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Paul

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. (Thoreau)

About Me

I got in a fight with a sting ray in the shallow waters of the pacific.

It tried to mate with my foot.

(Successfully)

I have pictures at flickr .

My Interests

Let's see.. computers/technology (read: wasting time on the internet), live music, movies, reading, fall, food, traveling, photography, soccer, video games.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet the man who invented silica gel. And. I'd like to ask him what exactly will happen to a pair of shoes in a shoe box if I remove the silica gel and store them for a long period of time? If something cool happens to the shoes, I'm totally going to do it.

Music:

Art Brut, Blackalicious, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Common, Damien Rice, Elliott Smith, Justin Timberlake, The Hold Steady, Matt Pond PA, Modest Mouse, Mos Def, Q And Not U, The Shins, The Streets, Tapes 'N Tapes, Ted Leo + Rx, TV On The Radio, The Unicorns, Wolf Parade, y mas!

Movies:

American Beauty, Back to the Future, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, The Breakfast Club, Clerks, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, Goonies, Good Will Hunting, Indiana Jones (all of them!), Mallrats, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Shawshank Redemption, Snatch, Spirited Away, Stand by Me, Swingers...

Television:

Arrested Development, Chappelle Show, Freaks and Geeks, Jeopardy, Upright Citizens Brigade.

Books:

A Prayer for Owen Meany (Irving), How Green Was My Valley (Llewellyn), To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut) .... David Sedaris, Nick Hornby, Dave Eggers ....