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Benj

Livin' is easy if you take it that way

About Me

Who am I? Who are you??!! I have issues with trying to describe myself, mainly b/c I confuse even me most of the time. It's sad. But yeah, my life consists of the never ending search for a good party, a kickin tune, good times with good friends, and just plain old laughing my ass off. Oh, and cheetos...let's not forget those. Just lookin to meet some cool people and build an army of mindless zombie slaves. So let's get to work, people. Do my bidding.
In my spare time, I enjoy discussing politics, society, government corruption, corporate corruption, social injustices, and the obvious raping of the middle class of our country. I'm a Liberaterian/Green as far as my voting preferences, but I feel most strongly about the abolishment of a party based system and all corporate ties to our government. I love history and seeing historically significant places like Stonehenge, and other famous henges as well. I can go from silly to serious conversation pretty easily as long as there's no malice involved. I'm also a vat of useless musical, sports, and general trivia, and my skills at Trival Pursuit are both scary and sad at the same time!
I'm a member of 3 different bands, some of which are part time, some are not. When I get that all straightened out you all will be the first to know. I know, I hate the suspense too!
Other useless facts: I once met George "The Animal" Steele, I totalled my parent's car when I was 3 years old, I have fought the law and won, I run my own business, I've tasted the flesh of bass, and the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln.

My Interests

rock n roll, playin my drums in my bands, the beach, politics, history, finding the path to spiritual enlightenment, working out, traveling to anywhere but here, social gatherings involving girls, hockey, football, girls, beer, gambling or livin' the high life.

I'd like to meet:

Down to earth people, people who can laugh at anything, anyone who is real and good natured. Free thinking people who don't talk too much (the art of conversation is dying!) Also illegal aliens, legal aliens, hunchbacks, midgets, carnies, CHUDs and the man who put the bomp in the bomp sha bomp sha bomp.
Oh and anyone who quotes "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was..." or lists Paris Hilton as a hero, so I can arrange for them to be slapped (I don't do the dirty work, I have people to do it for me). Anyone who believes with all their heart that Grim Reaper's "See You In Hell" is the greatest song of all time

Music:

Iron Maiden, Strung Out, Fu Manchu, Rise Against, Black Sabbath, Face to Face, Turbonegro, Screeching Weasel, Propagandhi, Supersuckers, Queens of the Stone Age, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Furious IV, Suicidal Tendencies, Pennywise, NOFX, Municipal Waste, Motorhead, Slayer, Social Distortion, Big Drill Car, The Ramones, Alice Cooper band, The Who, Kiss, Husker Du/Sugar, Judas Priest, Pulley, Bad Brains, Good Riddance, Bouncing Souls, Lagwagon, Samiam, Bad Religion, Foo Fighters, Corrosion of Conformity, Gluecifer, Obituary, Kyuss, Nebula, and other heavy shit.
Rockin is ma' bizness...bizness is good.A little playlist I put together, some tunes I be jammin' lately

Movies:

Hmm, I guess you'd have to list them by category:
Horror: The Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Ginger Snaps, Suspiria, Evil Dead, Lucio Fulci gore flicks, Audition, Dr Butcher MD.
Comedy: Naked Gun, Airplane, Spinal Tap, Slapshot, Caddyshack, Swingers, Kentucky Fried Movie, Dazed & Confused, Office Space, Borat
Categorize these: The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Braveheart, Star Wars
Documentary: Fahrenheit 911, Dogtown and Z Boys, Paradise Lost, The Kids are Alright

Television:

The Simpsons, Mr Show, Six Feet Under, football and hockey, Ali G, Penn and Tellers Bullshit, Family Guy, Weeds, Sportscenter, Real Time with Bill Maher, Entourage, geeky war and political stuff from the History Channel and all the Discovery Channels, Mystery Science Theater 3000, 60 Minutes

Books:

The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Walden, Frankenstein, 1984, Stupid White Men, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Tropic of Cancer, Moon - Keith Moon Bio, The Devil's Knot, Edgar Allen Poe Collection, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, On the Road, anything by Chuck Bukowski, 1970's high school yearbooks.

Heroes:

my Mom and Dad, George Carlin, Michael Moore, and anyone else who tells it like it is

My Blog

Couldn't have said it better myself

"A society that can punish a marijuana offender more severely than a murderer is caught up in the grip of a deep psychosis. It has a bad case of reefer madness. For too long the laws regarding marij...
Posted by Benj on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST

Jesus loves Rick!

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"This past Friday afternoon I was traveling up to the Great White North (my hometown) to se...
Posted by Benj on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:49:00 PST

Feeling safer all the time...

thanks to Homeland Security!  Especially now since these dirty rotten terrorists are out of the way: read storyForget that Bin Laden has escaped justice for 5 years.  The near nazi regime of...
Posted by Benj on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:25:00 PST

Fun times with old blog entries

I had a "blog" from '98-'01.  It's not online anymore but I still have the files.  This is one of my personal favs:3-29-01HA HA...I love screwing around with clients:"Thanks!  I'm delig...
Posted by Benj on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:40:00 PST

10 Years of Service

So I've been up since 8 am on a Saturday working, trying to get things done before I invade the Sin City, and I broke out an old Dropkick Murphys album, The Gang's All Here...I love their first 2 albu...
Posted by Benj on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:18:00 PST

Fun times with the DEA and ATF...

I almost overslept today...thank you Drug Enforcement and Pittsburgh Police!So about 7:15 this morning I'm in a deep sleep, undoubtedly dreaming of lovely ladies bathed in whipped cream servicing me w...
Posted by Benj on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:10:00 PST

STEELERS and the SUPER BOWL

Well, the day I've been waiting for since Jan. 1996 is only 2 days away.  Super Bowl 40.  In the frozen liquor store gun store liquor store-ridden tundra of Detroit Rock City, the Steelers f...
Posted by Benj on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 06:26:00 PST

Losing a friend

2 days ago, I said goodbye to my good friend Aaron.  I am lucky enough to say that in my life, I haven't had to attend very many friend's funerals.  Aaron was only 27 and had a whole life ah...
Posted by Benj on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:36:00 PST

Farewell 66

Well it had to happen sometime.  Mario Lemieux is announcing his retirement today.  I never got to see Bobby Orr or Gordie Howe play, and I got to catch Gretzky from his LA Kings years-on.&n...
Posted by Benj on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:06:00 PST

Today's happy headline

"Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications." The first thing I ever read about this ...
Posted by Benj on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 06:15:00 PST