I'm a g33k. A technocrat of the highest order. I live for technology (especially if it's Macintosh related.. what? I have an immunity to the koolaid after this long, honest), gaming, books, comics, movies... all the normal geeky endeavors.
Ok, there are non-geek interests too. I love excellent alcohol, fine cigars, kick-ass music, tattoos and my woman.
And pirates.
Not all in that order.
Music
Rob Zombie, Flogging Molly, Sabbath, Manson, Dropkick Murphys, Eminem, Bif Naked, NIN, Ministry, No Doubt, Rollins, Poe, Slayer, L7, LunaChicks, Tori Amos, Aerosmith, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, BB King, Magnetic Fields, Therion, Shakira, P!nk, Megadeth... ok a bit of everything.
Last 5 songs played in iTunes/Last.FM:
Movies
Kevin Smith flix, Pirates of the Caribean and other pirate movies, Serenity, Lock Stock & Two Smokin Barrels, Snatch, Underworld, Prophecy, Reservoir Dogs, X-Men, Clay Pigeons, Suicide Kings, Fight Club, Cowboy Bebop, Last Supper, Bladerunner, Very Bad Things, se7en, Crow, Matrix, Army Of Darkness, Ghost In The Shell, Blade, Aliens, zombie flix, ...and so many more I can't even begin to remember them all.
Where's the PODCAST section? I'll make it here:
Skeptic's Guide To The Universe, the Totally Rad Show, Geekscape, This Week in Tech, Diggnation, Smodcast, Girls on Film, TikiBarTV, Ctrl-Alt-Chicken, Grammar Girl, Skepticality...
Books
Good Omens - Gaiman & Pratchet, Devils Dictionaries - Bierce & Bufe, the Thesaurus, Beyond Good & Evil- Nietzche, Neuromancer - Gibson, Why I am Not a Xian - Russel, COMICS (e.g. Preacher, Dogwitch, GunFu, SinCity, Ennis, Moore, Ellis, Miller, ... ), Secret Societies - Daraul, anything by Poe, Lovecraft, Adams, Gaiman, Pratchet, Twain, Gibson...
Heroes
Jon Stewart. In a tights and a cape. ... Oh, and James Randi, Penn Jillette, Kevin Smith, Teller, Mark Twain, Rob Zombie, Johnny Depp, Frank Miller... Oh, and now Steven Colbert. Talk about "speaking truth to power." Dayumn.
I'm a geek. Tech, comics, games and stuff like that are a high priority for me. TWiT, Digg and Geekdrome are some of my favorite things online. Mac rules, but I avoid platform wars like the plague. (Everybody loses.) WoW level 60 forsaken warlock. Horde>Alliance.
I'm an atheist and a skeptic. James Randi is my hero. I listen to Penn radio daily, and am entertained even when I disagree with him. Mythbusters might not be science, but it's damned entertaining. I strongly dislike religion, but get along fine with religious people. I hate "psychics" but oddly enjoy fiction about them.
I'm a politcal moderate extremist. I think both the left and right are full of it. I hate big government, but hate more that the Republicans don't know that they ARE big government. I wish I was a Libertarian... but I'm just not. Libertarian-lite, maybe.
Other not-so-random, favorite things: pirates, zombies, Jon Stewart, Kevin Smith, Rob Zombie, good beer, fine wine...
That's my new "about me text". I wrote it when I created an account over at LibraryThing. I still don't blog here. r3v.com is my home. That's where the magic really happens.
Who I'd like to meet: OMG! YOU! ...ok, maybe not. Seriously though, see the people in my heroes section. Exept Mark Twain, cuz he's dead. Unless it's a ZOMBIE MARK TWAIN. How cool would THAT shit be?
Hrm. He might not be so good at the witty banter with a slushy brain, so maybe not so cool after all. And it would be sort of a bummer to have to shoot him in the head with a boomstick. You know, Ash-style.
This is an Out-of-Office reply for ScriptGirl. I'm off on a sun-drenched, rum-soaked summer vacation. Please enjoy this highlight/gag reel in my absence! xoSG
We'd love it if you wish to join in the fun! Please send us cards, pics, poems, videos or anything you want for bret's big 32 at our myspace inbox before june 22nd, and we'll add it to the best birthday blog post ever!
thank you all!
two minutes in heaven ziggy, sugar, kookie and coco
Jesus, I dropped to last place. It's because I changed my picture isn't it? WTH? (You do know that Joss Whedon in your list is not the *real* Joss, don't you? Read the blog! I'm just sayin')
... I don't really give a rat's butt, I just like messing with you. :*
Why do we wish each other happy birthdays? If anything, we should save them up and wish each other happy deathdays. I mean, that's when you'll really need all those pleasant thoughts! Oh well, society dictates I wish you a happy birthday. I'll play along...
