after a certain amount of time, one gets bored with things - i think that's where i am now - i have art and music and literature to keep me going - but other than that my life is rather boring - i am a freshman at appalachian state university, in the mountains of north carolina - i am majoring in studio art and will minor in either computer science or psychology - not much happens here - maybe that explains my current state - the highlight of my week is me driving up the mountain in my 1983 brown chevy van with the transmission hanging halfway out
my free time i can be found doing art or music or reading - my art is influenced by many artists - ranging from joseph cornell and marcel duchamp, to andy warhol and countless others - i must admit that my favorite art is the more shocking artwork - such as the dada, surealist, and pop movements
music influences are also varied - lately tom waits and nin - tomorrow i get to go see they might be giants - i can't wait - i also create music - my solo stuff is intstrumental and similar to nin - my instruments include a fender jagstang, a yamaha psr-520 keyboard, a fender 80 watt keyboard amp, boss dse1 distortion, boss chorus ensemble, two acoustic electric fame guitars, a yamaha digital piano, a bach trumpet, an australian didgeridoo, and various other keyboards and instruments (basically anything that makes noise) - lately i have been doing more computer generated music - the software i use includes sound forge 4.5, fruity loops pro, hammerhead, rebirth 2, cakewalk 7, cakewalk 8, cakewalk audio fx1, and several other programs - i use xing's auio catalyst and the blade encoder for my mp3s - be sure to go to my mp3 site and download my mp3s - i also have one at another site - it is not in very good taste - my friend improvised satanic lyrics while i banged on my trusty old keyboard
literature is also good - so get out and read - anything by jim carroll, william burroughs, anthony burgess, kurt vonnegut, and anything else that doesn't suck
lately i have been suffering from an addiction to irc - #dxm on dalnet is rather addictive - if you ever want to waste some time be sure to check it out
college sucks - it's boring as hell - so all of you kids need to drop out of school and get a real job in a factory somewhere - or at least flipping burgers - my friends are scattered about the country at various colleges - including my good friend kfb who just so happens to be stuck at georgia tech
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