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I'VE BEEN MICROSHAFTED

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  • Finn Contini

  • 41 / Male
  • Bend, Oregon, US
  • Last Login: 11/30/2009

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Interests

  • General

    I'm a DL. If you don't know what that means, don't bother asking.

    I like writing, research for writing, reading, listening to engaging talk radio (as opposed to hate talk), spending time with my cats, going for walks, meeting new friends who share my same interests while opening myself up to new interests. I’m quite liberal on the political scale and am always cracking jokes, usually something having to do with current events or politics. Oh, if you have to explain a joke to someone, it’s no longer a joke. So if you don’t get something, please just say nothing and carry on. I really hate it when someone asks me to explain a joke or a quip. My brain works differently than most. Some things shouldn’t need explaining.

    .. You scored as Green. The Green Party believes in an America where decisions are made by the people and not by a few giant corporations. Their environmental goal is a sustainable world where nature and human society co-exist in harmony.

    Green

    		95%

    Old School Democrat

    		90%

    New Democrat

    		80%

    Libertarian

    		55%

    Foreign Policy Hawk

    		20%

    Pro Business Republican

    		10%

    Socially Conservative Republican

    		0%

    What..s Your Political Philosophy?
    created with QuizFarm.com I don't think of myself as a "Green" but it could be worse -- I could be a Republican!

  • Music

    Smashing Pumpkins, U2, AC/DC, The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, The Moody Blues, Ministry, Midnight Oil, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Police, R.E.M., Rush, Linkin' Park, many others

  • Movies

    Far too many to list here. But my all-time favorite is Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Star Wars trilogy (Episodes IV-VI) changed modern cinema and must be counted. I like action, comedy, sci-fi, suspense…just about anything that’s well written, has excellent character development, and entertains. That’s the whole purpose of movies anyway: to entertain.

  • Television

    The ONLY show I watch on TV is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central). I have found virtually everything that is designed to entertain is hopelessly contrived and everything that is designed as news is nothing but well sculpted lies. I dislike being lied to which is why I avoid all news programs on TV.
    Your IQ Is 130
    Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional
    Actually, my I.Q. is around 147...

  • Books

    I guess my two favorite books are: 1. Idiocy! Taking Conservatives Behind The Woodshed: A Parody Of Ann Coulter's Books And Right-wing Ideology.

    2. Women May Be from Venus...but Men Are Really from Uranus: A Parody of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus and Other John Gray Books.

    Of course, those are my books, written under the Katherine Black pseudonym. (When you're agoraphobic you don't like attention drawn to yourself.)

    My favorite authors are Stephen King, Robert Ludlum, Pearl S. Buck, James Rollins, Jack DuBrul, Clive Cussler and many other worthy authors I am too tired to name or just can't recall their names. I'm bad with names.

    You scored as A classic novel. Almost everyone showers praise upon you for your depth and enduring relevance. According to your acolytes, everything you say is timeless, erudite and meaningful. Of course, none of them actually listen to you. Nobody listens to you at all, but it's fashionable to claim you as a friend. Fond of obscure words, antiquated notions and libraries, you never have a problem finding someone to hang out with. The fact that they end up using you to balance their kitchen tables is an unfortunate side effect, but you're used to being used for others' benefit. Oh the burden of being Great.

    A classic novel

    		82%

    Poetry

    		75%

    A coloring book.

    		68%

    A college textbook

    		64%

    An electronics user..s manual

    		57%

    A paperback romance novel

    		50%

    The back of a froot loops box

    		21%

    Your Literary Personality
    created with QuizFarm.com No surprise here:
    .. You scored as Verbal/Linguistic. You have highly developed auditory skills, enjoy reading and writing and telling stories, and are good at getting your point across. You learn best by saying and hearing words. People like you include poets, authors, speakers, attorneys, politicians, lecturers and teachers.

    Verbal/Linguistic

    		100%

    Intrapersonal

    		86%

    Visual/Spatial

    		82%

    Musical/Rhythmic

    		75%

    Logical/Mathematical

    		64%

    Interpersonal

    		64%

    Bodily/Kinesthetic

    		57%

    The Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligences
    created with QuizFarm.com

  • Heroes

    There aren't many heroes left in this world but I'd have to say that firefighters are my heroes as they selflessly serve the public by putting their lives on the line for our lives. That's just downright heroic.

