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Been Jammin

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

About Me

I'm more OG on myspace than you.I'm an information whore, but if it comes to questioning or trial, I probably won't remember shit.I'm the Good Will Hunting of my local liquor store, or something like that.I used to have long hair, very long... I have a mortal enemy in mayonnaise. I really, really, really like to laugh. I want to travel everywhere, even Bhutan. There are those that feel that I haven't done much with my life, but they obviously haven't seen the massive list of all the beers that I've tried. Obviously. :P I can't imagine life without music and have many, many more bands/artists/composers of which I am a fan. I believe in many types of beauty, there's the physical that most people usually think of, but I also consider faithful (spiritual), intellectual, and certain types of people (fun, entertaining, humorous, kind, giving, excellent conversationalists) types of beauty. Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe that life is for the living. Not just not for the dead, but that you're not necessarily living even if you are alive. So go out there people and live. :-DYour results:
You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 90% Green Lantern 90% The Flash 80% Superman 65% Hulk 65% Catwoman 65% Iron Man 65% Supergirl 50% Robin 45% Wonder Woman 40% Batman 35% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

My Interests

brevity, irony, information whoredom, music, movies, literature, graphic novels/heady comics, food (especially spicy food), beer, snowboarding, backpacking, soccer, neurochemistry, ethnobotany, fitness, health, and medicine, travel, photography, sk8boarding, being outdoors, time with friends, sexuality, happiness, learning new things, activities requiring new motor skills, juggling, poker theory

I'd like to meet:

people with whom I can make a human connection.

Music:

The Real Tom Thunder, DJ Shadow, Black Keys, Joy Division, PJ Harvey, Mike Patton, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Portishead, Ennio Morricone, Bach, Augustus Pablo, Pink Floyd, Modest Mouse, White Stripes, Blackalicious, Medeski Martin and Wood, Outkast, Ween, Your Mother, Pavement, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Ennio Morricone, Immortal Technique, and lots more. Ask me about it! I love talk music and get leads on music that I might like.

Movies:

City of God, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pi, Adaptation, The 25th Hour, I ♥ Huckabees, Munich, The Empire Strikes Back, The City of Lost Children, Groundhog Day (any Bill Murray just about), Ravenous, Fight Club, The Shining, Alien, Platoon, Sleepers, Galaxy Quest, Doctor Zhivago, Harold and Maude, The Gods Must be Crazy I & II, Salvador, Airplane!

Television:

The Simpsons, The Prisoner, most of the Fx network shows, The Tick, Dr. Katz, Beast Wars, Wild, Wild West, X-Men, The Twilight Zone, Ren and Stimpy, Southpark, X-files

Books:

The Tao of Pooh, Sidharta, Foundation Trilogy, Frankenstein, The Crying of Lot 49, Invisible Man, Neuromancer, Dune, Lolita, Food of the Gods, Choke, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Crime and Punishment, 1984, The War on Freedom, Planetary, Manufacturing Consent anything by Ken MacLeod, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison

Heroes:

Benjamin Franklin (my namesake), Stan Goff, Smedley Butler, Dwight Eisenhower, Free Man Number 6, Kuato, Dennis Kucinich, Josh Davis, JFK, Samuel Clemens, Kary Mullis, Ennio Morricone, Timothy Leary, Alexander Shulgin, outside of the box thinkers that deny the negativity of others and harnass their abilities to create.

My Blog

the dead have returned AND a possible useful progress on drugs

Fun Party last night.  The dead returned to earth just a little up into the Oakland hills.  The punch was very strong.  The music was great.  And it was a strange misty night in wh...
Posted by Been Jammin on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:51:00 PST

Interesting perspective on the most significant event of our time

    LA Times article about 9/11   Was 9/11 really that bad? The attacks were a horrible act of mass murder, but history says we're overreacting. By David A. Bell, David A. Bell, a profe...
Posted by Been Jammin on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:32:00 PST

free poker now!

As many of you may know, online poker was struck a serious blow late last year by being criminalized in a piece of legislation aimed at shoring up port security.  While playing itself is not ille...
Posted by Been Jammin on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:07:00 PST

Frank vs. Eddie's

Many of you already know this story, but for those that don't, here it is: I'm sitting playing cards at the Oaks yesterday and I get a call from Michael Burrow.  Someone has crashed into the fron...
Posted by Been Jammin on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:55:00 PST

Novels in 6 words by masters

Some good shit:   wired story --> --> Very Short Stories  33 writers. 5 designers. 6-word science fiction. Page 1 of 1  Feature: Very Short Stories Gallery ...
Posted by Been Jammin on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:14:00 PST

nicely sarcastic piece on internet gambling

I like irony and you can bet your sweet ass that I also like sarcasm.  The article below (my little blurb) makes some good points.   As many of you know, I've done quite a bit of poker on th...
Posted by Been Jammin on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:29:00 PST

Smoking, having a serious moment

Unrepentent smokers read on at your own risk.   I'm a purveyer of death sticks as pretty much everyone is aware.  The same pretty much everyone smokes  I find it extremely uncomfortable...
Posted by Been Jammin on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:54:00 PST

getting back into it

It's painful, but I decided I needed to start getting back into shape for a variety of reasons.  I'm trying to drop a few pounds (really inches), get back into a more productive lifestyle, and to...
Posted by Been Jammin on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:25:00 PST

I need a job, job, job. Just 1/3 would be fine.

Here was my bulletin a two days back.  Being such a myspace newb (even though I joined before everyone) I didn't realize there was a difference: Ok, I have a job. I meant a real one!I'm looking f...
Posted by Been Jammin on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:35:00 PST

I'm back fckers

That's right.  I'm back.  I joined this ridiculous cultural phenomenon back when Friendster was all cool and shit.  Back then, you just got friend requests from every band under the sun...
Posted by Been Jammin on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:49:00 PST