Contact Info
e-mail: Ian@GroundedPunk.com
AOL/AIM: Grounded4IB

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 65 kilograms

Fav. Bands: Sublime, Pennywise, NOFX, AFI, Bad Religion, Op Ivy, Rancid, Millencolin, The Vandals, Descendents, Minor Threat, The Minute Men, Guttermouth, Green Day, Pulley, Osker, Floggin Molly, Made On Malice, Eric Clapton, MXPX

Fav. Songs: Homesick (pennywise), Perfect Government (nofx), The crowd (Op Ivy), STP (sublime).

Fav. Color: $$$$$ GREEN $$$$$ the color marking the corruption of the American dream.

Fav. Fast Food Rest.: Carl's Jr. for several reasons: self serve drinks, salad bar, they're quick, and they bring the food to you! what more could you want in fast food? However, I hate the commercials.

Fav. Quote: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Ralph Waldo Emerson. If you ask me what I think today, I may think something completely different tomorrow.

Fav. Film: All of Michael Moore's stuff. Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine, The Awful Truth, etc.

Fav. Book: I am changing this again...go read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It is one of Mark Twain's best works. A blistering attack on modern warfare, aristocracy, technological dependence, and greed.

Turn ons: Unity, honesty, humility, mental freedom, abolishing racism, forgivness (Lord knows we need that), peace, and playstation.

Turn offs: Lying, decieving, killing, egotistical zealots, dogmatism, racism, corporate power, blind hatred, and Wal-Mart.

Hobbies: Playing music, singing to music, crowd surfing to music, pitting to music, and enjoying life.

Occupation: Student of the world. Other than that, I am daily commodified into a mere extention of the machine which serves to alienate the modern worker for the benefit of the ever increasing wealth of the bourgeois. Can I refill your coffee Mr. "I - own - three - BMW's -and - am - president - of - a - corporation - that - moved - across - the - border - last - spring - to - raise - profits - as - well - as - increase - my - stock - options - so - I - don't - have - to - look - you - in - the - eye."

I Say: What do you say? I have said too much. The world can only get better if we all communicate. Go find something good to put your efforts into. Find someone to share ideas with. So many times bands write songs about revolution and change, but just saying it isn't enough. We have to apply ourselves if we want to succeed. There are many ways to get involved. Check out the links section for a few activism sites, but there are so many more. You don't even need a website or a club or a great deal of organization, those are all good things...but honest and open communication with each other, detached from the orbit of fear and reluctance which we find ourselves marinating in everyday, that is what will improve the world.