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I am what I am, take it or leave it. I have always been my own person, for good or bad. I'm intelligent, witty, and have an off-kilter sense of humor that keeps people laughing all the time. I tend to be innately curious about things, having never lost my "sense of wonder" from things microscopic to macroscopic - if I find anything I don't know about, I'll look it up just so I know. I am probably too honest for my own good - that has its downsides too. I live by a very strict set of internal rules. I'm opinionated about subjects I have knowledge of, am willing to learn about ones I don't, and not afraid to admit I'm wrong about something. I like catching small venue live band shows in NYC, learning stuff on teh Intartubes, gaming, listening to my vast music collection, playing around with creative stuff. YES, I do all my own artwork on this page, with the exception of album and book covers. I take pictures. I sketch. I Photoshop and mess with HTML. I do okay for a guy with no art training whatsoever.
Mosbach
General Things About People I'd Like To Meet (4 or more wins!) People who enjoy writing, reading, and discussing non-linear abstractions. People who are intelligent or creative ("artistic"), and won't bore me to tears with rehashed details of the latest sporting event or sitcom episode. Tell me about a neat rock you saw - that's more interesting. People with similar interests in music, movies, microcode, and high-speed pizza delivery. People who would be fun to hit a concert or movie with. People who aren't completely adverse to gaming. I'm not a bar person, this is one of my forms of entertainment. People who decide suddenly they want to go to a museum, watch a building implosion, or check out some wierdness somewhere. I'll take "down to earth" over "snob" any day of the week. That applies to pseudo-intellectuals as well. People with a good and varied sense of humor. From Monty Python to stuff that's just a wee bit more subtle. I prefer clever over raunchy humor, but whether its cynical or silly doesn't matter. People with a modicum of common sense. Just a little, I'm not asking much. Really. Obviously, some grasp of technology would be nice. Otherwise you'll just be doing the deer-in-headlights stare a lot when I go off on a rant. It's okay to tell me to shut up at that point. People who can back their opinions with some facts. People who don't argue for the sake of argument.Famous Dead People I'd Like To Hang With
I love my music collection, and I'm always seeking to acquire more. I listen to (in no particular
order):
Old-School Punk, Funk, Shoegaze, New Wave, Hardcore Punk, '80s Alternative, Zydeco, J-Pop, Underground Indie, Grebo, Ska, Indie, Alt-Folk, Grunge, Pop-Punk, J-Rock, 3rd Wave, Rockabilly, Reggae, Disco, Grime, Dub, Down-Beat, Post-Punk, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues, Power-Pop, Psychobilly, Electronica, Soul, House, Jazz, Noise-Rock, Old-School Rap -- various combinations thereof and whatever else grabs my attention.
My CD collection is around ~999 discs and ~14580+ individual tracks at this point and growing. I prefer seeing little-known (but excellent) bands in small-venue settings rather than big-name sellouts at "concerts".
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"My Winamp is like a box of chocolates, because I never know what I'll get!"
*** CLICK HERE for Recent CD Listing (PDF WARNING!) Updated 12/30/2007***
Link: http://www.geocities.com/q_u_i_c_k_l_i_m_e/CD_LIST_WEB.pdf
Contact me if you want to get or make suggestions for further listening pleasure!
Types of Movies I Like (No particular order):
*Zombie Flicks*
*Really Bad Action Flicks*
*Really Good Action Flicks*
*Funny Flicks*
*War Flicks*
*Akira Kurosawa Flicks*
*Anime Flicks*
*Kung-Fu Flicks*
*Foreign/Indie Flicks*
...I'm pretty easy-going but lowbrow Saturday Night Live re-hash movies are not my style.
