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Patrick is at one with a bottle

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About Me



I was born in Seattle Washington, on a cold and beautiful night in January, 1972. The stars lost a child, but the earth, a strange and vicious place, gained a peaceful son. My early years were spent in a non discript neighborhood of somewhat average individuals, as well as a few crazies, we don't talk so much about the crazies, but maybe one day we will. Toys were played with, bicycles, skateboards and guitars, thinking they would go through life intact, were stripped of their dreams as tools were discovered and modification ensued. Music was listened to, tv was watched, letters were written, visions were had, paintings were painted, mayhem insued, life passes. Friends are made, trips are arranged, residences change, smiles are exchanged, trips are made, music still played. Distances created, life charges on, dreams are assessed. Friendships are rekindled, cats are acquired. Life moves on. Tragedy pokes it's head in for kicks, school is attended, again and again. And Work.. Here I am.
Stardate: Aug 23, 2007
So I am on a hiking kick right about now ( no funk show brothers involved....yet!) you might find a few videos on my page here, well actually over there on the other side.. and I am thinking the summit, or what's left of said summit, of Mt. St. Helens will be in the sights by the end of summer. I have to tell you, if your looking for a fun filled, twist your ankle, scratch you legs, bump your head on really hard roc experience, have I got the trip for you. Head you hiney on down I-5 to the Woodland exit and follow SR 503 out to Mt. St. Helens National Monument where you will find the Ape Caves. Only about 1 3/4 in length, it will take you hours. Your flashlight will do you little good, your gonna want a lantern of some type on this one, think Miner 49er from Scooby Doo. Seriously, this is a fun trip but fairly rocky and dark, it's a cave after all. tight spots that you will squeeze through and huge, great room sized spaces that will eat the light from you AA flashlight from the dollar store. There are tours available from the "interpretive center" on site. It costs $5 to park there but I think the tours might be free. I freelanced it. Either way, it was fun and there are pictures on my pics page. Other than that, I've been going to the gym every weekday and running ( I know running? Me?) 5 miles and then doing a few machines. Not as hard as I thought it would be, and since I'm paying for it, might as well use it. I know, way to sniff out a bargain there Harkins. Thanks.
Oh, so you can now search for wine on my page if you look on the other sided of the page somewhere, and curiously, someone fron Alexandria,Va (near CIA headquarters) and someone from, apparently on the Equator near Africa have visited, my page, if you are one of those two people and your NOT a member of the CIA, I'd love to get a message from you..well anyone actually, but you in particular. See below for a new submission to the captions section. Tada.
LUNA lyrics
Alright! here is another poster in need of a caption, so put your thinking caps on and come up with your best ideas, I will post the best as they arrive!!:
NEW 06/17/07
Let me help here, simple examples might include but are not limited to: "It's Raining MEN!!, not that there is anything wrong with that..." Or possibly, "Come on men, we're gonna solve this whole Paris Hilton dibacle once and for all!" Hey I never said they had to be fantastic every time. give me a break.
OK, ok, see I knew I'd get one of you to pony up! Here my friends is a fab example of the kind of tom-foolery I am asking for: "Holy hell. No one ever told me the passage to the gates of heaven looked oddly like a supposotory up someone's poopshoot." - Thanks Jo, by the way don't let me tell you how I solved my little constipation problem brought on by the pain killers....
And here are the submissions from the last images:
"Smell My Finger" - Lazyman
"Shut the fuck up before I crispy fry you with my laser vision." -Jumpin Jo-hosaphat
"Here's the brains, sweetheart..." -Stellars Jay
Where's yours?

My Interests

I have to say this is overly basic and is somewhat different then the way people in different regions make wine, but here is an introduction as to how wine is made using a winery in, of all places, Colorado. This will at least give you an idea

Makin' me some wine,guitar,books,hiking,biking, swimming, gardening,wine,NPR,BBC,the outdoors,my pets, skateboarding,wine,travel,cooking,wine,biking,photography, painting,wine,drawing, fun (but only for profit),working on the house..drinking wine, luckily part of my job.....and a serious crutch not to be taken lightly. Just kidding, ABOUT THE CRUTCH!

