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  • spartan Athenian

  • 29 / Male
  • MtL, New Jersey, US
  • Last Login: 8/17/2009

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Interests

  • General

    shits & giggles / music-making & -hearing / photography / physics & cosmology / etymology & languages / literature & poetry / acting (like an ass, some would say ... ) / backpacking & similar feats / "silver white Winters that melt into Springs" / plants ...

    • What the Buddha taught (you know -- the core essentials, without all that culturally-colored ritual fluff.)
    • Tao (the one that can't be Tao-ed) - go with the flow, wu-wei, be like water
    • Zen: no-mind mind, the polar opposite of multi-tasking
    • contemplative prayer (a Catholic thing)

  • Music

    I'm plagued with earworms. They're pandemic!
    warchildmusic.com: Music that makes a difference.
    ..

    Check out my buds:
    • This guy's btilliant: Travis Woodson
    • Electrojazz: rerun, the animal style, tachyon pistol (Joey Mariano)
    • The beat fiends: manamana
    • Trippy electronic: beluv
    • G Love, ver. 2.0: Don McCloskey
    • "alt. country": Brian Connell
      -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

    • Radiohead
    • U2 ('87-'97)
    • Gnarls Barkley !
    • Beck
    • The White Stripes & Stevie Ray Vaughan ff CP
    • Blonde Redhead
    • The Beatles (Rubber Soul & later)
    • the Stones & The MC5
    • The Clash
    • Frank Zappa, King Crimson
    • Nick Drake, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce

    • P. I. Tchaikovsky (gay. forced to kill himself.)
    • L. van Beethoven (Romantic period)
    • F. Chopin (a rock star before there was rock)
    • J. S. Bach (but not J. C. Bach ;-D)
    • bop, modal jazz, cool jazz; not free jazz (I can't figure it out.); "smooth jazz" only works as elevator music
    • Miles & colTrane
    • Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery & Pat Martino
    • Rage Against the Machine (surprise!)
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers
    • The Mighty Imperials - hot, hot funk!
    • The Parliaments &/or The Funkadelics
    • James Brown
    • Booker T. & The MG's (What's funkier than diced Green Onions?)
    • Stevie Wonder (in the 70's, up thru Songs in the Key of Life. When he wound up writing "Jungle Fever" I died a little inside ...)

        I "appreciate" most music, but I'm not into Top 40, low-brow hip-hop, or cheesy country.
        My favorites are: dark / melancholy / brooding / morose (you know -- SAD!) but powerful, in a restrained sorta way.
        (Tchaikovsky's 6th sym., 2nd mov't of Beethoven's 7th & Moonlight Sonata, Bach's Little Fugue ... , U2's "Love Comes Tumbling," lots of Garbage, LOADS of Radiohead, quite a bit of Coldplay.)

    Try before you buy with P2P file-sharing! (Just be nice & buy it if you keep it.)

  • Movies

    I like comedy. Simple, escapist comedy.
  • ..Office Space.. (Milton.)
  • ..Dr. Strangelove.. (Peter Sellers.)
  • ..The Big Lebowski.. (Steve Buscemi.)
  • ..The Princess Bride..
  • ..When Harry Met Sally..
  • Wes Anderson (..The Life Aquatic.., ..The Royal Tennenbaums.., ..Rushmore..)
  • made for my demographic: ..Wedding Crashers.., ..Dodgeball.., Ben Stiller.
  • ..Spaceballs.., ..Young Frankenstein.., Mel Brooks
  • ..This Is Spinal Tap.., Christopher Guest

    More serious ...
  • Humphrey freakin' Bogart
  • ..Children of Men..
  • ..The Usual Suspects..
  • ..L.A. Confidential..
  • ..American Beauty..
  • ..I ? Huckabees..
  • ..Wag the Dog..

    thought-fodder:
  • anything involving Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, ... )
  • ..Fight Club..
  • ..What the Bleep Do We Know?..
  • ..Waking Life..
  • ..Groundhog Day..
    • I DO dig chick-flicks (the "romantic comedy" ones) but NO HORROR!
    It's hard enough to stay positive as it is -- when I'm NOT paying nine bucks to see spurting blood.

  • Television

    I'm not gonna lie. I like public television.

    I can't get enough of ... .. The Daily Show .. & .. The Colbert Report ..;

    sporadically seen: ..The Simpsons.., ..South Park.., ..Family Guy.., educational shows, late-night college telecourses, C-SPAN (The Daily Show has to get its footage from somewhere. Plus BookTV has more than a few Gems. )

  • Books

    If ownley I coud reed good! (I'm not joking!)
    • cummings & Kafka
    • Sam Harris: ..The End of Faith..
    • ..Tao Te ching.., ..Chung-yung..
    • the Gnostic Gospels, esp. Thomas

    • anything by ...
      Jon Stewart (..Naked pictures of Famous People.., ..America (The Book))..
    • or ...
      Kurt Vonnegut
    • Edwin A. Abbott: ..Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.. { Thanks again, Sayani! }
    • Arthur C. Clarke: ..Childhood's End..
    • ..The Phantom Tollbooth..
    • ..Goodnight Moon.. :-)

    • ..1984.. & ..Animal Farm.. (..Burmese Days.. wasn't so good)
    • O, Brave New World! The Doors of Perception are cleansed!
    • ..Lord of the Flies..
    • ..Heart of Darkness..
    ... and what book list is complete without ..Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day..???

  • Heroes

    • Details

    • Status: Single
    • Here for: Networking, Friends
    • Hometown: middle-class suburbia ...
    • Orientation: Straight
    • Body type: 5' 9" / Athletic
    • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
    • Religion: Buddhist
    • Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
    • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
    • Occupation: Some sort of engineer.

