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The Midnight Owl

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  • The Midnight Owl

  • 32 / Male
  • Austin, Texas, US
  • Last Login: 7/15/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Painting
    ceramics
    digital art
    music
    Photoshop
    graphic design
    FL Studio
    movies
    museums
    galleries
    sushi
    middle-eastern food
    real estate investing
    computers
    PC games
    comics
    politics
    conspiracy theories
    cool local coffee shops (and admittedly Starbucks)
    Chipotle
    rollerblading
    shooting pool
    family & friends
    volunteering
    singing
    racquetball
    philosophy
    cultures
    mythology
    religions
    bowling
    martial arts

  • Music

    Gorillaz
    Postal Service
    Death Cab for Cutie
    The Shins
    The Decemberists
    Sublime
    Bob Marley
    Damian Marley
    Stephen Marley
    Dirty Vegas
    Modest Mouse
    Nine Inch Nails
    Rolling Stones
    STP
    The Doors
    Janis Joplin
    Tom Petty
    The Beatles
    Jimi Hendrix
    Tenacious D
    White Stripes
    Peter Tosh
    Pinchers
    Version
    Midnight
    Goldfrapp
    Portishead
    Enigma
    Squirrel Nut Zippers
    Live
    Beck
    Santana
    Crystal Method
    Rotator
    Daft Punk
    Marilyn Manson
    Depeche Mode
    Gin Blossoms
    Alabama 3 (A3 in the USA)
    Matchbox 20
    Pink Floyd
    Weezer
    Placebo
    Top Cats
    Nelly
    mc chris
    De La Soul
    Handsome Boy Modeling School
    The Alan Parsons Project
    CCR
    Funkadelic
    Johnny Cash
    Charlie Damiels Band

    Also various classical, jazz, blues and SOOO much more I don't have room for. I love finding new music (live or not!)

  • Movies

    Team America: World Police
    Clockwork Orange
    Napoleon Dynamite
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    There's Something About Mary
    Billy Madison
    Happy Gilmore
    Requiem for a Dream
    Trainspotting
    A Beautiful Mind
    Pi
    Gummo
    Fargo
    The Basketball Diaries
    Amélie
    Butterfly Effect
    Billy Madison
    Half Baked
    Donny Darko
    Pan's Labyrinth
    LOTR trilogy
    Star Wars (original trilogy)
    Serenity
    the X-Men movies
    Hellboy 1 & 2
    the Spider-Man movies
    TMNT
    Ultraviolet
    Superman Returns
    The Sixth Sense
    Unbreakable
    Signs
    I, Robot
    Artificial Intelligence
    Bicentennial Man
    Monty Python's Holy Grail
    Vanilla Sky
    The Matrix trilogy
    Gattica
    Drop Dead Gorgeous
    The Big Lebowski
    Sin City

    ...and so many more. Also, political documentaries - Fahrenheit 9/11 & Loose Change, especially.

  • Television

    For the most part, I killed my TV long ago.. especially those awful "news shows". Most often, I tend to watch DVDs of shows or movies. But, when I do resurrect my TV now and again, it's stuff like:

    Saturday Night Live
    The Colbert Report
    The Daily Show
    Family Guy
    South Park
    That 70's Show
    Chapelle's Show
    Wonder Showzen
    Robot Chicken
    Futurama
    Six Feet Under
    Flip This House
    Flip That House
    Property Ladder
    Discovery Channel
    History Channel
    A&E
    documentaries

  • Books

    At any given time I'm usually in the middle of 2 or 3 books at once. Just finished Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep".. 4 out of 5 stars. :) Some of my other favs:

    George Orwell "1984"
    Aldous Huxley "Brave New World"
    Ray Bradbury "Fahrenheit 451"
    Phillip K. Dick "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich"
    Ron Paul's "The Revolution: A Manifesto"
    Isaac Asimov robots series, and "Foundation"
    Dan Brown "Angels & Demons"
    and "The Da Vinci Code"
    Douglas Adams "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series
    "Art and Fear"
    "The Four Agreements"
    "Start Small, Profit Big in Real Estate"
    "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"
    "The FL Studio Bible"
    "The Rapture"
    Juxtapoz magazine
    Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
    various comics
    Shel Silverstein "A Light in the Attic",
    and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" most anything about art, graphic design, philosophy, mythology, religion or ancient cultures (Egyptian, esp.)

  • Heroes

    Pablo Picasso
    Salvador Dali
    Joan Miro
    Paul Klee
    Camille Rose Garcia
    Jonathon Rosen
    countless other artists
    MLK, Jr.
    Thomas Jefferson
    John Adams
    Benjamin Franklin

    Oh yeah, and Ron Paul.. as if you couldn't tell. :) And above all, both my parents, and my 2 kickass brothers.

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Framingham, Mass..
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 10" / Average
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Religion: Agnostic
  • Zodiac Sign: Virgo
  • Children: Someday
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Graphic Design
  • Income: $30,000 to $45,000

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About me:

Ok, is it just me, or is this "Profile 2.0" thing only half-baked? The fact that I can't customize every detail is driving the graphic designer in me insane! LOL :O

I'm a creative-type. Visual art is my life's blood. Painting, digital art, sculpture mostly. In a gallery, I'm like a kid in a candy store. But much less hyper. :) I enjoy graphic design, especially when the project allows for a certain amount of creative freedom.

Music is also essential. Actually, a group of respected scientists have concluded recently that without music, I would surely die. I *needs* it! Yes, my music addiction is that serious. Love live music. Mix music and art together, and it's the closest I have to a religion.

Speaking of religion.. though I'm not religious, per se, (I'm agnostic) I do find religion *very* interesting, and definitely have a spiritual/philosophical nature. I am legally a secular humanist minister, and life itself and a love for humanity is my temple.

I see the world through lenses of my own creation. I'm a classic INFJ. I'm passionate about life, since as far as I know, there's only this one. I'm extremely driven, and I have big dreams that will be realized. I think about politics a lot lately.. seeing what's happening to the world lately has moved me in unspeakable ways.

Speaking of politics.. check out the newly-legendary Midnight Owl News Blog (http://TheMidnightOwl.com). Comments are welcome! Don't forget to add my RSS feed! :)

Who I'd like to meet:


Unique people - in a refreshingly different sort of way. Those who have something they are truly passionate about, and have at least a vague idea of where they're going in life. I tend to get along well with other creatives, and others who love music. Sense of humor is a must - I have a sarcastic streak a mile wide, and a sharp wit to match. :}

I tend to enjoy the company of geeks (I'm a bit geeky myself), nonconformists, freethinkers, hippies, and fellow humanitarians - especially activists who take a little time out of their own lives to fight for a worthy cause. Just live with purpose - I mean, why tip-toe through life, just to die safely?

And although I hate having to mention people I *don't* want to meet, please, no Paris Hilton clones or Bush supporters.. we wouldn't get along, trust me. Bleh. :P

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