On The Subject of Me

Yeah, I know. This section isn't really all that Pearl Jam-related, but hey, I think I deserve to take some time out for me, okay?!?

Yeah, so about me. Well, I guess I'm just gonna give ya a run down of various odds and ends and whatnot just to give you an idea as to who actually owns and operates this site. Buckle up. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. (Enjoy that little attempt at being Fonz-cool? I thought you'd enjoy that...)

Full Name

Jason Edward Smith

Aliases

The Offensive Dynamo; Skippy -- The Undefeated Frog; Dark Panda; Evil Otter

Date of Birth

The twelfth day of October, nineteen-hundred seventy eight

Place of Birth

Sydney, Cape Breton

Current Situation

In Toronto, hax0ring for a small tech/education-type firm. Fun stuff.

Most Overused and Underappreciated Saying

"Groovy."

My Bands

Pearl Jam (makes sense, eh?); R.E.M. (yeah!); old school-type stuff like Led Zep, Mr. Young, the Who, Dylan, etc.; The Tragically-frickin'-Hip; G'N'F'N'R; Sloan (which I'm listening to now actually); Nirvana; a ton of other bands, but that'senough of that.

My Drink

Either a nice frosty Dr. Pepper or a nice frosty Blue. I'll also accept most Canadian beer, especially some home-brewed Keith's, but keep that Yankee stuff away...

My Shows

'The Sopranos', 'Trailer Park Boys', the amazing 'Band of Brothers', 'The Kids In The Hall'; 'Idiots In The Walkway'; that's pretty much it.

My Movies

First and foremost, there's the Star Wars trilogy. (Just a few short months now 'til 'The Phantom Menace'!) Yeah, I'm a Star Wars nut. Even more so than a Trekker. Way more. (Yes, I do have a Boba Fett doll, and yes, I do have a lightsaber.)

Beyond that, here's a jumbled list of some of my favorite flicks of all time: the Indiana Jones trilogy; 'Aliens'; 'The Bridge On The River Kwai'; 'Patton'; 'The Truman Show'; 'Shakespeare In Love' (just saw it the other night -- incredible); 'Pulp Fiction'; 'Casino'; 'Goodfellas'; 'American Graffiti'; 'Seven'; 'The Usual Suspects'; and so on and so forth. Yes, I am a big movie buff.

Something Nobody Knows About Me

I'm locked in the trunk of a car right now.

My Evidence of the Man Keeping Us Down

People who make their dogs wear clothes, tofu and the crap music I have to put up with on a day to day basis these days.

My Pet Peeves

The Synergy Message Board; online guestbooks ("Please sign my guestbook!"); l337-speak ("Wlcom 2 MY k3wl 5|73! 5|GN MY Gu357B@@K!"); evil eBay bastards; names I can't pronounce; 99% of all newsgroups; 99% of all the web pages out there. (Glad to be of service...)

My Personal Wishlist

I'm gonna limit this to my top three, no world-peace wishes, no wishes for more wishes, again in no particular order...

Somone to take my entire site and convert it to cascading stylesheets (I wish I would have had the foresight a year ago...);

an unlimited supply of non-fat wings; and lastly

enough money to buy an elephant.

What's Been Playing in My CD Player Lately

Here's a sample of what I've been listening to a lot lately and some of my most recent purchases of CDage:

The Who. Been listening to Tommy a lot recently, as well as the Royal Albert Hall DVD that I recently ripped to CD.

Bob Dylan. Mostly the "Royal Albert Hall" bootleg from '66, Love And Theft and some early stuff. Fucking A.

A bit of Elvis Costello. When I Was Cruel is decent enough, but stuff like My Aim Is True still rox0rs.

I'm thinking that I'll release additional information about my life (or lack thereof) over time, so... uh... if you've got nothing better to do... come back sometime...