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.b.r.a.d.

True strength is shown through the mercy we bestow

About Me

I'm Brad, if I don't have that somewhere else at the moment. I'm a different kind of person, but just the same as anyone else. A Lot of my co-workers tend to think that i'm crazy, which I don't believe. I'll admit, at times I can be off-kilter, but i've never heard that I would be considered crazy for it. I love music, I think it has taken hold of the better part of my life. I'd like to think of myself as a considerate and understanding person, but also as someone who will not be run over by anyone. I can't say that life has been incredible, but that's what is so much fun, it's not over yet. I think that everything that has ever happened in my life has happened for a reason. I'm not the most religious person you will ever meet, but I have my own ideals and faith. I tend to dislike it when people try to shove their views down not only my, but also others throats. I don't think of myself as anyone special, but I do think that i'm genuinely a good person. I don't like liars, cheaters, or the morally bankrupt. I write music (see Patchwork below). I am known for whatever reason as being passive, although I see it as just being agreeable. I guess that's it for now. I'm not hard to get to know, if you want to try at least.

"I am everything that I stand for, everything I believe, and everything I choose. Never-changing but forever growing. I am hope when hope is hopeless. I am me."

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My Interests

Music, Writing, Photography, Philosophy, Video, History, Mythology, Poetry, Theology, Psychology, Music, and much much more... just ask!

I'd like to meet:

I'm not really picky. I try to avoid ignorance, mainly the people who have no perception to the world other than the immediate. I'd like to find someone worth my time for sure, but when and where that will happen... quite the conundrum, but I like what i've found.

Music:

These are the bands I like, to varying degree's ;)#


-10 Years
-311
-The 69 Eyes


A

-A Perfect Circle
-AC/DC
-Ace of Base
-Acid Bath
-Adam Sandler
-Adema
-Adiemus
-Aerosmith
-AFI
-Alanis Morisette
-Alice Cooper
-Alice in Chains
-Alien Ant Farm
-American Headcharge
-And One
-Angelspit
-Apartment 26
-Aphex Twin
-Armand Van Helden
-Aryia
-Assemblage 23
-Atomic Kitten
-Avenged Sevenfold


B

-Bachman Turner Overdrive
-Bad Company
-Bare Naked Ladies
-Beastie Boys
-The Beatles
-the beautyfire
-Beck
-Belly
-Bif Naked
-Billy Idol
-Billy Joel
-The Birthday Massacre
-Black Eyed Peas
-Black Light Burns
-Black Sabbath
-Black Sheep
-Blind Melon
-Blindside
-Bloodhound Gang
-Blue Oyster Cult
-Breaking Benjamin
-Bob Dylan
-Buckcherry
-Bullet for my Valentine
-Bush


C

-Candlebox
-The Cardigans
-The Cars
-The Chemical Brothers
-Chevelle
-Chris Cornell
-Clutch
-Coal Chamber
-Cocteau Twins
-Cold
-Coldplay
-Collective Soul
-Collide
-Combichrist
-Conjure One
-Coolio
-Counting Crows
-The Cranberries
-Cream
-Creedance Clearwater Revival
-Crossfade
-The Crystal Method
-The Cure
-Custom
-Cypress Hill


D

-Damageplan
-Danzig
-The Darkness
-David Bowie
-The Dead Milkmen
-Deadstar Assembly
-Deftones
-Disturbed
-Doomsday Refreshment Committee
-The Doors
-Dope
-Dope Stars Inc
-The Doors
-Drain STH
-The Dreaming
-Drowning Pool


E

-The Eagles
-Elvis Presley
-Eric Clapton
-Enya
-The Eurythmics
-Evanescence


F

-Factory 81
-Fair to Midland
-Faith No More
-Fear Factory
-Filter
-Finger Eleven
-Five Bolt Main
-Flaw
-Flybanger
-Flyleaf
-Foo Fighters
-Foreigner
-Frank Zappa
-Front 242
-Front Line Assembly
-Full Devil Jacket


G

-Garbage
-Genesis
-The Gin Blossoms
-Gloomball
-Godhead
-Godsmack
-Goo Goo Dolls
-Gorillaz
-Gravity Kills
-Green Day
-The Guess Who
-Gustav Holst
-G.W.A.R.


