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About Me

I like people with whom I can have good conversations about movies, music, politics, the meaning of life, literature, science and Rock of Love (season 1 only). I have awesome taste, in that i know when something i like is stupid, crass or artless. I tell my self that i appreciate it "ironically." I drink scotch cause i like the way it tastes, and i let it sit on my tounge until it goes numb. I also drink Italian wines, imported beer and PBR. When I drink I tend to speak in Italian for no reason. Lately this has been the most practice that ive had, as ive not met any other speakers...

My Interests

I obsess over international affairs, science and good movies. Yeah, and soccer totally rocks too.

I'd like to meet:

Nihon-jin, italiani, Vienna sewer police, scotch drinkers, truth tellers, story tellers, photomultipliers, desert folk, thinkers, city slickers, Steven Gerrard, royalty, celebrity, has-beens, never-weres, future world leaders, fun people, half shark-alligator half man, and no one else.

Music:

Rolling Stones, Verdi, Puccini, The Strokes, Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground, The Black Dog, Plaid, The KLF, Beethoven, Beck, Broadcast, Stereolab, Autechre, The White Stripes, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceylone, Jurassic 5, Beastie Boys, The Shins, Kings of Leon, Outkast, Radiohead, Sterolab, Stevie Wonder, the Zombies, CAN, Q-tip / A Tribe Called Quest

Movies:

The Third Man... and don't you wish it was your favorite

Television:

Frontline, mutha fucka, and yacht rock, if it counts as TV

Books:

Catch 22, satanic verses, seven pillars of wisdom, 101 Opera Librettos, Communicable Diseases, other books i own

Heroes:

Alcibiadies

My Blog

Quals

I passed. Ive never been happier. Im now awaiting the post quals illness that strikes most people, though, i did get a post written qual (mock grant) case of laryngitis that completely banished my v...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:58:00 PST

impending doom?

So, there are approximately 36 hours until i take my PhD qualification exam, meaning, that in 39 hours or so i should know if i will be a candidate for a PhD. It also means im alternating between ext...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:59:00 PST

Carnt Sleep

Its not the quals coming up next week, or the fact that ive yet to find new roommates, or even the massive amount of work to be done. It also, surprisingly, is not the complete implosion of the plann...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 24 May 2006 11:55:00 PST

Get your dick out of your heart

Invece di studiare, voglio scrivere un po'. Non faccio un' esperimento interesante da un lungo tempo, probabilmente da primo del mio RIP (una prestazione sulla mia riserca). Ho troppo da fare ora, d...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:41:00 PST

the best team money can buy

Chelsea fans are the worst people in the entire world... as far as sports are concerned. I mean, come on. Its one thing to earn your way up the tables, building upon success to purchase better talen...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:38:00 PST

Do I know you?

Dont you hate it when you see someone that you recognize but have no idea where youve seen or met them? What about when you realize that they are probably someone youve seen on MySpace or Friendster,...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:31:00 PST

F bomb

so, a one week experiment has yielded approximately 5 GB of Flow cytometry data, and i have to analyze the damn stuff. it takes an unsufferable 10 minutes to apply a global gate, and while it does th...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 04:30:00 PST

Fox Soccer Channel = Evil

why the fuck cant FSC show Liverpool games on the day they are played. they are either all payperview or they bump them for blackburn games. What the fuck. so i have to wait half a week to see the ...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:24:00 PST

Blue sky on Mars, thats a new one

I had to have a little celebration for myself today. I mean, i had to "suffer" through the immunology exam. I "had" to enjoy reading some personal material for a change. Five hours where all i had ...
Posted by Brian on Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:46:00 PST

Ti ringrazio

Te lo meritavi davvero. Non c'e' una ragione di scrivere questo, ma non voglio uscire stasera. Son contento di scrivere un po' e pratticare un po' di italiano. Non ho telefonato un' amica stasera, ...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:12:00 PST