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Jim Negative

Come on, North America!

About Me

I work in the environmental assessment industry as a senior member of a small company focusing on historical data. I work with aerial photography, GIS, and programming, and pretty much every other aspect of managing a small business. I enjoy hockey, being outdoors with music and friends, video games, tasty dark beer, Irish whiskey, and cheese. Ex-raver, deep houser, and far leftist for life.

Oh yeah, and political censors can burn in hell.

My Interests

GIS. Aerial Photography. Hockey. Music. Games. Environmentalism. Drinkin' and Revenge. Driving my Jetta.

I'd like to meet:

Sagittarians, perhaps.

Miscellaneous Quotes I Like:

"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead." -Aristotle

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." -Ansel Adams

"Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous." -Leonardo da Vinci

"When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars." -Vincent Van Gogh

"With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them." -Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman/US Army, on Iraq

"It's interesting. Betrayal has such a powerful grip on the mind. It's almost like a python. It can squeeze out all other thought. Suffocate all other emotion until everything is dead except for the rage. I'm not talking about anger. I'm talking about rage. I can feel it. Right here. Like it's gonna burst. Feel like I wanna scream. Right now, matter of fact." -Cmdr. Wm. Adama/Battlestar Galactica

"Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that." -Hansel/Zoolander

Music:

Deep house is still first. Other deep/dark electronic styles, Classic house, techno, and DnB. Metal rules at many times, particularly on the way home late Saturday night with The Root of All Evil. Old ska, "alternative", and industrial are fun from time to time. Moody dark jazz is always great too.

Movies:

Aliens, Three Kings, Children of Men.

Television:

Hockey, Battlestar Galactica, Futurama, ATHF. Public Television, always.

Books:

Mostly history, nonfiction. Le Morte D'Arthur and the Icelandic Sagas are quite interesting as well.

My Blog

Friday 4/6 - Nordeast Plan

Friday is my birthday and here's the scheme - uptown and downtown are cool and all, but a change of pace is in order so... Nordeast!  Bar crawl style... 6pm: Food & Drinks at 331 Club, at 331...
Posted by Jim Negative on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:17:00 PST

St. Patrick's - Evidence!

St. Pat's was great this year, we made it everywhere and even stayed on time.  Jenny took a load of pics and she has thoughtfully posted them up for us here.  Thank you Jenny!  ...
Posted by Jim Negative on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST

Negative @ First Ave on St. Patrick's Day!

Yo!  House heads and Irish revelers alike, pay attention!  Following all the other festivities of the day, I'll be capping it off with a set at Dig Deep in the VIP Room at First Ave!  M...
Posted by Jim Negative on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:48:00 PST

Ice Time

It's cold and the rinks are all up.  Time to skate!  I'm up for some hockey most weekdays after about 5:30p, south MPLS/Hopkins area.  Also on weekends.  Let's go.
Posted by Jim Negative on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:29:00 PST

Official Notice: Disco Kitty!

Hosted By: NielsenWhen: Friday Dec 22, 2006 at 9:00 PMWhere: 7th Street Entry701 1st Avenue NMinneapolis, MN 55400USDescription: This is a night of dance music to support Gentle Touch Animal sanctuar...
Posted by Jim Negative on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:15:00 PST

What, another gig?

Yes, it's true.  The latest addition to the schedule is this Wednesday, 11/15, at Jetset.  I'll be filling in for the long-running weekly event hosted by my friends Christian and Terrence.&n...
Posted by Jim Negative on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:31:00 PST

Upcoming Events - yes, plural!

This Saturday 11/11 - Negative guest DJing at the VIP Room, First Ave.  Gerrard & Drone hosting.  Real house music all night long!  Bring your best dancing shoes (shelltoes, of cour...
Posted by Jim Negative on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:41:00 PST

September 7th - Blue, Red, Green?

This was a bulletin I wrote, but it was buried in a matter of hours by excess promoting.  For what it's worth... Been a while since I dusted off my soapbox, but we're almost to another election a...
Posted by Jim Negative on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:03:00 PST

BSG75

Yeah, I'm a sucker for new Battlestar Galactica stuff. You scored as Commander William Adama. You have risen to your position by being damn good at what you do.  Not only that, you have the deepe...
Posted by Jim Negative on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:02:00 PST

Shuffler game

Body: IF A MOVIE WAS MADE OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?-Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).-Put it on shuffle.-Press play.-For every question, type the name of the son...
Posted by Jim Negative on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:34:00 PST