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- What I would Change About the World: My world would have less need for cynics
- Current Gig: I work in the development office of my local PBS.
- Current Project: interviews on First Nation depictions in media
- Influences/Heroes: Ernie Pyle, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jimmy Doohan, Don Hertzfeldt, Makato Shinkai, Tony Bramwell, Robert Kennedy,
- Organizations: Conservation International, Human Rights Campaign, Wishmakers Club, Draft Mellencamp for Senate,
- Political Bent: Centrist on some issues Progressive on the ones that matter
- Favorite Bands: Beatles,Zeppelin,Ritchie havens,CSNY,The Decemberists,Tuff Gong Family, Blindside,Tool,Bob Dylan,The Rolling Stones, Lo Anthem, NIN, Cat Power
- Favorite Directors: Jerry Bruckheimer, Peter Jackson, Steven spieldburg, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo Del Toro,
- Favorite Movies: The Devils backbone, Pans Labyrinth, AI, Bringing up Baby, Children of Men,V for Vendetta, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Beyond the Clouds, Everything will be Ok
- Favorite TV Shows: Mythbusters, Joe gets, Geirhard Reinke' s Wanderlust, Ghost Hunters, Top Gear , American Experience,
- Favorite Track: Hurt, by Trent Reznor (I saw it performed for the last time in North America)
- Celebrity Crush: Kate Beckinsale, Natalie Portman, Summer Glau,
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- ocanada voted up Best of Upstream: Harry Potter, Robot Chicken, Vortex Cannon! 7 days ago
The Upstream crew, that is JCX, Slick and Stew, bring you the latest in tech, gaming, movies and weird science. In this week's clip, Stew Game brings us your comments and webcam reviews... more
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- ocanada voted up Thank You Current! 7 days ago
Hello Current! I know it's been some time, but if you remember me my name is Caitie Bolton, aka Nettle, from the Otaku, Gaming, and US Politics pages, among others. I heard from ocanada that... more
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- ocanada posted Star Trek: Into Whiteness to Community 10 days ago
Discussions of a White Khan playing an Indian ubermensche. Is infinite diversity in infinite combinations dead thanks to J.J. Abrams?
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- ocanada posted Current.com community site closing its doors to anime video 10 days ago
As many of you are aware, Al Jazeera acquired Current TV earlier this year. As we work toward launching the new Al Jazeera America channel, we will no longer support parts of the Current.com... more
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- ocanada posted Current.com community site closing its doors to BioEthics 10 days ago
As many of you are aware, Al Jazeera acquired Current TV earlier this year. As we work toward launching the new Al Jazeera America channel, we will no longer support parts of the Current.com... more
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- ocanada posted Current.com community site closing its doors to Unicorns 10 days ago
As many of you are aware, Al Jazeera acquired Current TV earlier this year. As we work toward launching the new Al Jazeera America channel, we will no longer support parts of the Current.com... more
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- ocanada posted Current.com community site closing its doors to US Politics 10 days ago
As many of you are aware, Al Jazeera acquired Current TV earlier this year. As we work toward launching the new Al Jazeera America channel, we will no longer support parts of the Current.com... more
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- ocanada posted Current.com community site closing its doors to Anime 10 days ago
As many of you are aware, Al Jazeera acquired Current TV earlier this year. As we work toward launching the new Al Jazeera America channel, we will no longer support parts of the Current.com... more
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- ocanada voted up Freaky Otaku Car Mods/Graphics - Tokyo's ItaG Festival '09 11 days ago
Over the weekend, the second annual ItaG Festival was held in Tokyo's Odaiba. Something like 800 itasha were on display, sporting anime, manga and game characters.
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- ocanada commented on Current.com community site closing its doors 12 days ago
This community made a huge impact on my life. I joined Current.com when it was still Current.tv back in 2006. I was only seventeen at the time and just becoming a politically active and engaged... more
