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R@tm@N

Enter the Rat-Cave - A corner for creative freaks

About Me


Before you go anywhere, this page is best viewed in Firefox. If you do not know what this is, I assume you are very new to the net or a total lamer. Either way....

Update! 27/07/2008
Hey kids! It's been so long since I updated my page, but the good news is I am back online at home (finally!) SO it's back to the old ways of myspace madness! I am now working for Virgin mobile, so far so good, happy to be keeping busy and making money again. The ironic thing is that now I have so much less spare time I will probably do more with it because it is precious to me. So hopefully there will be lots of new stuff coming on to this page as I create it! I look forward to chatting and catching up with you all a lot more in the near future. PEACE!

Welcome to my corner of the web, pull up a chair and have some hot cocoa or a tall glass of iced tea (depending on your current weather conditions). What you are reading is likely to be a little unusual, lacking in organisation and rigidity and may not make perfect asparagus. The reason for this? That's what I am like!

My intention in creating this page is to meet diverse ranges of folk from around the globe, share some of my creative side and gain some inspiration from yours.

My quickie blurb reads American born, half Aussie half Asian kid living in Sydney for the last 20 years. High intellect now poorly maintained.

Having led a (searches euphemism engine) "colourful life", I have now found myself in what could be described as an emotional rift. I am stable, hard working (hard enough anyway) and comfortable enough. That however is not enough, there is a shell around me that needs breaking. So in the words of Ben Grimm, "It's clobberin time!"

So if you are reading this now, you have entered my world with the first corner of your left big toe. Inch in a little further in and take a small step. Don't worry, the door will not slam behind you just yet. (Sly smile) You are free to go whenever you wish......

Latest Laughs... ,


Geek Jokes!

Redneck Computer Terms!


Log On: Makin' the wood stove hotter.
Log Off: Don't add no wood.
Monitor: Keepin' an eye on the wood stove.
Download: Gettin' the firewood off the pickup.
Mega Hertz: When yer not careful down loadin'.
Floppy Disk: Whatcha git from pilin' too much firewood.
Ram: The hydrolic thingy that splits the firewood.
Hard Drive: Getting' home in the winter season.
Prompt: What you wish the mail was in the winter.
Windows: What to shut when it's below 15 below.
Screen: What 'cha need for the black fly season.
Byte: That's what the flies do.
Chip: What to munch on.
Micro Chip: What's left in the bottom of the bag.
Infrared: Where the left-overs go when Fred's around.
Modem: What 'cha did to the hay fields.
Dot Matrix: Farmer Matrix's wife.
Lap Top: Where little kids feel comfy.
Keyboard: Where ya hang your keys.
Software: Them plastic eatin' utensils.
Mouse: Whats eats the horses grain.
Main Frame: Hold up the barn roof.
Port: Fancy wine.
Enter: C'mon in.
Random Access Memory: You can't remember whatcha' paid for that new rifle when your wife asks.

Male or female?

A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.

Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were neutral. Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?"

The teacher wasn't certain which it was,and so divided the class into two groups and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. One group was comprised of the women in the class, and the other, of men. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in masculine gender because:

1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.

The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories.

What a view!

A woman went to her shrink because she was having severe problems with her sex life. The psychiatrist asked her many questions but did not seem to be getting a clear picture of her problems. Finally he asked, "Do you ever watch your husband's face while you are having sex?" "Well, yes, I actually did once." "And how did your husband look?" "Angry, very angry."

At this point the psychiatrist felt that he was really getting somewhere and he said, "Well that's very interesting, we must look into this further.

Now tell me, you say that you have only seen your husband's face once during sex; that seems somewhat unusual. How did it occur that you saw his face that time?"

"He was looking through the window at us!"

My Interests

RATTIES!!!!!!!!


