From: "Yoshi23" <bonnyad@mail.rockefeller.edu>
To: "NYC Goth-L" <NYCgoth-L@necronomi.com>
Subject: Introduction II
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:36:10 -0400
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I gather that protocol dictates an re-introduction of sorts; thusly I shall
re-present myself.

I am Yoshi.  I originated in Chicago nearly 25 years ago.  My birthdate
designates me as a Leo with Scorpio rising; those who follow astrology will
hence assume me to be an evil bastard.  I do not really see the point in
trying to disprove that.  I spent most of my youth in Europe, returning to
begin my university studies.  Currently I find myself pursuing my doctorate
in molecular cell biology.

Ideologically (or dogmatically, according to some with whom I have argued) I
find myself entranced by the roles which the biological realities and
evolutionary history of our species influence the development of cultures
and the power structures associated with them.  I have no faith in any god
or other spiritual creation of our minds, though I do find them to be
interesting concoctions well suited to soothe the needs for legitimization
in their cultures.  I am interested in the current changes in the nature of
power as the globe shifts into a postindustrial economy, and what new
concepts of cultural reality this may bring.

I believe that most people are peons, do not wish to be more than peons, and
enjoy the delusions of free will and the ego masturbation that a capitalist
democracy brings.  I also think that this is a good thing because all bodies
need flesh, and people provide the flesh in which ideas live and evolve.  I
respect intelligence, conceptual versatility and the desire to understand
fundamental and illusionary realities.  I consider retreating from this into
an angst filled lyric to be a pathetic shirking of the potential of
sentience.

Musically I have somewhat eclectic tastes, although I have a tendency to
lean towards industrial music with an electro twist.  Frontline Assembly as
well as the side-projects associated with the group rank among my favorites.
In film I must say that Dangerous Liaisons is a masterpiece of wit
skillfully portrayed, while Viggo Mortensen's Lucifer in The Prophecy is
beautiful.  The books I am currently reading are P.J. O'Rourke's _All the
Trouble in the World_ and V.J. Allan's _Protein Localization by Fluorescence
Microscopy_.

I relish the opportunities to meet people and learn of their experiences.
Deceitfulness and disloyalty are cardinal sins among my friends.  I consider
my word to be a measure of myself.

Yoshi