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Zylus!

Those who hear not the music, think the dancer's mad

About Me

I love Love! I like seeing it, I like feeling it encapsulating me, I like being around people who love It! It's almost a shame that we have to attach a word to it. I love plunking the magic twanger, paddling myself around a quiet bay, frisbee, dogs, I.D.'ing fungus, potlucks, saunas, reading, waves and beaches. Among those things: heart on his sleeve, belly roar, giggle, sandals, stir fry, grateful, what?, The Great State of Michigan, ginger snaps, explore, AM conservative talk radio, glitter, baseball caps, vivid colors, ALASKA! morning person,irony, satire, mobiles, stories, and flowing water. In addition, "ME" has a smattering of introspection, confusion, overanalization sometimes, grumpiness, glee, a tattoo, a big beautiful nose, a penchant for juices and support for local food and I hate dams. Dams make my blood boil. I'm a pathalogical liar, but not really...

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My Interests

Live music, cooking, hiking, fungus, beaches, beer, writing, guitars, wildflowers, banjos, clackin' spoons, sea kayaks, flyfishing, basket weaving, smelling things, reading, skiing, storytelling, and travelling. That's all.

I'd like to meet:

Richard Bach- we'd fly around in his bi-plane and then sit in a field and I'd pick his brain.I would like to meet Ghengis Khan (onna good day). We'd eat a lot of great stew, I bet.Socrates- although he doesn't seem like he was ever able to just answer a question without flinging a question back, we'd spend hours getting nowhere.Glenn Crowe- the guy who taught my dad how to fish.Bigfoot...-I'm thinkin' good stew...again.Neil Young- I'd like to walk around his ranch discussing Johnathan Livingston Seagull, clutching a hot, drippy, greasy hank of Mongolian lamb, questioning and answering with new questions, and then tie a few flies and go fishing with a family of Yetis and eat trout stew with them around a cracklin' campfire. Or at least high five him.Alexander Calder-He invented the mobile amnongst other things. HE seemed like a goofball of ginormous proportions!Homer Simpson- I think there is a little Homer in all of us. And he likes beer...mmmm...beer.Oh, and a tall, long haired, delicate-like-a-leather-iris goddess who can't control her laughter (nor does she try) with long, strong arms and graceful fingers and knobby knuckles that look like they could cradle hot coals. She can hold her own in a loogie spitting contest and enjooys PBR and shows me new perspectives on old "ruts." She's so cool.

Music:

I'd say I'm going through a Neil Young phase. I also enjoy Widespread Panic, Dylan, Bluegrass of all kinds, Gangly Moose, CSN, Joni Mitchell, Ani Difranco, Gillian Welch, Tool, Husker DU, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Grateful Dead, Keller Williams, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Dead Kennedys, The Cars, Zappa, Iggy Pop,Willie Nelson, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Pretenders, Generation X, bagpipes, barbershop, Van Halen, Greg Brown, Fugazi, The Vandals, Oscar Peterson, Benny Goodman, AC/DC, Sabbath; basically every band with a soul driving it. I love most all types of music, although I can't seem to get my head around opera. It's gonna take some time.

Movies:

Star Wars ("Let the Wookie win.") CQ ("I love you.") Big Lebowski ("Hello Dude, I'm Jackie Treehorn.") James Bond [Sean Connery] Princess Bride ("R.O.U.S's? I don't think they exist.") The Life Aquatic ("Do interns get glocks?") Most Documentaries ("I made it from scratch!") Jeremiah Johnson ("Can you skin grizz?") City of Lost Children("...oui?") Almost Famous ("I'm a golden god!")I'm sure there are plenty more..... width="425" height="350" ..

Television:

The Simpsons is the absolute only reason to turn on a television. Dumped my tv on some friends 5 years ago and haven't missed it, although when I'm at the laundromat, I get pretty sucked in. It's a terrible drug...

Books:

Midnight's Children- Rushdie, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Welcome to the Monkey House-Vonnegut, Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, Another Roadside Attraction-Tom Robbins, The Brothers K and The River Why-David James Duncan, Johnathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions- Richard Bach, Angle of Repose- Wallace Stegner, A Good Day to Die, The Woman Lit by Fireflies-Jim Harrison, Platte River- Rick Bass, Encounters with the Archdruid- John Mcphee and many others I'm not thinking of

Heroes:

Han Solo, Rosa Parks, My old cat-Foggy, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Frances Virginia Pearsons, Zylusloosebottoms and this here GM'd racing chicken.

My Blog

Oh! That media!

I've gotta sometimes "ablogogize" for the rants. The fodder for the previous entry was certainly not unbiased- BUT! It always makes me ask myself, who's at the wheel here? Is the media a reaction to u...
Posted by Zylus! on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:05:00 PST

Sometimes it's best to read the news in the morning...

"From troops on the ground to members of Congress, Americans increasingly blame the continuing violence and destruction in Iraq on the people most affected by it: the Iraqis. Even Democrats who have c...
Posted by Zylus! on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:05:00 PST

maiwage

Ok, I can't keep it in any longer. I am an honest to goodness ordained minister. It's easy to do. Just hop online and find the good people at Universal Ministries and they'll annoint and ordain anyone...
Posted by Zylus! on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:23:00 PST

cell phones

A cell phone came in the mail for me today. It's a little scary. Almost like owning a loaded weapon (speargun, catapult, rubber band gun, peashooter). I've avoided them and got by just fine, but I'll ...
Posted by Zylus! on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:11:00 PST

Take me home country roads

Heading to West Virginia with B-rad and his Mountain Mama, Michelle, to a place called Pigeon Holler. I really look forward to spending these kinds of holidays with new families. It's always interesti...
Posted by Zylus! on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:04:00 PST

I heard on the radio the other day...

One thing I heard a recently returned soldier say on the radio the other day is that it was weird to come home to the U.S. and it didn't seem like the general public had any idea that there is a war g...
Posted by Zylus! on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:46:00 PST

My stab at tent revival talk...

I only anoint mine eyes when I'm hungover or high with Vy-dog Sayeth the Lord thou for my enemy knows my word. Red eyes know my pain I cry to the old eyes, "Wake Up!" And open mine eyes from the pain ...
Posted by Zylus! on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:24:00 PST

So long, Donny

Good bye Rummie, good bye Rummie It's been six long years and you're still a big dummy It must have been hard to make a war That nobody knows what we're fightin' forrrrrrr. So long, Don, So long Don L...
Posted by Zylus! on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:28:00 PST

Another fine day to vote

It's been a gas following all this congressional hub-bub and mumbo jumbo. I'm glad it's over and we can get rid of all those effing signs that have overtaken our towns. Something doesn't feel right ab...
Posted by Zylus! on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:18:00 PST

Bob Ross and house parties

Attended a huge college house party over the weekend in honor of Halloween. I was Bob Ross after he snapped. It's always fun to crash a party where I know nobody and also get the opportunity to show u...
Posted by Zylus! on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:02:00 PST