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About Me

Lately I've been taking strides towards creating the foundations of my future... and surrounding myself with those I most prefer, who just so happen to be close to my location of study. As I continue to toil for the sake of education, I'm realizing the true scope of what I'm in for in years to come. My personality has become, more than ever, a patchwork of past experiences and acquaintances. I'm beginning to mind the notion of perpetual working less and less, and it scares the hell out of me. As I experience the passing of time and the changing of seasons, I get a feeling like I've seen it all before, like I can almost predict the future. Then I realize that I'm just watching the limitless possibilities of this world speed by as I remain constantly focused on the same handful of personal goals. This predictability simply comes with years spent in a similar routine. Sometimes it feels like the varations that used to give my life flavor are gradually narrowing to an aphex before some earth-shattering event to come. I've concluded that this is part of what growing up is about: working, working, working... but in anticipation of those rare instances where you truly feel alive, and remember why you're glad you exist. I used to shake to my core with anxieties concerning whether or not I'd be able to overcome the limitations of circumstances in order to make all my yearnings a reality, but now my brain is settling. I'm learning to calm down, sit back, kick my shoes off, and shrug my shoulders at what I cannot control... because I know that as long as my intentions remain honest and my heart remains willing, I'll turn out fine in the end.

My Interests

green ipod minis, houses with character, friendly sarcasm, new people, perspective

I'd like to meet:

those that like to do their own thing. and are hilarious.
p.s. I DON'T ADD BANDS ANYMORE... UNLESS I'VE SOUGHT YOU OUT AND SENT YOU A FRIEND REQUEST MYSELF, DON'T BOTHER

Music:

!!!, air, the alarmists, andrew bird, aphex twin, the apples in stereo, the arcade fire, atmosphere, band of horses, belle & sebastian, between the buried and me, bloc party, bob dylan, born ruffians, broken social scene, the black keys, built to spill, calexico, califone, the chariot, chin up chin up, converge, criteria, cursive, damien rice, death cab for cutie, the decemberists, dosh, dr. dog, emily haines, emotional joystick, everytime i die, explosions in the sky, eyedea & abilities, the fall of troy, feist, field music, the flaming lips, gnarls barkley, the good the bad and the queen, grizzly bear, the hold steady, hot chip, iron & wine, isis, kings of leon, low, m ward, the mars volta, mastodon, menomena, mewithoutyou, modest mouse, murder by death, morphine, the new pornographers, of montreal, opeth, pelican, phoenix, the postal service, the raconteurs, ratatat, russian circles, the shins, sigur ros, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, squarepusher, stars, sufjan stevens, tapes 'n tapes, ted leo, tool, tv on the radio, underoath, wolf parade, wolfmother, yo la tengo

Movies:

300, the big lebowski, fight club, sin city, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, kevin smith movies, blow, fear and loathing in las vegas, half baked, pulp fiction, requiem for a dream, scifi, horror, etc.

Television:

family guy, south park, simpsons, aqua teen hunger force, futurama, married with children, behind the music, most things on the history channel, many cartoons, various anime, a-team, the daily show, chappel show, saturday night live, beavis and butthead, etc.

Books:

the perks of being a wallflower, the di vinci code, choke, stephen king books, wicked, 1984, eaters of the dead, the lies of locke lamora, the golden compass... sometimes even textbooks!

Heroes:

people who do things i admire... or anyone who represents the kind of person i try to be.

My Blog

articles for the wake

Here's a link to my stuff for The Wake:click on this...
Posted by andy on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:15:00 PST

nonfiction piece

The Philmont Epiphany In the summer after eighth grade, I listened to all the stereotypical heavy metal. My best friend and I would bounce bands off one another with almost consta...
Posted by andy on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:34:00 PST

short story

The Procedure The sun slowly crept up over the horizon and began to blanket a small Iowan town with the glow of early morning. Charles awoke as soon as the light started coming th...
Posted by andy on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:07:00 PST

get lost in the haze

so, i've noticed that the main reason me, and most other people are unsatisfied with themselves is because me/we don't meet certain norms that have been imposed on us by society. example: boys and gi...
Posted by andy on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:48:00 PST

entertaining now, useless later

How many of the following have you done before? 1.smoked a cigarette - yep. 2.smoked a cigar - yep. 3.made out with a member of the same sex - can't say i have. 4.crashed a friend's car - haha, no...
Posted by andy on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:35:00 PST

a few things

so, i've got this livejournal. check it out if you feel so inclined... but make sure i know who you are if you choose to comment. please, i'm asking all the weirdos out there to cut me some slack. i r...
Posted by andy on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:14:00 PST

what's this, a current profile?

i finally updated my profile to reflect who i am now as opposed to who i was nearly a year ago. i've changed quite a bit. ah, college. everybody always goes through huge amounts of self-change. hooray...
Posted by andy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

1000 page views

it took a long time, but i finally have 1,000 page views. i'd like to thank all you myspacers for viewing the non-sense on my page time and time again to pass away those long, boring afternoons. ...
Posted by andy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i'm taking my leave.

hello friends. tomorrow morning i will be departing on a 10 day journey to hawaii (july 29th - august 9th). while i'm gone please leave lots of funny/ stupid/ pointless comments all over my myspac...
Posted by andy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST