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The New&Improved Lando

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

About Me

I'm 19 years old and from a town with a population in the low triple digits, which is a plus in my eyes...I don't like stupid people because they piss me off, but overall I like to think I am a nice guy...I like driving long distances...I'm good at talking my way into and out of things...I tend to take things too seriously...I played football in high school, and I was probably the smallest offensive lineman in the state, but I loved it...I was also captain of the Track team, which was also a lot of fun...I love sports of all kinds...I'm currently an English major at the University of Illinois, though that is subject to change...I like poetry and novels...I love the Cubbies and the Bears, and if you don't then you are wrong...I'm a bit of a gym rat, and my favorite place to be is in the weight room...I don't often live up to my own expectations...I have no idea what I will do after college, or where life will take me...Nothing in my life is more important to me than my family and friends, and I would give anything for them...more than anything in life I want people to think of me as a good guy and a loyal friend...I hope someday that's how people remember me, as a guy who would always go out of his way to help someone, and who would always do what he thought was right...
If you are cool, and not some sort of creepy stalker, my MSN is [email protected] so, go ahead and add me, I'm always lookin for new friends...and if you're already my friend you should gimme a call on my cell, cause I'm probably bored and I'd probably like to hear from ya...
Here's What I've Been Listening To Lately:

My Interests

I love weightlifting and football...I love college basketball, but I'm not too high on the NBA...I'm a huge Cubs fan...really I love all sports. I will watch anything athletic...(there is NO SPORT THAT INVOLVES DRIVING, I'm sorry)...I also like poetry, music, reading, movies and other assorted normal things...
Poems You Should Check Out:
Emily Dickinson - "After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes"
Wilfred Owen - Dulce Et Decorum Est
W.H. Auden - "Stop All The Clocks, Cut Off The Telephone"
Sharon Olds - "Sex Without Love"
Dylan Thomas - "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
Elizabeth Bishop - "One Art"
Keith Douglas - "Vergissmeinnicht"

I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone...I'm a lover not a fighter...

Music:

www.last.fm/user/Landon_88

Movies:


"Casablanca"
"Dirty Dancing"
"Pride and Prejudice"
"Varsity Blues"
"Rudy"
"Friday Night Lights"
"Remember the Titans"
"10 Things I Hate About You"
"Super Troopers"
"Love Actually"
"40 Year Old Virgin"
"Crash"
"12 Angry Men"
"Can't Hardly Wait"
"Swingers"

Television:

ESPN and Scrubs

Books:


Pride & Prejudice
Slaughter House Five
Fahrenheit 451
Of Mice and Men
Wooden
The Grapes of Wrath
Once an Eagle
A Walk to Remember
I, Robot
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Once And Future King
Native Son
Harry Potter
Animal Farm
1984
The Andromeda Strain

Heroes:


Superman
Brian Urlacher
Tom Zbikowski
Vince Papale
Landon Donovan (sweet name, right?)
John Wooden
James J. Braddock

My Blog

In Which Landon Becomes A Hypocrite (Well...Again, Anyway)

I hate it when people do this shit, but...this was just funny...Here's some Chuck Norris for your enjoyment...   1)Don't even ask what Chuck Norris would do for a Klondike bar... 2)Chuck Norris o...
Posted by The New&Improved Lando on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:05:00 PST

A Summer Wasted by NOT Being Wasted?

     Right now I'm at home, getting ready to leave for Kentland to watch a UFC fight, and afterwards I plan on heading over to the fair, where (hopefully) the ladies will be out to...
Posted by The New&Improved Lando on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:49:00 PST