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Tim

I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together

About Me


I'm studying zoology and ecology at uni. I work at Melbourne Museum. I'm currently listening to the sound of one hand clapping whilst peering into the centre of subatomic particles, which are of course governed by the laws of quantum mechanical indeterminacy.
The Beatles - Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
Karnivool - Fade (live)

My Interests

Nature, live music, consciousness, the universe.

I'd like to meet:


You haven't met yourself yet, but the advantage to meeting others in the meantime is that one of them may present you to yourself. -Waking Life

Music:

The didgeridoo is the mother of all instruments. Silverchair, Karnivool, The Beatles, Tool, Green Day, The Living End, The White Stripes, The Vines, Cold War Kids, John Lennon, Ben Kweller, Jeff Buckley, Buddy Holly, The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, The Legs, The Vasco Era, Incubus, Rage Against The Machine, Slipknot, Korn, Mudvayne, Sunk Loto, Frenzal Rhomb, The Dissociatives, Xavier Rudd, Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, John Butler Trio, Nirvana, Missy Higgins, Mia Dyson, Butterfingers, Eminem, Bob Dylan, The Butterfly Effect, Blue King Brown, The Presidents of the USA, Pinhead Gunpowder, Powderfinger, Bernard Fanning, Birds of Tokyo, Long Walk Home, SEVEN, and Arctic Monkeys, are some of my favourite artists.

Movies:

Waking Life, The Rage in Placid Lake, The Client, Secret Window, Donnie Darko, Braveheart, The Green Mile, The Unsaid, Forrest Gump, Good Will Hunting, Roadkill, The Graduate, American Beauty, 21 Grams, The Butterfly Effect, The Silence of the Lambs, Trainspotting, The Long Walk Home, Pulp Fiction, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Shallow Grave, 2:37, The Wizard of Oz.

Television:

The ABC, SBS. I have a thing for documentaries. I don't watch much TV. I like old school shows.

Books:

Currently on my 'to-read' list are: "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig, and "The Doors of Perception" and "Heaven and Hell" by Aldous Huxley.

Heroes:

Terence McKenna, Aldous Huxley.

My Blog

Pathetic public transport

The public transport system in this city is atrocious.  It's far too expensive and there are not nearly enough services.  I don't blame people for driving their greenhouse-gas-producing, pho...
Posted by Tim on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:21:00 PST

Eradicating ideology

Is it not human nature to compete with each other?  Right from an early age we form friendship groups in which there is quite obviously an hierarchy of individuals.  We are always trying to ...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

A question. The answer is nothing unless you can think of something.

If I'm saying shit about that person to you behind their back then what's to make you think that I'm not saying shit about you to that person behind your back?
Posted by Tim on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:05:00 PST

Pop-ups and the music industry

I've always wondered why there is an explosion of pop-up advertisements when visiting particular websites.  An example of such a website would be any one of the number publishing unofficial song ...
Posted by Tim on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:20:00 PST

Celebrity Culture Gone Mad

Kylie Minogue's split with her long time boyfriend headlined Channel Nine news this evening.  This is a sign of celebrity culture gone mad.  There are events and situations occuring in the w...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:58:00 PST

Another example of the craziness of modern life

"Optus advises that you have less than two dollars worth of credit remaining.  To continue to make calls please remember to recharge.  Please hold while we connect your call."  Just in ...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:05:00 PST

The Horrors of Nudity

I've been thinking, what exactly is the rationale behind the emotional aversion to nudity in our society?  Why do we censor media illustrating a human being in its purest of forms?...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:02:00 PST

Drugs and crime

As far as I'm concerned a crime should only be considered as such when there is a victim and a perpetrator.  Some obvious examples would be murder, theft, rape, vandalism and assault.  There...
Posted by Tim on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:54:00 PST

Pirated DVDs

I recently found some pirated DVDs in my video store.  Would it be considered extortion to threaten to dob them in unless they give me unlimited free DVD rentals?  Would that be blackmail?&n...
Posted by Tim on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:05:00 PST

Following the leader

Since, according to the Australian Government's current policy, Australia will continue to have troops in Iraq until "the job is done," what happens if the US pulls out before the job is done?  W...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:41:00 PST