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hoagie shack

Confidently motivated by poor judgement.

About Me

underachiever. i've never had a black eye. i am shy. i enjoy tasteless humor, natural history and videogames. i read comic books. i will eat your garnish and skin your boar.

My Interests

taxidermy, insects, dead things, medicine, playing the banjo badly. trivia. videogames. adventuring with friends. traveling. chickens. joking about abortion, racism, gang rape, regular rape, the holocaust and STDs. reading. irony. mercy killing.

I'd like to meet:

entomologists and rabbis.

Music:

sterolab, nick cave, zero7, bob dylan, gram parsons, fugazi, elbow, gillian welch, pedro the lion, n.w.a., tupac, pixies, paul simon, elliott smith, flaming lips, wilco, loose fur, loretta lynn, cat power, johnny cash, radiohead, nick drake, dr dre, kings of convenience, buck 65, dosh, el-p, low, sufjan stevens, why?, neil young, madness, iron & wine, emmylou harris, tom waits, biggie, clouddead, prince buster, carter family, hank thompson, red simpson, beck, van morrison, air, blur, RJD2, broadcast, david bowie, doves, marty robbins, hurra torpedo, bonnie prince billy,

Movies:

meatballs, royal tenenbaums, the jerk, dead alive, amelie, rushmore, christmas story, better off dead, smokey and the bandit, mermaids, woody allen, john cusack, bill murray. and anything with zombies.

Television:

scrubs, extras, arrested development, what not to wear, strangers with candy, freaks & geeks, wonder years, the monkees, ren & stimpy, educational stuff, surgeries.

Books:

comics. comics. comics. tony millionaire, craig thompson, daniel clowes, johnny ryan, jordan crane, david sedaris, roald dahl, augusten burroughs, get fuzzy, the bible, books on useless information.

Heroes:

jesus, wim chambers, bill murray.

My Blog

recently purchased comics

these were added in the past week to my ever growing collection. billy hazelnuts--tony millionaire pussey!--daniel clowes top shelf  (v.1 #5) top shelf  (v.1 #6) top shelf on parade tricke...
Posted by hoagie shack on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:03:00 PST

soccer and sedaris

so i'm watching the world cup right now. i hope italy wins. not because i really care, but because i'm marrying a sicilian, so i should get used to cheering for dego-wops. there's no one else to ...
Posted by hoagie shack on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:27:00 PST

wednesdays are for suckas

i have a coldsore. of course i do. this is the usual indication that i need a vacation. we blew up stuff yesterday. the gopher was my favorite. burnt gopher doesn't smell good no matter what anyone t...
Posted by hoagie shack on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:13:00 PST

sweaty cracks, burps and money well spent

this has been the best weekend i've had in a while. and by in a while i mean about 2weeks. on friday damion and i hung out with meat o'b. he is a great friend. our friendship has been a dese...
Posted by hoagie shack on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:55:00 PST

killing time

i have the worst urge to go to amoeba and spend a lot of money. but i'm broke. anybody wanna buy me some cds? cos that'd be cool. i have nothing to do tonight. i thought the hurrah torpedo show was t...
Posted by hoagie shack on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:31:00 PST

complaints and changes

i'm considering starting a new online journal. much like "sometimes y." but i'm having difficulty coming up with a name. if there are any suggestions out there that aren't lame, let me know. my job bl...
Posted by hoagie shack on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:33:00 PST

not much of an update

i had two charlie horses in one leg last night. the first hurt so bad that i got a cramp in my side from straining...i couldn't remember how to flex my foot to make it go away. all that thrashing in b...
Posted by hoagie shack on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:36:00 PST

getting paid.

i'm getting paid at the taxidermy shop now. does that make me a professional? a professional "what" though? bone cleaner? flesher? cat skinner? felt measurer and cutter? rug restorer?  how about ...
Posted by hoagie shack on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:26:00 PST

i am not a goth b/c i like dead things

so i got this new thing going where i'm learning to be a taxidermist. i'm gonna start getting paid to do it soon. which means i'll be able to tell people i'm a professional taxidermist and i wouldn't ...
Posted by hoagie shack on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:23:00 PST

books, books, ring, books.

i got a ring and i've been reading a lot. *the curious incident of the dog in the night-time *valley of the dolls *mental floss: forbidden knowledge *mental floss: instant knowledge and probably some...
Posted by hoagie shack on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:36:00 PST