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Compulsive Collector

One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller

About Me


I'm a thirty-one-year-old geek living in Charlotte, NC. Aside from a few stops in other cities, I've been here since 1984. As boring as it can be at times, and as lacking as it is in a scene of any kind, I actually like it, especially as it grows and becomes more diverse. By day, I'm a web developer, writer, and editor, all rolled up into one bundle of awesome. I'm also responsible for my company's e-mail marketing. I've been a vegetarian for fourteen years; I've been totally vegan for two years. I share a house with my wonderful girlfriend (in my list as Kittyzilla below) and best pal (my pooch, Darby). I like good cartoons, socialized health care, civil liberties, mixed economy welfare states, and a daily regimen of ganja. I dislike corporatism, anime, privatization, Michael Bay, mainstream political parties, and cops.
I collect DC Comics, G.I. JOE, and STAR WARS action figures, along with some Blade, Sin City, Hellboy, Transformers, and various movie character items. I also collect NY Giants cards and memorabilia. If you want to see more of my collection, follow the banner above to my site.

My Interests

cartoons, comics, superheroes, NY GIANTS, action figures, film, design, writing, videography, photography, collecting

I'd like to meet:

If you collect Firefly or Serenity items, you'll dig this new site:

I deny all "friend" requests and ignore all messages from anyone with Xs before and after their name or the word "edge" anywhere on their profiles. Straight edge has nothing to do with veganism, and just because I'm vegan, that doesn't mean I'm going to identify with you. I don't refrain from eating animals because some band told me it wasn't cool. Seriously, I want nothing to do with you, so go bother someone else.

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Music:

DK, GN'R, Pink Floyd, GWAR, Pixies, Frédéric Chopin, Ramones, Cash, the Pharcyde, Melvins, Bratmobile, Napalm Death, Mazzy Star, Zooey Deschanel, Genius, A Tribe Called Quest, Carcass, The Cult, Suffocation, MF DOOM, Elvis Presley, Prince, Public Enemy, Murphy's Law, Slayer, Buzzcocks, Nouvelle Vague, Mojo Nixon, NWA, Melt-Banana, Remy Zero, Chris Isaak, Fiona Apple, The Lillingtons, Butt Trumpet, Tanto Metro and Devonte, NOmeansno, early Beastie Boys, Ween, Moxy Früvous, Circle Jerks, Dead Milkmen, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Sergei Rachmaninoff, FEAR, The Pogues, Born Against, Weezer

Movies:

The Dark Knight, STAR WARS, Batman Begins, Memento, The Prestige, Unbreakable, Revolver, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Sin City, Fight Club, 28 Days Later, 300, Blade II, Blade Trinity, Hellboy, Hellboy Animated, The Princess Bride, Spaceballs, The Big Lebowski, Se7en, Sunshine, The Village, Serenity, American History X, The Usual Suspects, Equilibrium, Donnie Darko, True Romance, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Layer Cake, Clerks, Dogma, Grosse Pointe Blank, Twelve Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Waiting, Cheats

Television:

Justice League Unlimited, 24, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Carnivàle, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, Entourage, Deadwood, John From Cincinnati, the L word (although I'm way behind on it), Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Clone Wars, [adult swim], Clerks Animated

Books:

DC Comics, Michael Crichton, Warren Ellis, Larry Hama, Tony Isabella, Elmore Leonard, Jeph Loeb, Dwayne McDuffie, Brad Meltzer, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Steve Niles, Dennis O'Neil, Art Spiegelman (especially Maus), Paul Storrie, Matt Wagner, Matt Wayne

Heroes:

the goddamn Batman

My Blog

what every collector needs

Brand new on my site, Must-Haves For Collectors.
Posted by Compulsive Collector on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:58:00 PST

Collection Room Update

While my collection room is not finished, the walls are finally done. The south and east walls are covered in carded STAR WARS figures stored in protective Star Cases. The north wall is lined with s...
Posted by Compulsive Collector on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:44:00 PST

Collection room progress

I (finally) picked up some laminate finish boards for the collection room at Home Depot last weekend. These were the 6' boards: Those had to be be trimmed down to about 5' to fit the north wall of th...
Posted by Compulsive Collector on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:59:00 PST