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Jimmy68 here practicing writing and keeping faith with myself....that was how I started this about... three years ago? I've been gone for a while, but I'm back I love this place...I have been a lot of things over the years; I dropped out of high school from boredom and too many drugs at 16 in 1984. I have been a soldier, a thief, a cook, waiter and bartender. I have been a carpenter like Jesus, and nearly cut my thumb off with a skill saw. I have leapt from more than one perfectly good airplane. I have been many places and done quite a few things...it's a pity I can't remember more of them. I am currently enrolled in the Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing masters program at CSU Stanislaus and I am loving life.
"If the mind is right the sword is right" (Gold star for anyone who can identify this quote-hint, it's about the only worthy thing I got out of reading some of this series.)- get your mind right - Jimmy don't surf.
Vaya con dios, si supuedes!
- Location:
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United States
- Primary occupation:
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Student, Father, Skilled laborer
- Dream occupation:
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Professor/consultant/writer
- Hometown:
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Santa Barbara, ca
- Schools attended:
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Santa Barbara High School, Infantry School, Airborne School, Jungle School,Santa Barbara City College, CSU Stanislaus
- I like:
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Reading, writing, talking, women, school, the mountains, mexican food, some people, most animals, and Liberty
- Favorite writers:
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Edward Abbey,Robert Heinlien,John D. McDonald, Stephen King, David Drake, Robert Anton Wilson, Neal Stephenson and many many more...close to a hundred on my must read list.
- Favorite books:
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Stranger in a Strange Land, The Earth Will Shake, Cryptonomicon, The Last Dancer, The Monkey Wrench Gang, The Stand, The Travis Mcgee Books, etc...
- Favorite newspapers:
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New York Times, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post
- Favorite magazines:
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Wired, The Atlantic Monthly.
- Favorite music:
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All sorts of stuff -Hard rock, Metal, Punk, Alternativ bluegrass, soul, funk, reggae, rock, some rap, don't like very much jazz, dig the blues, , world, don't like house or that other electronic crap
- Favorite movies:
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LOTR, Pulp Fiction, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Silence of the Lambs, Natural Born Killers,...
- Favorite TV shows:
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Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Joan of Arcadia, The Gilmore Girls, CSI...would rather read or write...
- Favorite teams:
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Don't like team sports.
- Favorite quote:
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“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Ben Franklin
- Gender:
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Male
- Religion:
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none of the above