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Dave

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About Me

If I were an animal, I'd be a pony. ..
I'm only 27 and I've lived a hundred lives. I was born in NYC, I currently live in NYC, and in between I've lived in every corner of this state, as well as several others. I've been educated at the finest schools, and have drank at the dirtiest bars. I've driven a car off a cliff, and ridden a pony under water. Life, to me, is a great and unscripted adventure, and I could never imagine ruling anything out as being below me or above me. Snobbery and insecurity are just cheap replacements for an actual identity. While at school I came within one professor's letter of being able to declare my degree as having a "Concentration in Evil."
I've worked on capitol hill, and in the DJ booth of a gay club. I've booked speaking engagements for an 80-year old woman addicted to huffing Wite-Out, and sold clothing to celebrities. I've worked in international trading banks, and translated telephone calls for the deaf. I've even been a college admissions counselor. All the while I've written music, played instruments, and dabbled in improv and sketch comedy. If I'm lucky, someday I can add those to the list of things I've done to earn a living.
Perhaps, in the meantime, I will go into advertising. I am a creative person. I frequently come up with bizarre marketing ideas, such as advertising Greek food with a musical tribute to David Bowie declaring, "We could eat Gyros! Just for one day!" I also would like to promote Downs Syndrome charities with George Clinton leading a bunch of developmentally disabled children in a dancing chorus of "Get up for Downs Syndrome! (Everybody get up!)."
Maybe advertising would be a bad idea.
Because I am a huge fan of "The Colbert Report":

On Notice

Dead to Me


-Grizzly Bears
-Aspiring Models
-Gays from D.C.
-The 'Indianapolis' Colts
-R-44 subway cars (I am a transit dork)
-Yuppies who move to NYC and screw up the damn place by building condos everywhere and pricing genuine neighborhood institutions right out of the damn city.
-Shorts.
-Fluorescent lighting.
-Hillary.
-Sodhexo Marriot. They know why.
-Well-meaning idiots.

-Men with Beards
-California's 50th District
-Every sequel Arthur C. Clarke has written
-Dick Cheney
-Liars
-Donald Rumsfeld.
-The geniuses at Fox responsible for scheduling from 1999-2003
-Yuppies who pose as hipsters
-Actual dead people
-Stanford University
-People who knowingly voted for Bush in 2004.
-Sluts, especially dirty ones. -Ill-intentioned idiots.


And because there are also things I enjoy:

I Like to Notice

Me - Dead Without Them!


-Absurd humor
-Wandering
-Short people
-"Futurama"
-Vodka
-Obscure references to classical culture
-Baltimore
-Chicago
-A good Burgundy
-TiVo.
-My first crush

-Politics
-Music
-Road trips
-Rational thinking
-Good Food
-Good Drink
-Good Sex (preferably following good food and good drink)
-Good books (when good sex is unavailable)
-My first love


I found this amusing:
Which Famous Homosexual Are You?
Brought to you by Rum and Monkey
Eleanor Roosevelt! Nice to see you.
A Roosevelt yourself, you married your fifth cousin Franklin; despite the obvious incestuous overtones, your six kids were happy and healthy. When Franklin got elected, you became perhaps the most controversial first lady ever - you spoke out for the rights of women; for the rights of the poor; for world peace. You were even a member of a union while your husband was in office - and when he died, you were the head of the UN Commission on Human Rights. All of which is pretty kick ass, but to top things off you had a hot and steamy relationship with the lesbian journalist Lorena Hickok, who was so madly in love with you that she halted her career for you. Unfortunately, you couldn't give up your public life that easily - leaving her heartbroken.
Bitch.
The Keys to Your Heart
You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.
You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.
Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
What Are The Keys To Your Heart?
..tr The Gentleman
Deliberate Gentle Love Master ( DGLMm )
Steady & mature. You are The Gentleman.
For anyone looking for an even-keeled, considerate lover, you're their man. You're sophisticated. You know what you want both in a relationship and outside of it. You have a substantial romantic side, and you're experienced enough sexually to handle yourself in that arena, too. Your future relationships will be long-lasting; you're classic "marrying material," a prize in the eyes of many.
It's possible that behind it all, you're a bit of a male slut. Your best friends know that in relationships you're fundamentally sex-driven . You're a safe, reliable guy, who does get laid. In a lot of ways, you're like a well-worn, comfortable pair of socks. Did you ever jack off into one of those? All the time.
.. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- begin exact opposite table -- ..tr height="20" Your exact opposite:
The Last Man on Earth

