JustinXXX

Read my latest Examiner article (December 15th, 2011) about remembering Bianca Halstead of Betty Blowtorch.

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Damn I'm smooth!

I'm a fun-loving, mischievous, tattooed insomniac from downtown Minneapolis. I have to specify DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS... not the boring suburbs, not south Minneapolis, and not the Elliott Park neighborhood, but DOWNTOWN. I have everything I need here.

The truth is that music owns me. Something is always on, even when I sleep. I have a song in mind for every memory and almost a tattoo to match each one. Discovering and becoming obsessed with that new song or band uplifts me for days or even weeks. Music is that bitch of an ex-girlfriend that broke my heart that I always keep going back to. Somewhere along the way I sold her my soul and will never get it back.

My favorite musical "flings" are Frank Sinatra, Betty Blowtorch, Volbeat, Van Halen, ModelSaint, Wildside, Third Eye Blind, Texas Hippie Coalition, and Toad The Wet Sprocket (to name a few), but my mood goes from rock to to country to classical and back in an hour. I go to about 6,339 shows per year, give or take 716. I live for good times and collect good memories. I'm a Pisces and an INFP. I have more tattoos than your grandmother is years old. I love bonfires. I drink too many Monster Energy Drinks. Mmmmm... Panax ginseng!

And your mother would love me.

My indulgences include (but are not limited to) beautiful women, amusement parks, concerts, watching movies, bowling, traveling, OK Soda, Full Throttle Energy Drink, city life and living downtown, Frank Sinatra, people watching, debauchery, tomfoolery, ballyhoo, shenanigans (these last three words should be used more often), good food and drink, money, penny stocks, working from home, freelance writing, bonfires, tattoos, Jiminy Glick, Baseball Mogul, scrobbling on last.fm, my 64 GB iPad, working out, creative writing, and the utilization of lesser magic. Not necessarily in that order though, and I'm sure there are a lot of other things.

My eclectic score is 99/100 and super eclectic score is 772/1000... HOLY MOTHER OF LEMMY!! THOSE SCORES ARE SO HIGH! Way higher than yours! This just proves that my musical taste is much, much better than yours. :D