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ian

punch yourself in the face and drop dead

About Me

well travelled, well read, down in the well, well

My Interests

sleeping. eating. drinking. quietness. osteopaths. im interested in what the weird blotch is on my brand new laptop is???? (its still there and its no so mew anymor. any clues? international snack food, records, atter 13+ years of not eating meat MEAT, badgers, my sofa, patagonia, power sleeping, port, kentucky bourbon, the buddahbox, stress, that thing that makes you happy but you dont what is until too late, berlin (not really anymore) london, granada, nyc, my girl, conspiracy theories, cheese steaks, bacon fried eggs and chips, cookbooks, death valley, logistics, psycogeography, endless daylight. i hate revolving doors and air europa.

I'd like to meet:

bon vivants, raconteurs, anyone who can find more time in my day. non-loud humans. large nice dogs. non demanding humans, pirates, thomas pynchon, i dont want to meet ironists (is that a word?) just sick of irony as a world view. internationalists. people who like to go out, but once they go out want to go home. people who don't like to go out, but when they do, don't want to go home. a magical cat that cat that can teach me spanish in 72 hours or less. a dentist that charges no money and causes zero pain and anxiety.

Music:

low mastadon burt bacharach isis konono no. 1 the ex dinasaur jr. the specials the locust the boggs ken stringfellow gene clark tv on the radio devastations kelley stotlz fleetwood mac neil young the new live releases

Movies:

the taking of pelham123, dead man's shoes, withnail & I, pumpkin,manchurian candidate, evil dead 2, fubar, battle royale, suspiria, fitzcaraldo, thin blue line, the party, heathers, prick up your ears, seven samurai, the philadelphia story, the third man, buckaroo banzai, everything by shane meadows ive seen so far, raining stones, the battle of algiers, over the edge, life aquatic. its a mad mad mad mad world, brick,

Television:

freaks and geeks six feet under sopranos twin peaks lost 24 errol morris "firstperson" the perpetual loop of bbc world extras nathan barley family guy saxondale spaced extras parker lewis can't lose, where can i get this oh nerds will you answer me?

Books:

lots of books. reading that biskind book on the rise of "the independents" in american cinmea in the 80s and 90s. and about to start faust's metropolis. but right now im working on zodiac while sitting on the toilet and read maximum bombay and homage to catalonia while on my last tours/business trips.....

My Blog

shoemaker

so today....a proverb was told me to me that didn't stink like sushi in berlin. i missed a flight to go see the most important person in my life yesterday....just plain fucked it up, scatterbrained ...
Posted by ian on Tue, 02 May 2006 01:43:00 PST