Shawn
Shawn McDougal
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Tigger meets Socrates
Male
38 years old
Berkeley, California
United States
Last Login: 4/4/2009
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Shawn's Interests
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| General | revolution, intense conversation, staring at the sky, seeing patterns in society, music, dancing like it's a religious experience, mathematics, communing with nature, ping-pong, activism, giving hell to The Man, learning to use The Force, anarchism, education for liberation, vocal drum circles, party games, riding my bicycle fast—weaving past the cars stuck in traffic, home-cooked meals, alternative institutions, making people think, letting myself feel, remembering my dreams | | Music | Fleetwood Mac, Sly and the Family Stone, the Doors, Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Ben Harper, Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Public Enemy, Zap Mama, bhangra, Saul Williams, Dead Can Dance, Moby, Fela Kuti, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, U2, Raul Seixas, Legião Urbana, Portishead, Prince, Radiohead, Tricky, Mazzy Star, Pixies, David Byrne, Tori Amos, The Roots, Annie Lennox, U2, Soundgarden, KMFDM, Cheb I Sabbah, Propellerheads, Underworld, Sarah McLachlan, Sigur Rós...and many others any tune I compose while walking anything that makes my booty shake, my emotions stirred, or my imagination soar | | Movies | Star Wars, The Matrix, Tampopo, Waking Life, Undercover Brother, Amandla, Bowling for Columbine, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Pay it Forward, Fight Club, Blade Runner, The Wall, Goodwill Hunting, The Neverending Story, Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Rabbitproof Fence, Whale Rider, Waking Life, Lord of the Rings, The Cruise, Eyes on the Prize, Baraka, Amelie | | Television | What is TV? Oh, you mean that quaint 20th century invention for selling consumible culture? (Tho, it'd be cool if there was a one hour weekly pop culture synopsis I could watch to stay up on folk's references...) | | Books | Deschooling Society (Illich), A Pattern Language (Alexander et al.), Thinking Forward (Albert), sci fi (Heinlein, Aasimov, Herbert, et al.), A People's History of the US (Zinn), The Meme Machine (Blackmore), The Social Animal (Aaronson), Please Understand Me (Keirsey & Bates), Nonviolent Communication (Rosenberg), Guns Germs and Steel (Diamond), Summerhill (Neill), Labyrinths (Borges), How Children Fail (Holt), Politics of Nonviolent Action (Sharp), Illusions (Bach), The Shape of Space (Weeks), Visual Complex Analysis (Needham), lotsa stuff on math, cognition, complex systems... | | Heroes | Anybody who refuses to obey The Man.
Anybody who lets their Love Light shine. |
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Cars Kill, Ping Pong Players, We R LA's A list Night Life, Six6Two2Six6, Anarchist Book Club, Anarchism, Myers-Briggs Typology, Symposium
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Shawn's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Los Angeles | | Body type: | 6' 1" / Average | | Ethnicity: | Black / African descent | | Religion: | Agnostic | | Zodiac Sign: | Taurus | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | Grad / professional school | | Occupation: | revolutionary social engineer | | Income: | Less than $30,000 |
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Shawn's Latest Blog Entry
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facebook, anyone?
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the economy vs. the finance system--or why stress about a book-keeping problem?
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Why a McCain victory might be a good thing
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race and economics at us airways (et al.)
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conversation between me and a homeless guy
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About me:
Rich voice, bouncing gait, gesticulating hands, booming & infectious laugh, curious, love synthesizing crazy ideas in conversation with friends, outgoing but comfortable with silence; explorer, creator, challenger...ENTP (Myers-Briggs)
I've traveled a good amount, including living abroad. An important lesson for me has been that changing the U$ is key to changing the world.
I've done lots of different sorts of education and social justice work. Currently teaching college math, applying to PhD programs, and experimenting with ways to disturb the comfortable so that the disturbed may be comforted. For social life beyond corporate consumerism, for education beyond the rat-race. psst...btw, use lime or lemon juice for
deodorant. I been using it for several years now! It works!
Just take a slice o'lime and squeeze a few drops!
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Who I'd like to meet:
People unplugging from the matrix. People who want to take the world/self to the next level. Those who think and feel outside the box. People who understand that what’s been made can be unmade—and made better. Other (r)evolutionaries. Anyone who will challenge me or inspire me to go deeper.
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