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Chip

a whole new level of just ok.

About Me

Well it's high time we step outside, drop the gloves, and settle this like a man .

My Interests

waving hello like a little kid, dancing like an idiot, breakfast cereals, smokey bars, rolling rock, talks in parking lots, laughing out loud, dialog between two people in awkward situations that never actually happen, hands on faces, lame karate routines as a greeting, extra suffixes, and specifically not making out.

I'd like to meet:

People that have the same names as food.

Music:

explosions in the sky, american analog set, the album leaf, mum, modest mouse, the shins, the bronx, the hot snakes, murder city devils, dead low tide, azure ray, yeah yeah yeahs, death cab for cutie, postal service, rondelles, the cardigans, rapture, le tigre, red sparrowes, metric, rogue wave, the stills, the radio dept., mates of state, built to spill, dirty on purpose, johnny cash, new pornographers, pinback, sigur ros, mono, the cure, the bravery, soviet, pretty girls make graves, TV on the radio, RJD2, hacksaw, bloc party, cat power, neko case, morella's forest, the colour, amusement parks on fire, camera obscura, joy division, new order, rilo kiley, dismemberment plan, saxon shore, black rebel motorcycle club, the organ, clap your hands say yeah, broken social scene, the most serene republic, starflyer 59, pelican, the six part seven, ladytron.

Movies:

the jerk, old school, anchorman, fletch, the big lebowski, tommy boy, dumb and dumber, fast times at ridgemont high, all the wes anderson stuff, the broken year, nope, lame, afterbang, neoproto

Television:

history, national geographic and discovery channel, comedy central, adult swim and my damn old roomate got me hooked on the OC against my will.

Books:

The VICE guide to sex, drugs and rock and roll, (Sick) a cultural history of snowboarding, Webster's New World Dictionary (i read some everyday)

Heroes:

anyone in the International Gentlemans Social Club and Mobile Speakeasy.

My Blog

Life Changing, Father Challenging 7 Ply

He wasn't wrong for not wanting me to have a skateboard. When it comes right down to it, his logic is infallible. Dad saw the simple truth that we lived on a dirt road, which is not conducive for...
Posted by Chip on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:42:00 PST

White Trash Love Song.

Monday night means free pool at Franny O's, a local watering hole with two pool tables, big buck hunter, cheap beer, a large fish aquarium, dirty wood floors, some televisions playing news or sports a...
Posted by Chip on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST

Everything, Everything

In the late 90's, Underworld, the band, made a DVD called "Everything, Everything". Live concert video, music videos, some artsy shit from Tomato design, etc;. The band (2 people) did the whole thing ...
Posted by Chip on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:38:00 PST

The one and only N.E.

N.E.? New England? North East? What the hell am i talking about? Keep you pants on as this is a coming of age tale. I've told this story only twice in my life. 1st at Tims birthday party (aka Best Day...
Posted by Chip on Wed, 10 May 2006 11:12:00 PST

stereotypes and mayonnaise

There are certain stereotypes on the people that inhabit states. Alabama and Kentucky are full of whitetrash rednecks. Alaskans all where flannel. Everyone in New Mexico is a border jumper and so on. ...
Posted by Chip on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:03:00 PST

dudes doing dudes, breakfast and traffic disruptions

Several weeks ago i was getting brunch at an outdoor cafe with my special ladyfriend. This was about the time that Israel and Lebanon got into all their weaponry bullshit. Of course a Saturday morning...
Posted by Chip on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:59:00 PST

unwavering

I've been doing a lot of thinking for the past month about how happy i tend of appear, or rather, how unhappy i tend to appear. People seem to think that i typically pissed off. i get a lot of "what's...
Posted by Chip on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:34:00 PST

the cue

It's so strange how much we forget about things and ultimately out grow them. I put on a pair of shoes which claim to be a size 10 but I typically wear a size 9 or 9.5 now. For some reason they feel v...
Posted by Chip on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:46:00 PST

THE FLYING SANDWICH AND THE STORY OF AWESOME.

In early March I was invited to work a snowboard on-snow demo at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. It paid pretty well and we had a free place to stay so I agreed. Subsequently, a junior hockey tourna...
Posted by Chip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Reverse claustrophobia

i'm glad i'm not handicapped. at least not to the point that i'd be in a wheel chair. handicap bathroom stalls are big. too big. there's too much room around to make me feel comfortable. almost like ...
Posted by Chip on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST