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About Me

My name is James Albert Emerson. I go by Jamie. I don't date. I wear boxers, not briefs. I feel that an awkward morning is much worse than a boring night. I'm an enormously awesome and disgusting creature, but a self-made description of myself shouldn't be read by anybody smart enough to know what "biased" means. But for all of you that are willfully ignorant and sketchy as hell - which most of you are - I'm a product of upper-middle class, white, Christian, conservative America and I think the world has bigger issues than George W. Bush. I've been labeled just about everything you can imagine. You can write out your own, peel it off, and stick it on me with all the others. I'm covered from head to toe.
'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.'
I've been saying that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this morning that made me think twice. Now I'm thinking: it could mean you're the evil man and I'm the righteous man and Mr. 9mm...he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that, but that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak and I'm the tyranny of evil men. But, I'm trying...I'm trying real hard to be a shepherd.
I'm hypocritical, judgemental, condescending, sexist, and perfectionistic.
Aversions:
General: abortion, godlessness, pride, dishonesty, insincerity, manipulation, relativism, in vitro fertilization, mediocrity, scorching my tongue, the smell of airplanes, wet socks, posing for pictures, cold feet, affirmative action, British humour, the triboelectric effect, sensationalism, waking up to an alarm clock, academics, dry skin, knick-knacks, punk rock, materialism, subjectivism, fashion that ignores functionality, bug bites, speculating sports games, pickles, "the scene", card shopping, fat-free foods, tan lines, artificial sweeteners, the ACLU, canned cheese, cottage cheese, nervous laughter, traffic
Music: Hollywood Undead, Train, Stone Sour, Pink, Jimmy Buffett, Savage Garden, Black Eyed Peas, Eiffel 65, Prince, Macy Gray, Boy George, Maroon 5, Enrique Iglesias, She Wants Revenge, Insane Clown Posse, Blues Traveler, James Blunt, Senses Fail, Missy Elliot, R.E.M.
TV: Sex and the City, Next, Star Trek, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, BET, the news, and soap operas

My Interests

myself, the Truth, objectivism, morality, freedom, laughing, music, being in love, apologetics, performing everyday bodily functions (breathing, eating, peeing, etc.), driving in the summer at night with the windows down and the music up while I sing at the top of my lungs and play the air drums like a complete badass, delayed gratification, pleasant surprises, finding beauty, finding inspiration, synesthesia, the internet, Restoration Hardware, Active, the smell of gasoline, movie theaters, In-N-Out, Chipotle, dreaming, Halo, fire, affection, traveling, setting trends, the 4th of July, talking with one other person in a quiet room, cooking, walking through the non-fiction section of libraries, Wikipedia, thebestpageintheuniverse.net, intellectualwhores.com

I'd like to meet:

There are 6 billion people on the planet. I'd like to find the beauty in all of them, but some wishes are unrealistic. I wouldn't prefer to start lasting relationships through something as impersonal as the internet, but in some cases the end justifies the means.Temporary relationships don't appeal to me. If you think it's acceptable to leave when I become inconvenient, then don't pretend to value me in the first place. You would be far better off finding someone else to befriend.
They say that everyone you meet in life will either be an asset or a liability. I'd like to keep a healthy balance of each. But, it seems as though there's always room for one more asset.

Music:

Linkin Park, Yellowcard, Thrice, Acceptance, City Sleeps, blink-182, Anberlin, Van Halen, Nickelback, Dr. Dre, Story of the Year, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Underoath, Dashboard Confessional, The Used, Nural, Over It, Silverchair, Justin Timberlake, Jimi Hendrix, Jojo, Incubus, Rascal Flatts, Mute Math, Rufio, U2, Tool, Gin Blossoms, Journey, Goldfinger, Third Eye Blind, Goo Goo Dolls, He Is Legend, Brand New, Cartel, Home Grown, Steven Curtis Chapman, New Found Glory, The Beatles, Gametime, Diffuser, Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Foo Fighters, The Friday Night Boys, The Dissociatives, Normal Like You, Bush, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine, Steve Vai, Sarah McLachlan, The Eagles, Avril Lavigne, Head Automatica, Ben Folds (Five), Midtown, Nick Lachey, Audioslave, Cake, Saves the Day, Backstreet Boys, Limp Bizkit, Ashlee Simpson, The Offspring, Outkast, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Hootie and the Blowfish, *NSYNC, Boston, Staind, Steve Miller Band, Fort Minor, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ryan Cabrera, Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers), Finch, Eve 6, Dixie Chicks, Stone Temple Pilots, 50 Cent, Anchor and Braille, Weezer, Copeland, Stark Raving, Soundgarden, Eminem, The Wallflowers, Usher, Billy Joel, The Starting Line, Kenny Loggins, Boxcar Racer, Fair, Fall Out Boy, John Mayer, Sum 41, Jessica Simpson

Movies:

Great Expectations, Mission: Impossible, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, Signs, Closer, Dumb and Dumber, Lost in Translation, The Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Saved!, Contact, The Matrix, loveactually, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Breakfast Club, Austin Powers, Lady in the Water, The Truman Show, Spanglish, Jurassic Park, Jerry Maguire, The Life Aquatic, I

Television:

Da Ali G Show, The Tom Green Show, Family Guy, Seinfeld, Simpsons, The O'Reilly Factor, Futurama, Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, The Chappelle Show, South Park, King of Queens, but I rarely watch TV.

Books:

The Bible; Mere Christianity (and everything C.S. Lewis); Rich Dad, Poor Dad (and anything from Robert Kiyosaki); A Brief History of Time; and I also enjoy Hank Hanegraaff's work. I don't read for entertainment. I read for enlightenment.

Heroes:

Jesus Christ

My Blog

01 Like Jessica Rabbit, she collects bad habits (and gets her drinks for free).

At work I'm forced to listen to a radio station marketed towards secretaries that sit in waiting rooms and business offices. Through Shania Twain to Christina Aguilera to Pink to Bonnie Raitt, I can't...
Posted by jamie. on Thu, 17 May 2007 12:42:00 PST