Mark Markarian

Web programmer (independent contractor of sorts)

politics, ancient civilizations, lobbying, rock climbing, running, Armenia, Arabic, Middle East, Palestine, history, math, physics, Telemark skiing, sarcasm, satire, sardonicism, destroying irony, daydreaming, delusions of grandeur, torture, justice, subverting my dominant paradigm, laziness, absurdism

Pity the Nation, Naked Lunch, Gulliver's Travels, Philosophy in the Bedroom, Black Dog of Fate, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, The Great Game, Black Spring, Rock Jocks Wall Rats and Hang Dogs, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, The Prince, What's the Matter with Kansas?

Secretary, 24 Hour Party People, Ararat, Office Space, Fight Club, The Jerk, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, River's Edge, West Beyrouth, Urs al Jalil (Wedding in Galilee), Strange Brew, The Last Temptation of Christ, Dr. Strangelove, Repo Man

metal, Armenian, Arabic, jazz, folk, punk, System of a Down, Joy Division, Fairouz, Amr Diab, Givan Gasparyan, John Bilezikjian, Jane's Addiction, The Clash, PJ Harvey, Drive Like Jehu, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Wesley Willis, Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, Iron Maiden, X, Motorhead (stupid Freindster won't let me put in the umlauts over the second "o"), Gang of Four

Bill Moyers, Charlie Rose (even though Charlie's totally biased on the Mid East), Frontline, The Young Ones, Police Squad, When Stadiums Collapse

Cancer

I'm educated, athletic, fit, intelligent, adventurous,
well read and politically informed...blah blah blah yakitty
yak yak.

I never flake. A plan is a plan.

I am not primarily motivated by commerce.

I can't stand it when people unnecessarily use the
letter "y" at the end of adjectives, like "warmy"
and "orangey."

And I can completely cover my nostrils with my upper lip.

You are what you are and I am what am I. Either people
connect or they don't. Does a checklist really matter?
Well, here's mine anyway:

Be intelligent.
Be adventurous.
Possess a sense of humor.
Tell me things I haven't yet thought of.
Don't be afraid to try new music, new sports, new food,
new ideas, etc.
Be independent.
Be self confident.
Be yourself.

Also please be able to do a walking handstand.