Shaking what my momma gave me. Laughing in the face of adversity. Being myself at the cost of nothing. Living my life, my way without negatively affecting others - but staying true. Music. Travel. Books. Life. My friends. My family. The world - and what's happening in it. The world - and what's happening to it. You.
Music
Yo La Tengo, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, The Verve, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Glove, Pop Will Eat Itself, Grace Jones, Chaka Chan (with and without Rufus), Tower of Power, The Commodores, Laurie Andreson, Cyndi Lauper, Curve, Lamb, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Qwest, Orb, Orbital, Tommie Sunshine, Mark Verbos, John Tejada, The Shins, Sebadoh, ...and they will know us..., Shiner, Imogene Heap, Frou Frou, Doormouse, Shitmat, Search and Destroy, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, The Skinjobs, Morcheeba, KD Lang, White Stripes, Brahms, Stereo Total, Stereolab, Serge Gainsburough, Justin Maxwell, Justin Warfield, Eels, A Man Called E, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Ride, Pulp, Marianne Faithful, Nouvelle Vague, Portisehead, Everything but the Girl, Neko Case, Alyson Moyet, Yaz, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Moloko, Fiona Apple, Beth Orton, Dot Allison, Amon Tobin, Four Tet, The Faint, Lo Fidelity All Stars, LCD Soundsystem, The The, Berlin, Ultravox, The Call, ABC, King Missle, Johnny Cash, Massive Attack, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Laika, Music A.M., Sofa Surfers, Kings of Tomorrow, Kings of Convienence, Funki Porcini, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Sarah Fimm, Land of Loops, Lemon Jelly, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Chicken Lips, Kid Koala, King Kooba, Bjork, Soul Coughing, Elvis Costello, Boozoo Bajou, Derrick Carter, Gus Gus, Belle and Sebastian, Lou Reed, Velvet Undergroun, Iggy and the Stooges, David Bowie, Danny Teneglia, ESP Woody McBride, Koma & Bones, Willie Nelson, Billy Bragg, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams, David Gray, Lambchop, Kurt Wagner, Foo Fighters, The Smiths, Holcombe Waller, Elliot Smith, Gay Dads, Silver Jews, Smog, Low, Magnetic Fields, Oval, Morton Suboptinic, Kit Clayton, Saftey Scissors, Kid606, Wendy O. Williams, Plasmatics, Sex Pistols, Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Minor Threat, Dead Can Dance, Hooverphonic, The Church, Tricky, Old 97's, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Tom Tom Club, The Kinks, U2, Jefferson Airplane, Thompson Twins, Bloc Party, I Am Loved, The Fall, They Might Be Giants, John Cale, Phillip Glass, Kiki and Herb, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Jets to Brazil, The Decemberists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Queen, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, El Vez, The Mighty Bop, The Specials, The English Beat, The Special Beat, New Order, Boards of Canada, Plaid, Jonathan Richman, and. .. . . .. . . . . .. . .
Movies
The Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Time Bandits, Meet the Feebles, Superstar: A Karen Carpenter Story, Amelie, Akira, Indian Jones trilogy, Blade Runner, Bring It On!, Josie and the Pussycats, The Kingdom of the Sun, Chocolate, City of God, Crash, The Birds, Rope, Donnie Darko, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Ghost in the Shell, Strictly Ballroom, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Snakes on a Plane, Desperate Living, Lost in Translation, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Pink Flamingos, Office Space, Heathers, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Pretty In Pink, Pecker, Sixteen Candles, Stand By Me, The Big Lebowski, Brazil, Evil Dead, Tommy, Girls Will Be Girls, Psycho Beach Party, Crybaby, Heavenly Creatures, Stop Making Sense, Syriana, The City of Lost Children,
Television
I go without. Kill your television. Read a book. Ask me how.
