Reading, Writing, Rithmatic. Perhaps not that last one. Music, be it through active listening, discussion, or mastering the basics of whatever instrument I can get my grubby paws on. Studying all topics political, religious, social, systemic, and philosophical. Conversing on and engaging in reasoned debate of the aspects thereof. Whatever else it takes to keep my mind and tongue sharp and ready. Rotting my brain with video games for good measure.
Music
Listing artists would be an excersize in needless page stretching, I enjoy music that is just simply that: music. This means for the most part genres such as rap,
hip hop, and dischordant death metal do not recieve much loving attention from my ears, even though there are a few selected pieces of the above that I can appreciate. A few of the genres that I consistently find enjoyable are techno, electronica, trance/rave/house/every other label you want to suffix to dance music, blues, folk/roots, thrash and epic metal, choral, and classical.
Movies
I'm not a movie buff, but I have a few favorites. In part, Pulp Fiction, Office Space, Rain Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Christmas Story, Fight Club, Full Metal Jacket, and Reservoir Dogs jump to mind. If it has a handle on irreverant satirical wit or intelligent dialog and engaging characters, or ideally, all of the above (Pulp Fiction yes please), I'll like it.
Television
The Daily Show, Whose line is it anyway?, The Colbert Report, Stand-up, Boondocks, The Simpsons, Futurama, Metalocalypse, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, legions of other similarly clever cartoons, Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, Ultra biased talk tv (O'Reilly, Hardball, I's looking at you), and the less ultra biased fare such as Larry King. I don't have tv at home but these are some of the shows I'll sit down for if I have access to them.
Books
The Bible, Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, Jesus Among Other Gods, The Vision of the Anointed, The Road to Serfdom, Leviathin, anything else related to political and social policy/philosophy, or religious theory and comparative studies.
Heroes
C.S. Lewis, Winston Churchill, Johnathan Swift, Martin Luther (the monk, though king was a good guy too), Ravi Zecharias, Homer, Shakespeare, Johnny Cash, BB King, Bach, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Courage Wolf (see above), other admirable philosophers, scholars, composers, artists, and musicians.
About me: If you're trying to add me, the last name is Mason. Easy enough, one would hope.
For everyone that's been whining for me to set up a facebook page, I have one, go to it.
http://www.facebook.com/lukejmason
Not much to say here because it'd be me giving a biased self representation anyhow. Talk to me if you want to know the kind of person I really am. If you want to know the kind of person I fancy myself, I'm a philanthropist to the highest degree, but can also be exceptionally misanthropic and sociopathic. I work to minimize those traits, and I want to be remembered as an honest, honorable, loyal and kind man. I strive for that goal. I like to think I understand the importance and potency of the weapons that are the mind and tongue, and I seek to posess a firm mastery of both.
...and I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain...
Who I'd like to meet: A woman I can settle with who also wants to settle with me. Men and women of all walks. Leaders and the followers they lead. Affluent and powerful figures. The impoverished that have no pull on much of anything. The sober and responsible. The drunken and slovenly. The old and wise. The young and idealistic. The sane and the psychotic. I would feel quite completed were I able to just wander the world and speak with every type of person from every part of the human spectrum. I want to understand their bias and the way it colors their thinking, and in doing so I wish to appreciate their flawed human beauty.
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