Welcome to what could be the most boring page on the internet. It’s a list of everything I could think of to tell about myself. This list isn’t for you, it’s for me. It’s to remind me of my goals, and of just who the hell I think I am. My blog may prove more insightful or more left field.
Full Birth Name: Evan Collin Corbett. For more on my names and miscellaneous
titles such as ‘reverend’ click there. Click here for all the amazing and miscellaneous ways you can get a hold of me. Or
don’t.
Day, Date, Time, and Place of Birth: Wednesday,
September 23, 1975 6:10 pm Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Sun in Libra, Pisces rising,
Taurus moon, cusp of Virgo)
Day, Date, Time, and Place of Physical
Death: Still alive last I checked, but hopefully someone will fill this out
when I do kick the bucket, and adjust the ‘Last Uploaded’ field down below.
Physically: I’m 5 feet, 11 ¾ inches tall,
short dirty-blonde hair, a moustache, blue-green-yellow eyes, 190 lbs give or
take, a little *cough* round about the waist. I have at least 20/20 vision. I
am part Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and German with a touch of Native
American, Choctaw and Apache specifically. I am particularly flexible in my
wrists, and my shoulders are seemingly double jointed. Soon to be missing my
gall bladder (even though missing is the wrong word). Since a picture is worth
a thousand words: a Webshots account where you can even order prints.
But a thousand words are not always worth one picture (hence the following).
A few things about me: I’m a Jeans (or
shorts (or black leather trench coat)) and T-shirt kind of guy. I’m very laid
back and easy going, yet serious and intense as needed. I’m adventurous in
spirit, but cautious and pragmatic in reality. I have my head in the clouds,
but with at least the toes of one my feet on the ground. I’m very spiritual,
and consider myself to be very moral, and a little bit chivalrous. I’m strange
and eccentric, but harmless. And after one gets to know me, I’m rather
predictable in my own sorta’ way.
Marital Status: Divorced.
Things I consider myself to be (/a/an): patriot, wizard, pro freedom of speech and right to
bear arms (civil liberties in general), anti-fascist, moral, honorable, fair,
loyal, superficial, responsible, candid, heretic, reverent, pagan, adventurer,
intellectual, art lover, chocolate lover, dyslexic, telepathic, organ donor,
frugal, geek, retired mallrat, killer of pens, forgiving, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, DL, environmentalist, pacifist,
nature-lover, goal oriented, voter, american,
monogamous, heterosexual, writer, and moderate.
Things I think (or know) I’m not (/a/an): adulterer, serial polygamist (this may change, damn
you Oscar Wilde), Christian, Jew, Moslem, bastard, druggie, yuppie, hippie,
warlock, sorcerer, gay or bi, revengeful, tattooed, pierced, gothic, punk, musically proficient, violent towards people,
tattle tale, rat, pet-owner, nerd, codfish, and into justice (Walking, talking,
contradiction might be added here (or above)).
Favorite Forms of Entertainment, hobbies,
and general interests: the art of conversation; teaching; occasional clubbing;
watching movies either in theater, from Hometown Video or my collection; asking
questions that belong without an answer, such as: “What happens when a tigger drinks gummi berry
juice?”; cigar/cigarette/pipe smoking; coffee; keeping up with friends and
celebrities on the internet as well as making new ones; MySpace; collecting:
money, power, allies, treasure, esoteric wisdom, military secrets, computer
parts, and miscellaneous titles; tinkering with my computer; aviation;
astronomy; astrology; architecture; engineering; nuclear physics; history; the
military; fireworks; martial arts; digital photography; snow; boating; hiking
and camping; education; showering; survival; magick
and spirituality; zoos; web surfing; building my web pages and AD&D
campaigns; playing my favorite games; being a DL; shopping/people watching at
the mall; theme parks; museums; daydreaming; food; HO railroading; listening to
music; reading; winning; and yanking my fucking chain.
My Current Passions (in no particular
order): AD&D, science and other fiction (Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Terminator, Aliens, Harry Potter, and X-Men),
music, and movies.
Favorite personal, stolen, and paraphrased
quotes, clichés, maxims, and mottos I try to live by: One man’s religion is
another man’s mythology; The universe doesn’t ever give you more than you can
handle; Tyrants prefer unarmed citizens; Don’t cast your pearls before swine;
Your attitude is your altitude, how high are you?; Have things, don’t let them
have you; Seek always: The Truth; The truth does not require your belief for it
to be what it is; Principles only mean something when they are inconvenient;
Every answer is a response, but not every response is an answer; It’s not the
gun that kills, but the man behind; In war, one can never have too much
deception; Adaptability is survivability; Make kaput what makes you kaput;
Habit is probably the greatest block to seeing truth; Human nature cannot be
changed, only suppressed for a while; You don’t get what you don’t ask for;
Whatever can happen, will happen; You may be the best, but someone else can
always have a better day; Be happy in this moment, for it is your life; No
matter where you go, there you are; Accept what you can't change. Change what
you can't accept. When those are in conflict, you MUST find a happy medium.
That is the only way people are happy in this world; It is better to wait and
suffer than to force and break; Good is not a thing; Nothing
lasts forever; Nothing is more exhilarating than being shot at without result;
Your happiness is your own responsibility, and no one else’s; Don’t mistake
initial love for longevity; No man is an island, and his castle isn’t home; You
reap what you sow; Pattern is life; True Faith only comes from experience; We are not humans
having a spiritual experience, but spirits having a human experience; Love thy
neighbor as thyself; All desire is suffering; Plenty of things are impossible,
it’s up to you to sort out the real shit from the bullshit; Choose your
battles; What won’t happen, can’t happen; There’s no such thing as coincidence,
everything is an omen; If one has a why, one can endure almost any how;
If you know enough to ask the question, then you already know the answer;
Everything is connected; Too love, is to stop comparing; Chose your significant
other wisely as they will be either your biggest source of happiness or grief
in your life; The probability of life existing by accident is comparable to the
probability of an unabridged dictionary resulting from a printing press
explosion; There is nothing wrong with being rich; Knowledge is a poor
substitute for experience; We cannot do everything at once, but we can do
something at once; When you compare what you know to what you don’t know, you
know nothing; Boredom is not a state of inaction; You can’t call
somebody without wanting something;
Absence makes the heart grow fonder; A need is something you probably
don't want; A want is probably something you don't need; The truth will set you
free; Mind is mind, no matter whose pea brain it’s in; If you change yourself, you change the world; Forgiveness is
forgetfulness; No one can make you feel inferior without your consent; What you
think you know, doesn’t necessarily have much to do with reality; Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it (or never
started), it continues to exist; The invisible and the non-existent look
very much alike; An atheist only has to be someone who believes that the
evidence on the “God” question is at a similar level to the evidence on the
werewolf question; Trust is the foundation of all relationships, and
communication is it’s supporting pillar; There is nothing new under the sun; If
you’re going to pray for anything, pray for understanding; Be an example to
yourself; You are a unique individual, just like everybody else; If you don’t
earn it, you don’t respect it; The best thing a parent can do is give their
children roots and wings; If god doesn't like the way I live, let Him tell me,
not you; Hate doesn’t dissolve when what you hate is destroyed, it simply
gets redirected; An
unchangeable fact is not an enemy. It is weapon; Faith is
belief that the experience will be repeated, faith without experience is
nothing more than a belief; Logic,
truth and understanding do not belay pain; Reflect often on your life,
for no one else is likely too; Fake it till’ you make it; He that lives on hope
will die fasting; Familiarity breeds contempt; Perfect is a matter of
perspective; Diapers and politicians should be changed regularly and for the
same reason; Your home environment reflects your mental state, and vice versa;
In this universe, the only second chances we get are those we give each other;
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it
is to stop up the drain; It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your
mouth an relieve all doubt; Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a
good one; Pretending you are happy leads to being happy Be kinder than
necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle; For the Surreal, nothing is possible.