Wine Name Year

Robert Mondavi Chardonnay provided by WineFetch

This Mountain is not done with us yet. Hike it while you can!

Summit of Mt St Helens

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Here is a link to a great lecture about Mt. St.Helens from the Universtity of Washington.

This is a perfect example of a good video ruined by music. I am a firm believer that videos on YouTube and Google should come with a NO SOUND option. turn your volume down for this one. ( the exception to this rule would be that when I get a video camera, some day, all videos shall have classic rock sound tracks with lots of guitar and drums and socks in pants....not mine.)

I'd like to meet:

U2 and you, too....as well.

Music:

I like all sorts of music from ABBA to Zappa.

Movies:

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Nashville, Mash, Spinal Tap, Sideways,A Mighty Wind, Napoleon Dynamite, Snatch, Clerks, Better off Dead, anything Audrey Hepburn, Rear Window, the trouble with Harry, Virtego, well anything Hitchcock,Snatch, The Blues Brothers, Wim Wender movies. AND THIS

Television:

currently: Flight of the Conchords

Thanks Lori!

Books:

Are really cool. Paul Bowles, P.G.Wodehouse, Franz Kafka, Ayn Rand, A.A. Milne, Al Franken, Aldous Huxley, Armistead Maupin, Augusten Burroughs, Bill Bryson, Chuck Klosterman, Daniel M. Pinkwater, David Rakoff, David Sedaris, Douglas Adams, Douglas Coupland, Frank McCourt, Herman Melville, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, James Burke, James Joyce, James W. Loewen, John Berendt, John Hodgman, John Kennedy Toole, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Kenneth C. Davis, Molly Ivins, Peter Mayle, Rex Pickett, Richard P. Feynman, Sarah Vowell, Simon Winchester, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, etc..... well and Dr. Seuss.

Heroes:

We don't need another hero...

My Blog

The mid to late summer update

I have not been great about updating my blog this summer. Here is where I'm at. So I have been doing a lot of hiking and swimming lately, and the gym has been an almost daily excursion for me. I think...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:29:00 PST

TV and the 35 year old mind.

I have been turned on to an HBO show called Flight of the Conchords. You have to see it. The first three episodes are available on YouTube, for for the time being, on my page under the Television sect...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:33:00 PST

Ok, I'll just say it.

I'm not going into to much detail because I do not wish to re-live the previous week, well most of it. Suffice to say that the Kidney Stones have passed and yes, crap is flowing, and not just my typic...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:15:00 PST

9pm on a Sunday night.....

I am seriouly thinking about creating a Zwinky......I think we all know what I'm talking about, basiclly a digital paper doll that I see advertisements for all the time when i go onto myspace. I would...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:03:00 PST

You know what?

Sundays are beginning to be a problem. To start off with, the beginning of the new week means that all the excited generated on Saturday night when you check you blog tracker off to the side of the bl...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:30:00 PST

Did I mention the cat is not feeling well?

It's true. Ruby is not feeling good and let me tell you this cat can sleep in a way that makes you guilty, because of course, it's my fault.It probably is.Page two...."Yikes!"If you would like to know...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:17:00 PST

Hi

I am writing this blog today as I seem to have a breif pause in my life for the moment. I have finished sending out my final that was due on Fri...long story, finisherd ripping all the sidding off of...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:56:00 PST

from may 22nd

 SO Let's see.. the last time this was updated was in Feb. so I guess there has a been a few changes, but I can't remember what those would be...I am running a sales route of my own. I made a tri...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:44:00 PST

Someone told me yesterday........

Yeah, so it's 1:45am on Mon morning, I need to goto bed, I was doing some stuff for work and working on studying for my final on Wed. Update: Saw the Police on Thurs. It was fantastic. I loved the s...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:56:00 PST

Oregon Trail of fun pt 1

I went to Oregon last weekend and had a blast. I was supposed to have several friends along for the trip and we were going to stay at Argyle winery in the "Nuthouse" which is an old house on the prope...
Posted by Patrick is at one with a bottle on Wed, 23 May 2007 12:12:00 PST