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About Me

Exploring new pursuits such as camping and fishing and riding my lovely Schwinn around town. Also on a reading tear right now (any suggestions?). Generally trying to keep the old noggin screwed on. Here, here!

My Interests

Hot sand underfoot, lazy lapping waves that just barely fizz over one's toes then sigh and retreat, only to come again. The sound of someone skateboarding (preferably on the street, unexpected familiar and fantastic noise that makes my head whip round to see). Warm ocean water and snorkeling. Darting after unsuspecting fishies. The silence snow can bring. Breathing deeply. Discovering new depths and reserves of strength within myself.

I'd like to meet:

Ho hum. Anyone not trying to shove their band down my throat.

Music:

Radiohead. The Arcade Fire. Leonard Cohen. The Streets. Postal Service. Cat Stevens. Death Cab for Cutie. Morrissey. Sigur Ros. Iron & Wine. Bjork. New Order. Keane. Interpol. Elliott Smith. Jeff Buckley. John Coltrane. Devendra Banhart. Stevie Wonder. Dead Can Dance. Massive Attack. Cocteau Twins. Kings of Convenience. Songs: Ohia. The Cure. Ladytron. Beck. Johnny Cash. Magnet. Billie Holiday. the Smiths. NWA. Depeche Mode. Astrud Gilberto. Black Grass. Joni Mitchell. The Polyphonic Spree. Savath & Savalas. Mum. Bright Eyes. Air. Carole King.

Movies:

City of Men. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Fight Club. Fahrenheit 9/11. Napoleon Dynamite. The Empire Strikes Back. City of God. Spirited Away. Lost in Translation. The Royal Tenenbaums. Memento. Secretary. Trainspotting. Princess Bride. City of Lost Children. The Usual Suspects. Shawshank Redemption. Being John Malkovich. Dazed and Confused. Rushmore. True Romance. Brazil. Princess Mononoke. American Beauty. Shakespeare in Love. 7 Television Commercials. Delicatessen. Bladerunner. Breakfast at Tiffany's. Apparently any movie with the word "City" in the title.

Television:

Entourage. Bye Bye Sopranos. Where o where is Project Runway?

Books:

Authors: Hemingway. Jane Austen. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ayn Rand. Ray Bradbury. Roald Dahl. Jasper Fforde. Madeleine L'Engle. David Sedaris. Michael Chabon. Dylan Thomas. Sylvia Plath. Jeffrey Eugenides. Some Titles: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell!!!! Fahrenheit 451. The Fountainhead. A Confederacy of Dunces. Pride and Prejudice. Garden of Eden. Middlesex. Me Talk Pretty One Day. Tender is the Night. Do NY Times Crossword puzzles count?

Heroes:

Ah, but who really is worthy? Anyone who has figured out how to move through this life with more than a modicum of happiness.

My Blog

holy portland, batman

Crazy craziness. Already four weeks here in Portland. Perhaps it's time to resume bits of myspace blogging, on a small scale. . .
Posted by Sunny on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:41:00 PST

apple, oh apple, whither art though

Is the reason that the blogging program here says it can't run one hundred percent on my particular machine? I mean, it's not like this is a piece of shit, it's a lovely Powerbook G4 that's only a yea...
Posted by Sunny on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:24:00 PST

tivo frozen frames

I always laugh when I get a phone call or need to pause tivo in its replay for me to grab a glass of water or pee or whatever I get sidetracked with. . . and I come back and there on the screen is som...
Posted by Sunny on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:18:00 PST

procrastination

Wild Nights Wild nights. Wild nights!Were I with thee,Wild nights should beOur luxury!Futile the windsTo a heart in portDone with the compassDone with the chart.Rowing in Eden.Ah, the sea.Might ...
Posted by Sunny on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:36:00 PST

grit

How can I be so charged up in the day and get my little to do lists done and cheerfully crossed out, and then when I need to get my ass in bed, I fuck around and now I have only a few hours to sleep b...
Posted by Sunny on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:06:00 PST

impossible

After reading a slew of short stories lately, I am struck by one thing, one forceful thought that started slowly, then trembled as it swelled in the back of my head, carried in its growing weight and ...
Posted by Sunny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

still seasick

Can i take dramamine a day after I was on a moving vessel? I am swimming around (no pun intended) in sickly nausea, I feel the world shifting and moving, rocking and rolling when my feet are firmly pl...
Posted by Sunny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

stuck

why don't the words come when i summon them to me? they flit and flicker in my brain throughout the day and especially in the dark hours of the night and wing away quickly when i reach up to grasp at ...
Posted by Sunny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

celebration

So this year's 4th of July party we throw annually at K's houseboat in Seattle has a new theme: The three amigas invite you to kick it up a nacho. Stu is the ass hee hawing on the invite and baring bi...
Posted by Sunny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

hangover

Okay, it's official. I am getting too old to drink. There, I've said it, more importantly, I've written it, so it means something. I went out to shoot pool with JM the other night. It was fun. We ...
Posted by Sunny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST