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philly

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm left handed.

My Interests

Guitar. Reading. Softball. Any recreational sports really. Swimming. Running. Hiking. Camping. Making fun of people. Cooking. Eating. Sleep. Making more fun of people.

Music:

I have a broad taste in music, but I have a soft spot for acoustic crooners.
Radiohead. Shins. Sufjan Stevens. Death Cab. Jack Johnson. Jose Gonzalez. Feist. Broken Social Scene. Wilco. Glen Hansard/The Frames. Coldplay. The Good Life. Imogen Heap/Frou Frou. The Stills. Scissor Sisters. Mika. Lily Allen. The Kooks. Fratellis. Postal Service. Belle and Sebastian. Ben Harper. Jeff Buckley. Yo La Tengo. Kaiser Chiefs. Kings of Convenience. Andrew Bird. The Zutons. Rhett Miller. Sondre Lerche. and of course...Frank Sinatra.

Movies:

Knocked Up and Hot Fuzz made me soil my pants this year. If you're a music lover like me, then go see Once. Simple story, BEAUTIFUL music.

Television:

Family Guy. 30 Rock. The Office. Anything on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, and Food Network.

Books:

Filter Magazine. The Things They Carried. Name of the Rose. All Sedaris. I love reading.

Heroes:

Helmut Schmitt.

My Blog

sleep.

my body is refusing to sleep, my brain lacks the motivation to be creative, so here i am writing a blog as an attempt to update people i haven't seen in ages what i've been up to.my life is busy. more...
Posted by philly on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:11:00 PST

i'm random.

For the last two days, I've been trying to write about Leone Alberti.I have no desire to write an essay about him, though I'm half way done and two days late of turning it in.My emotions are getting t...
Posted by philly on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:58:00 PST

Dear Safeway Sandwich Guy

Dear SFWY sandwich guy,Thanks for the perfectly made pastrami sandwich today. I see that we both have something in common - making things perfect. You neatly spread that mayo and mustard on the brea...
Posted by philly on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:55:00 PST

Who's Down(e) for Gay Asian Amateur Porn?

    If you didn't know, San Francisco celebrated gay pride last weekend.  And by gay pride, I mean a gazillions of homos from all around the world drinking obliviously for two stra...
Posted by philly on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:04:00 PST

it's june. let's procreate.

I used to think that march is the month of making babies simply because I know many friends who have December birthdays.  Well, at least a handful of them.  I mean, it make sense.  The ...
Posted by philly on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:53:00 PST

5 miles and 3 mimosas later...

I failed to update about last week's run.  I have a good explaination.  I'm lazy.  Anywho. Today was our second day of training.  I dreaded running today because I was afraid of h...
Posted by philly on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:26:00 PST

First day of training.

Today marks the first day of my training program for the Aids Marathon.  After not being able to sleep until three, I managed to get out of bed by 7 (I put in more sleep minutes by wearing my run...
Posted by philly on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:34:00 PST