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About Me

a quote from my pirate ancestor, Capt. Samuel (Black Sam) Bellamy:â€œI am sorry they won't let you have your sloop again, for I scorn to do any one a mischief, when it is not to my advantage; damn the sloop, we must sink her, and she might be of use to you. Though you are a sneaking puppy, and so are all those who will submit to be governed by laws which rich men have made for their own security; for the cowardly whelps have not the courage otherwise to defend what they get by knavery; but damn ye altogether: damn them for a pack of crafty rascals, and you, who serve them, for a parcel of hen-hearted numbskulls. They vilify us, the scoundrels do, when there is only this difference, they rob the poor under the cover of law, forsooth, and we plunder the rich under the protection of our own courage. Had you not better make then one of us, than sneak after these villains for employment?"

My Interests

SAILING, CAMPING/HIKING, LONGBOARDS, BIKES, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SNORKELING, SPEAR-FISHING, THRIFT STORES, HAND DRUMS, WANDERING AIMLESSLY, GENERAL MISCHIEVERY, TOMFOOLERY, ETC...

Music:

Sublime, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Modest Mouse, Jack Johnson, Toadies, Burden Brothers, Live, Pearl Jam, Tripping Daisy, Postal Service, Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Yellowman, Beck, Dave Mathews Band, Counting Crows, The Specials, REM, Peter Tosh, Grateful Dead, CCR, Johnny Cash, Dishwalla, The Cars, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, Bob Dylan, Pennywise, NOFX, 30footFall, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Joplin, Beatles, Green Day, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Silverchair, Sally Boy (my cousin's band), U2, Crosby-Stills-Nash-and-Young, Presidents of the USA, Weezer, Steeleye Span, Wiggle Room, Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Wailers, Inner Circle, The Cure, Samiam, Ben Harper, Soul Coughing, Tool, The Mountain Goats, The Semis, etc...

Movies:

FUCK THE CINEMA!!!!

Television:

KILL YOUR TELEVISION (i sold mine to a hippy ex-girlfriend, i felt kinda guilty)

Books:

REMEMBER KIDS, BOOKS ARE STIMULANTS FOR THE MIND "Fatu Hiva", "Kon Tiki", "The Ra Expeditions", etc... by Thor Heyerdahl; "Lulabye" by Palanhuick (same guy as "fight club"); "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau; anything by Tom Robbins; "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse; "Communist Manifesto" by Marx and Engels; "To Have or To Be" by Eric Fromm; "Dove" by Robin Lee Graham; "Maiden Voyage" by Tania Aebi; most books by Clive Cussler; all of Carl Hiassen's stuff; "Carry On Mr. Bowditch"; "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Nietzche; "Zen Guitar"; Dr. Seuss; "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon

Heroes:

who needs heroes? be your own

My Blog

kava-kava

just found the greatest thing while doing my laundry, a kava bar. i didn't even know that they existed here in this country. kava is a root form the south pacific that is made into a intoxicating drin...
Posted by Captain Jon on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:27:00 PST

Final leg of trip

Well, I am whooped. This weekend was a son-of-a-bitch. I finally got my boat to Fort Lauderdale, but not without kicking my own ass in the process. Here is the basics: Friday: &...
Posted by Captain Jon on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:28:00 PST

Wanted: pirate ship

well i am deep into the hunt for my next boat... been looking at some Allied Seawinds, a Pearson Vanguard, and a Tahiti ketch (the picture of that one is under the "who i'd like to meet" section). try...
Posted by Captain Jon on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:16:00 PST

Fort Liquordale sux

blah, there are no cool people in Fort Lauderdale... then again, i don't even know the hangouts yet and i haven't been to any of the skateparks. been too busy working the office gig. still waiting for...
Posted by Captain Jon on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:11:00 PST

voyage report

Dec 27: leave Tampa 4:30, cleared the Skyway by midnight and into the great wide open Dec 28: sailed south along the coast, east winds softened until i was becalmed off Charlotte Harbor, spent 6 hours...
Posted by Captain Jon on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:20:00 PST

plan B

well i am retiring from the skatepark... such a long strange trip its been. i will be sailing out from tampa before the end of the month and headed out into the larger world. i am officially done wit...
Posted by Captain Jon on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:42:00 PST

end of hurricane season, hurray!

well it is November 1st and the official end to the hurricane season and the start of the dry season in the Caribbean. me and Carambola have had a fine hurricane season, our first one, with no storm d...
Posted by Captain Jon on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:29:00 PST

here comes the winter

fuckin-A i haven't posted anything on here in a while... just been going to school and working and taking care of my boat and my cats and the kittens. winter has been coming, we got "cold" weather (th...
Posted by Captain Jon on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:01:00 PST

26 and still in america, dammit

so its my birthday. 26. yeah, i dunno about birthdays anymore. i don't know why but i am kinda bummed out. maybe its because i am 26, still in college, still in america, not out sailing the caribbean....
Posted by Captain Jon on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:27:00 PST

stuff...

well, i got my fridge installed and running, do you know what that means?? COLD BEER!!! and CHEESE!!! i am loving it. also got a 12V fan at Walmart for 8 bucks, makes those hot nights much better. out...
Posted by Captain Jon on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:11:00 PST