Books
The Acid House, Postman Always Rings Twice, The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Klay, The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, Shock Value, Cat's Cradle, The Time Travellers Wife, Middlesex, The People's History on the United States, A Wrinkle in Time, Dance Dance Dance, Kafka on the Shore, The Curious Incident with the Dog in the Night Time, The Tao Te Ching, In Cold Blood, And the Ass Saw the Angel, Everything is Illuminated, a sound of Thuner, The Man Who Fell From the Moon, Flesh and the Word, Rough Stuff, The Arena, Enders Game, Numbers, Running With Scissors, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Satanic Verses, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Human Croquet, Executioner's Song, Assassination Vacation, Watchmen, V is for Vendeta, The Dark Night Returns, Swamp Thing, Filth, Trainspotting, In Our Time, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Great Gatsby, I, Cladius, Moby Dick, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Native Son, Juneteenth, Tell Me How Long the Train Has Been Gone, To Kill a Mockingbird, If Beale Street could Talk, Ishmael, Tao Te Ching, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Temple of My Familiar, The Indespensable Chomsky, In Love and Trouble, Of Water and the Spirit, The sun Also Rises, One Day in the Life of Ivan Davonovich, Black Skin/White Masks, Listening to the Sirens, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, Hotel Insomnia, Breakfast of Champions, Cats Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, Farenheight 451, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Skinny Legs and All, Wicked, Farwell My Lovely, The Little Prince
Heroes
Quentin Crisp. Oscar Wilde. John Cameron Mitchell. Todd Haynes. Truman Capote. Maya Angelou. Andy Warhol. Little Miss S in her mini-dress. Rosa Parks. James Baldwin. Lou Reed. Laurie Andreson. Anyone who is brave enough just to be.
I would not trade consciousness for bliss, even though the allure of nostalgia sometimes leads me to feel otherwise. The road I have taken has not been an even one, but it has been filled with the highs and lows that make a life more than memorable, it creates one that is filled with adventure and dreams realized.
No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.
~Alan Watts
My name means 'Priceless, Flourishing, Flower.'
Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the power I can manifest. I know that I can create and destroy worlds, that I can create and remove obstacles because I do believe in the Gods within. Does this make me an egotist?
Does this make me aware?
There were times when it appeared to Dorian Gray that the whole of history was merely a record of his own life, not as he had lived it in act and circumstance, but as his imagination had created it for him, as it has been in his brain and in his passions. He felt that he had know them all, those strange, terrible figures that had passed along the stage of life, and made sin so marvellous and evil so full of subtlety. It seemed that in some mysterious way, their lives had been his own... ~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894
There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself. ~Roscoe Snowden
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~Agnes Repplier
Letting go is the hardest part.
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am. ~Sylvia Plath
Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, "This I am today; that I will be tomorrow." ~Louis L'Amour
This I am today; that I will be tomorrow:
Tall. Adorable. Lion Hearted. Queer. Cavallier. Bouncey. Employed. Motivated. Best friend ever. Motivational. Musical. Laughable. Whimsical. Charming. Hugable. Furry. Fiery. Focused. Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Proud. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Tempermental. Moody. Witty and sparkly. Not vengeful. Ecentric. Loves to sleep the day away. Forgiving but never forgets. A Guide to others -- physically and mentally. Slightly perverted. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. A judges of people through observations. Hardworking. Loves to be alone. Crazy. Up all night. Broods about the past and old friends. Waits for friends. Loves to be loved. Never at a loss for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Easily hurt and takes long to recover.
I'm a man of my word; I honor my convictions. I do not suffer fools lightly. I'm playful. I'm honest. I'm laid back. I'm intense. I'm a Leo.
This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one drops a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on animal farm
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
~Radiohead, Optimistic, Kid A
I've taken the progression from Boy to Man very seriously - but I've yet to loose my Dionysian passion for life, lust and the pursuit of a good wine (or whatever other spirits you or the netherworld may conjure) - but I am enjoying that 'all grown up now' sense of responsibility and purpose.
I'm at home behind turntables, blissfully happy in museums, content when discussing life over well-priced (and large portioned) meals. I've developed an interest in Modern Art and Design, I've started using product.
There may be 10,000 paths, but there is only one way. Believe.
Everything in life is connected somehow. You may have to dig deep to find it but its there. Everything is the same even though its different. Somehow everything connects back with your life. The faces in certain places may be different, but the situation is the same. Irony is a hidden factor that creeps around us in life, letting its presence felt only after it has left. Picture back to a year ago and the situation you were in. Look at how things are different yet somehow everything it still in someway cognate. Everything connects together to form the balance of life, to maintain structure. Change is and always will be inevitable, but everything is relative, and all the moments and times in your life will come back around again, you just might find yourself on the other side of the coin. Things are always changing, as fast as everything stays the same. ~Anon
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ~Epictetus
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
Dans cette chienne d'une vie, un bien ne peut jamais être aussi armé ~E. Messioner
Who I'd like to meet: People. People who need people. People who understand the difference betweeen wanting and needing. People who honor their words and stand by their convictions. People who Believe. Zach Galifiankis. Harvey.
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