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David T

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twai

About Me

Me... I am a landlocked surfer (I know... it sounds fun)

But really - I am a creative soul who likes to dance and spend time with friends.

I studied advertising, and a little French :-) and ended up using neither of them in my job. But nonetheless, I view myself as creative, and I still get to use that in my job which is great.

I like board sports, but particularly surfing and snowboarding. I was lucky enough to live by the coast for a few years, and in the mountains of Aspen Snowmass for 6 months. That is what I miss. Fun outdoor sports which you cant do when landlocked in Africa.

Anything else you want to know, then you will just have to ask me!!

My Interests

Surfing, Snowboarding, Reading, Poker, Backgammon, General Mischief & Mayhem

I'd like to meet:

a The guys who invented the Freebord (www.freebord.com), my current and future friends and generally like minded folk.

Just here for a laugh and to keep myself in the world of the slightly sane

Teddy Bears - "Punkrocker" video

Music:

Varied, Indie rock is my favourite at the moment.

But I also like Classical, Acid Jazz, Loungy House music, Rock, folk, and a little bit of country (No Really).

Erland Oye,
Camera Obscura,
Snowden,
Depeche Mode,
Bloc Party,
Damian Rice,
The Moldy Peaches,
Nina Simone,
Jens Lekman,
Billy Holliday,
The Nouvelle Vague,
The Shins,
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
The Kings Of Convenience,
The Be Good Tanyas,
Camille,
Moloko,
The Killers,
Beethoven,
Metallica,
Athlete,
Springbok Nude Girls,
Leonard Cohen,
Johnny Cash,
Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground,
The Cure,
Whale,
Belle & Sebastian,
Ben Lee (funny Aussie),
The Eels,
Elefant,
Ryan Adams (this guy is amazing),
The Postal Service

Movies:

oooh... Anything by Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, and (actually I didnt like bottle rocket)

I enjoy Art House movies.

Others...
The Jacket
the Machinist
Being John Malkovich
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind,
The Usual Suspects,
Fight Club,
Memento

Television:

Mmmmmnnn... dont watch much of this!

I enjoy the Simpsons, 24... and movies, I could watch movie channels all day.

Otherwise I read...

Books:

YAY - John Irving - Got to love him. My friend once said, he writes about all the weird things that are going on in your head, but you never talk about. My favourite is the Hotel New Hampshire, and the World According to Garp, both of which were actually made into cheesy hollywood movies.

Ernest Hemmingway, and W. Somerset Maughm (great short stories and novels from both of them - easier to digest both of them in short story format)

Others i read recently that I liked:
1984 - George Orwell,
A Brave New World - Aldous Huxley,
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas,
High Society - Ben Elton,
Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe (Brilliant),
The Talented Mr Ripley - I forget the author's name,

Heroes:

Well I like people who decide to sod their "do the right thing" careers and go and do something that they just really enjoy and make it.

e.g. the guy who invented the Freebord. (www.freebord.com) who took his passion for snowboarding, and his knowledge of engineering and created something that he was really interested in, and made money out of it.

And that guy Burton, from Burton snowboards, who invented something, and through all the negativity & slope bans fought to make it into a multinational business, and created a new sport. He spends his days travelling the world, testing his new boards out in some of the best powder around the globe. Now that I could do!