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About Me

"I must create my own system or be enslaved by someone else's." William Blake said that; my apologies if I misquoted him. That would be my headline, but apparently it's too long.What's there to say that hasn't already been said? Oh, right. Nothing's been said.Well, I don't like to mindlessly conform. Yet I also don't care whether I stand out or not. I just like to be me, thank you very much.More details to come. Maybe.Kski15 on AIM, for any of you crazy people who might want to IM me.

My Interests

I make movies. That's what I love to do, and that's what my degree is in. Hopefully, someday, someone will pay me to do it. Trust me, worse decisions have been made in Hollywood.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interesting who lives near me (Fairview area, near PSU Altoona) and interesting people who live... other places. Seriously, there has turned out to be some great people living near me. One girl was living a few blocks from me for three and a half years, and I didn't discover her until her last week here... so yes, I like to know if there's anyone near me who's worth knowing.As far as famous people... Peter Jackson: the greatest director. George Lucas: shrewd auteur or megalomainacal control freak? Michael Keaton: he's from Pittsburgh, he played Batman, and he just seems like a fun guy.

Music:

It's easier to list what I don't like: most rap and most country. There are a few keepers from each of those genres, but most of it doesn't appeal to me. Everything else, I like. I know, I'm focusing on the negative rather than the positive, but... quit analyzing me.

Movies:

I like lots of movies. Movies are my thing. My favorite entertainment, hobby and vocation. So, expect a lot of my blog to be about movies... sometimes it's like more of an entertainment column than a journal.

Television:

Ooh. Simpsons, Scrubs, Family Guy, LOST... um... reruns of Seinfeld, etc.

Books:

So many things out there worth reading... in no particular order: LOTR, Stephen King (The Shining, IT, Pet Cemetary), Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter trilogy, The Lovely Bones, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... big fan of Shakespeare (whom I've met, in fact)... and I'm always finding more. Oh yeah, The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, is great. The Little Prince! Can't forget that. Jeez.

Heroes:

Anyone else on this site who doesn't care how many "friends" you can accumulate... you're my hero. Also Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg, for the obvious reasons.

My Blog

Two Rules

Being back in the academic world has learned me two things that I didn't pick up during my first jaunt through college.First of all, students should not have laptops in the classroom. It is unnecessar...
Posted by RJ on Thu, 15 May 2008 05:35:00 PST

Advice

Don't get on the internet, go on myspace, post in online forums, etc., if you don't want to make friends. Don't waste the time of those of us who aren't afraid of meeting new people.
Posted by RJ on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:10:00 PST

woo

You can tell I've been awake for over 24 hours when I start trying to use words like "irregardless." Or else I'm drunk. Which I'm not.Usually at this point, my face is dragging on the ground. But this...
Posted by RJ on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:27:00 PST

Look at me, I’m talking about sex!!!1

My friend Alicia once posted a blog about personality disorders which I just had to copy and repost myself because I loved it so much. Especially the part about Histrionic Personality Disorder, which ...
Posted by RJ on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:24:00 PST

The right tool for the right job.

People follow their instinctual urges a lot more than they like to admit. We like to pretend that we're a deep, intellectual society, but that's just not always the case. We CAN be, but often our anim...
Posted by RJ on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:24:00 PST

Go make a crappy movie or something.

Celebrities have no right to tell our government how to do things. Doesn't matter who they think they are. The people influence the government by voting. We haven't voted in celebrities to speak for u...
Posted by RJ on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:03:00 PST

Dare to dream.

So, I had a dream that I got back with my one ex. You know, the slutty one.Okay, you're right... it was a nightmare.
Posted by RJ on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:21:00 PST

Good vs. Evil

It was like a folk tale or a legend; one of those archetype stories like Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. No matter how powerful the enemy, they always get defeated and, in the process, show how evil ...
Posted by RJ on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:07:00 PST

Don’t worry, New England fans...

...the Patriots did continue their record-setting ways on Sunday. It was the first time in the modern era that a previously undefeated team lost its championship game :)Really, though, somehow I like ...
Posted by RJ on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:06:00 PST

Question...

What's worse? A regular ditz, or a shallow ditz who thinks she's smart and sophisticated just because she can carry on a conversation about politics?Just wondering. I know what my answer is.
Posted by RJ on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:16:00 PST