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Christopher!

I am remarkably similar to a cat or a penguin....

About Me


Endevouring to mix dynamism and humility, to varying degrees of success.
Good-natured gallivant.
Ethical bon-vivant.
Creating meaning, importance and identity by analyzing the tropes and strategies of meaning, importance, and identity.
Ideally, symbolically, and aesthetically, I live in hotels.
**-ISM's:
Cosmopolitanism
Radical Libertarian Feminism (or elements thereof-ism)
Minimalism
Epicureanism
Sex Positivism
Brutalism
Poo-Pooing Essentialism, Romanticism, and Genetic Determinism.
During the day, I do some stuff, including but not limited to....
CLUB PAR AVION! in LA
CLUB ZOï ZOï in Toronto
Running the Toronto Doorgirl Collectif
Driving a Rock and Roll tour bus across Canada and the US.
Aside from that, I am a nice, clever and considerate boy who has been known to pick up someone else's trash from the elevator and help old ladies across the street, whether they like it or not.
I have very few consumer interests in anything that I can't eat, or use to prepare a fantastic meal.
I have rhythm, and can speak French and Mandarin. But not all three at once, as I will certainly get very dizzy and fall over.
I am very similar to cats and penguins.
I am far more charming in person, although I am clearly biased in my opinion.
I like making-out in the cold.
I am not a weirdo.
All done, Thank You! ^ - ^

My Interests

Culinary Pleasures
Rummikub
Calculation of Symbolic Capital
Social Philosophy
Quebecois food
Cultural Theory
Flirting
The smell of the Montreal Metro
Hunan food
Foods I have never tried
Making Out in the Cold
Singing NRB/ KTV
Pakistani food
Social Network Theory
Sichuan food
Being Woken Up For Sex/Supper
Girls in Boyshorts
Spanish food
Listening to Boring Non-Political AM Radio
French food

I'd like to meet:

I am always interested in meeting charming, clever, multi-lingual individuals for conversations about, but not limited to, the topics mentioned above. usually over sumptuous meals or boozy drinks.

Individuals who can play Rummikub or Go-Stop.

Individuals who enjoy having rich Quebecois cuisine
prepared for them in my tiny apartment.

also, big smarty-pants-ers.

Someone to correct the above sentence.

Peer reviewers.

Music:

RADIO...
AM 740 Toronto
CBC Radio 1
Radio-Canada Premiere Chaine
Radio Boomer 1570
Shanghai Classical 94.7
792 Shanghai Talk Radio
This American Life
NPR
Le Show with Harry Shearer
Joe Frank
Bob and Ray
800 Cherries
Les Amis au Pakistan
Broadcast
5th Dimension
Free Design
Ruby and The Romantics
Burt Bacharach
Kim Jung Mi
Stereolab
Crass
Siesta Records
Anything With Xylophones
Sad Sad music in indecipherable languages

Movies:

Su Zhou River
Wong Kar-Wai films
Marx Brothers Films
The Odd Couple
..aries
Foreign and Indie Films with slow dry clever humour and self-indulgent introspection
also small plays and radio dramas

Television:

Frisky Dingo
Kitchen Nightmares
Dr. Katz
Home Movies
Bromwell High

Books:

Compelling Thinkers and Works..
Pierre Bourdieu
George Herbert Mead
Karl Mannheim
Epicurus
Foucault

My Blog

Before Anyone Starts Another Cleansing program....

Please contact me for a discussion about some *possibly* offensive implicit moral imperatives.The idea that one must "Cleanse" implies that you are somehow dirty. There is no "natural" or "essential" ...
Posted by Christopher! on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:47:00 PST

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 6-Conclusion!

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 6 There Be No Action without a Raison d'Etre. Towards a Theory of Attraction Conclusion As some of you may recall, this essay is entitled Towards a Theory of Attra...
Posted by Christopher! on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:56:00 PST

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 5 - Why Are We So Special?

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 5 Why Are We So Special? At this point, it might well be remarked that our conceptions of hot and not, of hipster and taste-maker are all remarkable diverse, comple...
Posted by Christopher! on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:50:00 PST

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 4 -Squirrels + Street Cred

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 4 Squirrels and Street Cred For those of you who are still lucid, and are able to remember back a few long winded sentences to my discussion about stuff in the wo...
Posted by Christopher! on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:31:00 PST

Attraction Part 3- "I Can't Believe You Slept with My Sister (pause)...In My Honda Civic!"

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 3 "I Can't Believe You Slept with My Sister (pause)...In My Honda Civic!" The Self and Knowledge According to Symbolic Meaning and Possessive Adjectives So accordi...
Posted by Christopher! on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:09:00 PST

Towards a Theory of Attraction Part 2-I Know That You Know That I See You Seeing Me, Alice!

Towards A Theory of Attraction Part 2-I Know That You Know That I See You Seeing Me Seeing You, Alice! Reflexive Ontology, Epistemology and Bourdieu Many readers find Bourdieu difficult to read and...
Posted by Christopher! on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:16:00 PST

Towards A Theory of Attraction Part 1- Introduction

It has occured to me that conceptualizing my paper writing as though i was simply explaining an interesting idea to my friends in Myspace bulletin form is a fantastic way to both clarify and share m...
Posted by Christopher! on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:07:00 PST

"I Don't Want To Die Alone": An Epicurean Reaction to a Contemporary Fear of Death

Christopher Graper-Copyright! Reference Reference!PHL 382- Prof. Klaus JahnTerm Essay "I Don't Want To Die Alone": An Epicurean Reaction to a Contemporary Fear of Death     ...
Posted by Christopher! on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:21:00 PST

Condemnation to Death

Christopher Graper (Copyright!) July 12, 2006 Philosophy of Death and Dying Essay 1 The Condemnation - at 5:00 am on this coming Monday, July 10 in the year 2006...
Posted by Christopher! on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:54:00 PST

A Human Nature Just Aint Natural; Rousseaus Mandarin and The Origins of Freudian Guilt and Ba

Christopher Graper Psychoanalytic Philosophy March 22 2006 Copyright! Don't Steal, Reference! A Human Nature Just Aint Natural; Rousseaus Mandarin and The Origins of Freudian Guilt and Bad Conscienc...
Posted by Christopher! on Thu, 04 May 2006 08:46:00 PST