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Rancho Francucamonga

The past is weakness. Don't beg the question when the answer is war.

About Me

I rule.

My Interests

music, Amoeba, liberal politics, World Cup Soccer (golasso! ASSO ASSO ASSO!), the U.S. Supreme Court (because I'm a big nerd), good food (mmmmm... Lupita's), shopping on Amazon, concerts

I'd like to meet:

Keith Olbermann

Music:

Siouxsie and the Banshees, Erasure, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Marc Almond, Pet Shop Boys, Goldfrapp, Alphaville, Franz Ferdinand, Book of Love, VNV Nation, Adam and the Ants, Yaz, Suede, The Human League, The Radio Dept., Bjork, De/Vision, The Smiths, Wham!, Fad Gadget, Lush, The B-52's, Moby, Clan of Xymox, The Lightning Seeds, Tiga, Wolfsheim, Stacey Q, Anything Box, 10,000 Maniacs, Belle & Sebastian, Depeche Mode, Saint Etienne, Bel Canto, IAMX, Snow Patrol, Ladytron, OMD, Avant Garde, Trembling Blue Stars, The Sisters of Mercy, Deee-Lite, Visage, Sinead O'Connor, The Knife, Sex Gang Children, Sparks, Joy Electric, Death in June

Movies:

The Empire Strikes Back, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Nightmare Before Christmas, X-Men, Volver, Brokeback Mountain (it's gay and I love it, bitches), Fahrenheit 9/11, Wallace & Gromit, 28 Days Later, Bad Education

Television:

The Office (the US version is a million times better than the UK one; take that, anglophiles!), The Simpsons, Lost, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, The McLaughlin Group, 60 Minutes, Prison Break, Gilmore Girls, Meet the Press

Books:

Most of my reading time is spent staying caught up with my subscriptions to The Nation and U.S. News & World Report. But I have a towering stack of books waiting for me to read. Amazon is my dealer and I'm just a helpless addict.

Heroes:

Elizabeth Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Stephen Colbert, Margaret Cho, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Amy Sedaris, Judge Milian from The People's Court, Janeane Garofalo, Ian McKellen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John McLaughlin, Sherrod Brown, Dr. Weenies (because she's a doctor and shit)

My Blog

a rare foray into surveys

Yeah, yeah--you know the drill. Copy and paste into a new bulletin and answer....loads of procrastinating fun.1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?I wish!!  That would be like a thousand fa...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:05:00 PST

My DJ set - Beat It (Indie room), 5/27/2007

The Radio Dept.  The Worst Taste in Music (Extended) The Legends  Lucky Star Scissor Sisters  I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Franz Ferdinand  What You Meant Of Montreal  Gronlandic Edit Jamie Summers ...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:53:00 PST

My DJ set - Bang! ('80s room), 5/26/2007

The Stone Roses  I Wanna Be Adored Tears for Fears  Mad World Voice of the Beehive  Beat of Love The Human League  The Sound of the Crowd The Lords of the New Church  Dance with Me Bauhaus  Kic...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:34:00 PST

Moby on Don Imus

I admit it... I love love love Moby.  He's incredibly talented (Exhibit A: his last album "Hotel"), he's really intelligent and articulate, has great politics, and he's the hottest nerd ever. The...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:56:00 PST

Goodbye tonsils... I'm flying over you...

This afternoon, I'm going to my pre-op appointment for my tonsillectomy next week.  In addition to the pleasure I get from saying or thinking the word "transsexual" everytime I hear the word "pre...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:12:00 PST

What's the matter with Kansas?

I'm about halfway through "What's the Matter with Kansas?:  How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" by Thomas Frank and it is the best political book I have ever read.  If you have any i...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

Yes, I know I'm a complete dork...

but I cannot tell you how happy I am that Rob & Amber got eliminated from the Amazing Race tonight.  They are a couple of talentless idiots who are famous for doing absolutely nothing.  ...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:48:00 PST

flashback

I'm watching the Tonight Show right now and Jay Leno just made a Monica Lewinsky joke.  That means that one of the following two things is true: A) It's 1996. B) Jay Leno is totally retarded and ...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:30:00 PST

Academy Awards

I'm less than a half hour into the Oscars, and already I've been subjected to Ellen's dancing, horrible syrupy music, and worst of all, Jack Black. Why do I watch this bullshit? And while I'm on an Os...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:10:00 PST

Woo hoo!

I took my final today and my winter class is now over!  Cramming a semester into six weeks totally kicked my ass, but it's nice getting a class over with in such a short amount of time. Unfortuna...
Posted by Rancho Francucamonga on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:48:00 PST