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Ahmad

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

- I am from the future. But I can't remember my past.- I am Calvin to my brother's Hobbes.- I use big words, and I clean up well.- I hardly ever use Myspace anymore, except to find bands I don't know. If I don't friend you, just chill! I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Music. Art. ComedySportz. Photography. Music. Theatre. Movies. Music. Travel. Art. Good food and drink.

Music:

Aphex Twin / Arcade Fire / Avalanches / Howie B / Beatles / Bjork / Blackalicious / Bloc Party / Broken Social Scene / Jeff Buckley / Cars / John Coletrane / Cure / Depeche Mode / DJ Shadow / Marvin Gaye / Go! Team / J Dilla / Jazzanova / Junior Boys / KPFT / Kraftwerk / KTRU / Lali Puna / Thelonius Monk / Outkast / Phoenix / Radiohead / REM / Rjd2 / Rogue Wave / Snow Patrol / Spoon / Stateless / Thievery Corporation / TV on the Radio / U2 / Underworld / Velvet Underground

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth / 21 Grams / Children of Men / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Little Miss Sunshine / The Muppet Movie / Otto e mezzo / The Royal Tenenbaums / Waiting for Guffman / Syriana / Star Wars / The Incredibles / In the Name of the Father / Blade Runner / Yellow Submarine / y tu mama tambien / Babel

Television:

Colbert Report / Simpsons / Family Guy / Daily Show / NOVA / the World Cup / and random sports if I'm bored

Books:

Letters To a Young Poet. Black Swan Green. What is the What. Hardback and paperback. Fiction and non-fiction. Pynchon, Steinbeck, Don DeLillo. Lots of others.

Heroes:

Martin Luther King, Jr., my family

My Blog

Early voting and Myspace nonsense

I spent an hour in line at the West Grey Multi-Service Center to cast my early vote in the Texas Democratic Primary.  I can't imagine what the line will be like on March 4.  I voted for Obam...
Posted by Ahmad on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:19:00 PST

U2 3D: 4 <3s

I'm a die-hard U2 fan.  I've seen them in concert five times.  I have all their albums, most of their concert DVDs, lots of their singles, several bootlegs, and even a few books about the ba...
Posted by Ahmad on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:30:00 PST

Twelve things I (re)learned this year

1.) I still enjoy performing in live theatre. I guess it helps that Homebody / Kabul was probably the best show I've acted in. I haven't closed the door on doing another show in the futureso long a...
Posted by Ahmad on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:11:00 PST

A candle has two ends to burn, right?

Because that's what I've been doing for the past week and a half.  No wonder why I'm exhausted.  Don't get me wrong, I've had a blast hanging out with friends.  But a guy needs a quiet ...
Posted by Ahmad on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:49:00 PST

Best of 2007: Photos

It took me forever to narrow down my photos to just these few.  I literally took thousands of photos.  Most of them were crap.  The hard part was identifying the great from the merely g...
Posted by Ahmad on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:55:00 PST

Biggest album disappointments of 2007

So I wanted to post my favorite photos of 2007, but I've discovered that it's nearly impossible for me to narrow it down to 2 or 3.  So here are the albums that I found disappointing this year.Th...
Posted by Ahmad on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:08:00 PST

Best of 2007: Albums

If retailers can put up Christmas stuff up before Thanksgiving, then I can start work on my "Best Of" lists before the end of the year.  Here are some of my favorite albums of 2007--in order of w...
Posted by Ahmad on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:25:00 PST

Bayou lights

I enjoyed the first real day of Autumn last night at the "Nights on Blue Bayou" event. I couldn't believe the weather.  A few thoughts:--Taylor McFerrin (Bobby's son) is a pretty good beatboxer!-...
Posted by Ahmad on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:07:00 PST

you bring light in you bring light in you bring light in

September 11, 2007I've already mentioned just how great the Underworld show was at the Fillmore.  I took lots of pictures, and got some pretty great video.  It's shaky at times, I know, but ...
Posted by Ahmad on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:07:00 PST

Lookout! Mountain!

September 11, 2007The Underworld concert starts at 7:30, and Kevin has to work until about 1 or so.  I still haven't really seen much outside the city, so we take a short road trip to Lookout Mou...
Posted by Ahmad on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:32:00 PST