"why fight with something as ignorant as your fists when you can fight with something as intelligent as your brain?" 24 years old Male Edwardsville, IL Hometown: oakland, il
I am a philosopher first and foremost. Despite the fact that I study philosophy at SIUE I mostly disregard the study as "learning about the history of philosophy" and not the study of how to use philosophy.
Typically you can find me just about anywhere and with everyone, I don't really feel the need to hang out with someone based on labels nor do I feel the need to go by labels. However I do try to stay away from those who are a buzz kill, hateful, and negative in general...but other than that I welcome constructive criticism.
I love electronic music like most people enjoy rock music or even more specifically The Beatles. I listen to it every occasion I get and love every minute of the time I do.
I sometimes use my time to delve into my subconscious and fix things or discover new ideas that I haven't considered before...what that means i'll leave up to you to decipher.
I consider the act of truth telling to be relative to the person who tells it and the person who hears it. Both seem to come to a different conclusion. More people should realize this.
I love learning about everything I can think of. Once upon a time I believed there was knowledge that wasn't worth knowing but I now adhere to the belief that everything is worth knowing because knowledge allows you to gain new friendships with those who know the things you do.
I'd love to meet more philosophically minded persons who are open to just about everything there is out there and beyond...I can never be too radical in my mind (and outside of it). So please don't hesitate to get a hold of me if you have a philosophical conundrum (I promise I'll come to you if I have one).
I'm a vegan (whom occasionally consumes fish for omega 3 fatty acids) for health reasons. I'm pretty satisfied with my stance and have no ills against those who do consume meat and dairy, it's your life...live it how you like.
Lastly, my life is one giant pear in a golden brown tree...sweet and ripe as it will ever be...won't you please come and enjoy me?
Sports:
n/a
Music:
Bjork, Ferry Corsten, DJ Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Sasha, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Radiohead, DJ Shadow, Infected Mushroom, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, 311, Starlight Mints, Hybrid, 4 Strings, Ween, Shpongle, Gabriel and Dresden, Chemical Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Save the Robot, Minotaur Shock, solarstone many more. Mostly anything in the genres of electronic, ambient, progressive rock, art rock, etc.
Movies:
Waking Life, What the Bleep Do We Know?!, I [HEART] Huckabees, Hero, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Pi, Maybe Logic, Napoleon Dynamite, Donnie Darko, Amelie, American Beauty, Memento, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (British tv show and motion picture), Saw, Secretary, Big Fish, The Man Who Wasn't There, Equilibrium, The Life of David Gale, Kinsey, Final Fantasy Advent Children, Sin City, V for Vendetta, a scanner darkly, Baby Snakes, Koyaanisqatsi, Baraka (thanks Lucian!), The Prestige, Pan's Labyrinth, Powaqqatsi, The Fountain, Tenacious D: POD, Happiness, The Fog of War, The Root of all Evil, etc.
TV:
adult swim and the history channel programming
Books:
The Fundamentals of Buddhism, Prometheus Rising (by Robert Anton Wilson), The Good Fight (by Ralph Nader), The Big Questions (by Lou Mernoff), Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead (by Orson Scott Card), Naked Lunch (by William S. Burroughs), Philosophy: The Basics, Stardust and American Gods (by Neil Gaiman), Food of the Gods (by Terrance Mckenna), The History of Western Philosophy (by Bertrand Russell), The Osho, The God Delusion and The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins), Conspicuous Consumption, A Day in a Medieval City, Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), etc.
Heroes/Idols:
free thinking politicians, philosophers, scientists, etc.
