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murph

I would save the receptionist.

About Me

Writer. In theory.
Clerk at a law firm in practice.

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on Earth.

I have disappeared until September 29th. See you then!

My Interests

being active
being outdoors
biking
camping
frisbee
listening to music
not working while at work
reading
writing

I'd like to meet:

other teetotallers
people who are putting their ideals into pracitce
a society of friends

Music:

Recently

Last Week

All-Time

Movies:

Four Eyed Monsters
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Jesus' Son

Television:

The Office
The West Wing
Celtic FC

Books:

Haruki Murakami
Miranda July
Amy Benson

Heroes:

Steve McQueen
Henry Rollins
Haruki Murakami

My Blog

bad news

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were bei...
Posted by murph on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:37:00 PST

integrity

But it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free. Ever...
Posted by murph on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:44:00 PST

On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning

On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning By Haruki Murakami   One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo's fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked ...
Posted by murph on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:56:00 PST

happy

"We must assume our existence as broadly as we in any way can; everything, even the unheard-of, must be possible in it. That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have courage for t...
Posted by murph on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:38:00 PST

a call to arms

Photo - "Psst!  You'd like to know more,  don't you?"Nino - "Did you see her?"Photo - "Of course.  We were in her pocket!  Close to her breast."Nino - "Is she pretty ?"Photo - "Not...
Posted by murph on Wed, 24 May 2006 10:09:00 PST

american water

Random Rules In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection. Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction. Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digita...
Posted by murph on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:53:00 PST

set yourself on fire

Ladies and gentlemen, set yourself on fire! Why? You can't remember why. Because my mother is gone and your father is dead, and all the bad guys can't wait to chop us into pieces and turn us into oi...
Posted by murph on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST