History, Research, Filmmaking, Documentaries, Computers, Web Design, Security, Human Rights, Reading, Activism, Music, Social Justice, Irony, Technology, DVDs, Revolution, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Cats, Fraggles, Home Improvement, Headaches, Daydreaming, infp, Sleeping
Music
I can listen to just about everything but tend to swing toward indie rock, 80s stuff, Rock, old punk, stuff from Japan like Ellegarden, Kaela Kimura, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, Chihiro Onitsuka, Ai Otsuka and YUKI. Nirvana, Green Day, Matthew Good.
Then there are Megadeth, Bad Religion, and Queensryche (which I blame/credit with planting the seeds with their activism/political songs back when I was a clueless headbanging lad). Some classical, old school rap when it actually meant something (before becoming about pimps, hoes and money), I can literally be here all day if I continue. Here is a rotating list of songs I enjoy.
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Movies
Documentaries, We, Why We Fight, The Corporation, Arundhati Roy, TerrorStorm, Almost Famous, The Truman Show, Amelie, Lost In Translation, Waking Life, Dazed And Confused, The Red Violin, Girl Interrupted, Empire Records, That Thing You Do, The War, Catch Me If You Can, Back To The Future, Stand By Me, Just Friends, The Terminal, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Outside Providence, High Fidelity, American Beauty, Forrest Gump, Goonies, Legend of 1900, Angus, Paper Moon, Radio Flyer, The Virgin Suicides, They Live, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, V for Vendetta, The Butterfly Effect, I can go on and on...
Television
The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Link TV, Current TV, TechTV (RIP), Freaks and Geeks, Sliders, Old Twilight Zone, This Old House, almost anything on History Channel, silly VH1 countdown/I Love The __insert decade here__ shows, old 80s/90s reruns, Wonder Years, Roseanne, etc.
Books
A People's History of the United States, Order out of Chaos, America the Book, 1984, Brave New World; stuff that will probably get me sent to Guantanamo. Also various computer geek books, anxiety books, home improvement books.
About me: Hi. My name is Joe. I'm from New York. I make web sites. I read a lot. I watch movies, documentaries. I'm a little freaked out at what's happening in the world and where things are heading. I feel compelled to try to do something about it. I guess I took the red pill ...dammit.
Sometimes I'd really prefer to be living it up, without a care in the world. Maybe have this profile look like a lot of the others around here that seem to showcase (or give the illusion of) constant partying, boozing and hook-ups. That's got to be better than god damn anxiety attacks and apathetic people around me thinking I'm losing it, for caring about what's happening in the world.
I have a web site called suddenlyeverythingsucks.com. It's about things that I think more people should be concerned about. I should probably update it more. I have nightmares. I feel like I've been robbed of something. It pisses me off.
I also operate weroy.org, a site for the underground documentary called We, featuring the wisdom of writer and peace activist, Ms. Arundhati Roy. Go there and watch the film for free or get a DVD. You can also check out the page for it here on MySpace and add yourself as a friend.
I support Ron Paul for president. His decision to run and the incredible amount of support he's getting gives me some hope. Dennis Kucinich isn't bad either. They aren't perfect but compared to others.... Time to leave the warmongers, criminals, liars and globalist puppets hell bent on destroying America (and the rest of the world) out in the cold.
I did a search engine for the Alex Jones show at searchinfowars.com. Want your view of the world flipped? Listen to his radio show for a week or watch one of his documentaries. Start with Terrorstorm. Holy crap.
I do stuff for Kiva, a great non-profit organization based out of San Francisco. In fact, they have a MySpace page, too. Check it out and add yourself as a friend if you're interested in learning more about what they do. They basically allow you to help the working poor in developing countries. Trust me, directly loaning $25 to a farmer in Honduras or a woman with a little fruit stand in Vietnam so they can buy some inventory and expand their business, feels damn good. Especially when they pay you back after a few months. It's a thrill to have a hand in helping some hard working people better their situation and watching their progress. I recommend lending money to anyone with kids.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone with an open mind, and anyone that can help assure me that I'm not losing mine.
God and/or whoever is running the show. I've got a few things I'd like to get off my chest and a long list of questions that need to be answered.
Everyone on my people-that-need-to-be-shoved-off-a-cliff list. Preferably lined up, single file, at any 100+ foot rocky cliff at times that work best for all of them. I'm flexible.
What's up! I read you're blogs but i never comment im bad about that. i guess it says alot about how i feel about my own opinions.Not that it matters, but I definitely agree as everything suddenly begins to suck even more...40 ounce dreams and watered down wishes...It's always good to see a little good at such a bad time...keep it goin;)
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ~Claude-Adrien Helvétius
Humbly, for me, any personal growth I have had usually comes out of difficulty, enough, where I becoming willing to change. Just my thought at the moment.
Respect and Love,
Gilbert
