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About Me

Is it me, for a moment?So, here I am. I'm out on my own and it's at turns wonderful, lonely and stressful. It seems like, at times, things can either go kind of how you want them to, or not at all, but the important thing is to resolutely pick yourself up when you get knocked down and to learn from your mistakes.When I look back on my life, leading up to this point, I'm proud of where I am. I've made some bad decisions up until now, and for the most part, I'm done making bad decisions. I've had a habit of making and keeping bad friends, but I'm finished with that. Anger, frustration and sadness have held me in their throe as well, and I'm working through all of that. I'm no one's slave, not even my own emotions. I'm better than that, after all.This is me, in all my 'glory.' Take me or leave me, I am me. I'm tired of trying to be someone who I most certainly am not. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Get this widget!

My Interests

I'm an English major, working on becoming a high school teacher, so I like to read. I also write whenever I have the inclination, and I have the rough draft of my first book finished. The final draft, though. That'll take some doing.

I'd like to meet:

Ralph Nader, Neil Gaiman.

Music:

I'll give just about anything a try these days. Seriously.My favorites will always be: Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, Dead Kennedys, Weird Al and The Aquabats.

Movies:

1. Fight Club, 2. Once Upon a Time in America, 3. Superman, 4. Batman Begins, 5. The Notebook, 6. Casino Royale, 7. Trainspotting, 8. Stranger than Fiction, 9. O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 10. No Country for Old Men

Television:

Scrubs, The Office, My Name is Earl, South Park, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Dexter

Books:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams, The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger, American Gods - Neil Gaiman, The Road - Cormac McCarthy, Glue - Irvine Welsh, Beneath the Wheel - Hermann Hesse,

Heroes:

Anyone who, in adverse conditions, still manages to keep their head held high. Those who never give up, and continue to struggle forward, though it be hard. You people have my undying respect and admiration.And those who never lose their hearts.

My Blog

The reality of the war

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/world/middleeast/26censor. html?ex=1374724800&en=d72cc33138760afc&ei=5124&partner=perma link&exprod=permalinkhttp://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/0 7/25/world/middleeas...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:35:00 PST

I hate the police

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5454035Watch this to find out why.
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:12:00 PST

Principals, and their Inalienable Value

Ever since the start of the so-called War on Terror, we have entered into a dialogue that seems to center on torture, weapons of mass destruction and the time honored classic from the Reagan administr...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:48:00 PST

Hillary Clinton needs to go away.

Hillary Clinton needs to shut the fuck up! I’m being serious here, people. Her ’win at any cost’ strategy is going to cost the Democrats the election, and I’m positive she know...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:44:00 PST

Why I’m Opposed to the Right-Wing Revolution

I think it goes back to being raised in the nineties, and being told about the environment, and the dangers that are facing it. Polluted skies, polluted water, global warming...etc. I was well on my w...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:49:00 PST

Catching up with myself

Christ, it seems like I keep investigating myself, and evaluating everything. Taking stock, but...here it is.Recently, I've been reminded of the importance of friends, and those that actually put the ...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:20:00 PST

My dad

I love my dad. I mean, I know my mom knows that I love her, because I tell her that. We talk several times a week, and we tell each other that. God, I feel like such a queen because of how close I've ...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:49:00 PST

Militant Atheism

I have had enough with militant Atheists, and I mean it. I get that you're oh-so clever for having figured out millenia of human belief and philosophical discourse. I'm so proud of the fact that you k...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:18:00 PST

My Frankenstein Essay

-Monstrous Revolutions When Mary Shelley first published Frankenstein anonymously, the fires of the French Reign of Terror were barely smoldering, if at all, the Luddites were raging against the machi...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:12:00 PST

More musings

Coming from a barely informed position on his works, I'd have to say that Rousseau was onto something interesting when he noted on the beginnings of society. "The first man who, having fenced in a pie...
Posted by Second Rate Romeo on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:48:00 PST