Random Brutal Sex Dreamer
..table .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- end exact opposite table -- Your ideal mate is NOT a nut-job. He is giving and loving, like you, but also experienced. Avoid the The False Messiah at all fucking costs.
CONSIDER : The Gentleman, someone just like you. ..table
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My Interests

Politics, history, music, psychology, road trips, nightlife, theater, movies, urban life, shopping, fine wines, vodka, writing, comedy, comedy writing, improv, street theater, fashionable underwear

I'd like to meet:

note: if you’re going to send me a friend request, MESSAGE ME FIRST and maybe have a conversation, okay? I’m old-fashioned. I like to know the people I’m “friends” with.

Interesting people. Adventurous people. Open-hearted people. I have no time to waste on people who are so preoccupied with image, cliques, and set plans that they only judge things in those terms. No matter whether the scene is preppy, artsy, emo, political, rich, poor – the interesting people are always the ones who are open to friends from every corner, and who have learned that what you wear, what you do, and where you live have nothing to do with what sort of person you are. I have friends who are preppy political activists, hipster DJ’s, people who have been both those and more, and everything in between.

Brains. Yes, I can talk about everything from astrophysics to fashion, and biblical archaeology to film theory, but I’ve found that education and intelligence do not go hand in hand. Some of the smartest people I’ve met barely made it through high school, and some of the most boring, anti-intellectual assholes I’ve known hold Ivy League degrees. I’ll take a curious mind with little education over a dullard with a litany of memorized facts any day of the week. It’s an amazing world we live in, and if you can’t find anything outside of yourself that provokes interest, then I doubt we’ll have much to discuss.

Looks are transient. In terms of romance, of course I like attractive guys. But if that’s all you have to offer, don’t expect me to be care. I’ve been with the gorgeous people, I’ve been with the brilliant people, and right now, I’m happy just to find myself with the good people.....

Music:

AC/DC, The Arcade Fire, B-52's, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beck, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Bjork, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Blur, James Brown, Cake, Camper Van Beethoven, Kelly Clarkson, The Clash, Coltrane, The Coup, Dancing for Nickels, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, The Decemberists, Dick Dale, Ani DiFranco, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, Eazy-E, Eminem, Aretha Franklin, the first lady, Funkadelic, Geto Boys, Gorillaz, Ice Cube, Iggy Pop, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, King Missile, Lauryn Hill before she went crazy, Led Zepplin (in moderation), Lou Reed, Mark Knopfler, Miles Davis, Missy Elliot, Mooney Suzuki, Mozart, Ennio Morricone, N.W.A., Nas, The New Pornographers, Nirvana, Oukast, Parliament, Peaches, Peter Gabriel, Tom Petty, Pixies, Portishead, Prince, Public Enemy, Pylon, Ray Charles, RHCP, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Shostakovich, Soul Coughing, Stevie Wonder, minister of fine arts, The Streets, Sugarcubes, Television, U2, Velvet Underground, Kanye West, Weird Al Yankovic, White Stripes, Wilco,always looking for new bands around NYC that I can go see and possibly jam with...