    Nicola Tesla is a recent hero -- that guy was 100 years ahead of his time. http://www.teslascience.org/

    .. You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof).

    Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.

    agnosticism

    		88%

    Buddhism

    		83%

    Satanism

    		71%

    Hinduism

    		67%

    atheism

    		58%

    Paganism

    		58%

    Christianity

    		54%

    Judaism

    		50%

    Islam

    		46%


    Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
    created with QuizFarm.com

    Although I scored agnostic I am leaning toward atheism. I find it harder to accept that a loving and benevolent god would allow such horrors in the world and our lives to take place without some sort of divine intervention. That's why it's called faith; I have no longer have faith.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: For most of my life it was Seattle
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 6' 1" / Average
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Religion: Christian - other
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Children: Someday
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: Some college
  • Occupation: Author

Networking

  • I have published 2 books, both under a pseudonym, and will soon be publishing a book about Microsoft. I also have a couple of screenplays to write, based on books I have read.

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About me:

I’ve been waging a war against my disability since December 2000 and I’m finally winning the battle. What is my disability? Agoraphobia. I was home-bound for almost 4 years, unable to leave my home for something as simple as going to the mailbox. .. But then something happened to me that changed my life forever. I used to work for Microsoft and part of the employee perks were that we could acquire internal software and sell it. As long as you didn’t abuse the system it could work for you. I knew of employees who would sell $50,000 worth of software to buy a new car. The company looked the other way.

In 2003 I wrote a book (under a pseudonym, remember I am agoraphobic) that was a parody of Ann Coulter’s rantings and conservatives in general. I openly criticized the Bush administration. In return, the FBI began investigating me. They found nothing of consequence. I was given a full audit by the IRS. Nothing abnormal was found. Then the FBI went to Microsoft and asked them about me. Microsoft said, “Oh look, he was selling software.”

I was prosecuted by the federal government for a variety of crimes, none of which I committed. But because of my agoraphobia I could not go to court to defend myself so I pled guilty to crimes I did not commit and was sentenced to four years in prison. I served the vast majority of time at a Federal Medical Center (FMC), a prison hospital. I still have agoraphobia, along with a panic and anxiety disorder, but progress is being made against the disorders. Agoraphobia is incurable but can be managed and I'm getting to the point where I can manage it. However, I’m unable to work due to these disabilities. But that won’t stop me from writing. No, I won’t be writing about the follies of the government. With Obama in office there’s nothing to parody.

However, I will be writing about Microsoft. My case is interesting to say the least; I’ve outlined a book idea to a number of people in the entertainment industry and the expectation is that the book, when I write it, will be a bestseller. So I have that to look forward to. You wouldn’t believe the things I know about Microsoft, their lies, secrets and corruption. It’s staggering to see and know what they have gotten away with over the years and I intend to expose their treachery.

