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james

"I'll side with you... if you side with me..."

About Me

finally finished college after many starts and stops. after working as a wrench and a cook i now have what some may refer to as a "real" job. i consider it just another stop on the way to better things. i like coffee. i reminisce too much. despite my best efforts i have yet to become a morning person... MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

bicycles, reading, taking photos, being outside, cooking, laughing so hard it hurts

I'd like to meet:

Leave a comment here, its easier.

Music:

Anything so long as its good, but here are some...The Arcade Fire, At the Drive In, the Bad Plus, Modest Mouse, the Beatles, Beck, Ben Folds, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Frank Sinatra, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Ben Harper, the Postal Service, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Keane, the Killers, Mazzy Star, Medeski Martin and Wood,311, the Police, JT, Beastie Boys, OutKast, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Pixies, the Pougues, Rage Against the Machine, Ray Charles, Red hot Chili Peppers, the Shins, Vince guarldi, Ray Lamontagne, Bright Eyes (Cassadaga) Cake...I could go on...

Movies:

hmmm....Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck,Usual Supects, Eternal SunShine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Napolean Dynamite, Goonies (can't deny), Blazing Saddles, Empire of the Sun, A Sunday in Hell, American Flyers, Breaking Away, Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy, Dogma, The Life Aquatic, Goodfellas, V for Vendetta....a lot of others....and I'll admit it, the first 3 Star Wars movies

Television:

FAMILY GUY, the Colbert Report, Daily Show, Discovery Atlas

Books:

1984, 1776, Into Thin Air, Brave New World, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Geographer's Library, Every Second Counts, Captains Courageous, Catcher in the Rye, Vonnegut, any Jack London, E.A. Poe, Bobke, Douglas Adams

My Blog

creature of habit

subtitled "Write you a letter, Write you a book" (i stole that from a song i heard)you know those commercials for over the counter "night-time" cold medicines? how the poor soul with the cold that h...
Posted by james on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:52:00 PST

"It never gets easier, you just go faster."

so lately i been back on the bike after an almost 2 year layoff due to school/work.  now with college finished and my regularly scheduled job i have some extra time on my hands and i've missed ri...
Posted by james on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:06:00 PST

stretching out...

i was caught off guard by how nice it was outside tonight.  it was that perfect time when the warmth of the day has receeded just enough and there is only a slight breeze.  It was quiet too,...
Posted by james on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:38:00 PST

disillusionment here i come...

i guess i expected things to change whe you graduate from college.  the second they hand you your degree and you step off the stage you step into a whole new life.  i guess for some people t...
Posted by james on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:54:00 PST

hi-ho, hi-ho...

tomorrow, I join the toiling masses.....   i'll let you know how it goes....
Posted by james on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:34:00 PST

the road to hell is paved with.....

so i woke up yesterday with good intentions of getting some things done i had been putting off, mainly just getting the oil changed in my car and finishing up my resume and sending it off to a couple...
Posted by james on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:37:00 PST

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Posted by james on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:05:00 PST

curiouser and curiouser...

lately i have not been able to get on any type of schedule.  some nights i stay up very late and sleep in the next day, but other days i go to bed at a more "normal" hour and then wake up earlier...
Posted by james on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:57:00 PST

side effects of an approaching graduation...

1.  company misspelled my name on my graduation announcements...my first name..."J-a-m-a-e-s"  wtf. 2.  not having enough time to address said announcements... 3.  instead of havin...
Posted by james on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:34:00 PST

pointless procrastination...

once again i'm at the computer lab in the geography building and once again i can't get going on this paper.  all i have to have for tomorrow is a powerpoint show but its kinda hard to make the s...
Posted by james on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 07:15:00 PST