About Me
Way out west there was this fella I wanna tell ya about. Goes by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. See, this Lebowski, he called himself "The Dude". Now, "Dude" - there's a name no man would self-apply where I come from. But then there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place so darned interestin'. See, they call Los Angeles the "City Of Angels"; but I didn't find it to be that, exactly. But I'll allow it as there are some nice folks there. 'Course I ain't never been to London, and I ain't never seen France. And I ain't never seen no queen in her damned undies, so the feller says. But I'll tell you what - after seeing Los Angeles, and this here story I'm about to unfold, well, I guess I seen somethin' every bit as stupefyin' as you'd seen in any of them other places. And in English, too. So I can die with a smile on my face, without feelin' like the good Lord gypped me. Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place in the early '90s - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? Sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here - the Dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. The Dude, from Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man - and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Los Angeles County, which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide. Sometimes there's a man, sometimes, there's a man. Well, I lost my train of thought here. But... aw, hell. I've done introduced it enough.
I'm a 27 year old that grew up in suburban Philadelphia. I spent my whole life training to be a computer graphic designer and programmer. I'm exploring the art of stone masonry for a living and loving almost every second of it. Creating is good in all respects. I live day to day sometimes, week to week more often, but always have an eye turned to the immediate and final destination. Winters are cold. I have dreams and aspirations that sometimes seem to exceed my will. I regularly find that my willpower is ridiculously abundant. I own a [currently incapacitated] 1987 AE86 carburated Toyota Corolla money pit piece of shit, which: is my most prized possession; will be a track car; and is anything but a piece of shit. Music is the heartbeat of existence. I can be a fool, and sport the title with pride.
   Ranking Quotes:
- "i Don't wanna Lie; i Do as i Desire, i Speak my Mind, Live my own Life: Because There's MuSic."
- Princes of Babylon [roll it]
- "The 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson, had a vision of America; he believed that this whole new giant uniformed continent offered this chance to start again. The premise was very simple; that 'human beings acting in a sense of enlightened self interest are smart enough to do the right thing, and know the truth'. America could have been a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race. Instead, we just moved in here and destroyed the place, from coast to coast, like killer snails. Everybody want's power over a country that has had it's day. I think we're finished..."
- Hunter S. from the Criterion Collection version of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- "The quest is to be liberated from the negative, which is really our own will to nothingness. And, once having said yes to the instant, the affirmation is contagious. It bursts into a chain of affirmations that knows no limit. To say yes to one instant, is to say yes to all of existence."
- Old Guy from Waking Life
- "There he goes, one of God's own prototypes. A high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. To weird to live, and too rare to die."
- Hunter S. from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- "I'm good at making mountains, I should have been god."
- Sis, bonfire & boxed wine
- "Nothing that is new is ever new twice. While things that are true are still true the next time; truer, in fact, because they have been tested, they have been tasted, and they are always ripe, always ready."
- Orson Scott Card
- "I was taught a month ago, to 'bide my time and take it slow'. But then I learned just yesterday, to 'rush and never waste the day'. Now I'm convinced the whole day long, that all I've learned is always wrong. And things are true that I forget, but no-one taught that to me yet."
- Phish [character zero]
- "Precious Dear, take a good close look at me
You never know if it's the last time you will see
This transitory piece of celestial matter
This little ol' morsel of God's sweet batter
I once was former. I'll soon be latter"
- String Cheese Incident [just passin' through]
- "It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too"
- Alice in Chains [no excuses]
   Couple links from the grab bag:
- Daddy Says So
- Matt Delaney ..
- My Graphic Design [DeviantArt]
- My Photography [DeviantArt]
   Contact:
- AIM : FunkShlong (Came up with it when I was 13, so gimme a break)
- Cell : (610) 202-2933