So that’s where we stand. All I can say is that it’s good to be back home.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:Finn W. Contini
Birthday:June 25
Birthplace:Arizona
Current Location:Earth
Eye Color:Hazel
Hair Color:Usually shaved
Height:6' 1"
Right Handed or Left Handed:Righty
Your Heritage:Irish, Italian, Polish
The Shoes You Wore Today:Sandals
Your Weakness:Sweets
Your Fears:Enclosed spaces with no exit (agoraphobia)
Your Perfect Pizza:Something gourmet with feta cheese
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:Staying free
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up:Where am I?
Your Best Physical Feature:My eyes -- you can see the truth in someone's eyes
Your Bedtime:Usually after midnight
Your Most Missed Memory:If I answered this then that memory wouldn't be missed, would it?
Pepsi or Coke:Purified water
MacDonalds or Burger King:Neither - yuck. Just give me a salad without 3000 calories
Single or Group Dates:Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:I make my own iced tea - orange/mango mix
Chocolate or Vanilla:Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee:Neither
Do you Smoke:No way -- deathly allergic
Do you Swear:Oh yeah
Do you Sing:No...and you don't want me to try
Do you Shower Daily:Yes
Have you Been in Love:Not really
Do you want to go to College:No
Do you want to get Married:No
Do you belive in yourself:When not delusional
Do you get Motion Sickness:At the drop of a hat
Do you think you are Attractive:Slightly
Are you a Health Freak:Not really
Do you get along with your Parents:With my mom, yes. With my dad, no.
Do you like Thunderstorms:Yes! They are awesome
Do you play an Instrument:Nope
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:No
In the past month have you Smoked:No
In the past month have you been on Drugs:No (only prescripts meds)
In the past month have you gone on a Date:No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:No -- allergic
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:No -- allergic
In the past month have you been on Stage:No
In the past month have you been Dumped:No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:No
Ever been Drunk:Yes. Once was all it took to never do it again
Ever been called a Tease:No
Ever been Beaten up:Nope - never been in a fight
Ever Shoplifted:Yes - from my teenage days and I still regret it
How do you want to Die:Ever seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Like that.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:I'm already grown up and I'm an author - my choice profession
What country would you most like to Visit:New Zealand -- that's where I want to retire
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:Irrelevant
Favourite Hair Color:Sucker for blondes but largely irrelevant
Short or Long Hair:Short
Height:No matter
Weight:No matter
Best Clothing Style:Very casual
Number of Drugs I have taken:A lot -- many years ago. None within the past 15 years.
Number of CDs I own:Probably 50
Number of Piercings:0
Number of Tattoos:0
Number of things in my Past I Regret:Too many to list here

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Which book of the Bible are you?
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Your Birthdate: June 25
Your birth on the 25th day of the month (7 energy) modifies your life path by giving you some special interest in technical, scientific, or other complex and often hard to understand subjects. You may become something of a perfectionist and a stickler for details. Your thinking is logical and intuitive, rational and responsible. Your feelings may run deep, but you are not very likely to let them show. This birthday makes you a more private person, more introspective and perhaps more inflexible. In friendships you are very cautious and reserved. You are probably inventive, and given to unique approaches and solutions.

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Who I'd like to meet:

Professor Stephen Hawking. I don't know the first thing about physics but I'd like to talk to someone who is so much smarter than me that I can't bluff my way around a subject. It's better to know a little about a lot than a lot about very little.
.. You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.

Existentialist

88%

Cultural Creative

69%

Materialist

69%

Idealist

69%

Romanticist

63%

Postmodernist

50%

Fundamentalist

25%

Modernist

19%

What is Your World View? (updated)
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Friend Space (Top 6)

I'VE BEEN MICROSHAFTED has 41 friends.
  1. Head Mugwomp of Jesters.
  2. David Merrick
  3. Mariné
  4. portal admin
  5. Miss RedPaige Hall
  6. Lo

Comments

Displaying 23 of 23 comments
  • Planned Parenthood

    Jun 25 2009 6:34 PM

    Happy Birthday from Planned Parenthood
  • Lo

    Jun 25 2009 7:22 AM

    Happy, happy birthday, Finn!!!

    And many, many more.

    Happy, happy birthday!!!

    Please add my new profile page: www.myspace.com/lorri0037 if you haven't already added it.


    cheers and much love,
    Lo
  • JUSTIN McGANKJoel Hingle

    Aug 5 2008 12:32 AM

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  • Lo

    Jun 25 2008 7:00 AM

    Happy, happy birthday, Finn!!!

    And many, many more, my friend.


    Happy, happy birthday!!!

    cheers and much love,
    Lo
  • Worldwide Progressive M…

    Apr 26 2008 4:49 AM

    Thanks for adding me. ¶ People hear only what they want, so facts alone won't wake them; they need inspiration too. ¶ This world's evils have a common root: Bullies, liars, thieves, & murderers — whether in school, home, government, or elsewhere — believe we're all separate, motivated only by self-interest, by greed & fear. They want us to share that belief; they use it to justify themselves and to discourage us from uniting. They use it to shape the world's political & economic systems that perpetuate war & poverty. Their real power comes not so much from secret conspiracies as from propaganda that we all hear every day and that we hardly notice. ¶ But you & I have found something better inside ourselves & our friends. It's in everyone, if we can just wake them; we're all one flesh & blood. Let's spread that vision, for until we do our other advances will be minor & temporary. ¶ The outcome of the ideological struggle is not yet determined, so no one can afford to be just a spectator. Join the movement, if you haven't already: get involved in whatever way feels right for you. Question authority. Keep fighting, loving, hoping, singing. Hand in hand, we may still be able to heal this world. ¶ I'm impressed with ideas of Lakoff & Waldman about *how* to spread the vision, so I'm trying to promote their ideas via comments like this one and the essay on my MySpace page. It's free (I'm not selling anything). ¶ The real war is between classes, not nations; so I'll picnic on July 14, not July 4. CLOSE GUANTANAMO BY BASTILLE DAY; PASS IT ON.
    ¶ Peace, love, hope, and revolution — Eric
  • Head Mugwomp of Jesters.

