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Ian

‘'if we believe that fire warms, or water refreshes, 'tis only because it costs us too much pains

About Me

I play guitar and sing in a band called Cold Dead Hands, I've got a diploma from the Trebas Institute for recorded music production, and I major in Philosophy at U of T. For money I do computerized note-taking, which basically involves me going from place to place typing things out for the hard of hearing. I live with my girlfriend Karina Shum. In May of this year we travelled to Hong Kong, Shun De and Beijing in the People's Republic of China.

P.S. Check out my side-projects Strung, Donovan; and Ian Plex. I also play keys in Fine Motor Control. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Music, music, music. I play guitar and bass, I sing, I play keyboard, and drums. And I'm not like, crap at those things. I also actually like philosophy at U of T, I'm not doing it just for the piece of paper.

I'd like to meet:

Humans. Call me a speciesist, but I am uninterested in "friending" non-simian-descended sentient lifeforms. Exception: the extraterrestrial variety.

Music:

Check out my influences on the Cold Dead Hands site.

Movies:

Rushmore, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year Me Make Contact, The Kids Are Alright, Star Trek movies, The Wrong Guy, Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Television:

24, Apprentice, Family Guy

Books:

White Noise by Don DeLillo
Ender's Game/Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card
The Stand by Stephen King
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Time Enough For Love & Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (I am NOT an Objectivist - I merely found the novel to be interesting).
course material that I liked quite a lot: Plato - Republic, Descartes - Meditations on First Philosophy.

Heroes:

Guitar heroes: Graham Coxon, Martin Tielli, Doug Martsch.