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| User: | kenshi (207113)
TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD
The Scorn and Wonder of Our Days
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| Name: | Terrible Swift Sword |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Birthdate: | 1968-08-24 |
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| kenshi | @ | livejournal.com (Jabber) |
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| AOL IM: |  ertyqway (Add Buddy, Send Message) |
| Yahoo! ID: |  ertyqway (Add User, Send Message) |
| Bio: | Condensed Version
architect | real estate developer | philosopher | troublemaker | curator of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) shinyhappylinks
Abstract
I am a man of diverse interests and simple tastes. By profession, I am an architect and real estate developer, which means (for those unable to read between the lines) that I am an ego-maniac hell-bent on remaking the world in my own image. Even better, I appear to be somewhat adept at using other peoples' money to do it, which mitigates the risks involved in such aesthetic imperialism. I am also an objectivist philosopher of some small reputation. This should not be held against me, as it was almost entirely accidental. I flatter myself by thinking that I am a reasonably talented writer and shirt-pocket Machiavelli. In reality, I am likely little better than a hack who fancies himself a schemer and only succeeds in mildly irritating nice people, but who can tell?
Warnings and Disclaimers
1) The writings contained within this LiveJournal should be used only according to the manufacturer's instructions. In case of contact with skin or eyes, flush with water for 15 minutes. If irritation persists, contact a physician.
2) Some entries in this LiveJournal recount the Real Life ExperiencesTM of the author, and may involve dangerous/unsavory/immoral acts. These experiences were undertaken by an expert LiveJournaler under uncontrolled conditions on a closed course. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.
3) Other entries in this LiveJournal are trivial and meaningless, or may contain obvious non sequiturs. The author shall not be held responsible for any damages to persons, states of mind, or property that may result from his so blatantly wasting your time with his drivel.
4) Some of the entries in this LiveJournal are really, really long. Only the recent ones have been "lj-cut" to preserve the sanity of those persons generally known as "friends." Later, I de-lj-cut them for continuity. You got a problem wit' dat? Tell it to the hand.
5) The author of this LiveJournal is always on the lookout for new people with whom to communicate. People who are Absolutely Fascinating are encouraged to apply.
6) Where gaps may exist in chronology or narrative, the author was either too busy to be bothered posting anything that day, or there are limited-access posts you don't have permission to see. Suffer.
7) The author of this LiveJournal makes no representations with respect to its suitability for children or its internal coherence.
8) If you're looking for the goodies or any dirt on me, start with the Memories section below.
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| Memories: | 150 entries |
| Interests: | 150: 2600, aesthetics, aikijutsu, architecture, art, art of war, australia, bagpipe music, beauty, being absolutely fascinating, bioengineering, biology, blowing stuff up, bourbon, breaking things, buildings, business, capitalism, cars, cat death, chaos, cheese, cities, classic cars, cleverness, clubbing, cognitive science, community, community building, confucianism, conversation, convertibles, courtyards, creativity, crew, crypto, design, design theory, drawing, driving, electronica, elegance, emotion, emperor norton i, enlightenment, entp, environmental art, epistemology, ergonomics, eris, espionage, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, family, fencing, film, finance, firearms, fixing things, friends, fun, genetics, gossip, hardscape, hearing impaired, hoh, honesty, industrial, intelligence, invention, investing, islands, jargon, kendo, kung fu movies, law, lego, logic, love, lust, machiavelli, maguro, marriage, martial arts, military history, minimalism, modernism, money, monogamy, muscle cars, nanotechnology, naughtiness, non-theism, objectivism, omerta, operational concept, orgasms, phenomenology, philosophy, power, pretty girl theory, pretty girls, problem solving, proxomitron, quantum mechanics, reading, real estate, reality, recreational evil, risk management, rowing, ruthless exploitation, sashimi, science, seattle, sex, sex qua sex, sketching, skiing, smart people, smut, social engineering, somads, spatial, strategy, style, subversion, sun tzu, sushi, swords, tao te ching, taoism, technology, tequila, the mob, trance, truth, urbanism, vampires, virtue, visual, volition, war, warfare, wilderness survival, women, world domination, xalton, you... maybe, zen |
| Schools: | Prospect Elementary School - Clarendon Hills, IL (1973 - 1977)
Central School - Riverside, IL (1977 - 1979)
Woodridge Elementary School - Bellevue, WA (1979 - 1980)
Hyak Junior High School - Bellevue, WA (1980 - 1982)
Overlake School - Redmond, WA (1982 - 1986)
Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne, Vic, Australia (1987 - 1988)
Washington State University - Pullman, WA (1988 - 1994)
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