    Schools

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    About me:

    Don't click if you aren't not dumb.

    TurnOns: Thrift stores; DIY; grassroots; mental quiet.

    TurnOffs: Drivers who don't use turn signals; intransigence; shallowness; cronyism.

    N.B. - I'm just not that into friend requests from ...

    1. bands
    2. adVertisers
    3. or those damn fake hoochies who try to get me to "check out" their webcams. Yuck.

    But if you're in the clear, go ahead and click on "Add to Friends."
    If it's good enough for Brad Pitt, it's good enough for me. Go, One campaign! Virtually all our clothing -- even the fancy designer swag -- is made in a SWEATSHOP. For the workers, it amounts to wage Slavery.

    Ethical Threads are NOT made in sweatshops! Buy Ethical Threads!
    Organic Consumers Association
    OCA has some seriously Good info: Seriously check it out.


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    Who I'd like to meet:

    I'd like to meet people.

    ... and Santa Claus.
    Or is he a person, too?

    Ooh! Wait! How 'bout this? I'd like to meet ...
          OSHO
      or Basho
      wait ... no ... they're dead.
    I've got it! I'd like to meet Ferris Bueller!
       oh ... no ... he's fictional ...
    and Mark Twain is wayyyy dead.       Jesus!
    I gotta meet Jesus!


    ... & Stalin, too -- just because he was such a dick . . . I'd ask him, "Dude, why were you such a dick? You had your wife killed -- along with 10% of the population of Ukraine. ..Three million gone..! ..Come on..!"
    (Cause they're counting backwards to zero... )


    Wait. How 'bout this guy?
         Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live

    But, seriously: B.B. King, Peter Singer, & Bernadette Roberts

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    Comments

    Displaying 25 of 66 comments
    • jae

      Jan 7 2009 8:27 PM

      i know its the day after but for what it's worth, Happy birthday!
    • Jennifer

      Jan 2 2009 7:07 AM

      Hey James! Doesn't look like you check this...ever! Wanted to say hello anyway. Hope all is well.
    • jae

      Mar 17 2008 6:15 PM

      whoa! you actually checked your myspace! =0D
    • ♥fire & ice♥

      Mar 15 2008 1:37 AM

      well the more things change ... the more they stay the same. however, i haven't gone by dopeyiga in about 8 years ...
    • gGGigi Figer

      Jan 1 2008 4:28 AM


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    • ♥fire & ice♥

      Feb 19 2008 12:22 AM

      bacardi select anyone?
    • Trinity Ivy

      Dec 21 2007 10:28 PM

      Photobucket
    • Jennifer

      Nov 19 2007 11:51 PM

      "hey my friend emily saw your pics online and thinks you are cute add her to msn messenger at emily24adams@hotmail.com "
    • Jennifer

      Nov 16 2007 4:58 AM

    • Laurie AnnLaurie S

      Oct 31 2007 2:24 AM

      Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket..
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    • Trinity Ivy

      Aug 27 2007 5:37 PM

      hey whats up my nigga
    • Laurie AnnLaurie S

      Aug 7 2007 4:56 PM

      yeah sure and i read playgirl for the recipes!!!! lol...how u been jimmyjames?
    • gGGigi Figer

      Jun 16 2007 4:12 AM

      Hi, Love of My Life =) Seriously, you're going to have to keep in touch... I haven't gotten any GOOD updates from you. muah!
    • G

      Jun 9 2007 3:27 PM

      Should I be hurt because I'm not one of your top friends?
    • 托安迪 (*•.¸Tandi ¸.•*)

      Jun 8 2007 3:40 PM

      Hey!! I just wanted to say I'm honored to be on your friends list. Your page is the greatest and may I add that you are hilarious. Have a great weekend =) ♥♥♥
    • A CaTeLysT EleVeN ACatelyst Eleven

      Jun 7 2007 8:30 PM

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    • gGGigi Figer

      Jun 7 2007 2:20 PM

      awww, it's nice to hear from you... finally =) sorry about how the year went, but i'm glad things are looking up. call me sometime.
    • Corycory parker

      Jun 6 2007 3:18 AM

      right back atcha, knobgobbler! ...and the only SCHEDULES i'm concerned about is "Best of Lesbian Lovers VI" on the Spice NETWORK- thanks for the heads up tho. and if beating off to dead sexy chicks with two-toned nipples makes me imprisoned, than by god, consider me on death row, heh
    • Trinity Ivy

      Jun 4 2007 8:45 PM

      yo hey im back from rehab hit me up
    • A CaTeLysT EleVeN ACatelyst Eleven

      May 30 2007 1:38 AM

      and was it worth the time?
      thank you for listening
      i think he might help us save the world
    • Corycory parker

      May 22 2007 1:51 PM

      hey james. you still alive? come chill with me and tom sometime soon. and bring Risk! god!
    • gGGigi Figer

      May 6 2007 5:31 AM

      james! geez. keep in touch!!
    • A CaTeLysT EleVeN ACatelyst Eleven

      Apr 17 2007 2:35 PM

      don't know what life could've turned out like without hearing radiohead, then following their artistic trail like a bunny wabbit , i love them
      they're my good habit
      light and love
      cate
    • Laurie AnnLaurie S

      Apr 16 2007 8:37 PM

      damn straight...shits and giggle,that's ME!!! :)
    • Michael Online Now!

      Mar 30 2007 12:29 AM

      Yo yo! We should get some people together and go to a diner or something!