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About Me

I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE DULL THAN WRITING ABOUT MYSELF, SO INSTEAD "ENJOY" THIS QUOTE:"THE DEFEAT OF DESPAIR IS NOT MAINLY AN INTELLECTUAL PROBLEM FOR AN ACTIVE ORGANISM, BUT A PROBLEM OF SELF-STIMULATION VIA MOVEMENT. BEYOND A GIVEN POINT MAN IS NOT HELPED BY MERE "KNOWING," BUT ONLY BY LIVING AND DOING IN A PARTLY SELF-FORGETFUL WAY. AS GOETHE PUT IT, WE MUST PLUNGE INTO EXPERIENCE AND THEN REFLECT ON THE MEANING OF IT. ALL REFLECTION AND NO PLUNGING DRIVES US MAD; ALL PLUNGING AND NO REFLECTION, AND WE ARE BRUTES." -E.BECKER--------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------AND IF YOU'D REALLY LIKE TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT ME CHECK OUT THE ARBITRARY RESULTS OF THE TEST I TOOK BELOW. I ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE DISPARITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALITY AND INDIE (?!)
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||| 20%
Stability |||||||||||| 46%
Orderliness |||| 20%
Accommodation |||||||||||||||| 63%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 43%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 63%
Mystical |||||| 30%
Artistic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Materialism |||||||||| 36%
Narcissism |||||| 30%
Adventurousness |||||| 30%
Work ethic || 10%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 43%
Conflict seeking |||||| 30%
Need to dominate || 10%
Romantic |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Avoidant |||||||||||||||| 70%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Wealth |||| 16%
Dependency |||| 16%
Change averse |||||| 30%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Individuality |||||| 30%
Sexuality |||||| 30%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Physical security |||||||||||||||| 63%
Physical Fitness |||||||||||| 50%
Histrionic |||| 16%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||| 70%
Vanity |||||||||||| 43%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||| 70%
Indie |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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My Interests

LOST CAUSES, NEUROSIS

I'd like to meet:

HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE TWO COMMUNISTS WHO MEET AFTER THE REVOLUTION? ONE OF THEM SAYS, "YOU KNOW IT'S HORRIBLE--EVERYTHING THEY TOLD US ABOUT COMMUNISM WAS A LIE." HIS COMRADE REPLIES, "YES, I KNOW. AND EVEN WORSE THAN THAT, EVERTHING THEY TOLD US ABOUT CAPITALISM WAS TRUE."

Music:

TOM WAITS, JOY DIVISION, SMITHS, TALKING HEADS, RADIOHEAD, GANG OF FOUR, PORTISHEAD, DYLAN, PJ HARVEY, YYY'S, NIN, NICK CAVE, PIXIES, X, LEONARD COHEN, CLASH, GERALDINE FIBBERS, CARLA BOZULICH, GENE, SCOTT WALKER, SPARKLEHORSE, MOJAVE 3, WILCO, FIONA APPLE, ELVIS COSTELLO, COLE PORTER, ARCADE FIRE, THE JAM, PULP, BRIGHT EYES, MILES DAVIS, PAVEMENT, VELVET UNDERGROUND, ELLIOTT SMITH, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, JOHNNY CASH, RILO KILEY, CURTIS MAYFIELD, OUTKAST, DAVID BOWIE, U2, STEVIE WONDER, BAUHAUS, WIRE, THE REPLACEMENTS, SLEATER KINNEY, THE POGUES, BILLIE HOLIDAY, BUILT TO SPILL, THE EELS, INTERPOL, MAGNETIC FIELDS, FRANZ FERDINAND, FRANK SINATRA, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, NEW YORK DOLLS, T-REX, CHET BAKER, NICK DRAKE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, NINA SIMONE, SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, DRESDEN DOLLS, SURFJAN STEVENS, THE EDITORS, JOANNA NEWSOME

Movies:

ANY INGMAR BERGMAN OR ROBERT BRESSON, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, UMBERTO D., RED, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, DR. STRANGELOVE, VERTIGO, NIGHTS OF CABIRIA, MANHATTAN, ANTONIONI'S TRILOGY, THE APARTMENT, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, THE IRON GIANT, FEARLESS, THE DECALOGUE, THE HUSTLER, THE RULING CLASS, ANNIE HALL, JESUS SON, THE CONVERSATION, COOL HAND LUKE, GHOST WORLD, NETWORK, ADAPTATION, LEAVING LAS VEGAS, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, UNFORGIVEN, REMAINS OF THE DAY, RAISING ARIZONA, FIVE EASY PIECES, THE PAWNBROKER, SIDEWAYS, DONNIE DARKO, CYCLO, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, LA DOLCE VITA, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, PAN'S LABYRINTH, SID & NANCY

Television:

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, STRANGERS WITH CANDY, MST3K, FISHING WITH JOHN, THE VENTURE BROTHERS, DEADWOOD, EXTRAS, THE OFFICE (BOTH BBC'S & NBC'S, BUT THE BBC'S IS STILL MUCH BETTER)

Books:

INFINITE JEST, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, THE DENIAL OF DEATH, RULE OF THE BONE, CATCHER IN THE RYE, PROZAC NATION, MIDDLESEX, THE LOVELY BONES, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?, THE ROAD ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, THE ICEMAN COMETH, HEARTBREAK HOUSE, GALILEO, THE WILD DUCK ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- YEATS

Heroes:

TOM WAITS, WOODY ALLEN, EUGENE O'NEIL, SARTRE, FRANZ KAFKA, NORMAN MAILER, ERNEST BECKER, IAN CURTIS, FRANCIS OF ASSISI, LARRY DAVID, EUGENE V. DEBS, ELIZABETH WURTZEL, GROUCHO MARX, OSCAR WILDE, KAREN O, SYLVIA PLATH, BOB DYLAN, SAMUEL BECKETT, INGMAR BERGMAN, PETER SELLARS, LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN, MLK JR. (HE WAS A SOCIALIST TOO!), RICKY GERVAIS, LEO TOLSTOY