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WARNING: Content in this journal is sometimes crass, crude, graphic, profane, pornographic, or otherwise offensive. Content may not be suitable for persons under 18. I do have filters and use them, but that is no guarantee you may not be offended or see something that your parents/state/nation may not want you to see. This warning is in compliance with LJ's request on the matter. A note on privacy. Anyone who contacts me either through this site, or through other means regarding this site is granting me unconditional and irrevocable permission to republish such communication whole or in part, with or without attribution, in this or any forum I chose. Aka: Brother Garrote of Forgiveness, creator of sea_cell. What can I say, I'm a geek. I've been one since I was a kid and I'm damn proud of it now. I smile when some hip-ster accuses me of being nerdier than a polyester pocket-protector. I am, I even collect pocket-protectors and slide-rules. Like many of us geeks, I showed signs of The Nack as a child. I have also been incarnated as the Internet Oracle on several occasions. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.. . .-- --... . --. .-- --... . --. I'm a ham radio operator, I started when I was 13, but I still have a lot more computers than I do radios. And after almost 25 years since that first license I have an Amateur Extra class license. When we know each other better, I might even tell you what my call sign is. Computers, what can I say. My whole life seems to revolve around them. If I’m not working on them at work, I’m working on them for friends or family, or I’m using them in some other way to have fun. But yes, I am a professional geek. I was a Tier Three Support Analyst for a company called FreeI Networks back in the dot-com days. You probably would have heard of us as FreeInternet.com. Man, that was a sweet gig. After that I did some gigs as a tempslave. Then I was a Field Engineer for NCR/Permond Solutions Group. The money was pretty good at NCR, but the hours and work conditions were not always a source of joy, if you know what I mean. I was not overly sad when I was laid off. Although I do miss the brand new Pontiac Aztec that I had as a company car, but having to occasionally meet a part at the depot at 0100 and spending the night installing it was not worth it. I was recently a Queue Manager for IBM in Seattle Washington. They treated me much better than NCR did. My office was in the perfect location. Seattle’s famous Pike Place Sanitary Market was just down the street from me. I worked in the heart of downtown Seattle and had all the amenities of Seattle at hand. Then I worked in the Technical Support department of Western Wireless Corporation. Those of you in the Mid-west will know us as CellularOne. The job was ok until we were bought by a company from Littlerock, AR called Alltel. I soon learned that it really should have been called Allhell. I must be a glutton for punishment, as I stayed there far too long. I am now working as a Quality Control Analyst for a company called HyperQuality. I think I'm going to like this job. It is starting out very well, I get to work with some cool peeps, and I love where the office is. I've been on the 'Net since '95, and I've had a web page the whole time. And yes, I have been paid before for web design work, but what geek hasn't. When I want to be really geeky I ssh into my account on a friend's Sparc20 clone and use Vi to edit the web page I have on that account. I still have my Commodore 64, and I have a couple of Macs, a Sun SPARCstation20, a bunch of PCs running a mix of Windoze flavors. Also, one of my PCs dual boots into BeOS. I have my A+ and I'm working on my MCP. I am also a dab hand at Quake and Unreal Tournament. Of course I read Slashdot on a regular basis and I buy 2600 to help the cause. Like most Geeks, I have an appreciation of the arts. I'm a big fan of Casablanca and The African Queen, although any Bogart film is excellent in my book. I also enjoy Classical music and Jazz. On a lighter side, I love 80's music, especially 80's punk. I am also a serious fan of Gothic and Industrial music, and some of the edgier techno. And of course, I love anime and manga. They don't call me Baka Bob for nothing. No, I'm not the good little Catholic boy my parents tried so hard to make me. I'm kinkier than a cheap garden hose, and damn proud of it. For many years, I felt ashamed by the particular nature of some of my sexual urges, but not any more. I am polyamorous, and I believe in love without limits and open relationships. What was far harder for me to accept and took a lot of work, was recognizing and accepting that I'm bisexual. I was so conditioned by society, and my parents that I kept finding ways to rationalize the simple fact that I find some men sexually attractive. So, what have I done about all of this? I'm an open and active member of the local leather community, have a leather pride banner on my car, and have introduced several of my lovers to the joys of BDSM. I've met some spiffy people, and reconnected with old friends through the Seattle poly community. I'm also one of the facilitators for Seattle BiNet's weekly support group, co-maintainer of binetseattle, and the maintainer of bisexual_world. And if that hasn't scared you off, I'm also a bit of a goth. I prefer, however, to call myself a paleogoth, as I date from the stone-age of goth. Yea verily, I am OG, Original Goth, from back in the early eighties. I may be older than your average gothy type, but I can still move. I go dancing at least once a week. You can often find me at The Mercury, Seattle's private Gothic nightclub, especially for DIE on Tuesdays. You can also often find me at The Grind, the Thursday night gothic/Industrial dance party at The Seattle Sex-positive Community Center. Say "hi" if you see me. Currently I am a research fellow at the Foundation for Neo-cognitive and Ontological Research and Development. I'd tell you what I'm working on, but you probably wouldn't understand it. Hell, I’m not sure I understand it half the time. What I can say is that I am hoping to get a grant to study the effects of first person shooter games on an individual's problem solving ability. I'm currently doing some limited research on the subject on the side. In light of this research, I am also a maintainer of the discord_society community. In days of old when nerds were bold, and PC's weren't invented, they played text games on huge[1] mainframes and tried to stay contended [1] vast: 16 bit word, 32k word main memory, paper tape storage... I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own. ~ THE PRISONER ~ I'm a Gryffindor! 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You can call me AG...
