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Memento Mori (DemVox)

Can't run fast enough and I don't know where; I am still trapped in this nightmare.

About Me

Cogito Ergo Sum... My name is Todd Matthew Krigner and I came into existence on October the 23rd, nineteen-hundred and eighty-two. I am kind of a strange, dorky, intellectual, soulful individual who is quick to make people laugh at times. I am the lead singer of a metal band out of Battle Creek called "Deus Ex Machina". Music, performing, and writing music is a huge release for me in life. I still have small strands of hope for stardom but mostly I'm trying to work on my backup plan and finish my degree in Forensic Science. I'm somewhat of a private individual but would much rather speak in person than on the phone. I am usually deep in thought thinking about multitudes of things and nothing at the same time. I pride myself in my open mind and ability to understand other's thoughts, feelings, and words. One thing I really hate doing is talking about myself, especially when I have to type an introduction, so any other inquiries should be sent to me or asked of me in person.
Res Ipsa Loquitur

My Interests

Music, cooking, tattoos, Foreign culture and foreign beer and dining, reading, getting outdoors every once in awhile and enjoying nature, shooting firearms, martial arts, clothes and shopping for them, video games, swimming, thunderstorms, dreams and interpretation, psychology, forensic science, psycho kinetics, theology, philosophy and lots of other things.

I'd like to meet:

Local musicians, national musicians, people I share common interests with, people I don't share common interests with. Generally, people from all walks of life. I am forever the student and always in search of knowledge.

Music:

I like many types of music. I do not discount a genre because it's a certain genre. A good song is a good song regardless of such. Many of my favorite artists are:
Type O Negative, Fear Factory, Coal Chamber, Stabbing Westward, Devildriver, In Flames, Danzig, Misfits, System of a Down, The Toadies, Smashing Pumpkins, Strapping Young Lad, Radiohead, Static-X, The Cars, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Lots of random 60's 70's tunes, Mamas and the Papas, The Offspring, Cold, Rammstein, Megaherz, Tonic, Our Lady Peace, Johnny Cash, Arch Enemy, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Classical music: I particularly favor "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig Van Beethoven, "The overture of 1812" by Tchaikovsky, and quite a bit of Chopin and Bach. Of course I'm sure there are many, many more.

Movies:

I mostly enjoy psychological thrillers. Some of my favorite flicks are:
The Crow, A clockwork orange, 1984, American Beauty, The Butterfly Effect, Blow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Midnight Express, Gladiator, Troy, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, The Shining, Red VS Blue, Zeitgeist, Biodome, Eurotrip, The Matrix, Dark City, The Fountain, Easy Rider, The Lord of the Rings movies, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Many Clint Eastwood flicks: especially the "Dirty Harry" movies and the westerns: Pale Rider, Unforgiven, High Plains Drifter. Tombstone, Powder, 1408, The Green Mile, Falling Down, American Psycho, Die Hard, Hostage, Lucky number Slevin and just too many more to mention.

Television:

Mostly I watch CSI and some CSI Miami. I also like mythbusters and Fight Quest or Human Weapon because of the martial arts content. On that note as well I like UFC from time to time. Highlander the series reruns, Dexter the series on Showtime as well as Californication with David Duchovny. Penn and Teller's Bullshit, a Tiger's or Red Wing's game if it's on, Heroes I like as well but there really isn't much I drop everything for besides Dexter.

Books:

Norse, Greek and Roman mythology, pretty much mythology of all national pantheons over the world, including Egypt, Japan, India, etc. I like some poetry: Keats, Elliot, Frost, Voltaire, Poe, Shakespeare. Of course some of those also apply to plays and stories that I also enjoy. Many of the movies I've listed are based off of books that I really love, like 1984 by George Orwell. Hunter S. Thompson's works are amazing and fun to read, and I also am a "Tower Junkie" thanks to Stephen King. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 us solid as is Aldous Huxley's Brave new world. J.R.R. Tolkien's works. H.P. Lovecraft, a little bit of F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck... yeah there are just way too many to mention. Just come over when I get my library finished and we'll start from there.

Heroes:

My heroes are more or less my parents. My father is a Leukemia survivor and my Mother raised me through much of his absence so I love them both to death and admire them greatly. Other than that, anyone who has dared to live a dream and had the courage to give up everything to achieve it, even with the naysayers hounding there already tormented conscience. Yup, go underdogs.

My Blog

The Caretaker

The Caretaker        "It's less than amusing I'm the one you're abusing Frustrated and tired Go preach to the choir     It's more than ungrateful To me your troubles s...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:15:00 PST

Remembrance: An Ode to Those We've Lost

Remembrance: An Ode to Those We've Lost   "Cannot...Cannot believe you are really gone... I can't say...what has been inside so long... (Or would you hear me? Can you hear me?)   Can you sti...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:56:00 PST

Epiphany

"Epiphany"   "I've been thinking lately About everything and nothing And I've come to believe These words may set us free...   Is it so hard to realize To our cells we hold the key? Nothing ...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:17:00 PST

Reap The Whirlwind

"REAP THE WHIRLWIND"   "Reap& Come Reap& For every action there is a reaction For every deed an equal reward The pure will receive their salvation And the wicked shall die by the sword Say yo...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:11:00 PST

BATTLE-FLAG

BATTLE-FLAG (Company Valor)   "Men at Arms! Sound the Horns! Ride for Ruin! Charge!   Archers Ready! Hold the Line! Unsheathe Steel! Now Charge!   Show no Fear! Company Valor! Embrace y...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:59:00 PST

Nightmare

"Nightmare"   "Nightmare... Nightmare... Nightmare... Nightmare...   As I lay me down to sleep I drift so far from reality And I must wonder by the things I see If something could be wrong w...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:26:00 PST

I Defy You Stars!

"I Defy You Stars!"   "I... Defy... You... Stars! x3   I guess that you just never know It feels unreal to let it go The fears that stain a fragile mind I run but they're never far behind &n...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:59:00 PST

F.A.L.L.

      "F.A.L.L." (Free At Long Last)   "This is the end of me Nothing more to see And in this final hour It all comes crashing down   It's not my fault you see ...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:39:00 PST

Consume

"Consume"   "You may think that I am through Can't live through the hell I've been chained to. And you may not fear cinders and ash But held to the flames I awaken at last.   Understand it's...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:28:00 PST

BIG BROTHER

"BIG BROTHER" "Watch me, do exactly as I do... Big Brother is right behind you. Don't run or think cause' they'll find you. Big Brother is right behind you. (x2) And by the way, for what you say, any ...
Posted by Memento Mori (DemVox) on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:14:00 PST