

Dear Friends,I think it only appropriate that I write you on this day, the fifth of November, A British holiday crudely equivalent to our fourth of july. On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes plotted to bl...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:24:00 PST

Come See Iraq!

Screenplay: Come See Iraq!Screenwriter: Jacob KyleNarrator:Come see Iraq: land of the liberated. Come see democracy successfully exported to the formerly-barbaric Middle East. The flawless nation th...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:33:00 PST

The Problem with Pride: Finally, somebody WROTE it!

As I stroll (or rather speed-race, in Jake's typical belated fashion) the Seattle streets catching glimpses of advertisements for a pride club night, a pride park party, TWO pride parades, a pride tea...
Posted by Jake on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:00 PST

Where is the love?

Today has been a phenomenal day. It is my first day off in weeks, and I spent it in reading and contemplation, and I am feeling perhaps a little more calm at its close. With a big move and return to...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:18:00 PST

My Funny Valentine...and a spliff: February Holiday, Part 3

I have arrived safely in my lovely London. The end of the Ithaca portion was quality, with Matilda Wildee and Fraholdo Dee (sorcerer alter egos) finding manifestation in my friend Adria and I.  I...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:04:00 PST

Ithaca, My Ithaca: February Trip, Part 2

Well, my darling friends, the trip continues to prove both therapeutic and stimulating.  Time away from home and exposure to my 'ole college pals was much needed.  When I posted last, I was ...
Posted by Jake on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:16:00 PST

Sushi and Saki Bombs: February Trip, Part 1

I've decided, after much deliberation, to blog at least some of this vacation, so that my friends (who care) may know a little of what's going on.  As I haven't been away from my Seattle friends ...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:24:00 PST

I'M A GRAD STUDENT!

As of a few days ago, I know my future for the next year (at least). I heard back from UCL (University College London), and I'll be a grad student in political theory next fall. I've still to hear f...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:31:00 PST