OK, so I finally bought a new camera. No longer will curious Myspace whores ask me about my nick and its origins! Yes, I love rats, they are my favourite animals. The great survivor, rats can make something out of the worst of situations and always have incredible resilience in the face of change and adversity. A lot like me I guess, oh and also they fuck like crazy! Also like me. :P

Meet Coco!


Yeah, the brown one, no duh.

Hello!

Is there a rat on my head?

Meet Digger!



I didn't eat it! More!

Representing Ratpack!

Who's Daddy's favourite?

Interests?


DOing this. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WOO-WOOWOOWOOWOO-WOO-WOOWOOWOO
Many and varied! Like the saying goes, try everything once (except incest and square-dancing).....
Just get to know me and the rest will be history in the making! There is enough about my general taste around this page, so I will use this space to display some of my artwork. I need to do bigger and better things with this, so if you have any ideas or would like to use my art for flyers etc just let me know!

Now updated! Start off with a few pastel works. I love greytone pastels!

UPDATED!

OK, lots more ink drawings now that I have my new camera! These are really in no particular order for now, though the first two are the latest ones I have done.. Enjoy!

Here is my first attempt at freehand vector art!

another vector sketch

Please respect my work and ask me 1st if you wish to use or distribute it in any way. I am open to suggestions so please fire feedback or ideas to me - that's why I am here! I will post some more stuff soon, watch this space!

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to take a ride on the Hoff's back!

But most of all, I would like to meet YOU! SO drop me a line!


Anyone who loves creativity and sharing, anyone cracked out, anyone who loves music, grafitti, hip hop, HORROR and CHEESE! Anyone who remembers old Sydney warehouse raves in the early 90's (A juicy red apple is nice, but... not every apple is red!) Anyone from Mosman high School, and alllll you beeeeznatches!

Music:


I LOVE MADLIB!!!!Always lovin:

Anything Madlib (all hail Lord Quas!)J Dilla (Rest in Peace Dawg), Oh No, Wildchild, MED, Peanut Butter Wolf, Company Flow, anything Stone's Throw Records!
Kool Keith and all related projects.
MF Doom and all related anything!
People Under The Stairs
Ugly Duckling
Danger Mouse and Jemini(Wehere's that new album??
Dilated Peoples,Babu,Tha Liks,King Tee, Defari, Phil Tha Agony and the whole LIKWIT Crew
Swollen Members
Edan
Apathy, Celph Titled and all other demigodz
Majik Most (NOT in the demigodz)
Aesop Rock
Nas and AZ before selling out (the FIRM baby!)
Jurassic 5
DJ Format, Abdominal and Dsisive
Bahamadia
Talib Kweli
The Beatnuts
Pretty much all the early Wu-Tang
Heiroglyphics/Souls of Mischief
Jedi Mind Tricks
Cyne
Big Pun
J-Live
Nextmen
Mark B and Blade,Ty,Roots Manuva, Rodney P, Blak Twang, any good UK stuff
Canibus before recent times...
PRIMO BEATS!
Alchemist Beats
Fat Jon beats!
Automator Beats
Anything Old school, way to many to mention! Contact me if you want to tap into my essential dope!

Not that I only listen to hip hop....

Pixies will always be my favourite band, there will just never be anything as good. Seriously!

Always loving
Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Weezer, The Charlatans, Primal Scream, Muse, The Strokes, Jane's Addiction, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Preston School of Industry, Beck, NOFX, Operation Ivy, Dead Kennedys, Laslo Bane, System of a Down, god again too many. Indie and punk rocks.


Neil Young has to be the greatest individual artist in my opinion. And still going strong after all these years!

Anyway music is something I cannot be without! Depending on my mood I could be listening to Hip Hop, Indie, Jazz, Death Metal, Old School Rave tunes or 50's doo-wop! So if you have a musical recommendation I would love to hear it, or if you would like to share files please let me know - I have loads to share!

