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It's A Long Way To The Bottom Of A Neville

.. .. I love Lieutenant Barclay

About Me

I am George Costanza. Although, truth be told, he is smarter than I. If he is Lord of the Idiots, I hold the superior position of Phenomenal Cosmic Idiot Leader. No, I swear. NO, I SWEAR. If you remain unconvinced, think back to George's comment about his childhood without a mantlepiece. That may have been code for childhood without his particular parents. He would have been soooooooo different. Now, if only I could combine by idiot status with something like, being the antichrist. That way, at least there would be more there to explore and contemplate. Pure evil is much more important to contemplate than pure stupidity. Gipped, yet,...........again.I LOVE MY KITS BAGIERA AND LUNA. LOOK AT THEIR GORGEOUS FACES. LOOK. LOOK. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER. MOST PEOPLE WISH THEY COULD HAVE OFFSPRING THIS GOOD LOOKING. I love comedy. Not in any form. I love movies. Or really stories. Movies and stories. All forms of stories. Stories that examine what is sacred. Like friendship, of all kinds. Its seems our culture is incredibly frightening. Maddening too. Truely vulgar, maddening and unjust. Perhpas stories are all we have left. But I think even the children are lost. Don't trust the Forest Service. But, this is along the lines of the company I try to keep: I am in Slytherin. I go for the dark arts.