H

-Harry Nillson
-Hellyeah
-Helmet
-HIM
-House of Pain
-Human Waste Project
-Hurt


I

-Ice Cube
-Ice T
-Icon of Coil
-Ill Niño
-In Flames
-Incubus
-Iron Butteryfly


J

-Jack Off Jill
-James Taylor
-Janis Joplin
-Jefferson Airplane
-Jefferson Starship
-Jerry Cantrel
-Jewel
-Jimmi Hendrix
-Jimmy Buffet
-Jimmy Eat World
-Joan Jett
-Joe Walsh
-John Cougar Melloncamp
-Johnny Cash
-Journey
-Joydrop
-Juice Newton
-Juno Reactor


K

-K's Choice
-Kansas
-Kidney Thieves
-Killswitch Engage
-Kittie
-KMFDM
-Korn


L

-Lacuna Coil
-Ladytron
-Lamb of God
-Led Zepplin
-The Left Rights
-The Lemonheads
-Living Color
-London After Midnight
-Lost Prophets
-Lynyrd Skynyrd


M

-Machine Head
-Marcy Playground
-Marilyn Manson
-The Mars Volta
-MDFMK
-Megadeth
-Metallica [pre Load]
-Milla Jovovich
-Mindless Self Indulgence
-Ministry
-Minnie Driver
-The Misfits
-Modest Mouse
-Mothers of Invention
-Motley Crue
-Mr. Bella
-Mr. Bungle
-Mudvayne
-Muse
-Mushroom Head
-My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult


N

-Neil Diamond
-N.E.R.D.
-Nightwish
-Nine Inch Nails
-Nirvana
-Nonpoint


O

-Oasis
-The Offspring
-Orgy
-Otis Redding
-Our Lady Peace
-Ozzy Osbourne


P

-PANIC! at the Disco
-Pantera
-Panzer AG
-Pat Benetar
-Phil Collins
-Pink Floyd
-Pitch Shifter
-Placebo
-Poe
-Porcelain and the Tramps
-Powerman 5000
-Portishead
-Primer 55
-Primus
-The Prodigy
-Project Pitchfork
-Professional Murder Music
-Prong
-Psychostick
-Puscifer


Q

-Queen
-Queens of the Stone Age


R

-Ra
-Radiocraft
-Radiohead
-Rage Against the Machine
-Rammstein
-Rasputina
-RED
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-REO Speedwagon
-Revielle
-The Rolling Stones
-Rotersand
-Roy Orbison


S

-Sarah McLachlan
-Scarling
-Seether
-Seven Mary Three
-Sevendust
-Shadowsfall
-Sepultura
-She Wants Revenge
-Sheryl Crow
-Shinedown
-Shiny Toy Gun
-Silver Chair
-Slaves On Dope
-Slipknot
-The Smashing Pumpkins
-Snake River Conspiracy
-Sneaker Pimps
-Soil
-Soul Asylum
-Soundgarden
-Spiderbait
-Spin Doctors
-Sponge
-Spineshank
-Stabbing Westward
-Static-X
-Steppenwolf
-Steve Miller Band
-Stevie Ray Vaughn
-Stonesour
-Stone Temple Pilots
-Stroke 9
-S.O.D.
-Styxx
-Sublime
-Switched
-System of a Down


T

-Taproot
-Tegan and Sara
-Tenacious D
-THEStart
-Third Eye Blind
-Three Days Grace
-Toadies
-Tom Petty
-Tool
-Tori Amos
-Toxic Coma
-Trapt
-Tricky
-TRUSTCompany
-Twisted Method


U

-Unheilig
-The Union Underground
-The Used


V

-Van Halen
-Velvet Acid Christ
-Veruca Salt
-Videodrone
-The Violent Femmes
-VNV Nation
-VOLTO!


