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About Me

Seriously, I'm never on here anymore. Either use Facebook or just call me. Damn, did anyone think Facebook would win the social network war? I didn't. But here I am. Or rather, here I'm not. For real! People I never hear from anymore! Burke County! Georgia! Raleigh! Spain! New York! Parts unknown! Fuckin' call me!

My Interests

Writing, reading, religion and its fallacies, history, mythology, superheroes, performance art, stripping for fun and profit, killing zombies, role-playing games (Mage, Vampire, D&D), science fiction, love, sex, whiskey, being emo without really being emo, decent music, COMIC BOOKS...

I'd like to meet:

A bottle of whiskey that is never empty

Music:

Tom Waits, Beck, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, the Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Ben Folds/Five, Wu-Tang Clan, the Pogues, the Beatles, MC Paul Barman, the Smiths, Parliament/Funkadelic, Frank Zappa, TMBG, David Bowie, Del tha Funkee HomoSapien, Tenacious D, Regina Spektor, the Arcade Fire, OutKast, the Dresden Dolls, Ryan Adams, Old 97s, Gnarls Barkley, The Decemberists, Quasi, epic-sounding movie soundtracks, motherfucking goddamn ELECTRIC SIX

Movies:

SUPERMAN RETURNS, Mallrats, LOTR trilogy, Spider-Man 1/2, X-Men/X2, Roger Dodger (guys, rent this movie NOW), Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pulp Fiction, PCU, American Beauty, UHF, The Princess Bride, The Big Lebowski, The 13th Warrior, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Amadeus, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Serenity, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Harry Potter 3 & 4, Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Snakes on a Plane, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, motherfucking goddamn The Prestige

Television:

The West Wing, Firefly, Carnivale, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Futurama, Northern Exposure, the X-Files, Twin Peaks, Battlestar Galactica, Frasier, Seinfeld, the Adventures of Pete & Pete, Rocko's Modern Life, Justice League, Reno 911, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Rome, Metalocalypse, LOST, motherfucking goddamn Frisky Dingo

Books:

The Dark Tower Series, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, American Gods, Cosmos, Garcia: An American Life, Spilling Open: the Art of Becoming Yourself, Naked, The Great Gatsby, Julian, Travels with Charley, Hamlet, The Big Sleep /all other Chandler novels, the inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff- Christ's Childhood Pal, On Writing, A Light in the Attic, Hardball, Good Omens, House of Leaves, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Harry Potter 1-6, Mage: The Awakening, motherfucking goddamn COMIC BOOKS-- Avengers/JLA, Watchmen, the Dark Knight Returns, the Sandman, Preacher, 1602, Seven Soldiers, Ultimates, DC: The New Frontier, Starman, Top Ten, The Authority, New X-Men, Justice League of America, Astonishing X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, The Ultimates/ Ultimates 2, Infinite Crisis, Villains United, Wonder Woman, All-Star Superman, Doom Patrol, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Civil War, Nextwave, X-Factor, Action Comics, 52

Heroes:

Aquaman, the Flash, Cyclops, Phoenix, Magneto, Eddie Dean, Cuthbert Allgood, Phillip Marlowe, Capt. Mal Reynolds, President Josiah Bartlet, Titus Pullo, Julian the Apostate, Bill Hicks, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Tom Waits, Bruce "Jesus Christ" Campbell, Chris Lay, Stephanie Albert, G., Jess Kaufman, Matt Ross, Ross Braxton Bryant, Joseph R. Bathanti, John Crutchfield PhD., every past, present and future member of What's Left of Him?, motherfucking goddamn Killface.

My Blog

Hermitage.

I have been without the Internet for the better part of 25 days.I have been without a job for a month and a half.Sooooo, hence the lack of updates on here, LJ, facebook, etc. In a way it's been a nice...
Posted by Travis on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:38:00 PST

"MCCLAIN! I mean, ERAGON!"

Oooohhhh, goodness, people. Last night was special.Laura, Gen, Lauren and I tossed some shots down our gullets, crammed some mason jars full of booze into Gen and Lauren's bags, and headed down to the...
Posted by Travis on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:25:00 PST

My girlfriend and other omens of Earth's imminent doom

I sat down in front of this computer with the intention of looking at porn, but instead I find myself on MySpace (please ignore the potential irony there), so you hooligans'd better appreciate that.It...
Posted by Travis on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:54:00 PST

There are only so many times one in a decade that one can watch A Christmas Story.

I wouldn't mind watching Ernest Saves Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life or that version of A Christmas Carol that was a musical. Or the Muppet version for that matter. I think I've had the Christmas sp...
Posted by Travis on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:15:00 PST

To-do, long term.

-Get car fixed. Not sure what's wrong with it, but something is.-Refrain from prolonged bouts of self-pity/-destruction brought on by work, current financial situation etc.-Write.-Read.-New job.-New p...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:12:00 PST

As if Ben's Wii wasn't distraction enough.

Mark your confessions:[X]I Talk A LOT when I get really nervous.[x] I am really ticklish.[x] I'm afraid of the dark.[X] I can't sleep in a room if the door is open.[ ] I can't sleep in a room if the d...
Posted by Travis on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:59:00 PST

And me without my Morrissey cds.

"Everybody's lost,But they're pretendingThey're not lost..."Thanksgiving weekend has been somewhat less than ideal.Not that it's been awful, I mean, I've had some fun, seen some movies, et cetera. Thi...
Posted by Travis on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:25:00 PST

How bored/drunk I am. Please, please do not read.

DON'T LIE SURVEYAnswer these questions as honest as you can.1. What brand of shirt are you wearing?American Apparel and... uh... the hoodie doesn't have a label. Too old.2. Would you kiss anyone on yo...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:04:00 PST

File under "it was late and I was tired"

Blargh.Quite a week.I wish I could exist in Charlotte and Boone simultaneously. And then at least one of me could go visit ATL or Chapel Thrill or Asheville or Raleigh every weekend. Or Vietnam or Spa...
Posted by Travis on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:51:00 PST

I want a stage name.

Well, I kind of do. For a band that will most likely never exist because I don't write songs or play instruments. But in an alternate universe I'm the frontman/person for a Bowie-meets-Dead Kennedys g...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:12:00 PST