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I am here for Friends

About Me

sham artist and snake-oil salesman. left handed, orange juice junkie

My Interests

candy, cartoons, comic books, rock 'n' roll music

I'd like to meet:

the dangerous and the witty. poor, unsuspecting victims. lonely, co-dependent people with lots of extra money and the crippling need to give it away. to me.

*This is the space where i will eventually write something.*

Music:

Oh, whatever everyone else answers to this question.

Movies:

the house of yes, buffalo 66, 8 1/2, who's afraid of virgina wolfe?, mrs. parker and the vicious circle, cool hand luke, cat on a hot tin roof, the princess bride, amélie, most anything by the cohen brothers, terry gilliam, federico fellini, or akira kurosawa

Television:

i was weened on the pixelated Babylonia that exists in that glorious, glorious glowing box. i ♥ television.

Books:

hunter s. thompson, jd salinger, mark twain, chuck bukowski, henry miller, tom robbins, shel silverstein, kurt vonnegut, steve martincomix: paul pope, dan clowes, jhonen vasquez, jamie hernendez, chris ware

Heroes:

dorothy parker, mark twain, lenny bruce, joseph campbell

My Blog

the secret life of mice OR Bobby Fisher was a Ruski?

When i am playing Tetris, i invariably and almost without realizing it, imagine the game being called by sports commentators; a running critique of my playing as if i'm a competing in some sort of Tet...
Posted by a. on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:20:00 PST

Connectivity

every time we have any sort of "weather" at all here in the bay area, the city shuts down entirely. no lie. its always the biggest story on the news "Yes, Dan there appears to be some sort of precipit...
Posted by a. on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:47:00 PST

A letter to Ziti, because science must prevail

Date: Oct 30, 2007 8:55 PMSubject: hello old friendBody:dear andrea,you suck.love, zitip.s. congrats on the baby, and HOW THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?!?!?!Date: Dec 11, 2007 3:20 PMSubject:Re:hello o...
Posted by a. on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:26:00 PST

my sister came to visit....

.......and here are some pictures: (sorry, there a little "me" heavy. my sister's the one standing on the grass.)...
Posted by a. on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:04:00 PST

reconnected: at last

long clothed in the mortal coil, waiting - pensive, fevered - for the familiar flash of the warm, warm LAN light like a green beacon in the fast falling november night. and night upon night upon end...
Posted by a. on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:14:00 PST

playing ketchup

there are few things in this life that are as splendidly transcendent, as pure and utterly sublime in its existence, as representative of the very essence all that is beauty and goodness in this world...
Posted by a. on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

really, what does it mean anyway?

my best guess for the opposite of "i'm just sayin'" would have to be "and what?"
Posted by a. on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:18:00 PST

Things you need to know

hi, strangers. i have come out of my considerable bloging hiatus for purposes twofold. first of all, this is a public service announcement: (unfortunately, sans guitars) television, specifically da...
Posted by a. on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:31:00 PST

Missing one vital ingredient

dear spam, I regret to inform you that I will neverever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, be enlarging my penis. This is due largely t...
Posted by a. on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:28:00 PST

now more than ever

Dear Hollywood, Please stop making movies about Eddie Murphy being fat. L.Y.L.A.S., ...
Posted by a. on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:54:00 PST