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The Seven Deadly Sins - The Diary of a female vivid Mind
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änNdrR
the word is the whip.
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Lilac
maxerg
Josephine's Flying Machine
Once Upon a Time...
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err head
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This is me
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The Sanctuary
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DragonessFaire
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_,-/*JoJo Diamond*\-,_
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When Life has you down, bite ankles.
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anonymous user
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How can entropy be reversed?
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twice as impressive
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I'm only happy when it rains.
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Bated Breath
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m_cobweb
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Pseudonym
Identity
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dance dance, swish swish, i dance with the clams and you dance with the fish
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Sandie
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Bück dich, Fee
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Little Brown Bird of Snark
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It's just a fool's paradise anyhow
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It's A Secret
Only The Sex
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Dream on
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Verbal Ejaculation. Version 4.0
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Awaiting Rejection
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Sabrina Qedesha
Sabrina Qedesha's Scented Bedchamber
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mindless ramblings
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Yo! Make with the Sauce!
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sorormystica
Mapping the Undiscovered Country
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Cherry Blossom King
Arcadia Est Imperare Orbi Universo
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☆Jessssssssssssssssss☆
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Lauren
***UNBREAKABLE***
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femme palimpsest
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Chuck Childers
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The Wayward Wench
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Evi
footprints and watermarks
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Gay Mafia Kingpin
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I never said I was Deep
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Stormfeather's Sailings
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the pirate queen of norway
now bring me that horizon
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Claudia
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Looking for a moment of perfect beauty
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vraptorz
Kate
Techno Girl Ramblings
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Undisputed Ruler of My Sock Drawer
The Moose What Makes Various Noises
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Meryddian
Meryddian's Journals
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Remain Awake
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Dizi
Just Me
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Jayne Fury
Thriving on Happy Accidents
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Devin L. Ganger
chaoticbeauty
Welcome to the Cacophony
Queen of Chaos
moominmuppet
The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes
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The Peristaltic Testator
I Affirm and Aver the Following is Poo
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entaru
Justin Passage
insteadofsilent
Lollipop Gestapo
Peel Out The Watch Word
littleegypt
cleo
My long strange trip...
carmpietri
Carmella
she's got me like nobody
rosered1200
Enjoying the Insanity
msformaldehyde
Ms.Formaldehyde
Go by actions, not by words! Rinse, Repeat & Reuse.
grounded_kitten
in the heart of madness comes enlightenment
grahd
Be Careful What You Wish For
agent_23
Richard
Agent_23's Den of Iniquity
pixelmonster
Pixie Bruner
Alis grave nil - Nothing is heavy to those who have wings
dykeluvsboys
jennybbad
Awakening of a Sleeping Beauty
razelore
Razelore
patcalifia
Patrick Califia
dar205
The blasphemy against all gods of men.
Unity Descends From Above
greytweed
A Quinn Martin Production
wingedelf
Aesthete & Ne'er-do-well
In Pursuit Of (Or Recovering From) An Encounter With The Leannan Sidhe
lzzybeth
Lzzybeth - Gixxer Lover!!
Gemini Meanderings
wolfieboy
Torin/Darren WhoEver
Trusting in the madness of strangers.
mistymarshall
Misty Marshall
I don't fear the sleep of death, I fear the life that's slept through
cennetig
the indispensable journals
pope_guilty_xix
George
Ex Cathedra
charmedones2004
Christina Marie (chrissy or chris for short)
charmedones
chaoticerotic
Paloma Sangre, Queen of Uncanny Valley
Eye to the Keyhole...
cassandra87791
6velvet9kisses
Neecee
Just me
_synthetica_
Violenza Domestica
geekdood
briandjusforeve
briandjusforever
I'm in your gene pool
sidhefire
Sidhefire
Yes: I'm blogging this...