Second favorites: One White Duck/0^10=Nothing At All; I’m likened unto a house pet looking for table scraps; Please don’t mistake my eccentricity for insanity; Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and they usually stink; Flee from me or fly with me, I’m hunting; The dude abides; A cigar gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to put in his mouth; Dragons move silently ever forward with infinite grace and momentum; What do YOU know about soulmates?; Cigar smokers do it longer; Java ain’t just for the internet; Keep in mind, humans are wild animals and we are in their habitat; I am a Jelly Doughnut; I am the threat, not the threatened; Inebriation is never an excuse; They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety; Never deny information to a mentat; A lack of leadership is no substitute for inaction; Possibly, the most destructive force in the universe is gossip; You can dislike someone personally, without disrespecting yourself by disrespecting them; It is often observed that when someone tries to convince you of a belief, they are trying to convince themselves; Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but sometimes to see who cares enough to break them down; It’s always good to both chew your food and your thoughts; Hope for the best, plan for the worst; Sexiness is a state of mind, not body; rock bottom serves a purpose, but is nowhere to build a house; …or maybe an infinite loop.
Basic words of
advice or common sense: Take your vitamins daily as they contribute not just to physical but to mental and emotional health as well. Buy
deodorant that is also antiperspirant. Proper diet and aerobic exercise
increase lifespan. Laughter is the best medicine. I’d rather be lucky
than good. If you want to get the check, you get the check. Doctors don’t know
everything. Nobody can hurt you more than your family. Those in their eighties
(octalarians) feel little different from those who
are only 18. History is doomed to repeat itself. The only thing constant in the
universe is change. Nobody can be crueler than children. When it comes to your
significant other, tell them everything as secrets and lies can destroy a
relationship BUT when it comes to your past relationships: less is more. Communication, or the lack thereof makes or breaks
relationships. If it is not earned, then it is not appreciated (easy come easy
go). Not even true love comes easy, all relationships take vigilant work. Those
little things count for a great deal. Don’t use divorce, truth, or guilt
as weapons. What affects the mind
affects the body and vice versa. There are one or more exceptions to every rule
including this one. Ties to family are naturally stronger than that of friends
or spouse. Whenever someone says, 'We can't be sentimental.' You know they're
about to do something cruel. When they also say, 'We have to be realistic.' You
know they're going to make money at it. Treat everyone as though they will be
dead at midnight. Nature is much stronger than the force of nurture. Buy
expensive things such as cars and furniture in September as September is the
lowest month for retail sales and has best prices. Diet and exercise are
opposites; dieting makes you want to exercise less. When you move into a new
area eat local honey, as the pollen trapped within will help immunize you
against allergic reactions from the pollen. With regards to people: opposites
do not attract. Aluminum and Teflon invariably come off when cooking, and
aren’t good for you in quantities of pots and pans so cook
in steel or iron. Avoid foods and beverages canned in aluminum, as it has been
shown to contribute to Alzheimer’s. Surround yourself with those who are
smarter and better at your vocations and hobbies than you are. Get up before
noon, and sleep between 10pm and 2am for best healing. The meaning of happiness
is the fewer things you want to change, thus your happiness is measured by how
much you would change your life. Driving in a car is a lottery for death; hedge
your bet. People who tell you to trust them are usually untrustworthy. Divorce
is a genetic disease. If pleasure is greatest in anticipation, just remember
that this is also true of trouble. Convict, and be convicted (goes well with
judge and be judged). Always read the fine print and anything in all caps. You
cannot teach anything, but you can help someone to learn. A compliment paid to
encourage a particular behavior in another might be an insult. You know you’re
getting old when you bend over to pick something up, and look to see what else
you can do while you’re down there. Ask yourself these questions everyday: who
am I, and what do I want? Worrying is less work than
doing something to fix the worry. This is especially true if we're careful to
pick the biggest possible problems to worry about. Everybody wants to save the earth, nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes. The hand is
quicker than the eye. Effort brings satisfaction. Excellence is possible
without perfection. What you look at, looks back. The
best way to fight an enemy is to make him an ally. Never, under any
circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very
often. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian/ Jew/ Muslim/ Wiccan/
Pagan/ Buddhist any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. Artificial
intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. It’s not the power of the
curse, it’s the power you give the curse. Not one shred of evidence supports
the notion that life is serious. A person who is nice
to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important.
Pay attention! It never fails.) People who want to share their religious views
with you almost never want you to share yours with them. You should not confuse
your career with your life. One of the harshest lessons we learn, is the only
thing that hurts us emotionally is each other. All things can be cleaned, rebuilt, repaired, or reforged.
Most all religions have all the answers. The secret to happiness has
always been to pretend you're happy, and sooner rather than later it happens on
its own. Comfort the afflicted by afflicting the comfortable. When you act like
the person people think you are, they will see that they were wrong, or you
will see they are right. Nature is not for us, it is a part of us. Don’t mistake shampoo for real poo.
Favorite Music Genres: Progressive Rock,
Rock n’ Roll, Hard Rock, Techno, Southern Rock, Folk, 80’s with a touch of Reggae,
Alternative, New Age, Industrial, Heavy Metal, 90’s, Punk, and Christmas. For
car radio listening I prefer National Public Radio (NPR)/ Public
Radio International (PRI)/FM Talk. Basically I like music that you can
either sing along too or has a variety of interesting and unusual sounds.
Favorite Musicians (The ones whom I like
just about all of their stuff): Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Squirrel Nut
Zippers, The Police, Gordon Bok (with or without Ed Trickett
and Ann Mayo Muir), Silly Wizard, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin,
Old Blind Dogs, Ta lki n ghe ads, RUSH, Enigma, The
Beatles, Front Line Assembly, The Offspring,
Blackmore’s Night, Adiemus, The Cruxshadows,
Voltaire,and Chumbawamba.
