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peter brook

i was alive and i waited, waited. i was alive and i waited for this. right here, right now, there is

About Me

here are some of the roles i occupy at various times: therapist, musician, writer, artist, filmmaker, single guy, friend, etc.however, none of these labels should be mistaken for the real me. underneath all of those roles, i'm just like you: a human being, whatever that is.

My Interests

good music, disc golf, independent film, decay, things that blow up. also, forgiveness and acceptance, but i forget those things a lot. reading eckhart tolle helps.

I'd like to meet:

you, if you are not selling anything or using myspace as your online pimp.

Music:

the flaming lips, elbow, firehose, the dandy warhols, led zeppelin, william orbit, yo la tengo, xtc, talking heads, the sea and cake, pinback, the new pornographers, kate bush, gillian welch, echo & the bunnymen, the smiths, the high dials, foo fighters, stone temple pilots, the feelies, elliot smith, the decembrists, camper van beethoven, brian jonestown massacre, plus a shitload of others.

Movies:

the fisher king, lost in translation, manic, this is spinal tap, aliens, terminator 2, to kill a mockingbird, monty python and the holy grail, magnolia, sexy beast, etc.

Television:

the daily show, the simpsons, futurama, family guy. in other words, a lot of stuff that's geared toward adolescent males.

Books:

running with scissors, the power of now, the catcher in the rye, the phantom tollbooth, the chronicles of thomas covenant, the lord of the rings, the silence of the lambs, siddhartha, cat's cradle, breakfast of champions, the curious incident of the dog in the night time, all the harry potter books, too many others to list.

Heroes:

martin luther king, jr; jimmy carter, eckhart tolle.

My Blog

The Matter With Helen

It was almost one o'clock in the morning when I finally got out of work, despite my efforts to get out of there as quickly as possible. I had two reasons for wanting to leave early: a party that was g...
Posted by peter brook on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:00 PST

The Middle of That Sandwich

He stood a few feet from the baggage claim carousel, waiting. The flight was due to arrive at 2:36 p.m., and it was now 2:40. The monitor had recently informed him that the flight was ON TIME, so hope...
Posted by peter brook on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:15:00 PST

Newt

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Posted by peter brook on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:39:00 PST

amputation

             She lay on the couch, watching TV and waiting for him to come home. In her left hand she held the remote, which she rested on her sto...
Posted by peter brook on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:25:00 PST

kaitlyn wants to be my friend!

man, i am getting a record number of "friend requests" from skanks lately. you know the ones - chicks who all go by their (probably made-up) first name, and an accompanying photo of them in a bikini o...
Posted by peter brook on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:31:00 PST

Night Flight

"That was some good spaghetti." My roommate said that. We were sitting on the couch, kicking back after a huge plateful each of my latest batch of homemade spaghetti, watching TV. There was nothing on...
Posted by peter brook on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:49:00 PST

couples counseling

    It was their third time on the couch together. They sat side by side, close but not touching.     "It's just that..." he was saying. He hesitated, then looked at her....
Posted by peter brook on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:59:00 PST

the robot approaches enlightenment

Once upon a time, a robot was sitting on the patio of a neighborhood café, reading a book. The robot had ordered a sandwich a few minutes ago, and was pleasantly whiling away the time before its order...
Posted by peter brook on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:49:00 PST

Rudy Giuliani is an idiot.

rudy giuliani is an idiot. i have lost whatever respect i had for the man. if you don't know what i'm talking about, here's the gist: he said that if america elects a democratic president, the u.s. is...
Posted by peter brook on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:36:00 PST

it's not okay to stare!

have you seen those ads for match.com (or, as a client of mine says, "fuck.com") all over myspace? those make me want to letter-bomb match.com's headquarters. and for all you homeland-security types, ...
Posted by peter brook on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:38:00 PST