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pete

my diet book is called "the unbearable lightness of being thin."

About Me

"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was." --molly ivins 1944-2007

My Interests

Tsau. Chicken.

I'd like to meet:

Jackie Chan.

Music:

bob dylan, nina simone, chen ming-zhang, betty carter, Amir Sulaiman, DAVID GARZA, devotchka, K'NAAN, liu sola, meleni smith, nadja salerno-sonnenberg, trombone shorty, estelle

Movies:

last life in the universe, PING PONG, bottle rocket, do the right thing, turtles can fly, to live, the enigma of kaspar hauser, jackie chan, the blade, the man who planted trees, George Washington, porco rosso, great great human walter wang. hakuma hallelujah!

Television:

Reno 911. The Wire. McDojo starring me and Eric Jacobus.

Books:

tekkon kinkreet. Vladimir Nabokov: complete short stories collections. herzog on herzog. The Blue Colonial. love in the time of cholera. the corpse walker. homicide. wandering in the garden, waking through a dream.

Heroes:

BROTHER BLUE, Oscar Brown Jr, christopher doyle, werner herzog, onassis parungao, and ben fee.

My Blog

dancing vs. hipster dudes dog, ethnic identiy vs. apologetic lady, ice cream vs. back strokes

Last Saturday night I had a fever, but I went out anyways because it was Josh's art opening and he's a good guy.  There were beautiful girls there, with a few solid DJs, and just good people in g...
Posted by pete on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:14:00 PST

photos of my family

mom, dad, sistermom dadmom dad grandfathersmy grandfather's birthday celebration; he turned 90 and was by himself because my grandmother just fell into a comasome family friends sat with himhe founded...
Posted by pete on Mon, 26 May 2008 11:31:00 PST

favorite moments of 2007

whoa I can't believe it's already 2011.  Remember three years ago when America thought Bush was wrong, and then Bush came back and was like "I was right all along!" and dunked a basketball? ...
Posted by pete on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:59:00 PST

Thursday Morning

It was my godmother's birthday.  My godmother was an eternally youthful lady and I had no idea how old she was.  I knew she was much much younger than my lucky godfather, but no idea how you...
Posted by pete on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:53:00 PST

Wednesday Night

At Glide where I work, we sometimes receive free groceries that are nearing their expiration date.  Wednesday night as I was about to leave I was told to pack in as many baby cherry tomatoes as I...
Posted by pete on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:34:00 PST

I looked for a book

" I looked for a book It's been kinda a long time since I posted a blog. My summer had been so crazy. Though it was quite eventful, there just wasn't enough conflict for me to write up. Though I'd bee...
Posted by pete on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:34:00 PST

trailer to hakuma hallelujah

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Posted by pete on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:27:00 PST

I'm American now

www.tomandrodna.com/america.mp3 I just got sworn in earlier today. TODAY--
Posted by pete on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:15:00 PST

this is old and not by me

my shoulder is killing me.  working out is for stupid people. I went on a road trip with Mike and Ben a few years ago, and I'd just gotten this from Mike.  The kid's a beautiful storyteller ...
Posted by pete on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:06:00 PST

slipped away .450663

Last friday night Forest came by and we went to check out a karaoke bar across the street from me.  I got curious about the place when coming home with some friends one night and heard townies al...
Posted by pete on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:26:00 PST