John Markley
John Markley
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28 years old
OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS
United States
Last Login: 12/4/2009
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John Markley's Interests
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| General | Politics, economics, history, science fiction, heavy metal, anime, movies (and especially bad movies), video and computer games, martial arts. | | Music | I mostly like metal, though I listen to a little bit from other genres. Favorites include Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Dark Tranquility, Acid Bath, Virgin Steel, Saviour Machine, Children of Bodom, Paradise Lost, Slough Feg, Dream Theater, Tool, Overkill, Skyclad, Slim Cessna's Autoclub, Blind Guardian, My Dying Bride, Misanthrope, The Offspring, Moonsorrow, Nevermore, Johnny Cash, In Flames, Symphony X, Sentenced, Testament, Audioslave, Evergrey, Type O Negative, Grave Digger, Cruachan and many more. I also listen to a lot of video game sountracks. | | Movies | Anything with Clint Eastwood, especially the westerns. Martial arts movies of all sorts, good and bad (for different reasons). John Woo's movies before he started making stuff here. Anything by the Coen brothers, especially Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing. The Professional, Unbreakable, End of Evangelion, Gettysburg, Airplane!, the Naked Gun series, Ronin, The Royal Tennenbaums, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, The Seven Samurai, Dark City, The Manchurian Candidate (the original), La Femme Nikita, In the Mouth of Madness, Heat, Life of Brian, Chronicles of Riddick, Waking Ned Devine, Angel Heart, Johnny Stechino, the Hot Shots series, Stalingrad, The Man With Two Brains, Rope, Fraility, Jacob's Ladder. | | Television | Babylon 5, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Excel Saga, Sealab 2021, Family Guy, Futurama, Evangelion, The Simpsons (back in the good old days), Chappelle Show, Reno 9/11, Whose Line Is It Anyway (both versions), Duckman, Cowboy Bebop, Seinfeld, The Critic, Jeeves and Wooster, The Sopranos, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Crest of the Stars, Mad TV, Mystery Science Theater 3000. | | Books | I love science fiction. My favorite authors in that genre include Poul Anderson, David Drake, Stephen Baxter, Iain M. Banks, Timothy Zahn, John C. Wright, Vernor Vinge, David Weber, Larry Niven, William C. Dietz, Neal Asher, Arthur C. Clarke, Alastair Reynolds, and Dan Simmons. I also love fantasy authors Glen Cook, George R.R. Martin, and Steven Erikson. For humor, I like P.G. Wodehouse, Dave Barry, and P.J. O'Rourke. In nonfiction, I mostly like books about history, economics, or politics. Some of my favorites are Thomas Sowell, Murray Rothbard, David Friedman, Robert Conquest, Friedrich Hayek, Isaiah Berlin, Ludwig von Mises, Thomas Paine, James Bovard, Henry Hazlitt, H.R. Ellis, Paul Johnson, Joseph Sobran, and Albert Jay Nock. | | Heroes | My grandfather. |
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All Things BAEN Publishing, Timothy Zahn, Libertarian Group, Alastair Reynolds, Thomas Sowell, Ben Bova, Blackwater Park, United Aspies
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John Markley's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Oak Lawn, Illinois | | Body type: | 5' 11" | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio | | Smoke / Drink: | Yes / Yes | | Children: | I don't want kids | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Journalist | | Income: | Less than $30,000 |
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John Markley's Schools
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Saint Xavier University
Chicago,Illinois
Graduated: 2005
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Clubs: Student newspaper, Service Club, Anime Club, WXAV (student radio station)
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H L Richards High Sch(campus)
Oak Lawn,Illinois
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Student newspaper, Drama Club
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1996 to 2000 |
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About me:
My name is John Markley. I was born on November 7th, 1981- same day as Dana Plato, Billy Graham, the Battle of Tippecanoe, and (somewhat confusingly) Russia's October Revolution. I have lived my entire life in Oak lawn, Illinois. I am a graduate of Saint Xavier University and currently work as a freelance journalist. My interests include politics, history, video games, martial arts, fine liquors, cheap liquors, heavy metal, cigars, and science fiction.
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