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, Chinatown, That video for U.N.K.L.E.'s "Rabbit In Your Headlights", Election, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Adaptation, anything Charlie Kaufman chooses to write in the future, Office Space, M*A*S*H, The Player, Short Cuts, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, The Killing, South Park, 2001, Lawrence of Arabia, Fight Club, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple, Fargo, Bring it On, The Remains of the Day, School of Rock, Spaceballs, UHF, Pulp Fiction, Lord of the Rings, Austin Powers I & II, Monty Python's Life of Brian, 7 Television Commercials, Rashomon, Battleship Ptomkin, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Catch Me if You Can, Amadeus, Do the Right Thing, JFK, Brazil, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Annie Hall, Match Point

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Simpsons, South Park, Arrested Development, Sopranos, The Apprentice, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Everyone Loves Lesbians, Osama's Place

Books:

Everything is Illuminated, The History of the Siege of Lisbon, Where I'm Calling From, Fortress of Solitude, Assassination Vacation, Cat's Cradle, Huckleberry Finn, White Noise, Underworld, Dead Souls, The Last Temptation of Christ, Live From Golgotha, Life of Samuel Johnson, The Remains of the Day, 2001, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Salmon of Doubt, Taras Bulba, The Power Broker, World's Fair, The Geneaology of Morals, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Dead Souls, Breakfast of Champions, Galapagos, Deadeye Dick, The Silmarilion, The Years of Lyndon Johnson, To Kill a Mockingbird...

Heroes:

Anyone who has given their life to advance and realize the potential and possibilities of the human spirit and condition. Those who have struck down walls and rules imposed by fear, and fought instead for reason and justice.

My Blog

Travelblogue Part VI - Adventures In Western Hungary (part I)

My last morning in Budapest meant a lot of cleaning up (hey, the apartment was great, and I'd like to be able to rent it again next time I visit!), a lot of packing up (how the fuck did I fit that stu...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:32:00 PST

I am a horrible blogger.

SO,I never finished blogging about my past Europe trip.  I didn't get around to writing about my adventures out in western hungary, or Vienna, or Bratislava, or my miserable/fascinating week in P...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:00 PST

Goodbye, Ollie Dog Silverstone

Late this morning, on the way home from the vet, my family dog, Ollie, went into respiratory distress and was unable to recover. He was euthanized with my Mom and Dad present, at home, in his favorite...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:51:00 PST

Buda and the Rest of Pest

Once again, let me reiterate:  There's a reason why there's not much of a history of raw fish consumption in central Europe.  A very good reason.  Let's leave it at that.  Ignore m...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:55:00 PST

Wet Me Entertain You (TravelBlogue part V)

Wet Me Entertain You (TravelBlogue part V) As any guidebook will tell you, one must-do in Budapest is attending one of the city's magnificent baths, some of them dating to the Turkish occupation in...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:04:00 PST

UnWasted day (Travelblogue IV)

Sunday in Budapest.  Feeling tired as hell, but surprisingly not hung-over from the previous night's revelry.   I managed to get myself up and out the door before 2pm, because, well  a...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:25:00 PST

6:00 On A Sunday Morning (travelblogue part III)

(before I begin, my apologies for the delay in updating.  Have been working off and on with the entries for each day, but have been busy to say the least!  I haven't even gotten around to ed...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:16:00 PST

Walking between the raindrops (Travelogue II)

I got into Budapest last night after spending eons in the cold, creepy embrace of the Swiss and their airline... did I mention how much I hate their inability to que?  Anyways, I decided to be ad...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 26 May 2007 07:17:00 PST

The Swiss are dicks. (travelogue I)

Flew Swiss International from JFK to Zurich, connecting to Budapest.   I gotta say this.  First of all, Europeans don't know how to stand in a friggin' line.  I mean, other than the bri...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 25 May 2007 04:42:00 PST

Dave's European Vacation

So, after only a few days worth of holding and dealing with inept operators, I finally got someone who knew what they were doing over at USAir, and I've managed to use my frequent flier miles to jet o...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:50:00 PST