Second Favorites (Ones that have a few good
songs): The Rolling Stones, Enya (Oronoco Flow), Dire
Straits, Kansas (Dust in the Wind), Ozzy Ozborne/Black Sabbath, Charlie Daniel’s Band (Devil Went
Down to Georgia), The Moody Blues (Days of Future Passed), Supertramp,
Warren Zevon (Werewolves of London), The Who, Yes, Zbigniew Preisner, Hans Zimmer,
John Williams, Marty Simon, Thomas Newman (Lemony Snicket's
A Unfortunate Series of Events soundtrack: Drive Away), James Horner, Michael
Kaman, Nerf Herder (Buffy intro), Don Henley, Dan Folgelburg
(Longer), Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, U2, Blues
Traveler, Homegrown, REM, Heart, Blondie, Steeler’s
Wheel (Here I am, Stuck in the Middle With You), ZZ Top, AC~DC, Kiss, Guns N’
Roses, The Doors, Pearl Jam, Bob Marley, Elvis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Carly Simon, STP, Leonard Skynard,
Phil Collins/Genesis, Styx, ELO, CCR, CSN[w/wo Y],
Bare Naked Ladies, Fatboy Slim, America, Deep Purple,
Mungo Jerry (In the Summertime), Shaggy, Will Smith,
Boys to Men, Blue Oyster Cult, Arlo Guthrie & Pat
Quinn (Alice’s Restaurant), Dread Zepplin (Christmas
in Las Vegas), Doobie Brothers, B-52’s, Madonna, Kim
Carnes (Bette Davis Eyes), Def Leppard, Grateful
Dead, Men Without Hats or At Work, Dead or Alive (You
Spin Me Round), Duran Duran, Georgia Satellites (Keep Your Hands to
Yourself), Nena (99 Red Balloons), Suzan Vega (Tom’s
Dinner), Taco (Puttin on the Ritz), Bob Seager, The Cure, Eddy Grant (Electric Avenue), Steve
Miller Band (Fly Like an Eagle), Bobby McFerrin, Alanis Morissette,
“Weird Al” Yankovic, Dr. Demento,
The Monty Python Troup, Every song from the Pure Moods I collection and from
the Civilization II game, Dave Mathews Band, No Doubt, Moby, Freezepop (Plastic Stars), Bangles, Paul Simon (You Can
Call me Al), Proclaimers (I will walk 500 miles),
Tony Bennett (The Best is Yet to Come), Steely Dan, Bad Company (Feel Like
Making Love), Alexa Vega (Isle of Dreams), Dexies Midnight Runners (Come on Eileen), Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams), Fine Young Cannibals (She Drives
me Crazy), Foghat (Slow Ride), Sting, Four
Non-Blondes (What’s Going On), George Thuroughgood,
Frank Zappa, Jimmy Buffet, The Clash (Rock the Casaba), Love Spit Love (How
Soon is Now), Dead Milkmen, Norman Greenbaum (Spirit
in the Sky), Mandy Moore (Stupid Cupid), Alien Ant Farm (Smooth Criminal), Aqua
(Barbie Girl), Avalanches (Frontier Psychiatry), Tina Turner, Queen, The
Hooters, Tom Petti, Aerosmith, Indigo Girls (Closer I
am to Fine), Rusted Root (Hold My Hand), Smash Mouth, Blur (Blur Song), DaRude (Sandstorm), Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (Cool Yule),
Seal (Kiss From a Rose), Gary Jules (Mad World), Cat Stevens (Peace Train), Lustra (Scotty Doesn’t Know), They Might Be Giants, Modest
Mouse, Manheim Steamroller, Kevin Bloody Wilson, Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
Peter Paul & Mary (A Soalin’), FLatRich, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Carl Orff, Inkubus Sukubus, Danny Gomez, John Huckleberry,
Lindsay Lohan, Big Kenny, Bear McCreary, Andy
Stewart, Panic! At the Disco, Jonnie Hardie, Deaf
Shepherd, Porno For Pyros (Pets), Hong Kong
Cavaliers, Bob Rivers (All You Need is Elves), Space (The Female of the Species),
Soul Coughing (Circles) and Passion Killers
(Feel like I’m Fixin’ to Die).
Favorite Songs of particular
note: Jethro Tull: A
Passion Play and Under Wraps (both albums in particular (APP is Carla’s theme
and it’s fraternal twin album, The Chateau D’Isaster
tapes part of Night Cap is Caroline’s)), Baker St. Muse, One White Duck/0^10=
Nothing at All; Ian Anderson: In the Grip of Stronger Stuff (Actari’s theme); Squirrel Nut Zippers: My Drag, Trou Macacq, Hell, The Ghost of
Stephen Foster, La Grippe, Peter Gabriel: So and Shaking The Tree albums; Silly
Wizard: Ramblin’ Rover, Donald McGillavry;
Pink Floyd: Animals (whole thing); Led Zepplin: IV;
Talking Heads: Sax and Violins; Big Kenny: Live a Little (album); Old Blind
Dogs: Moneymusk Lads, the breton
& galician set (Stef’s
Theme), The Twa Corbies;
all of the songs from Pure Moods I; REM: It’s the End of the World as we Know it; Rush: 2112; Gordon
Bok, Ed Trickett, Ann Mayo Muir: ArchieNamagatiOdivair,
Matinicus; Soul Coughing: Circles (Arcanillies theme); Most of the songs individually mentioned
above. All theme songs are my own opinion.
Favorite Movie Genres: Guy flicks in
general, Disaster, Comic Book, Foreign, Romantic Drama, Drama, Action, Action
Adventure, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Sci-fi,
anything about the end of the world, and Sci-fi horror.
Favorite Movies: All of the Star Wars movies
(particularly the odd numbered ones); The Terminator series; Jurassic Park; The
Secret Garden (1993 w Kate Maberly); The Professional; The first five Harry
Potter films; the X-Men Series; Popcorn; The Good Son; Aliens; Alien:
Resurrection; Poltergeist, Pirates of the Caribbean series; Gladiator; Patton; Braveheart; Titanic; Goonies;
Highlander; Jacobs Ladder; Paper House; Neverending
Story; The Princess Bride; Labyrinth; Willow; The War; The Sixth Sense; Scream;
Blair Witch Project and its sequel; The Ring; Ghost Ship; Contact; The Lethal
Weapon series; Crocodile Dundee series; The Indiana Jones series; Romancing the
Stone; Usual Suspects, Time Bandits; Spirited Away; From Dusk to Dawn; Dune;
The Adventures
of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; Transformers: The
Movie; The Matrix series; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Monty Python’s The
Meaning of life; Office Space; Little Nicky; Mr. Deeds; Dave; Jersey Girl; Pay
it Forward; Jakob the Liar; The Mummy series; Dogma;
Shrek; The Count of Monte Cristo (1999 w Gérard Depardieu); Friendship’s Field,
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter’s End; Hideous Kinky; 28 Days or Weeks Later;
Shaun of the Dead; In America; American Beauty, Ice Princess, Life as a House;
Band of Brothers; Spanglish; The Princess Diaries
Series; Air Force One; Boondock Saints; Starship Troopers; The Safety of Objects;
The Lion in Winter; Lost in Translation; The Quiet; War of the Worlds;
Stardust; Closer and any film shown on an omnimax
screen.
