From May 9 & 10, 1999:
*yawn* More old pics...shortly before my 28th birthday.

From May 27, 1997:
Taken by my good friend, Bob, when I was still cultivating a head of hair instead of shaving it off.

Except where otherwise noted, all pics were taken by me with my quickcam. I should probably apologize now for the somewhat pose-y nature of some of them. Some were taken to document a specific thing, such as a then-recent beard-trimming. That's my story, anyway, and I'm sticking to it.

So, anyway...uh, more about me. I'm really into music. I tend to like stuff that's a little on the unusual side; I'm not going to use the dreaded "alternative" tag, since it's so tired and completely pointless now, but I can't deal with generic terms like "rock" and "electronic", either. Some of my favorites are Brian Eno, Burning Airlines, Radiohead, the Dismemberment Plan, Ivy, Low, Versus, Seely, Chris Whitley, Stereolab, the Magnetic Fields, Shiner, To Rococo Rot, Komeda, the Faint, Bjork, Portishead, Meat Beat Manifesto, Lilys, the Dandy Warhols, Macha, the Aluminum Group, Laika, Superchunk, Boards of Canada, Swervedriver, Beulah, Pernice Brothers, Sloan, Laurie Anderson, Guided By Voices, XTC, the Czars, Sam Phillips, Autechre, Juno, the Posies, Cowboy Junkies, Richard Buckner, Mouse on Mars, Rival Schools...and countless others I should probably mention but am forgetting at the moment (and that's not even counting bands that have broken up). I have, at times, sung and/or played keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, and other crap in a few bands. Despite years of mandatory music lessons as a child, I don't play any instrument particularly well, but hey, that's what effects are for, right?

I've recently gotten back into collecting comics after having gotten that monkey off my back for about 14 years. Currently, my favorite titles are JSA, Titans, The Authority, JLA, Birds of Prey, Green Lantern, and Avengers.

I love eating - who doesn't? If only I could afford it, I'd eat sushi every day...*sigh* But I also love pizza (pretty much ANY pizza), Thai, Chinese, Mediterranean, and Indian. My real weaknesses are pastries and cakes (and all points in between...mmmmm, donuts) and dark chocolate. And Oreos. I don't consume alcohol all that often, but when I do, it's usually beer, and something lame like Bud Light. My favorite drinks are black & tans and cosmopolitans...and I'm a big fan of Jagermeister (which does NOT taste like black licorice, thankyewverymuch - it tastes like Dramamine, which is way worse). And there are other intoxicating substances that I enjoy from time to time, as well...(nothing too hardcore, though).

I don't watch much TV, but when I do, it's usually cartoons. "The Simpsons" is the most brilliant show EVER, but I also dig "The Family Guy", "King of the Hill", "The Critic", and "The Tick". HBO's "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos" are my current favorite non-cartoon TV shows, and game shows such as "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" are a guilty pleasure. (A VERY guilty pleasure.) After never owning a VCR, I now own a computer with DVD-playing capabilities (I'm so fucking hip), so I've been catching up on movies. "Slacker", "Fight Club", "Velvet Goldmine", "Clerks", "Raising Arizona", "Bound", "Taxi Driver", "The Usual Suspects", "Heat", "12 Monkeys", "Airplane", "The Insider", and "9 to 5" are among my favorites.

And, of course, I like guys...of all ages, colors, shapes and sizes. I don't have a certain type that I go for, so if you've seen anything here that's piqued your interest, hit me up. And I'll be happy to carry on an intelligent conversation with just about anyone.

If you'd like to get in touch with me, then send a note to me at jmobear@lycos.com.

Thanks for visiting... :G)

P.S. Yes, I used the old Courier font on purpose. What can I say? I like it.