My Interests

LETS ALL JUST SING. I MISS THE MUSIC. WHERE DID IT ALL GO. If I were authorized, I could really lose it for Omar Sharif. Especially Omar Sharif the first time that he meditates on the face of Peter O'Toole who is losing himself and sight of his vision in the desert. Omar almost grovels in attendence at O'Toole and begs him to eat. He begs him. He loves him. He fears to love him. I love this movie. I fear to be without this movie. Its the closest thing I can get to Jonathan and David on screen. I also think Pip has got things pretty well figured. What can I say, hes a cool kid.Now we leave the Arabian deserts for the sunscorched landscapes of the Old West: A little cowboy needs a WISH and a TRAIL and a PILLOW if he wants to keep RIDING, riding along. Now we look at musical genius: Stuarts stayin in cause he thinks its a sin that he has to leave the house at all. Get your pens out: Premier knowledge for all. 2063 is the year to shoot for. Northern Exposure: Defining the Human Experience. The Death of the Trend. My god what a day of beauty. We need a clothing revolution. One free of gross excess and frivolous vanity that has nothing to with who or what a person is. I say, where is the fun when everyone is walking around in alternative computer-generated motif t-shirts, jeans suck and fancy tennis shoes in bark brown and navy blue with greasily-styled hair trikkling down one side of the face. We need garments dictated accordingly by human exploits and activities. Clothes that evolve out of what a man does and not what he is dressing to do. If in the mind, one believes he should be climbing Mt. Ararat, then by god, dress the part and its as good as done. If Ararat is nowhere to be found climb a big rock. Find rips in the legs of your pants after the adventure. He and his colleagues must develop the rules of dressing as the demands of their trade and travels mandate however long or short the journey is. There is a hobbit who lives in our neighborhood tending his garden with shoes on. It breaks my heart to see him; no brass buttons or creamy linen bell-sleeved blouse frayed on the edges of the hem with pocketed vest. No pipe to be seen. Internal landscape? LAND OF CONFUSION: Of Thomas Jefferson's cabinet, "He suggested that although black slaves lived in an environment in which the arts and sciences were cultivated, they nonetheless produced little of AESTHETIC value."..."Such language reveals Jefferson's belief that the Native American existed in a primitive state yet was capable of moving progressively from SAVAGERY to CIVILIZATION with, of course, the HELP of the WHITE MAN."..."On one side are specimens of sculptures, in the form of statues and busts, disposed in such order, as to exhibit a coup d'oeil, the HISTORICAL PROGRESS OF THE ART, from the first RUDE attempts of the ABORIGINES of OUR COUNTRY, to the most FINISHED models of EUROPEAN masters." ..."This PROGRESS however, implied the literal movement of Native Americans eastward, and indeed, Jefferson's FEDERAL POLICY presumed the inevitable INCORPORATION of the Native American into white society. The Jefferson policy of incorporation demanded the virtual ELIMINATION of the Native American way of life, including the divestiture of tribal land ownership in favor of the private ownership of land, as well as the TRANSFORMATION from hunting to an agarian society."..."In this idyllic dream, the conception of the New World as an Edenic paradise inhabited by NOBLE SAVAGES, so prevalent in eighteenth-century..." (or twenty-first century) "... thought, is transformed, and America is recast as a pastoral garden with all its implications of CIVILIZED NATURE." ...On Nationalism: "Wherever nationalism has arisen, and notwithstanding its different manifestations and patterns of development from one country to the next, it has required at its foundation a conjunction of political and ethnocultural allegiances binding the INDIVIDUAL to an enlarged community, usually coextensive with the STATE. Too large to be perceived or directly experienced, that community, the nation, must first be "IMAGINED,' to quote Benedict Anderson, and then ASSIMILATED to the point where an individual holds the NATION'S INTERESTS ABOVE those of local ties, family, OR SELF." ..."NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS, this IDENTIFICATION, with the IMAGINED COMMUNITY, is the PRODUCT of STATE-SPONSORED SOCIAL ENGINEERING or EDUCATION, and it is here that the interests of the state and the function of the museum intersect." .......CULTURES OF COLLECTING (C.M.H): "For this reason the U.S case is particularly instructive: it has been REMARKABLY STABLE in IMAGINATION-a long standing" GARDEN OF PERFECTION"-but FLUID in POLITICAL/GEOGRAPHICAL actuality INTO THIS CENTURY. That is, at any given MOMENT the CONFUSED and incomplete statuses of state, regions, territories, protectorates, etc., were presumed to be TEMPORARY STAGES in a TELEOLOGICAL PROJECTION, A DESTINY of COMPLETENESS. The IDEA of AMERICA always existed BEYOND the boundaries of the moment."... "The dominant GEOPOLITICAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL characteristic of U.S national HISTORY has been the constant AREAL EXPANSION of borders and DEMOGRAPHIC movement within and across them, taking place beneath a controlling ideology of MANIFEST DESTINY.".... "The processes by which formerly alien territory is gradually domesticated into the NATIONAL POLITY and IMAGINATIVELY RECONFIGURED as part of the NATIONAL IDENTITY are complex. They include outright MILITARY POWER PROJECTION (and the requisite HEROICS, e.g., the Alamo); TRADE CONNECTIONS and their romanticizations (e.g., the Santa Fe trail); LANDSCAPE NAMING AND RENAMING as means of imposing CONCEPTUAL and PROPRIETARY ORDER on the land; and I would argue, COLLECTION AND REMOVAL to the core HOMELAND and TERRITORIAL RESOURCES-botanical, mineralogical, ethnographic-as the material, METONYMIC PROOFS of CONQUEST, PROPRIETORSHIP, and ultimately INCORPORATION."... "COLLECTING is part of a BODY OF DISCOURSE (as the term is employed by MICHEL FOUCAULT) that established an INTELLECTUAL, POSITIONAL SUPERIORITY vis-à-vis MATERIAL OBJECTS, and through them, vis-à-vis THE MAKERS of those objects and the CULTURAL and PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS in which they originated." scary.

I'd like to meet:

T’was down by the glinside I met an old woman A pluckin’ young nettles She ne’r saw me comin I listened awhile to the song she was hummin’Glory O, Glory O, to the Bofenian men.Been fifty long years Since I saw the Moon beamin’ Unstrung many form On all eyes with hope gleamin’ I see them again now In all my daydreamin’Glory O, Glory O to the Bofenian men.I went on my way God be praised that I met her Be my life long or short I’ll never forget her We’ll maybe have great men But we’ll never have betterGlory O, Glory O to the Bofenian men.Balladeers and crooners. Mark Twain. Daniel Boone. Davy Crockett. WALT DISNEY (my god and the source of my lifelong troubles). A really good garden salad with ranch dressing. Its become so that vinaigarette is more common than a good ranch. I consider it a rarity. Dylan Moran. The Vulcans. Marlene Dietrich. "She's a fake. I mean shes a phony. But shes a real phony; know what I mean kid?" My recent state of mind can be expressed through the master John Ford:"My name's John Ford. I make Westerns. I don't think theres anyone in this room who knows more about what the American public wants than Cecille B. DeMille. And he certainly knows how to give it to them. But I don't like you C.B., and I don't like what you've been saying here tonight." As well as a Truffaut comment: "Filmlovers are sick people." I would like to insert a second "sick" into that quote to really capture the mood of the disease and the consequences of the sufferings.