Second Favorites (Stuff that’s just good):
Just about anything by James Cameron, Bryan Singer, Joss Whedon,
Stephen Spielberg, Roger Deakins, or George Lucas as
well as Finding Neverland, Mothertime,
Deep Impact; Beverly Hills Cop series, Road Warrior series, Home Alone series,
Tremors series, The Chronicles of Riddick series, The Bourne series, The First
Daughter, My Date with Drew, The Peacemaker, The Devil’s Advocate, Mean Girls,
Maverick, Heat, Die Hard series, Kill Bill vol. 2, Apocalypse Now, Shawshank Redemption, Lawrence of Arabia, Levity, When
Harry Met Sally, The Parent Trap (w Lindsay Lohan), True Lies, Amistad, Master
and Commander, The Lost Boys, Saving Private Ryan, The Day After Tomorrow,
Being John Malkovich, Final Countdown, Excalibur, The
Fifth Element, Superman series, Evil Dead series, House I & II, IT, Good
Morning Vietnam, Crazy Beautiful, Ghost World, Mean Girls, What Women Want, Now
and Then, My Girl, Alaska, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, The Hunt for
Red October, Ghost Busters, Wes Craven’s Final Nightmare, Raising Arizona, The
Big Lebowski, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Brewster’s
Millions, Down Periscope, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Hannibal, The Bumblebee Flies
Anyway, Lord of the Rings series, Spy Kids series, Aladdin, How the Emperor Got
his Grove, Twister, Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, Bad Santa, Clash of the
Titans, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Beetlejuice, The Santa Clause: The Movie, Story Telling
Giant, Panic Room, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Red
Dawn, Volcano, Big Trouble in Little China, History of the World Part 1,
Ocean’s 11, Behind Enemy Lines, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Heavy Metal,
Secondhand Lions, Meet Joe Black, Phonebooth, Harold
and Kumar go to White Castle, Signs, The Hole, Timeline, Paper Moon, The
Children of Dune, Kingdom of Heaven, Prozac Nation, Invisible Circus, Penelope,
Banger Sisters, The Dark Side of Oz, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof,
Wrinkle in Time, Cheaper by the Dozen,
It’s a Beautiful Life, Billboard Dad, Chumscrubber,
Candian Bacon, Hotel Rwanda, Thank you for Smoking,
Pups, The Transporter series, We Were Soldiers, The Last Mimzy,
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Man of the Year, All ten Star Trek movies
(particularly the even numbered ones), and just about any old war movie or
foreign movie that makes it to over here.
While Schindler's List is not a movie I
would own or watch repeatedly, it is worth mentioning. It is a movie that
teaches history in a very visual way. It may help prevent history from
repeating, but in all likelihood, any who would want to do such things will not
have seen it, or would be inspired by it in ways not intended by the maker. What the Bleep Do We Know!? and Fast Food Nation also
deserves a mention, as it can help you to change yourself in a very positive
ways, and thus the world.
Favorite Stars/Celebrities (people whom I might go out of my way to see (this list excludes musicians and authors)): Kate Maberly, Christina Ricci, Ashley Johnson, Natalie Portman, Dakota Fanning, Liam Neeson, Christopher Walken, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Geordie Johnson, Nigel Bennett, David Moorse, Mackenzie Rosman, Dean Stockwell, Steve Buscemi, Sting, Gérard Depardieu, Alec Guinness, Harrison Ford, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Roberts, Jodi Foster, Brad Dourif, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Tommy Lee Jones, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Tambor, Mel Gibson, Alan Alda, Anna Paquin, Hector Elizondo, John Lynch, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Jack Nicholson, Michael Ironside, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crow, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Bruce Campbell, Tim Allen, Tim Robbins, Edward O’Neil, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Christopher Reeve, Ashley Rogers aka Ashleigh Aston-Moore, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, John Goodman, William H. Macy, Ben Kingsley, Carl Llewes, Anna Chulmpski, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Raimis, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Whoppi Goldberg, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Stephen Wright, Alexa Vega, Vin Diesel, Warwick Davis, Adam Sandler, Paul Hogan, Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Ian McDiarmid, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Stephen Marcus, Michael Keaton, Patrick Stewart, Kurt Russell, Charlotte Burke, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Ed Norton, Vinnie Jones, Walter Sparrow, Nicol Williamson, Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Geraint Wyn Davies, Bernard Behrens, Jacob Tierney, George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Shultz, Tony Todd, Lawrence Tureaud, Bob Crane, John Banner, Kevin Hagen, Victor French, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord, Jerry Doyle, Bill Mummy, Peter Jurasik, Andreas Katsulas, Robert Englund, Quentin Tarantino, Owen Wilson, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, Jason Statham, James Earl Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Cleavant Derricks, Alan Rickman, Bruce Willis, John Rhys-Davies, David Carradine, Malcolm McDowell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter O’Toole, Ewan McGregor, John Malkovich, John Cleese, James Marsters, Peter Woodward, Katie Boland, Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Nemeth, Ron Pearlman, Jean Reno, Val Kilmer, Colm Meany, Djimon Hounsou, Spalding Gray, Sam Neil, Arianna Richards, Emily Vancamp, Thora Birch, Leelee Sobieski, Jena Malone, Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Page, Hayden Panettierre, Alison Lohman, Clair Danes, Kristen Stewart, Mishca Barton, Sara Gilbert, Scarlett Johansson, Michelle Trachtenberg, Summer Glau, Paz Vega, Emma Watson, Daveigh Chase, Anne Hathaway, Lexi Randall, Katie Stuart, Courtney Kupets, Shannon Miller, Carly Patterson, Holly Vise, Dominique Moceanu, Camilla Belle, Gaby Hoffman, Amber Tamblyn, Evanna Lynch, and Morgan White.
