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PERCI

Every time a bell rings an angel shakes her groove thing.

About Me

Among other things, I've:
-jello wrestled
-published poetry
-cut an album and toured the South
-hit up 45/50 States
-omgwtfpwned 54-4 on de_dust2
-leveled 3 60's in WoW
-been a gold farmer
-studied (and mostly forgotten) Spanish, French, Russian, and Japanese
-rocked Vietnam, Japan, England, Canada, and Mexico
-circled the ancient capitol of Nara on foot
-slept in a coffin hotel
-been a go-go dancer
-opened for Jim Belushi
-acted in Mortal Combat and Biodome
-recorded "Sunday, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! Monster Truck Rally" commercials
-gone backwards on the highway at 90mph
-gone forward on the highway at 140mph
-gone 2nd place in a hot bod contest (and won tix to see Kiss, lollers)
-put my elbow through a car window (it broke, I didn't)
-helped launch the PlayStation 2, PSP, and PlayStation 3, and
-helped raise a wonderful, beautiful boy
Currently, during the day, I'm a mild-mannered project manager for a Fortune 50 Japanese entertainment corp. During the night, I'm a well-dressed Communist Super Spy.
Caveat lector: people who have no sense of humor will fail to grasp the sublime silliness of not only this profile, but of this simple life itself, and for those, I'm truly sorry.

My Interests

Shopping
The gaming industry
Online gaming
Grinding
Shaking ketsu
Eating katsu
Eating out
Eating babies
Shoujo manga
Piracy
Revolution
Insurrection
Hating
Photography
A girl's smile
Googlestalking
Femmes fatales
People watching
Being antisocial
Transhumanism
Extropianism
Flirting
Saying NO
Playing devil's advocate
Playing WoW
Playing hard to get
Asian pop culture
Not calling
Laughing
Laughing near people
Laughing at people
Enlightenment
Treason
Perfect skin
Breaking rules
Breaking piggy banks
Driving fast and furious
Heresy
Apotheosis
Getting aggro
Moral quagmires
Slippery slopes
Uncanny valleys
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Metastatis
Gaming gamines
Girls with guns
Nice girls
Conspicuous consumption
Fashion
Stylish girls
Toys
Shopping

I'd like to meet:

All my old beautiful friends
Terroristas
Alien space pirates
All your hot friends
Maria Ozawa
Kuan Yin
Death
Mercy
Ueto Aya
Nakashima Mika
Avril Lavigne
Avalokiteshvara
MySelf in 20 Years
Paris Hilton
Sesquipeds
Polyglots
Aerith Gainsborough
Ayukawa Madoka
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
The last woman on Earth
The devil inside

P.S. I don't add people I don't know. D.A.R.E. to keep MySpace whores and camwhore bots off your friendslist.

Music:

Black Stones
The Killers
The Smiths
My Chemical Romance
Avril Lavigne
Nakashima Mika
Do As Infinity
Gackt
X Japan
L'arc~en~ciel
Glay
Hajime Chitose
Shimatani Hitomi
Spitz
KMFDM
Norah Jones
The Supremes
The Clash

Nine Inch Nails
Depeche Mode
Portishead
New Order
Frou Frou
The Sundays
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Joao Gilberto

Movies:

It's a Wonderful Life
Thank You For Smoking
Hero
Cutey Honey
Hiroshima Mon Amour
In the Mood for Love
The Quiet American
Reservoir Dogs
Shaolin Soccer
Love Actually
Roman Holiday
Jacob's Ladder
Fantasia
Aliens
L.A. Story
Dune
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Casshern
American Beauty
Trainspotting
The Professional
Mary Poppins

Television:

I'm currently watching:
Battlestar Galactica
Bleach
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
Lost
Nana

Books:

Love in the Time of Cholera
Genji Monogatari
Lord of the Flies
Norwegian Wood
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Wicked
The Count of Monte Cristo
Les Miserables
Hyperion
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Snow Crash
Sexual Personae
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Te Tao Ching
Naomi
Snow Country
South of the Border, West of the Sun
L'Amante
Tikki Tikki Tembo

Heroes:

Nick Naylor
Gauis Baltar
Ho Chi Minh
Genghis Khan
J. Alfred Prufrock
Prometheus
Sisyphus
Paris
Paris Hilton
My Dad
Your Mom

My Blog

The Magic of MySpace

Reality TV lets you make an ass of yourself in front of millions.MySpace lets millions burn you down in person.Want some beat down for the holidays? Or looking for some bitch advice? Find this Texan o...
Posted by PERCI on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:02:00 PST

So I'm still a Field Marshal

A new Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test popped up on Digg, this time a Myers-Briggs test written by a coder, aimed at coders. I've coded in the past -- hate it -- but I'm a sucker for these things, so ...
Posted by PERCI on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:27:00 PST

"What's on the menu for this evening, sir?"

After maybe a four year hiatus, I dropped by the old Perversion on Hollywood last night with my brother. Much good times, even though it's a pale ghost in comparison to its heyday in the late 90's.As ...
Posted by PERCI on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:41:00 PST

Joystick

Hotrod pop art, pinup succubi, and now video games from the illustrious Coop. Quelle fin de siècle. I lurve it.Coop's blog....
Posted by PERCI on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:24:00 PST

Post PS3 Party: Angels aren't Killlers

Home again, home again after the PlayStation 3 launch party.- Is it strange that only at parties do you get to really talk to your friends at work that you don't work with?- How did Tom Delonge become...
Posted by PERCI on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:04:00 PST

Safest/Most Dangerous U.S. Cities

According to the latest FBI crime rate figures from June, the most, least dangerous U.S. cities (AP):Only cities that reported crime rates were included in the list. For example, New Orleans was not i...
Posted by PERCI on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:08:00 PST

<3 Montreal

Everytime I visit Montreal, I love it more and more.1. Had the best hamburger I've ever had, at Les Foufounes Electriques.2. It's okay to go home, saying no. Choosing not to be Evil isn't so bad.3. Go...
Posted by PERCI on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:42:00 PST

Oboeteta

Itsu no mani wasureta?Kanjiru. Dokidoki suru. Nonde kanjiru, boku no kokoro.
Posted by PERCI on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:09:00 PST

Shopping Sickness

I buy things as a reward. I also buy things as medication.In the past month and a half, I've picked up:A Dell XPS 600 with twin SLI nVidia 7900 GTX's -- nice, except for stupid WinBlows which crashes ...
Posted by PERCI on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:20:00 PST

No Sympathy, or, You've Made Your Bed, Now Die in It.

When you wake up in the morning, think of your wife, daughter, and son before you walk out the door.It may just make you reconsider a career in stupid human tricks.
Posted by PERCI on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:22:00 PST