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H. Alexander

Alex Merced: Moving to Long Island January 2008

About Me

Hey Guys,
I'm the one and only Alex Merced (don't let those other Alex Merceds tell you otherwise). I'm you typical nice guy with a few twists..
Extremely Neutral - I pretty much look at things from all sides, if you want to understand different perspectives talk to me, if you looking someone to debate with I'm not strongly on any side to be a good canidate I prefer understanding why people do things, not to judge them.
On the Fringe of Creativity - my idea of art is weird, I like weird, but I also like accessible. You'll notice this in my tastes that I enjoy things that are a bit outside of the fringe yet still enjoyable by most. Except the stuff I create tends to be more weird than accessible.
Good Sense of Humor - I'm not your overly sensitive nice guy, actually I'm probably not as sensitive and considerate as I should be. I like funny jokes, harsh jokes, and I'm willing to take my humor farther than most so sorry if I ever offend you ahead of time. I guess I'm thought of the nice guy cause I'm not mean, not really cause I'm super nice.
Patience - I don't really have a temper very few people will ever see me get mad, frustrated and nervous maybe, but usually not mad. This is why I think people think of me as a nice guy.
You may not know me now, but you will and you'll never forget me

My Interests

- Music Performance (Guitar, Vocals,programming)
- Music Business (Promoting, Managing)
- Community Building (Running Organizations, Advising)
- Politics (Friendly Debate, Analysis)
- Humour (stand-up, satire)
- Trying New Things (Building Arcade Machines, Hiking the AT)

I'd like to meet:

I'm just motivated guy trying to accomplish a lot of things in a short amount of time, if your the same then please do get in touch I like to keep motivated people around me.

Music:

classics: Queen, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Hot Chocolate, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Stevie Wonder

Rock/Metal/indie:Coheed and Cambria, Mew, The Blood Brothers, Aerogramme, Aqueduct, Battles, Bjork, Deerhoof, The matches, Incubus, Lovedrug, Map + Atlases, Mother Mother, Of Montreal, Phoenix, Portugal. The Man, Supersystem, The Blow, Head Automatica, Glassjaw, The Fall of Troy, We are the Fury, The Snake the Cross The Crowd, TV On The Radio, Mika

Hip Hop:The Lab Rats, Sage Francis, Weerd Science, MF Doom, Atmosphere, Lyrics Born, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, Visionaries, Dead Prez, The Streets, Dizze Rascal, M.I.A, Blueprint, Illogic, Eminem, Gym Class Heroes

Folk/R&B:John Legend, Alicia Keys, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Stephen Lynch, Tenacious D, Regina Spektor, JOanna Newsom, St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Feist, Cocorosie

Electronic:Secret Mommy, Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Basement JAXX, Green Velvet, Morcheeba, DJ Cam, Prefuse 73, Cut Chemist, Datarock, Chromeo, Caribou, Board of Canada, Tricky, Benassi Bros.

Movies:

Memento, LA Confidetial, Dogma, J&SB Strike Back, Mallrats, High Fidelity, Clerks, Cecil B. Demented, Hairspray, Polyester, Kung Pow, the stupids, and the labyrinth, Death to Smoochie, Monty Python Movies, Four Eyed Monster

Television:

THe Daily Show, Strangers With Candy, Southpark, Drawn Together, Greg the Bunny, THe Andy Richter Show, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Office, Monk, Six Feet Under, Nip+Tuck

Books:

The Pheonix Gaurds, 500 Years After, The Art of War, Owlsight, etc.

My Blog

State Of Alex Merced 2007

Well this has been more a transitional year where I learned to appreciate the little things in life and learned to slow down a little bit, still a lot went on.- Spent the first half of the year workin...
Posted by H. Alexander on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:05:00 PST

People who are Important to Me

This is the list of people who are important to me. While there's a lot of people I care about a lot , this list comprises the people who I'd really stick my neck out for and people who've really stuc...
Posted by H. Alexander on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:26:00 PST

Nice Guy Finish Last (I know from personal experience)

every guy that regrets hurting or losing her.To every guy who knows which girl he wants.To every guy that's said, "You're beautiful."To every guy that was never too busy to drive across town (or acros...
Posted by H. Alexander on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:46:00 PST

The State of Alex Merced (2006) Address

It's The end of probably one of the most eventful years of my life, so let's recap and talk about what's in store for 2007.In january I came back from conneticut for another semester from being an RA ...
Posted by H. Alexander on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:38:00 PST