Favorite Television shows that are all still
running (I wish, not that I watch tv that I can’t download anymore): Star Trek:
all of them; Starhunter; Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles; Heroes; Andromeda; Stargate
SG:1; Stargate: Atlantis; As Time Goes By; Hack; Angel; Age of Warriors; Joan
of Arcadia; The West Wing; Judging Amy; Tremors; The Simpsons; Futurama; Family
Guy; Seventh Heaven; The Dead Zone; The Surreal Life; The OC; Everwood; The
Osborne’s; The Invisible Man; The Odyssey; Farscape; Buffy: the Vampire Slayer;
Dracula: The Series; Forever Knight; M*A*S*H*; A-Team; Airwolf; Seven Days;
VR.5; Misfits of Science; Babylon 5; Red Dwarf; Black Adder; Battlestar
Galactica (both); Roseanne; Tour of Duty; Loony Tunes; Night Court; Thin Blue
Line; Who’s line is it Anyway?; LEXX; Major Dad; Mr. Belvedere; Kelly Kelly;
Boy Meets World; Phenom; Thunder Ally; The Fresh Prince of Bel Air; Home
Improvement; Tool Time; Cheers; Northern Exposure; Sliders; Mr. Bean; Dawn of
the Empire; Monty Python’s Flying Circus; The Muppet Show; Trigun; Pirates of Darkwater; Thundarr the
Barbarian, The Mysterious Cities of Gold; Danger Mouse; Count Duckula; You Can’t do that on Television; The Olympics;
Quantum Leap; Kung Fu, and The Legend Continues; X-Men (the first cartoon);
Fantasy Island (the later one); Politically Incorrect; The Three Stooges;
Letterman; The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder; Just
Shoot Me; Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous; Two of a Kind; So Little Time;
Inside the Actor’s Studio; Ballykissangel; Father
Dowling; Women’s Gymnastics; BBC world news; NOVA; National Geographic
Explorer; Scientific American Frontiers; and just about any documentary or
British comedy.
Television shows that I used to love but
grew out of: The Mummers Parade;
Charmed; Time Trax; Sea Quest and Sea Quest: DSV;
Thunder in Paradise; Renegade; Beauty and the Beast; Hogan’s Heroes; V; Buck
Rogers; Night Rider; Star Trek; Baywatch; Transformers; G.I. Joe; Scooby Doo;
Inspector Gadget; The Cartoon Express which included Space Ghost, Grape Ape, Hurculoids, etc.; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Highlander:
The Series, and the Raven; Head of the Class; Full House; Perfect Strangers;
Just the Ten of Us; Family Matters; The Cosby Show; Wings; Grand; Double Dare;
In Living Color; Saturday Night Live; Love Boat; Stephen Spielberg Presents:
Amazing Stories; Friday the 13th: the series; Monsters; Fraser;
Newhart; Happy Days; Mr. Ed; Lassie; Dennis the Menace; I Dream of Genie;
Bewitched; Batman and Robin; The Brady Bunch; Gilligan’s Island; My Favorite
Martian; The Wonder Years; Doogie Howser,
M.D.; Matlock; Little House on the Prairie; Private Benjamin; Punky Brewster; Married: With Children; Family Ties;
Growing Pains; Silver Spoons; Dukes of Hazard; Three’s Company; Alice; One Day
at a Time; The Jefferson’s; All in the Family; Who’s the Boss?; Kate and Ally;
The Hogan Family; ALF; James at 16; One by One; Out of Control; Muppet Babies; Jumanji; Crissyfur; Gummi Bears; Winnie the Pooh; Starblazers;
Dungeons and Dragons; Anamanicacs; Tiny Toons; Duck Tales; Tale Spin;
Land of the Lost (both of them); Josie and the Pussycats; The Superfriends; The Jetsons; The
Flintstones; Mighty Mouse; The Pink Panther; Tom and Jerry; Thundercats;
Heathcliff; Casper; Richie Rich; Popeye; The Real
Ghostbusters; Courageous Cat; Snorks; Shirt Tails;
Captain Caveman; Space Ace; The Great Space Coaster; Sesame Street; and Mr.
Roger’s Neighborhood.
Favorite Television channels: PBS, CBS, UPN,
The WB, Fox, NBC, 48 (New Jersey), ABC, SciFi, Bravo,
Spike TV, History, and Discovery. However, I don’t watch TV at all anymore.
Favorite literature: The Deathgate
series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman; The Harry Potter series by J. K.
Rowling; A Song of Ice and Fire series by George
R. R. Martin; The Swiss
Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss; Ender’s
Game by Orson Scott Card; Jurassic Park by
Michael Crichton; A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle;
Journey to the Center of the Earth and War of the Worlds by Jules Verne; The
Stand by Stephen King; The Disk World series by Terry Pratchett;
Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London; most of the Star Wars series,
especially the Rouge Squadron books; Some of the Star Trek books by various
authors especially Dreadnought! And Battlestations!
By Diane Carey; Final Flight by Stephen Coonts; The Experiment by John Darnton;
Dune by Frank Herbert; The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien; The Peanuts comics by
Charles Schulz; Tobin’s Spirit Guide; Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine; 777 by Aleister Crowley; Dragonworld by Bryon Preiss and Michael Reaves; Cinderella Hassenpfeffer by Dave Morrah; a
few poems by T. S. Eliot; short stories by Ambrose Bierce, and especially The
Devil’s Dictionary; When I was younger I greatly enjoyed the Ramona Quimby series and other books by Beverly Cleary; Psych 101 by Jack A. Cohen, Ph.D.; and
Modern Magick Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts by Donald Michael Kraig.
Favorite Games: AD&D 2nd
edition; verbal role playing games; Magic: the Gathering; Magic: the Reality;
scrum; naked twister; hide and seek; jailbreak; games without frontiers (or
prejudice); 20 questions; badminton; volleyball; ping pong; Computer:
any of the SSI gold box series D&D games, Microshaft
Flight Simulator, Civilization II III & IV, F-18 simulator, Strategic
Conquest, Safrosoft Rox,
Boulder Dash, Solitaire, Bard’s Tale series, The Ancient Art of War at Sea,
SimCity, DND, Spaceward Ho, Pitstop II; Board:
Monopoly, Risk, chess, chessers and their wacky derivatives, Clue: The
Museum Caper, Stratego, Rummykub;
Nintendo: Zelda, Ice Climber, Gyromite, Super
Mario Brothers, Goonies II; Atari 2600: River
Raid, Pac-Man, Combat, Adventure; Arcade: Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, Pole
Position, Golden Axe, Gauntlet, Spy Hunter, Thunderblade,
T2, Star Wars, Jurasik Park Pinball; Cards:
hearts, spades, bridge, deuces chinese poker, and
poker.
Favorite cigars: I mostly prefer to smoke
CVS’s house brand of Factory Value Cigars: both the Grande and Maduro in the bags not the boxes. When they are out, I like
Dutch Master’s Presidents. All of the Dutch Masters varieties are agreeable to
me. For a slightly more expensive variety, I like Walgreen’s house blend called
Blender’s Gold. I like the Vijante and Toros Maduro flavors. For the
expensive varieties I like Royal Jamaican, Arturo Y Fuentes. For Cuban cigars,
nothing beats H. P. Upman. For cigarettes I smoke
Tahoe 100’s full flavor or camels or Omega naturals.
People or characters who have had the greatest
impact on my present personality and perspective: The music of Ian Anderson and
Jethro Tull; Allison
“Jazzy” Parker; My Grandpa (Evans); My Mother; Magus Perdé;
a high priest of Egypt; ‘Uncle’ Rick; Dave; Mike Yammer/Bob; Mr. Rublinger; Dr. Jack Cohen; Michael Corbett; Jennifer
Victoria Smith; The Enterprise NCC 1701 (pre A, A, and D); Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn; Ian McDiarmid as
Emperor Cos Palpatine; Kelly Spina;
Jackie; Sir; My Mother.