    Jan 15 2008 7:34 AM

    I wrote you a letter today friend, I hope you like it.
  • Lo

    Feb 17 2006 2:07 AM

    Finn, I'm praying for you, buddy, hang in there.

    To Finn's friends: Harrison and I both posted a letter from Nancy, Finn's mother on our blogs tonight. Please read and repost everywhere.

    Thanks,
    Lorri

    Friends of Finn; update on his condition, etc. Very serious.
  • marcos

    Jan 23 2006 9:32 PM

    Democracia!
    Justicia!
    Libertad!


  • Mariné

    Jan 22 2006 3:24 PM

    Thank you SO MUCH for the add and for that amazing comment on my "Currency War" blog post.

    I hope you can check out and/or subscribe to my blog for more news on int'l poliTRICKS

    Respect.

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  • Head Mugwomp of Jesters.

    Jan 19 2006 5:48 AM

    Hello, I meant to call you today. But I got caught up working on the radio show. The good news is that we pretty much finished it. All we need to do is put some music.

    But I'll try and call you tomorrow
  • Daniii

    Jan 17 2006 4:31 AM

    How are you doing?

    Is the government still on your back?

    I hope you're still writing.
  • Head Mugwomp of Jesters.

    Dec 18 2005 5:11 AM

    I think the 1000 profile views has to do with the people reading the profile, not the profile itself.

    So when is this dinner you speak of?
  • Lo

    Dec 18 2005 3:54 AM

    Hi Finn,

    Thanks for being my friend!

    I've started reading your blog posts, it'll take a while to get through all of them.

    I see you have my hero friend, Taylor on your list of friends here. On my profile page under heros, I've added many from Myspace. You will be added there, too.

    Hang in there and keep your spirits high.

    Know that others care about you.

    cheers, and much love,
    Lorri
    Columbia, MO
  • Daniii

    Nov 28 2005 7:56 AM

    Oh man, how have YOU been doing?!
  • Head Mugwomp of Jesters.

    Nov 26 2005 4:03 AM

    You make your own dream. That's the Beatles' story, isn't it? That's Yoko's story . That's what I'm saying now. Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It's quite possible to do anything, but not to put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don't expect Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself. That's what the great masters and mistresses have been saying ever since time began. They can point the way, leave signposts and little instructions in various books that are now called holy and worshipped for the cover of the book and not for what it says, but the instructions are all there for all to see, have always been and always will be. There's nothing new under the sun. All the roads lead to Rome. And people cannot provide it for you. I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.

    - John Lennon
  • Planned Parenthood

    Nov 21 2005 4:16 PM

  • Animalcule

    Oct 16 2005 4:09 AM

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  • Planned Parenthood

    Sep 15 2005 4:31 PM

  • Daniii

    Aug 29 2005 8:48 AM

    I want to see you on FOX tearing apart O'Reily's head with Satan sulking next to O'Reily.
  • Head Mugwomp of Jesters.

    Aug 29 2005 7:27 AM

    Hey, i'm a existentmentislist-thingy too!
  • Reality is an Illusion

    Aug 27 2005 7:23 PM

    me likes the quizzes!!!
  • Reality is an Illusion

    Aug 27 2005 6:54 PM

    thanks finn.. i'll put a good word in for your friend in new orleans... these evil hurricanes!
  • Head Mugwomp of Jesters.

    Aug 11 2005 6:23 AM

    Hmmm....I'm your first comment. I belive they call this "popping the comment cherry" or something like that.

    This "my space" is kinda cultish