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Throne of Cynicism
Most Recent Login: October 8, 2009
Most Recent Comment: June 14, 2009
Join Date: November 19, 2008
Contact: Private Message, AIM
Website: http://facebook.com/giffmo
Location: NW Indiana
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Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Firefighter

comments by Throne of Cynicism: 19 (view all)

  • Jul 17, 2009: In Your Next Boyfriend: The 100 Qualities He Should Possess: "wow. The list IS kinda ridiculous, but not for the reasons some guys are raging on. I'm a guy who's 5'8" and not terribly bothered by that. I'm also surprised how NOT THAT BAD the list actually is. H..."
  • Jul 17, 2009: In Dealbreaker: The Overly Intellectual Guy: "I have to agree with ECM, that pompous and condescending is the guy, not the intellectualism. The reason he glorifies his understanding of the arts over the rest of the Plebeians is because he isn't..."
  • Jul 17, 2009: In 25 Things A Man Should Never Say To A Woman: "@missinformation: probably for the same reasons women do! honestly, this is the only one that bothers me. (despite being just one of a few that are ok for women to say). Why do women expect men to m..."
  • Jul 17, 2009: In The Breakup Diaries: My Six-Month Sex Sabbatical: "i guess it's comforting that women sometimes have as much trouble as guys do. I've been on an involuntary sabbatical for over a year now. Partly because there aren't nearly enough women in the world..."
  • Jul 17, 2009: In Poll: Is Fantasizing About Someone Else During Sex Cheating?: "While Elizabeth Hasselbeck is clearly a crazy bitch, it should be noted that her husband is Matt Hasselbeck. Quarterback for the 2005 NFC Champion (not to mention, winning the NFC West title for 3 or..."

Bio

I believe the thing in this world that is seriously lacking is sincerity. If you mean it, say it. If you don't mean it please don't say it.

Personal Info

Interests Bears and Cubs, English Lit, Tv on DVD, Old Motorcycles, Sleep
Activities
Fave Designers
Fave Stores
Fave Websites
Fave Music **Top 10** The National, Felt (like Television but BETTER), Pixies, The Smiths, Bloc Party, Arcade Fire, Nine Inch Nails, Belle & Sebastian, Mindless Self Indulgence, The New Pornographers **More Good stuff** Tub Ring, Talking Heads, Bloodhound Gang, Ben Folds, Broken Social Scene, The Cinematics, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, The Shins, Rilo Kiley, The Velvet Underground, Jens Lekman, Vampire Weekend, O' Death, Madeline, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Margot & the Nuclear So&So;'s, MGMT, The Dead Kennedys, Shout Out Louds, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tenacious D, Depeche Mode, The Postal Service + DeathCab, Blonde Redhead, OutKast, Johnny Cash, Kaiser Chiefs, Art Brut, Beck, Stars, M. Ward, Iron and Wine, Architecture in Helsinki, Andrew Bird, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Ryan Adams, M.I.A., Sia, Kimya Dawson, Neil Diamond, TV on the Radio, Film School, and lots of SKA **Classic Rock** The WHO, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Steve Miller, Queen, Dylan, Bowie, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, CSNY, Clapton, Van Morrison, Simon & Garfunkel, CCR, The Kinks & Tom Petty **Recent Rotation** Fleet Foxes, The Helio Sequence, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Okkervil River, Cat Power, Ludo, Tapes 'n Tapes, What Made Milwaukee Famous, VERY EARLY Peter Gabriel, the new Stereophonics, Neutral Milk Hotel, & Steely Dan
Fave TV Shows

In order: Six Feet Under, The Office (BBC), Battlestar Galactica, Mad Men, Lost, Dexter, Deadwood, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Arrested Development, Scrubs, Top Gear, Californication

the Daily Show & Colbert Report
And I get the podcasts of Countdown with Keith Olberman and The Rachel Maddow Show
(oh Rachel, everyone’s a little bit queer, why can’t you be a little bit straight?)

Adult Swim: Frisky Dingo, Venture Bros, Lucy:Daughter of the Devil, and Aqua Teen (I laugh at everything Meatwad says)
Family Guy & Simpsons too.

I also love the Twilight Zone & The Outer Limits.

Fave Movies

The Dark Knight, American Beauty, American History X, American Splendor, Garden State, Spiderman, X-men, Ironman, The Hulk, Hellboy, Super Troopers, Office Space, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Sin City, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Tao of Steve, Amelie, Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, The Salton Sea, Dr. Strangelove, Groundhog Day, Sideways, 300, The Prestige, Anchorman, Romeo + Juliet, Wedding Crashers, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Fight Club, A Better Place, Donnie Darko, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Sideways, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, V for Vendetta, Big Lebowski, The Departed ... and more

Fave Magazines
Fave Books

Frankenstein( I <3 Mary Shelley), Cat’s Cradle, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, 1984, A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius


I’m fairly geeky so I have a number of favorite comics/graphic novels too.
Favorite comic authors:
Alan Moore, Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Brian Azzarello, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan
Y: the Last Man, Kabuki, 100 Bullets, Preacher, Transmetropolitan.
Those graphic novels are all amazing. My favorite is Transmetropolitan.

Fave Quotes

“You’re like a walking dead baby joke.”
-a coworker [to me]

“The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those who have not got it.” -G.B. Shaw

“Our wills and our fates do so contrary run” -Hamlet

“I’m drowning in #&@$%”
Igby Goes Down

“...browsing, but like most of us… disappointed in the selection of merchandise.”
Mad Men

“What the Frak!”
Battlestar Galactica

“Shelley was a man, you Philistine.”
Killface, from Frisky Dingo

“It’s not enough to bash in heads, you’ve got to bash in minds”
Captain Hammer

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