Personal loyalty hierarchy: my gods (Diana,
Jupiter, and The Morning Star), my children (whenever that happens), my
significant other, myself, family, country, friends, truth, honor.
Versus: I love asking questions that belong
without an answer, and these contests belong in that category (You can vote for
your choice at Goodly’s Lair III): The first Death Star under Grand Moff Tarkin vs. the first Enterprise (NCC 1701) under the
command of Captain James T. Kirk, Beetlejuice vs.
Buffy, Beetlejuice vs. The Ghostbusters, Gandolf vs. Dumbledore, Scooby Doo and the Scooby gang vs.
Buffy and the Scooby gang in a test of problem solving, the Sam Elliot as the
sergeant major from We Were Soldiers vs. Robert Duvall as the colonel from
Apocalypse Now, Excalibur vs. The Sword of Omen, SG 1 vs. The A Team, Kwi Chang Cane vs. Angel, The Argo vs. The Battlestar
Galactica, William Wallace vs. Alexander the Great vs. Napoleon vs. General
Patton vs. General Veers (assuming tech is equal), Admiral Akbar vs. Admiral Nelson vs. John
Paul Jones (assuming tech is equal), Perfect Tommy vs. Bullseye
in a shooting contest, Willow Rosenberg vs. Willow Ufgood,
Charles Wallace vs. Harry Potter, Airwolf vs. Blue
Thunder, Danger Mouse vs. James Bond vs. Inspector Gadget, Fastilio
wins, mediclorians vs. farandolae,
Q (from the James Bond series) vs. Professor Huburt
J. Farnsworth vs. Benjamin Franklin vs. Isidoro
'Machete' Cortez vs. Wheeljack in an inventing
contest, the cartoon variation of Bumblebee vs. a Cyberdyne
Systems T-800, Wilson Wilson vs. Cliff Clavin vs. George Feeny on Jeopardy,
Ookla the Mok vs.
Chewbacca, Teletran1 vs. skynet vs. R.U.D.I. vs. HAL
9000 vs. the Enterprise-D’s computer in a race to finish seti@home
work packets, Samara Morgan vs. Freddie Kruger, Jesus vs. Godzilla, and George
Burns as God vs. Q.
Favorite Foods: eggs cooked any which way;
English Muffins; cracked wheat crackers; Papa John’s pizza with onions; Nopoli pizza, plain; Totino’s
Party Pizza; Doughnuts (boston and chocolate cream); french fries in general (awesome with Wendy’s cheese sauce
or vice versa); Redi Burger and Big Franks by Loma
Linda; Chick-kets; The ever-infamous Evan Layer
Burrito ©; regular coffee from just about anywhere; Coca-Cola; Cherry Coke; Mt.
Dew; orange juice; grape juice; Red Rose tea with Golden Blossom honey; Wise Cheez Doodles; Fatmans on a roll;
Wawa hoagies; Tastycake honey buns; Nissin Top Ramen
(Oodles of Noodles) made as soup, lo mien, or instant spaghetti (Wal-Mart brand
is the same thing); Kraft or Great Value Macaroni and Cheese; Progresso lentil
soup; Zatarain’s dirty rice with oriental mock meat
(chicken, duck or, preferably, abalone) or beans; SoBe
teas; Corn n’ Chips; Campbell’s tomato soup; Peanut butter (creamy) and grape
jelly sandwiches; Fritos; Pistachios; broccoli; green beans; jersey tomatoes;
peas; strawberries; blue, american, and pepper jack
cheeses; poppy and sesame seeds; Snyder’s of Hanover; homemade pancakes
smothered in butter and syrup; creamed spinach from Boston McMarket;
Chicken Deluxe sandwiches from Natural Health; McCain’s Ultimate Seasoned Cross
Tracks; Amish pretzels; fresh washed pussy without red sauce; angel hair pasta
with marinara sauce (hunts canned is garlic and herb or traditional or
homemade) spiced with garlic, onion and oregano and topped with loads of
parmesan cheese; butter fried mushrooms on toast; popcorn with loads of butter;
onions, garlic, butter, olive oil, oregano, cayenne pepper, and spinach in
general; fresh pineapple; potatoes in most any form but salad, raw, or rotten;
and fruits and veggies (but only if I’m forced).
Favorite Desserts: pecan pie, ice cream:
preferably in the form of a sundae (without fruit in it), ice cream sandwiches,
Tastycake Tastyclair pies,
Drumsticks, Oreos, Keebler Soft Batch cookies, Chips
ahoy, Table Talk chocolate éclair pies, Babe Ruth bars, Score bars, Reese's
Pieces, pudding, peanut butter cups or melataways, Ferrero Rocher, Trader Joe’s
cappuccino truffles, toffee, chocolate in most any form, and yellow cake with
chocolate icing.
Least Favorite Foods: beets; cranberries in
any form; coconut; cherries; radishes; stuffing; grains with fruit (i.e.
raisins in cereal, bread, bagels, pancakes, fruitcake, etc.); pumpernickel
bread; bell peppers or okra of any color in size larger than rice unless boiled
to complete softness; asparagus; mint; brussel
sprouts; raw celery; cucumbers; zucchini; squash; grapefruit; eggplant
parmesan; potato salad; cooked tomatoes, whole or in part (except in puree
sauce form, no chunks); anything heavily flavored with fennel, curry or ginger;
apple-cinnamon anything; vinegar; non-grape jelly; margarine; my own creampies; peanut butter and cream cheese sandwiches.
Allergies: dogs, cats, rabbits (I suppose
anything furry), fleas, poison ivy, dust, dust mites, black flies(?), endust, melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, and bananas),
chamomile, neutrogena, dove soap, amoxicillin, latex,
most perfumes, and pine and other pollens.
Pet Peeves: Noise in movie theaters, being
tickled, waste in any form, nagging, whining, telemarketing, up selling, spam,
abuse of authority, compliment fishing, ebonics,
people who try to get a rise, people who leave their money on the counter
rather than handing to the person, those who will pay the coin part of a
ninety-nine cent check with exact change, those really bright blue headlamps,
vehicles that are yellow and not VW bugs or school buses, web pages that have
any sort of sound without a way to immediately turn it off or auto-starting
sound, right-click disabled webpages, no hot water
for a shower, hair in my face, naked beds, being called ‘Ev’,
dubbed foreign movies as opposed to subtitles, banks that require more than a
passport or driver’s license for ID or charge to cash business checks (read:
Wachovia), emoticons, misuse of infinitives, people who complain when they
don’t try to change whatever it is they are complaining about, and people who
don’t try to improve themselves.
