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abram

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About Me

Country Legend. Pistolero. Father. Fight Fan. Frontiersman. Jackoff-of-all-Trades.My aim is true.
I'm so quiet, if they were to make a movie about my life, it would be a silent film. I have skeletons in my closet...literally. Please don't feed my ego after midnight.
I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
1 Samuel 26:21
I'm a writer for hire--everyday, I write the book. You need a few words and can pay--me love you long time. I have a mean streak longer than a trenchcoat. I'm an open book, but it's written in Spanish, and you'll need cliff notes. Over the years, my list of enemies has decreased. I don't know if that's a good thing, yet since it means fewer people are thinking of me. Believe it or not, 80% of the people in my friend's que know me in real life. 50% of those have restraining orders against me. The rest know me as Harry Dingles. You can call me Abram, though if I can call you Betty.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools." --Ernest Hemingway
By the Way:

My Interests

movies, poetry, writing, reading, language, mixed martial arts, luchadores, comic books, Benicio del Toro, Dallas Mavericks, spoilers, samurai, tequila, duende, nostalgia, photography, found art, gambling, vices, TCB, Halloween, vulgarities, secret handshakes, pistols at dawn, PDAs, zippos, lyrics, microphones, tomfoolery, looligagging, grabassing, civic disobedience, punctuation, enjambment, free verse, blank verse, second verse same as the first. . .
Frankenstein, Wolf Man, the Creature, zombies

family: Nikolai, Marissa, Sarah, Arianna, Keynote, Omar, Moms, Pops.

I'd like to meet:

I'm spoken for, so I'm not really looking to meet anyone other than cool cats and chicks. BUT if you must know...

Benicio del Torro--I've come close by association, but I've got a feeling that Puerto Rican is avoiding this Chicano. This chick too:

Music:

The peeps below usually make me do a double take:

Elvis, CASH, Wilco, Waylon Jennings, The Band, Steve Earle, M.I.A., Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Parliment, Al Green, Tom Waits, The Strokes, The Roots, DeLaSoul, A Tribe Called Quest, John Frusciante, The Donkeys, Detroit Cobras, centro-matic, My Morning Jacket, Ozomatli, The White Stripes, Saturday Looks Good to Me

Movies:

Do you have a day? I've got more movies than you can shake a stick at. Some of my favorites: Creature From the Black Lagoon, Cool Hand Luke, Hud, The Hustler, Giant, Night of the Living Dead, Seven Samurai, Enter the Dragon, The Godfather, Empire Strikes Back, Stardust Memories, Serpico, The Great Escape, Annie Hall, Zoot Suit, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Bottle Rocket, Chopper, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Chasing Amy, Sexy Beast, Devil's Backbone, Wonderboys, High Fidelity, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Y Tu Mama Tambien, AmoresPerros, Big Fish, 21 Grams, Kill Bill, Pencilmen, Heist, Battle Royale, Fireworks, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zatoichi, Old Boy, Garden State, Closer, DIG!, the Aristocrats, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,...Any flick with Benicio del Toro or zombies.

April Movie Recommendation:

Things We Lost In the Fire

Television:

just a few shows I'm committed to: The Office (both), Extras (BBC), Arrested Development, 24, Miracles, Angel, Six-Feet Under, Carnivale, Sports Night, WKRP, The Fall Guy, Lost...Most of the stuff I watch isn't around too long.

Books:

Deepstep Come Shining, Spilling the Beans, Drink Cultura: Chicanismo, Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Hopscotch, Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You, 100 Years of Solitude, Drown, Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Revolt of the Cockroach People

Heroes:

Black Bolt, Han Solo, Oscar Zeta Acosta, and my pops.

My Blog

What I'm missing today (3/23)

What I'm missing today. . . First looks! And Cooking with Gasoline! ...
Posted by abram on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:43:00 PST

"Are You Ready for Some Poetry Muthaf**kas?!!"--Mos Def, 2004

Since it's almost time, I figured I'd let everyone know that I have a reading later this month.  Wednesday, February 28th at Richland College in Dallas, I will be one of the authors giving a read...
Posted by abram on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:33:00 PST