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Local Pettings
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inanna's demesne
rainonthewind
Kiriana
Kiriseth
spazzychic
Vocabulary/Back Scritches
The Seedless Underbelly
norvelllouwho
Jenn, SICU RN, kinkster, brainiac
Twisted, bitchy, kinky, medical, personal and not so interesting ramblings
kovee
Kovee Thoughts,daily Grind,poems and what ever else
31seel
Dialektika
Writings of the Well Oiled Virgin
cosmicfrenzy
bared
s33ttc
Thinkin' of a Master Plan
springdew
Spring Dew
Orange is Holy
l_l_u_w_d
Live Like You Were Dying...
raingirllori
Lori
My kittens will eat your soul.
ocean_state
Hilary
Cake full of benzene
sine
sine nomine
the eyes of mice
ezjones
EZ Jones
Jonesn'
sunsetsly
savalas
mouse_rhiannon
Rhiannon
There may come a day when men will stop believeing in Fairy stories...
poezamattik
Troy - Neener Neener!
Tall Tongue Tied Texan
wenchtavey
Tavey's World
malstria
Malstria
Beyond The Looking Glass
oedi
Oedi
In the Mind of Madness
kerrizor
Kerri Natashya Elizabeth Anne
Oscillation Street
monkiegrrrl
Just the facts ma'am...
vonne
K'Tara
K'Tara's Aerie
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Sepiachord
cunninggod
Michael aka Lurch
The Land of Lurch
jenkitty
OpenKitty 1.0
Jenkitty's Therapeutic Catharsis
leswamp
The Swamp
curriedspam
Curried Spam
amaroq3
jb98
Appearances can be deceiving.
kellzilla
mad world
evnstarwen
A suffusion of yellow
5footwave
Tsunami
Carried Away by Dragonfly Wings
ex_butterfl246
'Dreaming
Take the Time to Brew Your Tea
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Plaid
If You Can't Laugh With Me, At Least Laugh At Me
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Marianne
The life of a Marianne
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Sphinx, in her hat
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The Life and Times of a Rockbiter
tapestry01
Tapestry, aka Tim
Peculiar Times: An Online Journal of Stuff
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Mark Atwood
snorklet
ShinyLizard
raincitylady
My musings
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quetzalcoatl
the Encyclopedia Aztechnica
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Darkkatpouncing
DARKKATPOUNCING
elynne
fierce bitey creature
About as easy as a nuclear war
missangelyss
Lyss
Delicious Ambiguity
cyberangel_
Angela
Stuff and more stuff
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premature anti-fascist
catenoid
green things
lady_door
Candice the Strange
Scenes from an Existential Crisis
triptogn
Badcat
The Pinnacle of Manhood
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Ethergraphs and Broken Words
misskarin
Dancing Queen
qcjeph
J. Jacques
I Am Afraid Of Everything
spitphyre
Jenna
Ultimate Badass
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teawithstephanie
sebab
Stephanie Wukovitz
All You Need Is Livejournal
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Jaymoe
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Tikvah (not to be confused w/the fabulous "Tikva")
Tales of Tikvah
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congratulations, you can use a search engine
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Lisha
An Open Source
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Autumn, Suburban Machiavelli
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geothermal
Jonathan M.
rough_angel
Thorne
Pretty Disaster Ahead
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scientaestubique
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Pomegranate Priestess
I'm a new day rising
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Charles Curtis-Stanley
People of Earth are idiots!
shadowlady
From the shadows
Hiding in the Shadows
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Seidrkoma
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Usqueba
riverheart
Riverheart
Life at Paradux Hill
crimson_storm
Tina
shy_kitty78
oresta_wren
Nexus
essbee80
My Journal
rubylou
Needs No More Cowbell.
fd_midori
Midori
Thoughts and Distractions
kinky_librarian
Does everyone have these?
isis1069
Paths yet to be taken
hiddengurl
Sarah
pseudojim
Wicked, Wicked Debauchery
Subconscious Rulers
ignorethepill
Brooke
UnipornLove
phyrebright
hospitalpaint
jhitchin
Jeffrey Hitchin
anna_sinistra
Art Crawl!
Guaranteed to blow your mind
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Subdued
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Zanzibar Buck Buck McFate
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JW's Place
redsmlc
It's my crisis!
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King of Prussia
en_venom
sistrml
queueball
Riotboy Ascends