Music:


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Add to My Profile | More Videos Piano Man. Foxfire Suite. Go Ahead. Lydia. The Mikado Act Two. Candle On the Water. Patti Labelle at Live Aid. Ramble On/The Battle of Evermore/Going to California/All of My Love. Old Man River projected across the grassy plain and the expansive ocean. Old old country music about the American West. Bjork. Wildebeests:Animals:Smoke Rings:My Eyes:suddenly everything changes."40" how long d'we sing their song? Rodgers and Hammerstein lyrics were playing in my head instead of Old McDonald. Ate, drank and slept to classic rock n roll. College Renaissance fairs, shouting out obscenities, and stealing Kara's set lists. Steve Martin's (Mr.) King Tut Song. Driving Mr. Disney. Johnny Clegg and Juluka/Savuka influenced our Simple Simon so why not me? Sun Kil Moon makes me want to cry. Decemberists weren't there soon enough. Dears bearing gifts appeared out of nowhere. Dshcinghis Kahn, teach me to dance. Placebo at the Wiltern. Interpol one late night downtown in a deadly rainstorm. The Eagles Live as they can be for not being dead. Long drive for Death Cab down South. Nothing better than Miss Lewis coming back to LA to sing for us. Nobody sings Journey like Sarah. Not to mention the record player excuse straight from Culver City. Franz Waxman is always hidden. Deana Durbin competes with Judy Garland under a gazebo; the passing of a musical torch. Burl Ives sang the lullabies.The Sherman Brothers and me after those long days at school. Joanna Newsom is turning my ear with her cries. Wizard Rock: The Remus Lupins. Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls. The Hermione Crookshanks Experience. Draco and the Malfoys. Sue and the Hufflepuffs. The Parselmouths.The Nightgown Cult is still closest to my heart. There are some real beauties to be had in our day. Really it is impossible for me to listen to any bad music I am surrounded by too much taste in the arts

Movies:

"THE CITY is the symbol of modernity itself, a liminal place where people brush past one another, living out isolated lives in the eternal present of an urban landscape, freed from the baggage of their past, yet denied humanity by an impressive industrial machine. The relationship between what appears on the outside and what lies inside is thus raised from the beginning...Not surprisingly, the film begins with the question of work, one of the most potent and tangible symbols of modern oppression...Happiness is neither a frivolous nor a materialistic concept, and it emerges as something profound in modern society. It animates people's lives, an elusive and yet deeply desired state of fullfillment".....Breakfast at Tiffanys. Lawrence of Arabia. The Chipmunk Adventure. My Dinner With Andre. Everyone Says I Love You. Little Miss Broadway. One of the best, Goofy starring in "Hockey Homicide." A New Leaf. Born Yesterday (Judy Holliday). Labyrinth. The Red Balloon. Love Song for Bobby Long. Newsies by god. Disney's Good Neighbor Policy repertorium. Death to Smoochy. Friendship In Vienna. Flight of Dragons. Bambi. Masterpiece Theater: Great Expectations BBC Version. King Solomon's Mines. Cool Hand Luke. Casablanca. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The Girl in the Cafe. Buffalo 66. Rushmore. Young Guns. Chronique d'un été. Wuthering Heights. Jane Eyre. Cecil B. Demented. The Secret of Santa Vittoria. My Side of the Mountain. Harold and Maude. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Tim. Brazil. Napoleon and Samantha. A Far Off Place. Gay Puree. La Buche. The Village. Paper Moon. Troop Beverly Hills. Gallipoli. The Truman Show. Meet Me In Saint Louis. Stand By Me. My Bodyguard. The Big Kahuna. Spring Forward. Jump Tommorow. The Time Machine. The War. James and the Giant Peach. Ratatouille. Wes Anderson American Express Commercial. Old films made by the studios to explain the departments involved in movie production and in which all the people employed there in the early days lined up on the grass to have their picture taken with the their studio equipment. The United States of Leland. Young Man with a Horn. Care Bears Movie II. Everything is Illuminated. Velvet Goldmine. The Ice Storm. Singin in the Rain. Stagecoach. Twelve Angry Men. A Fish Called Wanda. Bodies, Rest and Motion. Joe Versus the Volcano. Bottle Rocket. Boys on the Side. Angels in America. Wild Strawberries. Peter Pan. Georgy Girl. The Climb. Lord of the Rings. Blade Runner. Interiors. The Neverending Story. The Masque of the Red Death. Captains Courageous. 1984. The Prince and the Showgirl. The Day the Earth Stood Still. Lagaan. Lolita. Ballad of a Soldier. Jules et Jim. Whats New Pussycat. Couple In a Cage. We Married Margo. Lost In Translation. A Goofy Movie. The Misfits. I think the ending to Love and Death is one of the greatest finales to any film or any real life experience. And of course all those others that need not be mentioned only implied. Usually will work.

