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About Me

"the dharma bum"
A thinkative bashful person who loves freedom and epic waves

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche

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Speed is the one genuinely modern pleasure - Aldous Huxley

My Interests

surfing travel rocknroll photography languages engines bikes speed movies climbing
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I'd like to meet:

relaxed mellow people. lovers and fighters. Anyone who has the balls to do something different, something that makes them happy. Someone who cares about something. People with open minds. And the angels that are my friends.

The Coolest place to stay in Tokyo

Music:

Jimmy Eat World, Ben Folds Five, Beyonce, Powderfinger, Beth Orton, Face to Face, Pennywise, Offspring, Green Day, Black eyed Peas, Sean Paul, Exibit, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice Cube, Jimi Hendrix, Doves, Linkin Park & Jay-Z, Alphaville, FOREVER YOUNG! Chris CORNell

Movies:

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Television:

is a waste of your short life!

Books:

Papillon, Alice in Wonderland, way of the peaceful warrior, da vici code

Heroes:

anyone who has the balls to go on the big days!
Everyone who lives their dreams...
and...
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HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU ALL... IM SITTING BACK SLIPPING HENNESSY AND SMOKING THINKING OF THE YEAR GONE BY, WHAT I DID GOOD WHAT I DID BAD AND ALL OF YOU... THE ANGELS WHO KEPT ME SANE. THANKS
FRIENDS ARE ANGELS... WELCOME 2007
"Angels East, Angels West, North and South just do your best to watch and guard her watch her as she rests."
R.I.P Tom Roberts
best friend, skater, traveller, m.i.a.,
MY BROTHERS KEEPER
there's no one in town i know you gave us someplace to go i never said thank you for that thought i might get one more chance
what would you think of me now? so lucky so strong so proud never said thank you for that now i'll never have a chance
may angels lead you in hear you me my friends on sleepless roads the sleepless go may angels lead you in
what would you think of me now? so lucky so strong so proud never said thank you for that now i'll never have a chance
may angels lead you in hear you me my friends on sleepless roads the sleepless go may angels lead you in
if you were with me tonight i'd sing to you just one more time a song for a heart so big god wouldn't let it live
may angels lead you in hear you me my friends on sleepless roads the sleepless go may angels lead you in

My Blog

winter is over!!! bring on the typhoons!!!

WINTER IS OVER first warm swell just pushed in over the banks... today the sun is shining... the water looks blue green and for just a moment the last 6 months of grey, strip lights carpet...
Posted by al on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:38:00 PST

superglue is better than ***

alsvaninjapan (alsvaninjapan.com) is up and running (although the website still sucks!!!) and (so far the last few days) doing great, just back from 2 days with 3 really cool travellers exploring...
Posted by al on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:33:00 PST

pain

the last 2 days i been drugged up to my eye balls... couldnt walk straight some of the time theyre so strong. but also i was pleasantly surprised my hand didnt hurt at all and seemed to be...
Posted by al on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:24:00 PST

im feeling fragile

IM FEELING FRAGILE finished a long morning surfing this morning and my last wave rode it through the shorebreak going quick... smashed the last section of the wave to bits then ran u...
Posted by al on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:13:00 PST

indonesian times

off the plane and back into the land of hustlers... the smell of clove cigarettes and spices everywhere, noise, hustle and bustle... Wanlking around finding those places I used to know and...
Posted by al on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:09:00 PST

hostel crew

fun times in my "local"......
Posted by al on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:00:00 PST

GOING TO INDO... GARAJAGAN (G-LAND)

GOING TO INDO SOON...WILL BE AWAY FOR ONE MONTH...MMM... BLUE JUICE!!!
Posted by al on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:25:00 PST

GIRLFRIEND WANTED

nuff said... msg me. goood things to include in your application; must be nice to me. needs to visit me from time to time be able to tell funny jokes (and maybe sometimes think mine are funny too) il...
Posted by al on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:17:00 PST

rocking in the free world

looks like Im getting my visa... and maybe an indo trip :) for some early season waves in one of the harshest testing gorunds on the planet. After that I will be moving to a small beach to...
Posted by al on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:27:00 PST

Have you ever been scared?

Have you ever had a gun held to your head? Have you ever been out so far in the ocean the land is a spec and the waves around you are creating explosive detonations as they hit the reef so hard t...
Posted by al on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:03:00 PST