I love travel * I like the products of creativity. * I adore cigarettes and alcohol. * I’m fascinated by all politics. Not just national politics or that between countries or states, but the politics we encounter every day; the politics of people. * Motorcycles- which I know I’ll probably die on, but it’ll beat lung cancer. * I like movies and surfing the web. * I'm spending a lot of time trying to actually understand the world I live in. * Regular coffeeshop denizen. * I working to become a better person. *
Music
I'm finding new things to love and hate every day. Love: Indie/Alternative/Rock. Hate: Rap/Contemporary country. I'm not going to list every damn band in my iTunes... That's actually one of my Myspace peeves! ...so ar the loud ass songs that play instantly. Ugh.
Movies
I like all movies inherently. I love the medium of film, so nothing I see ever rates less than a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10. Favorites: Amalie, Soylent Green, The Long Grey Line, and Jaws.
Movie Plug: Go see Hannibal Rising! Despite the fact that the third -let alone the fourth- movie in a series really sucks, Hannibal Rising was very good. I loved the background story, and for a little while was actually cheering Lector on. He seemed almost vindicated... for a while. I give it a solid 8.
Television
On cable, left-wing news mostly. ---> STBD ---> (See Friends) Check it out online! I also watch The Daily Show and Colbert, but having been too into TV lately.
Books
Neil Gaimon, Plato, Kurt Vonnegut, H. D. Thoreau, Dr. Suess... My taste varies a bit.
Best book of all time... The Yellow Pages.
Current Read: "Teddy Bare" an old book about Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident. ...hey, its for work.
Heroes
Is there anyone out there who actually embodies the best of what our culture, country, or civilization has to offer?
About me: I am adrift and looking for land... if that makes any sense to you. I'm a full time college student and getting good grades, but I'm not sure why I'm doing it. seems high time to formuulate an actual plan for my life, don't you think? After all, I'm not getting any younger. I'm not too bad at planning; it's execution that's not my strong point. This page is a perfect example. Was thinking about making this really cool, unique Myspace until I ralized that it was completely impossible. Absolutly everything has been done. Even leaving in plain is overdone. I don't want to be like everyone else. I'm lazy as hell anyway, so here it is... Enjoy!
Who I'd like to meet:
Pittsburghers. People who are origional or unique and who have clear, independant, and rational thought. Travellers. Creators of things of relevance and importance. Folks with something to add. Democrats. Some republicans. Tom.
In three days, you (yes, YOU) have a chance to change Pittsburgh for the better. All it takes are six little letters and a write-in ballot: "Mathis 4 Mayor."
Hey you! Hope all is well on MV. I procured myself a job down here 2 weeks ago, and orientation is next week. I finally got my diploma today...took them long enough!
I can't remember offhand if you are into written journals or not, but I just discovered some fabulous notebooks and thought you might like them too: Moleskine
Thought you would get a laugh out of this...one of my SRU friends is from Leetsdale, and someone posted this on his wall on Facebook: "...I'm sure if you went out in the street and yelled, "I have money for Leetsdale" 6 board members would come running, and maybe even get into a fist fight. Wouldn't be the first time" Heh!
Hey you! When is a good time these days to call? I've been thinking about calling you lately but I wasn't sure what sort of hours you're working at the moment. I hope you are doing ok since we last talked and P.'s situation has improved.
Hi,if you are going to come to the dinner on Saturday, can you send me your RSVP card and/or call/email? I need to give them a final count soon. So far Mandy and Jay are coming, along with Pat, Tim, and Ed. You don't have to sit through the ceremony (unless you want to), so if you just want to come to the dinner it's at 2:00.
