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Bryan von Braun

For a more advanced workout, use one-pound handweights.

About Me

Sometimes I write things. Sometimes I drink. And sometimes I just like to smile and look cute.

My Interests

Eating, drinking, making merry, European films and music (both artsy and trashy), shaking my ass on the dance floor, travel, foreign languages (currently speak French, Italian and some German), walking, flirting with hot and quirky homos.

I'd like to meet:

Cool people (you know who you are).

Music:

!!! (Chik-Chik-Chik), Jane Birkin, Lio, Stereo Total, Olivia Newton-John, ABBA, Ramones, Air, Imperial Teen, Pixies, Breeders, Dalida, Mina, Ornella Vanoni, Boston, Journey, Hollies, Serge Gainsbourg, Francoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, ELO, Air Supply, Raffaella Carra, Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Movies:

Grindhouse, Cloverfield, Idiocracy (rent it!),Bleu (Kieslowski), Kill Bill Vol 1, The Apple, Serial Mom, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Phenomena (Argento), The Beyond (Fulci), Xanadu, Forbidden Zone, La Boum, La Boum 2, L'Etudiante, 8 Femmes (8 Women), Sous le Sable (Under the Sand), Paranoia (Orgasmo-Lenzi), Sissi, Falcon's classic Spring Break with Kevin Wiles, Devil in Miss Jones (actually a pretty good film), Facedance Obsession (the gayest straight porn ever made-Hakan Serbes and Nacho Vidal can't get enough of each other)

Television:

Battlestar Galactica (2000s version), Project Runway, ANTM (as a social event), Desperate Housewives (yes, I'm still watching it, even if first season was the best), Avengers (Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg kick ass!), North and South (best miniseries ever!), V and V: The Final Battle, Canzonissima and Milleluci (old Italian variety shows), Absolutely Fabulous, South Park, 24

Books:

L'etranger (The Stranger-Camus), Against Interpretation and Other Essays (S. Sontag), Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black-Stendhal), Candide, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Overlook Encyclopedia of Horror Films (Phil Hardy), Encyclopedia of Film (Ephraim Katz), Leonard Maltin's Video Guide

Heroes:

We all have the capacity to be heroes at times. Villains too.

My Blog

Profile on My Profile Song-

If you like dance music, you must listen to "We Just" by Moses, currently featured on my page.  It is probably the most divine example of Italo Dance music ever created (although since my kn...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:13:00 PST

Pics from Italy and NYC are

here:http://s149. photobucket. com/albums/s42/cheezybry/Italy-NYC%202008/?albumview=grid&am p;mediafilter=images&start=140Unfortunately, some of the really good ones of me and my friends at dinner ...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:15:00 PST

A Whole New World

It is a fine night indeed as I sit here in an apartment on Florence's Piazza Santa Maria Novella and hear once again (In Italian), the news of Barack Obama's victory. It is the most exciting time to ...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:08:00 PST

Why Obama and Clinton will form the dream ticket.

Because it will be the biggest piece of political theater since the Kennedy-Nixon debate.  It will blow everyone away.  And it will assure victory come November.  I know it's way o...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Mon, 05 May 2008 03:41:00 PST

Super Snarky MalContent vs. McDreamy

This is fucking brilliantly written.  Ginzu sharp wit.  But not for those who love Patrick Dempsey or high concept romantic comedies (but most of you probably don't anyway).  Hits on s...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:02:00 PST

Whitney from ANTM

totally got the shaft from the judges last night.  Regarding the Cover Girl commercial they had to shoot in Italian:  1) her Italian was the best of the bunch (even better than Katarzyna's a...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:52:00 PST

Filosofia No. 9-LAUSD

One positive thing about Los Angeles public schools (in addition to my good friends who work and have worked in them): they provide quite a lot of additional street parking in congested area...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:35:00 PST

Filosofia No. 8

Remember that funks are temporary and cyclical and that they will eventually come to an end.  And then eventually, you’ll find yourself in another one, and that one, too, will end.  An...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST

Filosofia No. 7

Now, I'm not an expert philsopher. theologian, or human being.  But what I say now is the truth as I have seen it so far:  As living, sentient  human beings we cannot definitively prove...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:22:00 PST

Filosofia No. 6

Even if you are somewhat renowned in your field, don't assume people know who you are or care.  Especially if you are lacking in manners.  And especially if you are asking for assistance.A w...
Posted by Bryan von Braun on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:36:00 PST