Xavier Mintaka

About me:

Name: Xavier James Mintaka

Instrument: Backing Vocals, Guitarist

Date of Birth: February 21, 1979

Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida

Astrological Sign: Pisces/Aquarius

Height/weight: 6’4”/220 lbs.

Hair/eyes: Black/ Black with 8 pointed white star

Influences: Terry Goodkind, Metallica, System of a Down, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Acid Bath, Bach, Radiohead, DeathKlok, Tenacious D.

Equipment: Gibson SG, Coffin Cases, Pod XT Pro Effects Processor, Marshall 4x12 Celestian-loaded cabinet, DR .010 strings, Dunlop Tortex .1mm Picks.

Interests/pastimes: Science, Language, Music, Cultural Studies, Politics, Technology, Computer Programming, Art, Graphic Design, Poetry, Literature, Writing/Reading Books, Anti-Capitalistic ideas, and Zombies.

Quote: "Think of the solution, not the problem." ~ Terry Goodkind – Wizard’s First Rule

In Brief: Xavier James Mintaka, born James Michael Menendez is a direct descendant of Pedro Menendez de Aviles the founder of the oldest Spanish colony in the United States St. Augustine Florida and Knight of the Order of Santiago. Pedro Menendez's coffin is held in a Catholic Mission in the city of St Augustine at the Mission el Nombre de Dios.

Fueled by Xavier's intense passion for honest Democracy in a free thinking society, the desire to incite the masses into "waking up" from their dream-like states of consciousnesses, the realization of the senselessness of war, and his intense faith in the goodness and ability for progression of humankind, Xavier seeks to unite the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free, to realize that vision in our own lifetime.

Delta Orionis, Mintaka (05h32m -00° 18') means "the belt" which is where this star is located in Orion. Mintaka has a magnitude of 2.2 and is a blue giant class B0 star. Its distance is 800 light years away. Mintaka is both a visusl and spectroscopic binary. The spectroscopic companion is a blue star, the visual companion is 52 arcseconds from Mintaka. There is a bluish 6.7 magnitude companion to Mintaka. The stars form a physical pair with a separation of about 0.5 light years.

Upon awakening Orion sought the help of an Oracle. It told him that to gain his sight back, he would need to travel east, and let the rays of the sun strike his eyes. Orion did this, regained his sight, and later lived in Crete, where the goddess of the moon Artemis fell in love with him. Her love for him was so strong, that she failed to light the evening sky with moonlight. Orion's death came about when Apollo challenged Artemis to hit a speck among the waters of the ocean, not knowing that this speck was Orion swimming. Artemis shot a single arrow killing him.

In response to her actions, Artemis placed Orion, along with his companions Canis Major, and Canis Minor in the sky, near the seven daughters of Oenopion, the Pleiades. Here they remained as the mightiest hunters of the night sky.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
~Voltaire