W

-War
-Warren G
-Weezer
-White Zombie
-The Who
-Wigan Pier
-Willie Nelson
-Within Temptation
-Wolfsheim
-Wumpscut


Z

-Zero 7
-Zeromancer
-ZZ Top

This isn't a "complete" list, but it's a good start. I'm open to a lot of music, so if you've got a recommendation let me know ;D

Movies:


A Beautiful Mind
Along Came A Spider
Blow
Benny and Joon
Chain Reaction
Clerks I&II
Con-Air
Constantine
The Crow series
Dazed And Confused
Dogma
Don Juan De Marco
Donnie Brasko
Dummy
Edward Scissorhands
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Flat Liners
Gone in 60 Seconds
Hackers
Harry Potter (series)
Hollow Man
Interview with the Vampire
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Joan of Arc
Johnny Mnemonic
Kiss the Girls
Leaving Las Vegas
Lord Of The Rings (series)
Lost Highway
Mall Rats
Memento
Pi
Pirates of the Carribean
Queen of the Damned
Resident Evil (series)
Run Lola Run
Se7en
Shaun of the Dead
SLC Punk
Sleepers
Sleepy Hollow
Snatch
Spawn
Spawn(animated)
Speed
Stir of Echoes
Taking Lives
TEAM America: World Police
The 9th Gate
The Bone Collector
The Butterfly Effect
The Devils Advocate
The Doors
The Fifth Element
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Jacket
The Matrix (series)
The Mummy (series)
The Rock
The Saint
The Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
TrainSpotting
Tremors (series)
Underworld
Van Helsing
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Also an incomplete list ;D

Television:

I'm not much for television. If it's on, I might watch it. Strangely, I think I like cartoons better than any other program thats on ;)

Books:

I'm more of a writer than a reader (go figure) but some of the books I enjoy are:

The Vampire Chronicles, Full Metal Panic!, JTHM, The Mayfair Witch Series, Battle Pope, Unofficial Playstation Magazine, The Narnia Chronicles, How to... Books (yeah, they're not all books, but what the heck)

Heroes:

Anyone and everyone who strives to be a positive influence or impact in the world. By touching one person you can forever change the way the world will become.

My Blog

Equal Minds

Just look at us, two apart,Can't you tell this just doesn't belong,The chemistry is present, and the math equates,But 1+1 still makes 11,I, find myself, drawn apart of the world I see,And I, see mysel...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:54:00 PST

"Winter Warning" has been noted.

You know, electricity is a very strange and wonderful thing.  I realized today after receiving my electric bill just how much electricity is used by an A/C unit.  OH MY GOD!  I went fro...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:18:00 PST

Imemy

I, cannot stand, to look around this tainted world,Why, must my demands, be looked upon rotten,Lie's, all that stand, me i'm the victim,Mind, all of my thoughts, seem frayed and broken,It's affixed in...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:08:00 PST

Sexual Obsession

 I think i've begun to understand the issues with sex that has plagued most generations.  Tonight there was an on going debate at my job at which I refuse to give up my stance on.  Call...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:16:00 PST

Everyday is a Winding Road

  There have been times in my life that I didn't understand why certain circumstances were brought about.  There have also been other times when I just couldn't for the life of me comprehend...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:09:00 PST

Blonds do it, but is it any better?

You know, i've been privy to my fair share of people in life, and still to this day I hear that "Blonds have more fun", "Blonds do 'it' better", and all sorts of other things.  Personally, hair c...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:13:00 PST

The Up’s and Down’s

 I'm getting older, there's no question about that.  As a matter of fact, everyone alive today is getting older, it's kind of the product of time.  But what I mean is that I am starting...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:22:00 PST

Obstinate

Looking in to see the weak,I find the meager does still seek,An ever looming presence of mind,Turning over in this sense of time,Lost, child, don't come too swiftly,Hope, denial, patience was never th...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:03:00 PST

Solidarity and Wine

  I've come to the recent conclusion that I am not intended for anyone else here.  I may share my friendship, impart any wisdom I have learned, learn wisdom bestowed unto me, but I find it s...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:22:00 PST

Life

It's funny really, when everything you've ever expected happens, and everyone else around you feels somewhat dumb founded.  Yeah, it's just amusing to see the truth unfold.  Don't worry, eve...
Posted by .b.r.a.d. on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:49:00 PST