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About Me

a work in progress...i enjoy music, of this i am sure...enjoy performing...hope to discipline myself enough to one day write a book...mildly ascetic...consistently controversial...learning to bite my tongue more...confident, just shy of cockiness...one who believes in the transcendent capabilities of the soul...hope to one day fly...

My Interests

Music:

in no particular order: depeche mode, the mars volta, the verve, at the drive in, the used, anything maynard james keenan touches, NIN, Kanye West (representing hip-hop with intelligence), third eye blind, jeff buckley, ours, silverchair, death cab for cutie, kevin max, paper street saints (naturally), rush, oasis, pink floyd, led zeppelin, live, HIM, coheed and cambria...anything with soul, interesting production, and creativity.

Movies:

fight club, boondock saints, memento, fear and loathing...,great expectations (the latest edition), kill bill vol.2, pootie tang (on mushrooms is best)...

Books:

the rosy crucifixion trilogy, Henry Miller... East of Eden, John Steinbeck... conjectures of a guilty bystander, Thomas Merton... anything by Charles Dickens... anything by Chuck Palahniuk... anything by C.S. Lewis... the doors of perception, Aldous Huxley... Holy Bible, God

Heroes:

Jesus, c.s. lewis, henry miller, thomas merton, aldous huxley, charles dickens, edgar allan poe, william blake, richard ashcroft, jeff buckley, claudio sanchez, omar rodriguez-lopez, the guy who cut his own arm off with a swiss army knife when he got it stuck in the side of a mountain...

My Blog

the problem with Jesus...

"who do you say that i am?" Jesus' question to his disciples could arguably be the most important question ever asked anybody. at some point in time, everybody answers this inquiry one way...
Posted by prince of pain on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:32:00 PST

"stroking" my 8===> ego...?

what would happen if i could channel all of my misguided energies towards something worthwhile and productive...? like masturbation for instance. although widely practiced, it is still not...
Posted by prince of pain on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:21:00 PST

resolutions...?

what do i believe in? is it important to know this? i think so...no doubt in conversation, i tend to put off the vibe that i am confident in what i believe...and for those who have argued ...
Posted by prince of pain on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:59:00 PST

[observations]

perhaps it is the season...who knows? at any rate, i have found myself increasingly plagued by fits of paranoia. to what extent? well, i am sieged by the most pessimistic and cryptic...
Posted by prince of pain on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:02:00 PST

david ortiz

i saw my baby for the first time today...it looks like a sperm on steroids...still gave me butterflies, though.
Posted by prince of pain on Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:47:00 PST

24 approaching...

i think this is the first time hearing my age makes me feel a bit OLD..
Posted by prince of pain on Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:33:00 PST