Okay… so I don’t have any cats. I am more of a dog man. I try to keep my online identity fairly compartmentalized, but I thought today I might share a few things in the manner of the oft seen Five Things You Might Not Know About Me meme. Most of you know that I am a Canadian, a graduate student, an avid Mac user, a grappler and strikingly handsome. Here are some things you might not know about me:
- Straight edge since 1995
- I am quite an aficionado of the hardcore rap scene, including such eminent composers as Ghostface Killah and Mike Jones. Also, one of my all-time faves is MF DOOM (including Viktor Vaughn, Metal Fingers, DANGERDOOM, King Geedorah and Madvillain)
- Though I haven’t lived the “thug life” I have slung a lunchbucket as both a union and non-union common labourer in various natural resource and metal related industries
- Yeah I got tats, you gotta problem with that?
- My people come from Galicia, an autonomous province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. My great-grandfather came over to Canada during the exodus in the late 19th century. My granpa, born in Canada, spoke Russian until he went to school when he was eight.
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Five Things « Hidden Unities added these pithy words on May 05 07 at 9:05 am[...] May 5, 2007 Posted by EB in Uncategorized. trackback Younghusband’s is an instant classic (Tony Stark!), so I can only offer this humble list up for amusement and [...]
Michael added these pithy words on 02 May 07 at 6:05 pmOk, everyone suffering from cognitive dissonance right now, raise your hand raises hand.
Rommel added these pithy words on 02 May 07 at 7:56 pmI used to listen to Mike Jones back in the day when only us Texans had heard of him. I don’t listen to him anymore (nor any rap) but I find his popularity intriguing due to his questionable talent and hilariously generic and non-thug “name”
Oh yea and Alexanderwohl (19th century and now non-existant Prussian Mennonite community), Crimea FTW!
will added these pithy words on 03 May 07 at 1:08 amfellow MF Doom fan and Austrio-Hungarian (Moravia) here!
Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace added these pithy words on 03 May 07 at 2:04 amMichael – my hand is raised too….
Younghusband added these pithy words on 03 May 07 at 12:01 pmWot wot!s to all my Carpathian brothas! FTW!
@Rommel: Certainly, saying one’s name over and over again does not require talent, but the beats are pretty nice. I originally was all into that serious East Coast stuff, but I quite enjoy the Dirty South. It’s fun. I mean, who takes the Ying Yang Twinz seriously?
@will: If you are a fan of Adult Swim, I recommend the DANGERDOOM album. Check the AHTF video here which is done in a similar style to the All Caps video. Put a fork in it, as it is mighty well done!
@Michael and Dr. ARW: Was this post too out of the blue for you guys?
will added these pithy words on 03 May 07 at 2:51 pmi received chrome children fox xmas and have enjoyed it. Pandora internet radio lets you set up stations and I have among them, Doom, J Dilla, MED and some others.
Michael added these pithy words on 04 May 07 at 4:45 pmDon’t know about out of the blue so much as creating the image of your avatar, speaking proper Queen’s english, covered with tatoos and butt-hugging jeans bouncing around to a rap song before hopping on a skate board to practice rail slides.
Younghusband added these pithy words on 05 May 07 at 1:28 amLOL. Actually if you ever saw me walking around the street you would never guess the five things above about me. With my khakis and tucked-in short-sleeved collared shirts I look more like a defense scientist or a golf pro than some young hipster.
Eddie added these pithy words on 05 May 07 at 8:05 amHow can you mention Texas hip-hop and not mention Scarface? Agreed about the Ying Yang Twins, though my Miami roots make me partial to Trick Daddy. Tony Stark is just the man….
alec added these pithy words on 05 May 07 at 10:29 pmDamn you, wordpress! I have to recreate my comment, which was along the lines of: Dr Octagon, I presume? Fun factoid about me, I once made out with Dennis Kucinich’s daughter.
Sam_S added these pithy words on 09 May 07 at 6:35 amPlayed lead guitar with Jimmie Vaughn
Best friend shot heroin with Jimmie Hendrix
Shared a beer with George W. Bush
Hate rap unless Buck Sixty-five counts
Bohemian/Texican, thanks.
Rommel added these pithy words on 09 May 07 at 7:33 pmalec,
I’m not sure I would advertise that fact, that is unless she looks completely different than her dad….
And so it’s proven – liberalism is a communicable mental disorder (copyright Dr. Savage)!Sam,
I bet dubya is a blast to drink with.
I’m envious of your friend also.As for me, my only claim to fame is an ancestral connection on my maternal grandmother’s side to Jesse and Frank James. Crime seems to run in that side of the family, her grandfather fled to Texas from Kentucky after murdering his wife’s lover..
Oh and my cousin (well, he used to be married to my cousin but I know him well) is the bassist for Bowling for Soup. I know, they suck.