General Dislikes: music: Speed Metal, Death
Metal, Country and Western, Blues, Hip Hop, Soul, Mo Town, and Gangsta Rap; police; snobs; lawyers; advertising; violence;
being made fun of; negative people; negative vibrations; antimagick;
clowns; The above mentioned pet peeves and foods; The obvious such as bad
smells, funerals, and pain; poor english; pets; too
much political correctness; sports watching; console games; cell phones; windy
days; poetry; local news; soap operas; tattoos; unflushed
toilets; people who say yes when they really mean no; people who try to help me
without getting to know me (exception for coverage of bad weather); being poked
in the belly; speed bumps; not getting second chances; having greasy hands;
liars; and professional wrestling.
Biggest weaknesses: ego, moodiness, low
self-esteem, procrastination, laziness, sexual perversions, man-boobs, slobbisheness, other people’s sincerity, sentimentality,
living to eat rather than eating to live, smoking, drinking, insomnia,
stubbornness, gall stones, my paraphilias. These
weaknesses are listed here because they are things I am trying to correct. I
need reminders to set goals.
Political views: I was a republican until I
realized, during his first term, just how badly George W. is fucking up our
economy and international relations. Clinton, while I despised him while he was
in office, at least was slowing the deficit. I feel strongly that getting rid
of the deficit would be the biggest long term boost yet to our economy, not
more tax cuts. Yet I am not a democrat, simply because a few years ago they
sent me spam. So I am not affiliated, and therefore have no real voice. I think
ideally, that all government serves the weak willed, and that each man should
decide for himself what rules govern him. But our
society is not yet ready for that. So long as we have money, we will have
police, and so long as we have police we will have taxes, and so long as we
have taxes we will have to work. The United Federation of Planets is a long way
away.
It seems to me that the
presidential race is about the candidate that is most likely to win for a given
party, rather than what it should be: the best candidate for the job. At that
level it’s about money and power and not about public service. It’s also about
marketing. Surpisingly Barack doesn’t seem to represent this.
I was wholeheartedly against
the war in Iraq. While it is benefiting the majority of the Iraqi people,
it also is making our former president’s friends richer as it is they who got
the contracts to rebuild, and us, poorer. Now the ecomonmy
is in freefall and the loans are to blame? We were willing to liberate Iraq,
but why is it we turn a blind eye to other countries with equal or greater
suffering such as the genocide in Darfur? I feel it should not be America’s job
to police the world. We should pay the UN for that. Now that we’re there,
clearly we must stay until the job is done, being defined as it being safe to
pull out without leaving Iraq to become a terrorist factory or a state in civil
war.
History has proven that
economic sanctions only strengthen a dictator’s position in a country. We need
to lift economic sanctions from countries run by dictatorships like North Korea
so that the people will have strength enough for a revolution. After all that
seems to be what we wanted to happen in places like North Korea, Cuba and Iraq.
How can the people fight the government when the government controls the food
supply (Not to mention electricity, gas and everything else)?
I am also wholeheartedly
against capital punishment, with the exception for traitors. Our justice system
needs to rehabilitate criminals, not make them hard, lock them up and throw
away the key, or kill them. But I suppose that would cost us too much money. Fortunatly my
state of New Jersey abolishd such.
In states where the gun control
laws are strict, violent crime is higher. If you think your neighbor is
carrying a gun, would you rob him? Besides, it’s not the gun that kills but the
man behind. Those that are licensed to carry concealed weapons go through
training courses and background checks whereas drug dealers do not.
I am against the development of
new nuclear weapons by us or anyone. If we need a nuclear bunker buster to bust
a bunk, why couldn’t we seize the land above and lay siege. While the bunkaniers would be able to hold up for years, they would
not be able to give orders, and would effectively be removed from the war.
Further, radiation is a concern. Even our so-called depleted uranium bullets
cause radiation poisoning. We don’t need 5,000+ warheads.
I am pro-nuclear power and
against the use of coal. Energy producers have been cheating us environmentally
for years, and our legislators are too weak to do anything about it. I move for
a vote of no confidence in the leadership abilities of the United States
Government.
I have not decided and may
never decide if I am pro-choice or anti-abortion. Being male, I don’t feel a
need to have a view. In general I feel that choice should ultimately be left up
to the individual. I don’t think it’s a governments place to regulate morality,
but abortion seems to be a hazy debate. Pro choice-ers
argue personal freedom, which I’m all for; whereas pro lifer-ers argue the definition of life and that termination of a
fetus is murder. Of course I’m against murder in all forms, but must candidly
admit that I’m uncertain as to whether or not a fetus qualifies as a human
life. That being said, in the cases of rape, incest, and danger to the mother,
abortion should be allowed.
I am also torn on the issue of
legalizing marijuana. The pros are enormous; it’ll add a new tax base and
reduce some of the crime rate. But the cons are equally heavy, people will
drive under the influence and there will be a new area for moral degradation,
as people who didn’t smoke previously would start; and there’s the health issue
as well. But I don’t want any government dictating what is right and wrong to
me, so I personally disregard that part of the argument. I have never used
illegal drugs in this lifetime and don’t plan to. And as history repeats itself,
I ask you to examine China with regards to opium in the time of the late
1800’s.
Eventually I would like to see
the United States of America become a true democracy, where the vote of the
majority decides the rules and regulations we will live by, rather than
electing career politicians to make the decisions for us. As of now we are
beggars to the politicians with the ability to hire/fire but once a term, and
even then, thay are approved and have financial backing.
In the meantime, I would like to see a mass deregulation in our government on
all levels. While we need the FDA, FBI, NSA, FAA, ATF and the military to be
operated on federal levels, we do not need the federal government to dictate
speed limits for example.
If I were president: I’d update the political
part of this page.
Current Quests:
Fears: Jail; the coming cataclysm; boredom;
hunger; pain; injury; not finishing my book(s) before my death; spiders and
hairy crawly bugs; jumping, diving, or falling from heights.
Regrets: Marrying Stefanie and losing my
virginity to her, falling in love with Alana, my relationships with Kelly and
Jackie, getting angry, not getting better grades in school, not getting the
rank of Eagle Scout, dissolving my friendship with Rita Dolphin, not
participating in the Merchantville school talent show, being shy in High
School, not sticking with martial arts, not blogging more and not taking more
pictures.
Little preferences: Unscented candles, Old
Spice antiperspirant / deodorant: Original Scent (solid not gel or roll-on),
and single blade Bic single blade razors. 2% milk. Thinner to the thicker noodles.
White Rain shampoo. Bifold
wallets to trifold or money clips. Christmas trees
with lots of lights both colored and white, blinking, loaded with ornaments and
glass balls, covered in tinsel. Scottish folk music to Irish.
Driving with a cop in front of me rather than behind. Tomato paste with vinegar to be spelled ketchup rather than catsup.
Malibu Musk.
My General Future Goals and Expectations:
Earn a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Loose the flab. Quit
smoking. Finish reading all of the Star
Wars books in chronological order. Get my books published. Solve the paradox (es). Achieve Enlightenment. All probably
in that order.
