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Searching for Something

We all just want to be wanted.

About Me

I'm an aspiring writer by night, and an overworked cubicle monkey by day. I came to San Francisco from the cold hills of Eastern Pennsylvania, and I don't think I will be going back. It took 3,000 miles and several years to free myself from that well-meaning but ultimately stifling conservative upbringing, and I am still evolving. Those who knew me way back when might have trouble recognizing me now, but I remain an unrepentant geek at heart.

My Interests

Alternative People, Ancient Anything, Animals, Anime, Archeology, Art, Artificial Intelligence, Books, Celtic Culture, Comics, Cooking, Cosmology, Dogs, Electronica, Fantasy, Fitness, Fnord, Forteanism, Fringe Societies, Futurism, Gaming of All Kinds, Gothic Horror, Hiking, History, Indie Rock, Literature, Middle Eastern Culture, Movies, Mythology, Nature, Organic Eating, Philosophy, Photography, Playing Guitar (just a beginner), PnP RPGs, Politics (Foreign and Domestic), Premium Alcoholic Beverages, Sci-Fi, Sex, Space Travel, Tattoos, Technology, Terrestrial Travel, Television, Transhumanism, Trip Hop, Vinyl, Weaponry, Weirdness, Writing.

I'd like to meet:

Creative, intelligent, tolerant people. People who are honest. People with a point of view. People who love a good story. People who like to watch other people, being people. Goths, Punks, and other sensitive tattooed folks. Artists. Musicians. Foodies. Free Spirits. Single Malt Spirits. Models with Brains. Comic Book Fans. Gamer Geeks. Geeks in General. People who don't think being a Geek is something to be ashamed of. Actors who understand the material. Innovators. Mad Scientists. Nymphomaniacs. AIs. Armchair Philosophers. Tattooists. Transhumanists. Aliens. Stripper/Ninjas. Time Travellers. Writers of all tastes genres and morphologies.

And You.

Music:

Against Me!, Alice in Chains, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Arcade Fire, Autolux, Badly Drawn Boy, the Beastie Boys, Beck, Birdmonster, Bloc Party, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Boy Least Likely To, Jeff Buckley, the Chemical Brothers, the Clash, the Crystal Method, the Cure, the Dandy Warhols, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Division Day, the Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, the Flaming Lips, Flickerstick, Flogging Molly, the Heavenly States, the Hives, House of Pain, Jane's Addiction, the Killers, Kings of Leon, KRS One, Led Zeppelin, Lords of Acid, Massive Attack, Mastodon, Metallica, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Modest Mouse, NIN, Nirvana, Paul Oakenfold, Panic! at the Disco, the Pixies, the Pogues, the Police, Portishead, REM, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, She Wants Revenge, the Shins, Sneaker Pimps, Spoon, Stone Temple Pilots, Strange Rebel Frequency, Suitcase, U2, the Von Bondies, Tom Waits, Weezer, the Who, Wolfmother, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rob Zombie

Movies:

Alien, American Beauty, Batman Begins, Blade Runner, Casablanca, Dangerous Beauty, The Dark Crystal, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Fifth Element, Fight Club, A Fish Called Wanda, Full Metal Jacket, Galaxy Quest, The Godfather (I and II), Goodfellas, Grizzly Man, Igby Goes Down, The Incredibles, Interview with the Vampire, Jaws, Little Miss Sunshine, Lawrence of Arabia, LOTR, Memento, Name of the Rose, Nausicaa, Ninja Scroll, Office Space, Patton, Pi, Pirates of the Carribean, The Princess Bride, Pulp Fiction, The Royal Tannenbaums, Secretary, Shaun of the Dead, The Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Stalag 17, SW (Original Trilogy, please), Sin City, Snatch, STII: The Wrath of Khan, True Romance, The Usual Suspects, Venus Wars, Wild at Heart, Withnail and I

Television:

