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About Me

After a decade of thinking about moving back to Colorado to be near my brother, I finally ponied up a couple of years ago after a particularly bad day at the office and said "F this, I'm out". I traveled and took it easy for a few months, and I am now finally settled in Denver and am enjoying life. I'm a pretty calm and even person, but every now and then I like to shake things up. I try to do whatever is necessary to make my life right; this shit's too unpredictable not to.----It also doesn't hurt that my life has a nice way of always working out. The universe takes pretty good care of me.----I believe in: Extensive travel-- Being outside-- My Brother-- Air conditioning-- Kids-- Euchre-- That somewhere inside me lives an old, old man-- Flossing-- The ocean, the beach, all of it-- Anything powered by the wind-- Math-- Laughing at stupid shit-- Vinnie Walkers on the porch (1/3 rum, 1/3 raw simple syrup, 1/3 soda & 1 squeezed lime)-- Dictionaries-- Cooking for friends-- Mid-Century Modern-- Flip flops-- Wine-- Crazy-deep snow-- Paperbacks and the bookstores they fill-- Looking Up-- That the soundtrack to my life would be killer-- Small towns-- Beer-- Family-- Scrabble, Quarto, Backgammon & Guess Who-- Green-- Friends so close that sometimes more is said in silence-- Sailing-- That there's no such thing as a free ride-- Being outside-- Dogs-- That music can make or break a movie-- Looking out the window-- Water-- That my hearing just doesn't work in bars (nor does my voice carry)-- Sleep-- Lists

My Interests

I was recently trolling the AP and saw a headline that read "South Korea Embraces Breakdancing Craze"...my life is complete.

I'd like to meet:

Chick Corea, a California Raisin (the sax player), a recovering vegan, a talking dog and the Pilgrims.Oh, and God: I'd love some closure on that one.

Music:

I am down with pretty much everything... Dave Holmes, Hot Chip, Segovia, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, 13 & God, Carl Orff, Kaiser Chiefs, Postal Service, Nina Simone, MF Doom, Fischerspooner, Manu Chao, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Pinback, Digable, Beans, Rachmaninoff (ov), Casals, Moorcheeba, Johnny Cash, Outkast, Talib Kweli, AC Newman, Kasabian, Kings of Leon, Applejuice Kid, Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Miles Davis, Mos Def, Tom Jones, Del (TFH), St. Germain, The Zutons, Rufus, Hotel Costes (the entire series), William Orbit (J.R. -- I will for ever be in your debt for that one), The Doves, Arsonists, Matt Pond, De La Rocha, Arcade Fire, Vivaldi, and some others.

Movies:

Murder by Death, L.A. Story, American Beauty, Triplets of Belleville, Donnie Darko, Can't Hardly Wait, Run Lola Run, Garden State (what are the odds?), Extreme Ops, Clue, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Memento, Groove, Rules of Attraction, Billy Madison, Motorcycle Diaries, Bat Thumb, Hero, Igby Goes Down, Waiting For Guffman

Television:

Real World, Wonderfalls, Temptation Island, The Office, Fraggle Rock, Freaks and Geeks, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, Extreme Storms, Home Movies, Even Stevens, RWRRC, The Apprentice, Dead Like Me, The OC, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Lost, Arrested Development

Books:

Authors: Haruki Murakami, Luis De Bernieres, T.C. Boyle, Louis Sachar, Rick Moody, Mark Danielewski, Richard Russo, Milan Kundera, Peter Hoeg, Michael Chabon, Tom Robbins, David Foster Wallace, Tennessee Williams, Jonathan Franzen