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UrsaMiner

i saw the north star; shining in the freight yards

About Me

The constelation Ursa Minor contains the group of star commonly called the Little Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Little Bear's tail and the Dipper's cu is the Bear's flank. The Little Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism, which is a distinctive group of stars.

The most famous star in Ursa Mino is Polaris, the North Star. This is the star that is nearest to the North Celestial Pole. If you stood at the north pole, Polaris would be almost directly overhead. If you can spot Polaris in the sky, you can always tell which way is noth. In addition, the angle of Polaris above the horizon tells you your latitude on the Earth. Because of this, Polaris was the most important star for navigating at sea...

My Interests

Anoyingly long & comprehensively anal lists. And pseudo-ironic self-reflexive comments.

I'd like to meet:

John Lenon, Frederich Nietzsche, Jesus Christ, Judas Iscariot, Gandi, Kurt Cobain and George W. Bush just so I can tell him he's a godamned idiot.

Music:

Radiohead, Bright Eyes, Wilco, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, The Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Modest Mouse, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Songs:Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Death Cab For Cutie, Belle & Sebastian, Jackson Browne, Built To Spill, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Rilo Kiley, Pink Floyd, Simon & Garfunkel, Sufjan Stevens, The Weakerthans, Yo La Tengo, Weezer, Clem Snide, Ben Folds, Coldplay, The Cure, Tracy Chapman, The Thrills, Sunday's Best, Sublime, Red House Painters, Spoon, Beck, Cake, Beulah, Ben Kweller, Dave Matthews Band, The Smiths, The Walkmen, The Shins, Jack Johnson, Saves The Day, Rogue Wave, Pedro The Lion, Patrick Park, Olivia Tremor Control, The Notwist, old No Doubt, Say Anything, New Pornographers, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mountain Goats, Neil Young, The Microphones/Mt. Eerie, Massive Attack, Desaparecidos, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, M83, Magnetic Fields, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Kings Of Convenience, Karate, Jon Brion, Josh Ritter, Iron & Wine, Joanna Newsom, Jim Guthrie, Interpol, Grateful Dead, Guster, Frank Sinatra, Jens Lekman, Godspeed, You Black Emperor!, Reel Big Fish, Nada Surf, Rage Against The Machine, The Police, Pinback, The Get Up Kids, Four Tet, Goldfinger, Nick Drake, Explosions In The Sky, The Good Life, Dismemberment Plan, Architecture In Helsinki, Destroyer, Air, Beachwood Sparks, The Decemberists, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Manitoba/Caribou, and too many others to mention... Oh wait. some Fight From Above too.

Movies:

Hurlyburly, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Waking Life, Dazed & Confused, Almost Famous, Lost In Translation, I Heart Huckabees, Requiem For A Dream, Vanilla Sky, High Fidelity, American Beauty, Swingers, American Psycho, Trainspotting, The Big Lebowski, Amelie, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Natural Born Killers, Closer, Garden State, Donnie Darko, Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail, Fight Club, Igby Goes Down, Rushmore, Super Troopers, Rules Of Attraction, Life Aquatic

Television:

Television is a bore. USC football, natch.

Books:

Genealogy of Morals, The Alchemist, No Logo, Into The Wild, Firelord, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, Lord of the Flies, The Great Gatsby, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dry, A Million Little Pieces (it's just as good as a novel...so everyone can just settle down).

My Blog

when it comes

had a dream about my hometown again I was out in the yard throwing rocks with my friendsone hit a car so we hid up in a treeno one ever found us: we were safe; we were freenow i'm older, got a job; go...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST

at a loss for words

Because the tide is high and it's rising stillAnd I don't want to see it at my windowsillthere are times when, so paralyzed by the fear of making the wrong decision, it is easier to let life take its ...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:16:00 PST

room of rainbows

studded leather mixed with silicone, slimy slithering, shining shimmering.los angeles was on full display last night; a full frontal assault on decency by decadency.  a room of rainbows, vivid an...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:36:00 PST

new song for no one

threw another song about looking for myself awaythe words didn't mean what i thought they meant yesterdaythe only thing that stays is that everything's got to changei think i might of learned a lot of...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:15:00 PST

When You Were Young

Is anyone else conflicted about how to feel about this new Killers single?  I think I was secretly assuming/hoping their next record would suck, but I can't stop listening to this song.  he ...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:16:00 PST

shivers

these cigarettes taste like five years agoso cold in a city that never snowssometimes it's easier to let goof something so good that it hurts to hold
Posted by UrsaMiner on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:11:00 PST

J & M Liquor Must Die

haikus about this morning===========================woke up too earlyto find that i had been robbedthrough the computera credit card checksent by mail to my old placewas found in the trashand some luc...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:48:00 PST

Joe Versus The Volcano

life is a crooked path...and everyone has a price for their soul.yet redemption lurksin a warm ocean between the stars and the moon.you must face the volcanoto finally awaken and live in a constant st...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:21:00 PST

the armani army

something i found recently that I wrote while working at my last job...Work is a drag.  Wake up against the odds of morning; get dressed in collars and cufflinks; drive four stories underground ...
Posted by UrsaMiner on Tue, 23 May 2006 12:55:00 PST

Studio Daze

I didn't sleep this weekenduntil I could see into the soul of Puerto Rico.
Posted by UrsaMiner on Mon, 08 May 2006 12:53:00 PST