Movies:

Horror, B movies, Scifi, Gangster and Asian movies mostly. I am an avid movie collector and ripper (for backup purposes only ahem) and sometimes I even upload to the masses when it pleases me. Here are a few random movies and directors while this space undergoes maintenance.
Anything involving Lucio Fulci - Zombie Flesh Eaters, City of the Living Dead, The Beyond, New York Ripper etc.
Ditto Dario Argento. Tenebre, Creepers, Suspiria, Faceless, Deep Red and so on.
OK Romero has to get a look in to. Dead Trilogy plus Land which doesnt count.
Slasher and psycho movies. Maniac is the perfect example.
Japanese exploitation such as the Guinea Pig series, any good Asian shock stuff. Cat111 rules!
Hong Kong comedies, specifically involving Stephen Chow. Too many laughs to not count him as a personal hero.
STUPID movies in general, anything not out for laughs that actually gets them.
Well made films already get enough recognition. I love all cinema, if I had to pick a favourite film it always seems to come up Taxi Driver.

Television:

Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Ren and Stimpy, Seinfeld, Mythbusters, Penn and Teller Bullshit!, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, Red Dwarf, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Hitchhikers Guide, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The list goes on but not too much. Too many movies to watch!

Books:

Mostly crime and Scifi be what I have read, a few faves include James Ellroy, Iain Banks, James Lee Burke, Arthur C Clarke, Isaac asimov, Elmore Leonard, Kathy Reichs, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, Alfred Bester, Clive Barker, George Orwell..... Comics too.

Heroes:


THIS GUY!

My Blog

On the home stretch!

Well kids, here I am on a lazy Sunday afternoon at my Mum's house. It's been an interesting few weeks, lots has happened outside of my mind-numbing rehab routine, which I am getting well and truly OVE...
Posted by R@tm@N on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:02:00 PST

Hanging in there... halfway now!

Blah! It is getting harder to do all the rehab things and not go totally insane, the set routine and lack of choices, watching 80 blokes eat cereal every morning, the same groups and meetings every we...
Posted by R@tm@N on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:04:00 PST

Some new stuff from the hab of RE

Here I am at my sister's place, I am 4 months into my program now nearly half way! I miss myspacing and thank all of you that have kept in touch and especially those who have sent me mail! You know wh...
Posted by R@tm@N on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:09:00 PST

Pretty girls and pelicans

Just chillin over at a friends playing video games after an interesting weekend last week, I helped out a damsel in distress with my company and wisdom, I met her in detox and I am encouraging her to ...
Posted by R@tm@N on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:39:00 PST

90 Days clean and serene!

Well, here I am just checking in from a mates house, after 3 months without a drink or a drug I feel well on the way to a happy and healthy life in recovery. I just wanted to extend my thanks to all w...
Posted by R@tm@N on Sat, 12 May 2007 01:27:00 PST

Ratman in rehab

Well here I am at my sisters place doing a quick update, its so hard, I want to write to so many of you personally, but anyway, for those of you who have made it here I am just sharing a few pics from...
Posted by R@tm@N on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:06:00 PST

A new poem!

Untitled 07/12/2006Many skies inside my mind,holding twinkling stars and I,switching from the blue to gold,rays that penetrate my soul.Warmth I hope will never pass,soaks into the spongy mass,full of ...
Posted by R@tm@N on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:59:00 PST

Today

I wrote something hoooooray! Just this:    Trying to close my eyes, I lie on the couch, in a position I know is absolutely wrong for my posture but just right for comfort. So many...
Posted by R@tm@N on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:38:00 PST

Short story (soon to be longer?)

Ok, I have decided to post this short story I started a while back, as a catalyst for finishing the damn thing! So please take some time to read it and leave some feedback, I will get cracking on the ...
Posted by R@tm@N on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:38:00 PST

All about Allison

Well, I sent this as a bulletin, but I will post it here too for anyone new who wants to read my rantings. I don't fill out mindless surveys about myself, but I did fill this one on request from Ali. ...
Posted by R@tm@N on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:36:00 PST