Careers I think I’m suited for: Airline
pilot, military transport pilot or bomber pilot, efficiency expert, think tank
member, nuclear physicist, college professor, novelist, movie reviewer, model
photographer, airplane designer, movie or sound editor, intelligence officer,
ambassador, computer coder, butler, sociologist,
psychologist, ergonomist, marketing manager, team leader (I know how to lead
people, anytime, anywhere, any situation), economist, talk show host, radio dj, actor, stay-at-home husband, and oil rigger.
My ultimate long term goal: I want to own my
own home and have a job I enjoy. I don’t care where in the world I live and
work. I love the long sunsets and sunrises, change of seasons, greenness, and
snow of northern latitudes, and I love the warmer weather and palm trees of
southern latitudes In my house I would enjoy having my own bathroom, a room for
meditation, and a place for my favorite toy: my computer. It would be complete
with a desk set up for multiple monitors, printer, flatbed scanner, and
high-speed Internet connection. The room would also have a coffee maker and
microwave. I’d like to drive a sporty car and a motorcycle. Gotta have a swimming pool.
But of course the most cherished things in that house would be my wife and
children. I desperately want to live the householder’s life.
Towns I’ve lived, even if only for a few
days: Tulsa OK, Philadelphia PA, Mt. Laurel NJ, Maple Shade NJ, Medford NJ,
Merchantville NJ, Marlton NJ, Oviedo FL, Clementon NJ, Pittsgrove
NJ, Blackwood NJ, Winter Springs FL, Cherry Hill NJ, Yanceyville NC, Providence
NC, and Depford NJ.
Known people in my soul
circle (that I am (mostly) absolutely positive of): Rev. David A. Donsky, Rev. Michael McDowell, Bree
Allan, Kelly Spina, Sean Corbett, Patrick Corbett,
Robert Corbett, Daniel Watson, Daniel Chuvanne,
Franklin Shores, Ikie Evans, Frank Sharples, Theresa Gatti, Jackie Abert, Brandon Eyler, Kieth Riser, Matt Lee and Jennifer Smith.
Daydreams: I have several daydreams I
frequently think about, often with pencil in hand to aid in visualization. Dnd
is not counted, because that is preparation; useful brainstorming.
The
biggest and most elaborate of my daydreams is a mix of Star Trek, Star Wars, Dracula: the series, Terminator, and the Man-Kzin Wars with a touch of Babylon 5. I’ve iterated this
particular daydream 1300 years, and continue to evolve it regularly. Imagine a
vampire that has become a Jedi Master and is a Grand Admiral in Starfleet. I’ve
followed the careers of several officers, as well as advanced the technology in
spurts. The end goal of this fantasy is to create a utopia.
Another
favorite is what I would do with $100B. I’ve designed one hell of a mansion
(the mansion is based around a pool and arboretum, with over 200 guest
bedrooms, a full movie theater, a grand ball room, and an astronomical
observatory), I would create several new companies (such as a movie production
company, a chain of video rental stores, and hotels), and would consider it my responsability to use the money for charities that would
actually make a difference. So long as there is money there will be poverty and
hunger. So the real difference that needs to be made is environmental and
political. The end goal of this fantasy is to see what I could do with more
money “than one can spend in a lifetime”. I don’t believe that much money is in
circulation today.
What
would I do if 99.44% of the world’s population dies or disappears? Who would I meet,
and how would I go about things. Well top priorities are obtaining firearms as that is an instant anarchy with no police farce.
Next priority is to get things for trade such as medicine and drugs,
ammunition, and fresh food. Usually by this time I meet someone and things
change from there. The idea here is practice my ability to simulate people in
my mind, and to see what I will need to do in the coming cataclysm.
Another
fantasy: poof I’m transported to another world. From there I find that the local
king is testing suitors for his daughter by giving them a challenge. The
challenge is usually to get a ruby that is on a pillow on a rug, without
setting foot on the rug. Get the ruby and you can keep it or marry the princess
and become heir to the throne. Another variation is the king simply names me
heir and promptly dies. Same purpose as above.
I
get to start my life over, knowing what I know now. If I were to be able to go
back to four years old I’d make quite a few changes. I’d have gotten better marks
at school, would’ve actually asked out the girls I was interested in. I would
have saved, and if parents were willing, invest. This is a great exercise in
discovering regrets.
I
have the five rings of power from my AD&D campaign. From here all things are
possible. This is a great test of the limits of my imagination.
Places to Boycott: Wachovia Bank for
outrageous check cashing fees and amount of ID required; Applebee’s for
refusing to serve an autistic child; singlesnet.com for spamming!
Last will and Testament: While this is not
legally binding, it is what I want. I wish to be cremated. I also ask you keep
in mind that I am an organ donor and that if you are there at the time of my
death, and you can authorize it, let them harvest anything they want. Someone
make damn sure that I have pennies on my eyes before whatever winds up being done with my body is done! I will not commit
suicide, and if that’s what they say caused my death have it investigated! I
would like my knives, crystals and other sharp pointy objects or weapons to go
to Dave. All of my trains to Benjamin Patti. I would
also like someone to log into my geocities account and put my time, place, and
circumstances of death here and my obituary or the like on along with whatever
I was working on with my blog. Make sure that also goes on Yahoo 360, MySpace
and if possible that those get maintained. These pages can act as a memorials. All of my login information is found in the
foxhunt file in the Goodly’s Lair folder on my hard
drive. I would also like to see my autobiography uploaded five years after my
and Kelly Spina’s death, and should I return and
successfully prove myself, I’d like my cd/dvd cases returned to me. Computer(s) and parts go to my
brothers. They can decide tween’ themselves how that
gets split, and if they can’t a coin should be used. Divvy up the rest any
which way. I would like Flight 29 to be taken over by one of the moderators of
the Yahoo! Group. Ask for volunteers. And when they no longer wish to do it,
ask them to pass on the mantle of that position in the same manner. So long as
there is information on Kate Maberly, or her heirs should they choose the same
profession, Flight 29 will have need of updating and maintaining. It should be
noted that I own the rights to Jaimee Linthincum-Deek’s first successfully sold screenplay,
should she ever write one. So collect on that.
Does this whole series of pages seem greatly
egotistical to you? That’s not at all my intention, I just want to make it
clear who I am, with no excuses for it. This is a résumé for friendship, and a
way to find old friends. It does not clearly show my personality, as I
certainly like some things on this page much more than others. This page is
also meant for future generations to have an idea of what an ancestor was like;
and should I be lucky enough, it is for me to understand myself in a future incarnation. It is also a therapeutic reflection upon myself. I continue to learn an awful lot about myself by
writing this.
More (Aren’t you bored already?): My Family, a short family history slash
autobiography, Recipes, including Rose Tea and Chocolate
Death Pie, Relationships, an essay containing
everything I know on the subject, Updates to this page and my life/blog, and Stories, tales of memories from past lives.
Last Uploaded On (As if you care): Wednesday, March 11th 2009 CE. Is my ego really this big? --- They don’t even make stars this size.
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