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name: Jim Di Gioia
age: 33 (but I don't look a day over 5)
sign: taurus pets: Rufus the cat
location: Welland ON Canada
education: B.Ed. Brock University, St. Catharines ON Canada; B.A. University of Waterloo/St. Jerome's University, Waterloo ON, Canada
occupation: certified knowledge transfer specialist




[Music]

new albums:Separate Ways Teddy Thompson; Subtitulo Josh Rouse; Supernature Goldfrapp; Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Neko Case; Has A Good Home Final Fantasy
artists: Stars; Wilco; Broken Social Scene; Saint Etienne; Belle & Sebastian; Morrissey & The Smiths; Rufus Wainwright; Josh Rouse; Martha Wainwright; David Gray; The Decemberists; David Bowie; Bloc Party; Arcade Fire; New Order; Richard Ashcroft; The Postal Service; Death Cab For Cutie; Feist; The New Pornographers; Radiohead; Metric; Keane; Wolf Parade

[Books]

currently reading: Wild Ducks Flying Backwards Tom Robbins
authors: Douglas Coupland; Rick Moody; Roddy Doyle; Jack Kerouac; Nick Hornsby; Barbara Gowdy; Matt Cohen; Tom Robbins; Nino Ricci; Eric McCormack; Steve Martin; Paul Quarrington; Nino Ricci; Gregory Maguire; Mark Leyner

[Film&Cinema]

last dvds "Zipped": War Of The Worlds (2005); Thumbsucker; My Date With Drew; In Cold Blood
directors: Alfred Hitchcock; Ang Lee; Robert Redford; Sophia Coppola; Spike Jonze; Peter Weir; Ron Howard; Jane Campion; Bryan Singer

[About the site]

created: with RapidWeaver 3.2.1, on a Mac mini 1.42 Ghz, running OS X 10.4.4
origin of name: Taken from the lyrics to "What I'm Trying To Say" from the album Set Yourself On Fire by Stars ["we are collapsed in the act of just being here/three blues, two greens and a beer"]

[Frequently Asked Questions]

Q: If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? A: A shoe tree.
Q: Why are there so many vowels in your last name? A: I'm allergic to consonants.
Q: How do you pronounce your last name? A: DEE JOY AH.
Q: Is that French? A: No, Italian.
Q: Funny, you don't look Italian. A: That's not a question.
Q: Does anyone read these FAQ? A: I don't think so.
Q Is that why it is full of useless, trivial questions, like this one? A: Watch it! That's my life you're calling trivial!
Q: What's your favourite dessert? A: Cherry cheesecake. Are you just trying to humour me?
Q: Not at all. I'm sincerely interested. Siblings? A: One.
Q: Are you the oldest? A: Yes. Where are you going with this line of questioning?
Q: Nowhere. Are you always this apprehensive when being questioned? A: Just when I'm being questioned by a disembodied interviewer.
Q: Is there any truth to the rumours that you will become the next Prime Minister of Canada? A: All rumours have their origins in the truth. Truth then becomes a matter of perception, which becomes bastardized through cultural bias, urban myth making, and the need to impress others with bits of information that they do not currently possess. Throughout this process, one can clearly see that the lack of faith and commitment to organized religion plays a huge role in influencing the confluence of truth, perception and reality to form new truths, or as often referred to in lay-person terminology, rumours.
Q: Is that a "yes" or "no"? A: What do you think?
Q: I'm the one supposed to be asking the questions here. A: Again, that's not a question.
Q: Can we continue this discussion at a later date? A: Certainly.

[more]

to come