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About Me

Peon in the whole scheme of things.

Ever meet that cute guy (like yours truly) and expect words of sweet nothings to come out? Well, don't expect that to come from me, especially if I don't know you. History has a problem of repeating itself, as many of you know already, and the same holds true to anyone new that meets me. You'll first meet me and go, "WTF is up with this guy?" I'm stand-off-ish at first and might give you dirty looks or have awkward body language that might insinuate a slight hesitation in talking to you. But when you really get to know me, you'll realize that I'm a REALLY REALLY REALLY charismatic guy who's only good conversations revolve around making fun of people, bitching about things/people I can't stand, talking about sex, the gays, the latest Hollywood gossip, black humor, being sarcastic/blunt (and you better take it too..), and how everyone should stop buying American Apparel so that I won't run into anyone else wearing the exact Cranberry/Asphalt track jacket during the winter months.
But seriously, I'm committed to my friends and truly value all my friendship I've made over the years. I'm always excited about meeting new people that can expand my experiences and expose me to new things I never would have done on my own.
Absolutely love music - downloading music, sorting my music, deleting crappy music, playing with my iPod, and listening to KCRW at night anytime I get a chance (Metropolis and Nocturna).
As one black man told me at a club, "You shake it like a sista!!" In reference to my VICIOUS booty shake that all should be scared of.

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And lastly, I no longer live at home rent free.
Current Fav Albums:
My Morning Jacket - Z
American Rag Cie II
Howie Day - Live @ University of Rhode Island
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Feist - The Reminder
Travis - The Boy With No Name
Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell Part 1
The Kooks - Inside In Inside Out
Gary Jules - Gary Jules
Paulo Nutini - These Streets
Tracey Thorne - Out of the Woods
Robin Thicke - The Evolution of Robin Thicke
JosÃ© GonzÃ¡lez - Veneer
The Postmarks - Weather the Weather
The Freelance Hellraiser - Waiting for Clearance
Koop - Koop Island
Yusuf - An Other Cup
Oren Lavie - The Opposite Side of the Sea
Jill Cuniff - City Beach
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

My Interests

Music, Movies, Dining, Concerts, Clubbing, Art, Photography, Gossip blogs, Makin new buds, hanging out with all my great friends, BBQs, Snowboarding, Working out

I'd like to meet:

Cool peeps...
More people in Austin!!!
Possibly a new employer if my current one decides to lay me off based on the CEO's announcement on Fri (2/2/07)....

My friend Bernardo is in it. Check it out when it gets released! It's called "Finishing the Game", directed by Justin Lin and based on the story of Bruce Lee.

Family Guy ....Worst Price is Right Contestant EVAR! ..The More You Know... ....Leona on X-Factor singing "I Will Always Love You" ..And singin the Jackson 5 song that Mariah sang as well ..Singin' "I Have Nothing"!!!! OMG!! ..

Music:

KCRW (89.9 in LA) - Nocturna with Raul Campos, Metropolis with Jason Bentley, Morning/Weekend Becomes Eclectic with Nic Harcourt, and streaming on the internet!!

Alt-ish
Howie Day, John Mayer, Coldplay, Athlete, The Killers, Matchbox Twenty, SnowPatrol, Stereophonics, Duncan Sheik, Black Lab, Athlete, Travis, Josh Rouse, Ben Folds, Sarah McLachlan, U2, Ryan Adams, Better Than Ezra, Damien Rice, Ronan Keating, Ryan Adams, Dishwalla, Third Eye Blind, David Gray, Augustana, Diamond Nights, Death Cab for Cutie, Goldspot, Live, Matt Pond PA, Ben Harper, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Editors, The Stills, Hard-Fi, My Morning Jacket, The Fray, Mat Kearney, Spoon, The Kooks, Razorlight, Yusuf, Orean Lavie, Jill Cunniff, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Arcade Fire, Gary Jules, The Slip, The Freelance Hellraiser, The Shins,

Electronica
Sander Kleinenberg, LTJ Bukem, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation, DJ Mark Farina, Telepopmusik, Kraak En Smaak, Junkie XL, Mylo, 2 Bit Pie, Zero dB, John Digweed, Kaskade

R&B/Hip-Hop-ish
Tamia, Janet Jackson, Brian McKnight, Joss Stone, Justin Timerberlake, Mariah Carey, Usher, Missy Elliot

Eclectic
Sia, Bliss, Nitin Sawhney, Imogen Heap, Zero 7, Mozez, Bent, Frou Frou, Gotan Project, Cut Chemist, Radio Citizen, Feist, Koop, Jose Gonzalez, The Postmarks, Bitter:Sweet, Nouvelle Vague, Just Jack, Carmen Rizzo, Boards of Canada, Gotan Project