Is this the part where I'm supposed to tow the hipster line and say that I don't even own a tv? Well you know what? I do own one. And yeah, there are actually a few things worth watching: Arrested Development, BSG, Cowboy Beebop, Family Guy, Firefly, Futurama, Heroes, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Lost, Mythbusters, The Office, Venture Brothers

Books:

American Gods, At the Mountains of Madness, Beowulf, The Book of the New Sun, Brave New World, Burning Chrome, A Canticle for Leibowitz, Cat's Cradle, The Dark Knight Returns, The Devil's Dictionary, The Diamond Age, The Divine Comedy, Dracula, Dune, Empire of the Sun, Ender's Game, Fahrenheit 451, A Farewell to Arms, Fierce Invalids from Hot Climates, Fight Club, The Forever War, Frankenstein, L.A. Confidential, The Man in the High Castle, The Martian Chronicles, The Name of the Rose, Neuromancer, Out of Sheer Rage, Perdido Street Station, The Road, A Scanner Darkly, Slaughterhouse Five, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, A Song of Ice and Fire, Stranger in a Strange Land, Under the Volcano, Watchmen, Where I'm Calling From, Zen and the Art of Writing, and every word Shakespeare ever wrote.

Heroes:

Archimedes, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, Galileo Galilei, Ulysses S. Grant, Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Neil Gaiman, Niccolo Machiavelli, George S. Patton, Edgar Allen Poe, Ronald D. Moore, Teddy Roosevelt, William Shakespeare, Kurt Vonnegut. That nice man from Nazareth was pretty awesome, too - if you cut through all the dogmatic bullshit that's been shoveled on top of him.

Which Trainspotting Character Are You?

I adopted a cute lil' gothy fetus from Fetusmart! Hooray fetus!

My Blog

Yeah, Its That Time: The 2007 AHA Heartwalk

Once again, I am burning shoe leather for this event.  As most of you know, I hate pestering people for donations, but this one means a lot to me. Besides, you never come and visit, so you owe...
Posted by Searching for Something on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:09:00 PST

On Command


Posted by Searching for Something on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

I am Compelled by LoLCats...

            ..t-->My score on../t--> The Which Lolcat Are You? Test:        Serious Cat        ...
Posted by Searching for Something on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:29:00 PST

A Mighty Wind

Continuing my vacation in the wondrous state of Pennsylvania, I began with a visit to my friend Ryan.  We had lunch, went wine tasting, and geeked out a lot.  My only regret was overdressing...
Posted by Searching for Something on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:10:00 PST

Top Billing

The billboard for the Marin County Civic Center rotates through a list of the attractions to be found at the County Fair: Bat Benatar The Village People Pig Races Now there's a billing you want to fi...
Posted by Searching for Something on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:55:00 PST

Save Internet Radio

"The more you tighten your grip, Clear Channel, the more music fans shall slip through your fingers."Moreover, this Sunday:A Benefit for SaveNetRadio.orgI've been listening to Ted (the guy behind Bage...
Posted by Searching for Something on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:58:00 PST

Various and Sundry

The insomnia didn't last, which is nice.  The fact that I worked out a lot the past three days helped. (Interesting side effect - I am no longer comfortable sleeping on my side all night - I have...
Posted by Searching for Something on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:23:00 PST

Pay no attention...

to the man behind the blog. I feel like a man who has been groping through the darkness, looking for the faint glint of light from a diamond.The only problem is, I may have gone blind and not known it...
Posted by Searching for Something on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:54:00 PST

LOL is Out of Control

Observe the hilarity: LOLCode And if that isn't geeky enough for you: LOLTrek Has the LOLcats thing gone too far? Will our grandchildren be speaking this? I cannot say. In other news, I may be head...
Posted by Searching for Something on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:38:00 PST

BayCon

This weekend, I'm attending the Bay Areas' local sci-fi convention, appropriately known as BayCon.  Regional conventions aren't always the greatest, but the SF Bay has more than it's fair share o...
Posted by Searching for Something on Sun, 27 May 2007 02:25:00 PST