Television:

"Like all the king's horses and all the king's men, the museum is engaged in a constant historical band-aid excercise in seeking to put back together the badly shattered human subject."...David the Gnome. Northern Exposure. Into the West. Zorro with Guy Willams. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Forever Knight. Star Trek. Six Feet Under. Flash Forward. Spin and Marty. Kids Incorporated. The Wonder Years. The Lost Room. Seinfeld. The Care Bears. The Monkees. The Bob Newhart Show (I was obsessed with these last two shows when I was in 7th grade. Kinda funny).

Books:

Academy Reading: The Picard Maneuver.(thank you Starfleet Academy) The New England Journal of Medicine.(thank you Dr. Joel Fleischman) Blue Highways.(thank you Grant Hier) Heart of Darkness.(thank you Mrs. Jane Munoz) Life on the Mississippi.(thank you James R. Osgood 1883) Circles in a Forest.(thank you Tharo Pretorius) The Indians of the Terraced Houses.(thank you Pecos Conference 2005) Chronicle of a Death Foretold.(thank you summer homework) Illusions.(thanks Narrative Theology)

Heroes:

Max Fischer. Larry David. Woody Allen. Marky. Chris Stevens. Captain Jean Luc Picard. Spock/Leonard Nimoy. Cats. Elijah Wood. Huel Howser. Bartolome de las Casas. Brian Molko. Men like Gandalf. Huckleberry Finn. John Denver. Cowboy. Brooklyn. The Tommy Thompsons (not State Fair). Audrey Hepburn. Harpo. Derrick Jensen. The Great Wishing Star. Dogberry. Lieutenant Barclay! Shane McCutcheon.

My Blog

Dr. Joel Fleishman Analyzes For Me My Feelings For The City of Los Angeles

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Posted by It's A Long Way To The Bottom Of A Neville on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:52:00 PST

Did I Miss the Rite of Passage?

I am 24 and even though that doesn't really mean anything, I stop and consider how it didn't mean anything when I was 22 which happens to be a number in a few passwords I have had for two years now. I...
Posted by It's A Long Way To The Bottom Of A Neville on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:47:00 PST

The Poor Poetry of Peter Piper in the Panoramic Pantheon of People I Know

CHRISTINA is the resonating force behind all reason since language arose and probably its explanation; like a river whose course refuses to be altered by the contraptions of manSABRINA is likely livin...
Posted by It's A Long Way To The Bottom Of A Neville on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:28:00 PST

THE DOGS OF PEACE

I need to modify this... It changed the date the darn thing. This weekend on Animal Planet a very special and very important it should have been broadcast over every station to see something take shap...
Posted by It's A Long Way To The Bottom Of A Neville on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

a knight without armour in a savage land. No one said he was a very good knight.

Well maybe it is scandalous. Yes everyone, I am seemingly and shockingly fluttering about the red light district at the university level waiting for a bus ticket to success to blow around my ankles an...
Posted by It's A Long Way To The Bottom Of A Neville on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:04:00 PST