Specific Movies:
Star Wars (Ep.4,5,6) * Repo Man * The Seven Samurai * The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension * Ghost In The Shell * Some Kind of Wonderful * Apocalypse Now * Quest For The Holy Grail * Akira * Hard-Boiled * Dead Alive * Das Boot * Big Trouble In Little China * Mad Max * The Bride With White Hair * Boondock Saints * Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon * The Fifth Element * Pi * Time Bandits * Tetsuo: The Iron Man * Sin City * Full Metal Jacket * Young Frankenstein * Saving Private Ryan * River's Edge * Yojimbo * Spider Man * X-Men * Lord of The Rings Trilogy * Beetlejuice * The Hidden Fortress * Pretty In Pink * The Killer * A Clockwork Orange * Drunken Master * The Warriors * Wild Zero * The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover * Fight Club * Stalingrad * Shogun Assassin (Lone Wolf And Cub Series) * Robocop * Once Upon A Time In China * Sid & Nancy * Cowboy Bebop * Kalifornia * The Transporter * Breakfast Club * Blazing Saddles * Shaun of The Dead * Dr. No * Taxi Driver * SLC Punk * Mexico Trilogy * The Hunt for Red October * Princess Mononoke * Ronin * Patton * Scarface * Reservoir Dogs * Weird Science * Dune (both versions) * Kill Bill * Straight to Hell * Blue Velvet * The Road Warrior * Pulp Fiction * 2001: A Space Odyssey * Alien * Run Lola Run * Meaning of Life * Aliens * House of Flying Daggers * Kung-Fu Zombie
I could go on for hours about this so I'll just stop here for now, before I list hundreds of films.
TELEVISION IS CRAP!
News, Science & History Related Channels, Military Channel, Adult Swim (CN), G4 - The television is on but I'm not really watching it! ;)
I only watch TV when I'm going to bed for the most part, or over the top edge of a book. It's amazing that there are hundreds of channels and it's 99% crap.
If I am forced to watch, here's some shows:
* Modern Marvels * Mythbusters * How It's Made * Venture Brothers * Firepower * Ninja Warrior * News Watch * Star Trek: TNG * Extreme Engineering * Paranoia Agent * Cosmos * Futureweapons * FLCL * Beltway Boys * Ghost In The Shell * Top Tens * FOX Report * Squidbillies * 20th Century Battlefield * Dirty Jobs
Likes: Science Fiction, Non-Fiction - History, Non-Fiction - Politics, Non-Fiction - Science, Non-Fiction - Technical, Graphic Novels, Techno-Thrillers, Fantasy.
I blame the Internet entirely for my not reading as much as I used to (3-5 books/week). I wish I had more time to read!!!
Current Book(s):
The highly recommended classic
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein.
The tale of Luna's revolution and Independence. As with all of Heinlein's classics, more than just a story - it's a commentary on society, humanity, and life in general.
On the other hand, with the new job I have a boatload of
Equipiment Training Manuals
by
IBM, Cisco, Avocent, and other vendors of fine high-tech datacenter products. I'd better get cracking...
Seriously, I have a lot to study right now - my need for blinkenlights never ceases!
..and as always, my ever growing backlog of "Discover" and "Scientific American". Also some "Popular Mechanics" and some trade journals...
Authors: Tom Clancy, Bruce Sterling, Ogden Nash, William Gibson, Harlan Ellison, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Neal Stephenson, Phillip K. Dick, Mark Steyn, Steven Coonts, Robert A. Heinlein, Stephen Hunter, Larry Bond, Dale Brown, Issac Asimov, Frank Miller, Sun Tzu, Edgar Rice Burroughs, J.R.R. Tolkein, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Homer, Orson Scott Card, David Brin, Miyamoto Musashi, Frank Herbert, Robert Spencer, James Patterson, Winston Churchill, Oriana Fallaci, Stephen Hawking, Charles Bukowski, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford, Lewis Carrol, Neil Gaiman, countless others....
Blogs: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, BlackFive, Little Green Footballs, Wuzzadem, Iowahawk, Captain's Quarters, Instapundit, IMAO, Jihadwatch, Day By Day (Cartoon), countless others...
Magazines: Discover and Scientific American are my monthly regulars - occasionally I'll pick up something like Weird NJ, WIRED, or whatever catches my eye.
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They are the last thing standing between us and the coming madness, and I'm thankful for each and every one of them.