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j.c.

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About Me

Huggy drunk and aspiring kissing bandit. Aged non-rocker who gets asked what band he's in by guys in the bathroom at the Rickshaw Stop. Writer of smarmy Editorial replys that never get sent to the Chronicle. Lover of people and a friend to kittens, puppies, pigeons and other small animals.

My Interests

school, bartending, rock, tattoos, politics, movies, walking around s.f., justice (for people and animals), futbol, body modification, poster art, eye-liner, and the cherry at the bottom of a good manhattan

I'd like to meet:

This little guys spirit. RIP Pinky. You will always live in my heart.

Music:

Daft Punk, Manhead, Peaches, Tenacious D, Pepperspray, International Noise Conspiracy, Story of the Year, Darkness, Air, Tribe Called Quest, The Cure, Radiohead, David Bowie, New Order (or any 80's music of that ilk!) Black Sabbath, Gold Chains and Sue Cie, Elliott Smith, The Distillers, Smashing Pumpkins, Le Tigre, Motley Crue, Nick Drake, Superchunk, belle and sebastian, Sonic Youth, AC/DC, Joy Division, Lil' Kim, Jane's Addiction, The Verve, Palace, Led Zeppelin, Minor Threat, Pixies, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, My Chemical Romance, Paradise Boys and KC and the Sunshine Band. Also, Skid Row has a special place in my...uh...heart.

Movies:

The Woodsman, I 3 Huckabees, Britney Baby One More Time, Donnie Darko, Rushmore, Twelve Angry Men, Scotland PA, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Pulp Fiction, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, The Shining, The Third Man, Freeway (!), Rocky Horror, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Titus, Apocalypse Now, The Hunger, Super Fly, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Princess Bride, My Own Private Idaho (I miss River Phoenix...), Spinal Tap, Thirteen, Delicatessen, Ginger Snaps, American Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, Joe Dirt and Fight Club

Television:

Strangers with Candy!!! I know that it's not on anymore, but I've found it on DVD and it's the best thing that I've seen in a while. It's an After School Special gone bad!

Books:

I'm mostly reading my Psychology textbooks right now...I'm fascinated with Freud at the moment.Other books I like are The Razor's Edge, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, A Scanner Darkly, Geek Love, anything by Angela Carter, Lolita, Tropic of Cancer, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Frankenstein, Jitterbug Perfume, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Stonewall, I'm With The Band, Wuthering Heights, Dracula, The Shipping News, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Fight Club, Doctor Rat, and The Dirt - The Autobiography of Motley Crue.

Heroes:

Truth-tellers and crazy dreamers

My Blog

Goodbye Olive, Hello Rickshaw!

Since starting graduate school, I have been working in bars again. I had forgotten how much I enjoy it. I feel like I'm getting back to my roots since I kind of grew up in bars. (My Mom was a kick-...
Posted by j.c. on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:59:00 PST

the moon

The moon from my kitchen window is hanging so beautifully over Twin Peaks. It's all buttery-looking and huge, like the partial shell of some giant egg. Shining from the inside. Luring lovers to make...
Posted by j.c. on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:52:00 PST

crazy good times

It's been a long time since I've written a blog. I've been busy and a bit intimidated by the volume of changes in my life.A couple of months ago, I left my job as the Development Director at The Ruck...
Posted by j.c. on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

the last frisco disco

I'm writing this blog with a heavy heart and a smile on my face. Why? This video of the LAST Frisco Disco. This was the party/place where Amanda and I fell in love. It's also the place whe...
Posted by j.c. on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:01:00 PST

longjohns does not equal loverboy

so, i took this online test. it says, that i'm a "loverboy." yeah...something like that. heh, heh.but what's up with the picture of a guy in his longjohn's? does anyone other than miners from the ...
Posted by j.c. on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:07:00 PST

IMing at work...

(1:33:18 PM) hannah: hey can you think of a word that starts with A(1:33:23 PM) hannah: and means inspiring(1:33:29 PM) hannahcstrange: ?(1:33:42 PM) jacie: hold on a sec(1:33:56 PM) hannah: thx(1:34:...
Posted by j.c. on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:21:00 PST

kentuckiana - the short-term exodus

tomorrow i leave for southern indiana for work. (www.ruckus.org) i'm actually flying into kentucky and driving from there. i'll be spending 10 days camping in the midwest in july. im a get good an...
Posted by j.c. on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:07:00 PST

the return of the runaway

monday. finally. it seems like it's been months instead of weeks. you arrive tonight! although butters has been the best companion that i could ever ask for, it's just not the same.what a strange ...
Posted by j.c. on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:58:00 PST

love, thy name is butters

So, I haven't written a blog that wasn't kind of cryptic in a while.  Why?  Well, my life has been crazy for the past few months and hidden messages was about the best that I could do. ...
Posted by j.c. on Tue, 16 May 2006 03:27:00 PST

where we will meet

"Out there, besides what is right and what is wrong, there is an enormous field. That is where we will meet." Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century...
Posted by j.c. on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:06:00 PST