Shows I've Seen
Josh Rouse - 4/22/05
U2 - (Forgot the date - pit)
Video Games Live - 7/6/05
Wicked - 7/17/05 (Awesome)
Sugar Water Festival (Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu) - 8/9/05
Ryan Adams - 8/16/05 (Cancelled - that MF)
Ben Folds - 8/19/05 (pit)
Coldplay - 8/20/05 (Awesome)
Dave Matthews Band - 8/27/05 (Sucked)
Interpol - 9/20/05 (Blah)
Athlete - 9/28/05 (Awesome!)
Keane - 9/30/05 (In the pit! Awesome!)
Death Cab for Cutie - 11/11/05 (In the pit! Awesome!)
Tom Vek - 11/23/05
Cake & Tegan & Sara - 1/31/06 (pit)
Matt Pond PA - 3/6/06
Sounds Eclectic - 3/25/06
(Goldspot, Feist, Sia, lead singer of the band Spoon, Gomez, Ben Harper with special guest Ziggy Marley, Special Guest Franz Ferdinand, and Death Cab for Cutie)!
Josh Rouse - 4/19/06
Coachella - 4/29-4/30
She Wants Revenge - 6/14 (pit)
Keane - 6/21/06
Beck - 6/27/06 (pit)
Kathy Griffin - 7/13/06 (first row right behind the pit)
Raconteurs - 7/21/06 (pit)
Panic! at the Disco - 8/2/06 (pit)
Spoon and Death Cab for Cutie - 8/14/06 (pit)
The Phoenix - 9/21 (pit)
Augustana and SnowPatrol - 9/27/06 (pit - awesome!)
The Killers - 10/6/06 (pit)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - 10/15/06
Nick Lachey - 11/7/06 (surprisingly good)
Modest Mouse - 11/9/06
Kaskade - ???
The Shins - 3/7/07 (in Austin)
Dieselboy & Goldie - 3/15/07
John Digweed & MSTRKRFT - 3/16/07
Junkie XL - 3/31/07
Guster @ Stubb's - 4/6/07
KCRW presents Sounds Eclectic Evening - Bitter:Sweet, Breakestra, Coldwar Kids, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Travis, Lilly Allen, and The Shins - 4/15/07
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - 4/28/07
Travis - 7/26/07

Movies:

American Beauty, The Incredibles, Ali G In Da House, Not Another Teen Movie, Terminator 2, The 5th Element, Legally Blonde, True Lies, Cruel Intentions, Election, Scary Movie, Bring It On, Old School, Life As a House, Cider House Rules, You Can Count On Me, Mean Girls, Saved! , Eurotrip, Feds, Goonies, Lion King, Bloodsport, Batman Begins, Mr & Mrs Smith, Total Recall, True Lies, V, Predator, Aliens, Lost Boys, Glory, Monster In Law, Family Guy The Movie, Crash, Nanny McPhee, Transamerica, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Election

Television:

Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol, Lost, Simpsons, Family Guy, The Office, Entourage, Heroes, Weeds, Project Runway

Books:

Don't read.

Heroes:

Anyone who makes me feel emotionally good.

My Blog

My Move to Central Austin

After much debate of whether or not to move out of Riata in Northwest Austin, I finally made the move and picked a place called Kensington Green located in Central Austin. At the Riata, my origi...
Posted by Ed on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:10:00 PST

O.....M.....F’in.....G

Never in my under 20 something years of playing video games have I EVER. E-V-E-R deleted a saved file on a game..until today. That's right, yours truly somehow deleted saved file for Zelda...
Posted by Ed on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:34:00 PST

June 2007 Compilation

1) Travis - Eyes Wide Open2) Wilco - Impossible Germany3) Band of Horses - The Funderal4) The Kooks - Crazy (Acoustic)5) The Kooks - Naive (Acoustic)6) Rachel Yamagata - Be Be Your Love7) CSS - Alala8...
Posted by Ed on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:09:00 PST

Pinkberry Craze

Pinkberry defined by Wikipedia:Pinkberry is a chain of frozen yogurt stores primarily located in Los Angeles, California. Medium-sized Original flavored frozen yogurt The company was founded in ...
Posted by Ed on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:55:00 PST

Playlist for the month of April 2007

Haven't done one of these in awhile, and being the fact that I'm visiting the Newegg crew, I decided to create this CD for them - some of my favorite tunes from kick ass artists. Enjoy!!!1. Get ...
Posted by Ed on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:47:00 PST

What I MISS about LA

I knew leaving LA that there would be a laundry list of "things" I would miss - "things" that Austin would not be able to provide. I didn't realize how much I would miss these "things" until I c...
Posted by Ed on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:45:00 PST

Automatic Paper dispenders

I don't get Austin. Why is there such a fascination with infrared paper dispensers in all bathrooms. I noticed them the first time I visited Austin in almost every restaurant I went to.&nb...
Posted by Ed on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:14:00 PST

Frickin' Winter!

So got my first dose of real winter today when I walked out into the freezing cold and was walking down the stairs when I started to hear crunching sounds coming from each of my steps down the stairs....
Posted by Ed on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:18:00 PST

Oh humid Belize

So for those that don't know already, I'm in the tropical country of Belize - been here since December 28th, and will be returning home to my crazy messy apartment that I'm still settling into on...
Posted by Ed on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:01:00 PST

Things I will/won't miss about L.A.

Greetings all. This will be an organic list that I will add to as things come upWill Miss1) All my friends!2) Mexican Food (Taco truck in Pasadena)3) Living rent free4) Pasadena5) WeHo6) Good Ch...
Posted by Ed on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:30:00 PST