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Gardenhoser

I have a hammer! I can put things together! I can knock things apart! I can alter my environment at

About Me

My cigarette smoke mixed with the smoke of my .38. If business was as good as my aim, I'd be on easy street. Instead, I've got an office on 49th street and a nasty relationship with a string of collection agents. Yeah, that's me. Tracer bullet. I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, and I pack a revolver. I'm a private eye.

My Interests

"For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." -Bukowski

I'd like to meet:


“What can I say, I happen to be an aficionado of the dive bar.”

Music:

Here’s a small sampling of my library
Pink Floyd
Morphine
Radiohead
Tom Waits
John Coltrane
Billie Holiday
Otis Redding
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Bloc Party
Sparta
Yann Tiersen
Erik Satie
Fredrich Chopin
Stevie Wonder
Otis Redding
Billie Holiday
Etta James
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison
Simon & Garfunkel
The Band
Van Morrison
Lou Reed
Belle & Sebastian
John Frusciante
Smashing Pumpkins
Pearl Jam
The Sword
Beastie Boys
Gnarls Barkley
DangerDoom
The Streets
Hellogoodbye
Death Cab for Cutie
Cornelius
Say Hi to Your Mom
Boris
Band of Horses
Sparklehorse
Stephen Malkmus
Thin Lizzy
Led Zeppelin
Mars Volta
Beck
M83
RJD2
DJ Shadow
Air

Movies:

The Classics In No Particular Order
High Fidelity
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harold & Maude
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain
City of God
Donnie Darko
Star Wars
Trainspotting
Say Anything
Chinatown
City of Lost Children
The Godfather
The Big Lebowski
Easy Rider
Fight Club
Requiem For a Dream
Better Off Dead
Se7en
Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
The Last Detail
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Books:

Favorite Authors Include:
Kerouac
Bukowski
Sedaris
Palahniuk
Delillo
Et Cetera...

Heroes:

“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”

My Blog

My Demo Tape.

I've always thought having a food show would be a lot of fun. Then comes along a reality show. I'm not crazy about reality shows, but I do love food. So, I'm not sure how they pick finalists from t...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:04:00 PST

19 hours from summer break...

...And life is going pretty well. As long as my costing project is right and I do as well on my final as I have on my quizzes I should have an A+ in Cuisines of Asia. Chef Brash has been one of the ...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST

Maturity is Overrated.

It only took me three days, however I've noticed something incredibly funny in my kitchen.That piece of equipment you're looking at is what we use to steam things (i.e. rice, dim sum, etc...) which ma...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:01:00 PST

Place to Be

Nick Drake - Place to Be
Posted by Gardenhoser on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:47:00 PST

Things that make me smile.


Posted by Gardenhoser on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:06:00 PST

The funny thing about Butter.

"Clarified Butter is butter whose water and milk solids have been removed, leaving essentially pure milk fat that looks beautifully clear..." -Harold McGee "On Food and Cooking"The problem being is t...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:36:00 PST

Keep your Jesus off my penis.

Where the fuck do people get their info for sponsored links? I understand google has the cool little thing to look at people's info online and suggest what they should buy from their advertisers. Ma...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:33:00 PST

Napkins... who wants napkins?

So a couple weeks ago we attended the International Food Show at the Javits Center in good ole' NYC. As I've attended the CIA... well I've become a bit (more) of a food snob. I'm all about restauran...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

When the Fish Hits the Fan

Whew... I'm done with the second of seven days of Seafood ID. The last six weeks seemed pretty easy, go to class, eat a great lunch. Finish class two and eat a four course dinner. Go work out, or go...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:55:00 PST

An Open Letter to the Dumb Girl

Dear Dumb Girl,You have proven yourself as the bane of my existence in class today. Not only are you marginally mentally handicapped, you are quite talented as demonstrating it. Although 95% of our ...
Posted by Gardenhoser on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:35:00 PST