listening to music; playing music; making people laugh; reading; writing; movies; art; culture; searching for truth, happiness, and slack; sarcasm; photography; being easily amused; nature; science; spirituality; getting lost in thought; all kinds of animals; good conversation; randomness, especially random weirdness; giant squid; noticing the world around me (and usually making fun of it) and getting old songs stuck in your head.
Music
Air, Amestoy Trio, Amon Tobin, Andrew Bird, Angelo Badalamenti, Anna Ternheim, Astrud Gilberto, Badi Assad, Barry Adamson, Beck, Ben Harper, Big Audio Dynamite, The Blue Hawaiians, The Books, BT, Cake, Calexico, The Cardigans, Caribou, The Clash, Combustible Edison, Cop Shoot Cop, The Cure, DEVO, DeVotchKa, The Ditty Bops, Dizzy Gillespie, DJ Shadow, Eels, Elvis Costello, Elysian Fields, Esthero, Faith No More, Feist, Firewater, Frank Black, Frank Zappa, Frou Frou, Gomez, Gotan Project, Groove Armada, Hooverphonic, Imogen Heap, Joanna Newsom, John Lee Hooker, Kaki King, Kings Of Convenience, The Kinks, Komeda, Leonard Cohen, Massive Attack, Mike Doughty, Miles Davis, Moby, Modest Mouse, Morcheeba, Nick Cave, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ojos De Brujo, Paul Simon, Pavement, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, Portishead, Radiohead, Ravi Shankar, Raymond Scott, Red Elvises, Reverend Horton Heat, RJD2, Royal Crown Revue, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Smog, Soul Coughing, Spike Jones, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stevie Wonder, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, They Might Be Giants, Thievery Corporation, Tom Waits, TV On The Radio, Underworld, Varttina, Violent Femmes, Wax Tailor, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Zombies, and of course William Shatner
Movies
the Big Lebowski, Big Fish, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Lost in Translation, Eddie Izzard's stand-up (all of them), the Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Princess Bride, the Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Waking Life, the Usual Suspects, Army of Darkness, the Unbearable Lightness of Being, Clue, Six-String Samurai, Big Trouble in Little China, Being John Malkovich, Tombstone, Cannibal the Musical, Baseketball, Legend of Drunken Master, City of Lost Children, Dune, Twin Peaks or any other David Lynch, Real Genius, the Jerk, High Fidelity, Grave of the FireFlies, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
Television
Ghost Hunters, most of adult swim, MythBusters, Jeopardy!, The Ultimate Fighter, just about anything educational, Conan, House, Boston Legal...
Books
Angry Animals A to Z, of course! of the books i wasn't involved with, i'm a big fan of Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, T.C. Boyle, Nick Hornby, Jeanette Winterson, Vladimir Nabokov, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, Billy Collins, Pablo Neruda, Rumi... i'm sure there's more i'm forgetting
Heroes
Not heroes, but still had an influence on me: Panthro from Thundercats, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Frank Zappa, Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Black, Mike Doughty, Hunter S. Thompson, Eddie Izzard, Johnny Depp, Tom Waits, most teachers i had in school, this list could go on a very long time...
About me: I’m starting to realize that I am a person made of dichotomies and my life is about keeping them more or less balanced.
I’m an optimist and idealist but I can also be really sarcastic. I love making people laugh and I’m told I’m very outgoing, but I don’t actually go out much. I am very deeply spiritual but not even remotely religious. I consider myself extremely open minded and love hearing and discussing new ideas but I’m also inexorably stubborn. I grow orchids and other flowers, but I love watching ultimate fighting, football, basketball, soccer and most other sports. Knowledge and learning are extremely important to me, but I’ve yet to graduate from college (which is not something I’m proud of in the least and hopefully will change soon)
All in all I’m pretty laid back. I love music in all its forms and most of the arts in general. I’m always looking for new books to read and movies to see. I am a connoisseur of useless knowledge and trivia. I like almost all animals, but I’m primarily a cat person. When I’m writing informally I don’t capitalize the first word of sentences because that’s what a period is for; if you can’t tell it’s a new sentence you aren’t paying attention. I also don’t capitalize “i” because i’m not a proper noun; never have been, probably never will be.
Who I'd like to meet: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
~ Aristotle
i want to meet people i can debate with without fighting. anyone who understands the importance of laughter. people who are honest with themselves and everyone else. creative people who can hold interesting conversations. those who love music, writing, photography, art or any other form of expression. folks with a solid understanding of sarcasm who don't offend easily. people i can learn from or with. anyone who can suggest new bands, books, artists or movies i should be aware of.
PLEASE NOTE: i don't just add random people; if you want to be my friend and i don't know you, drop me a line and tell me why.
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday.
thanks again for my amazing birthday present Justin! You're the best brother ever :) (i'm off to Vegas night at the Rec - wish me luck lol!) have a nice weekend
Firewater kicked major ass last night. It was a pleasure to meet you as well. I'll email you the link to whatever photos came out from the show (when I get those up on the web). Take care, julz
thanks Justin! I'm really thinking about going for a minor in photojournalism. I'm really getting into this and it would go well with my major. Besides, it would just be sweet to have the skills :)
Hey, I just checked my myspace. Thanks for the Happy Mother's day comment yesterday and the box of chocolates from the islands. They're yummy! :) Hope ya had a wonderful time on vacation. Can't wait to hear all about it! Remind me when I get back to work to tell you the whole story about the $12.00 box of junk transformers we bought at a gagrage sale.
