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i love life.

About Me

so many levels to it. theres no manual. theres no template for navigating this existence. we are the makers of our own destinies. we make choices that shape the next moment, the next day, the next week, and the further future. sometimes it is hard to live with those choices, but thats life. so keep on keepin on. now, the passion for design. to begin the atomfactory.

My Interests

eating/dreaming/sweating/living/breathing design, going to art shows, keeping a sketchbook, critical mass and riding bikes. kaleidoscopes, bubbles, color, the outdoors, revolutions, climbing trees, trying new food, the occasional hallucination...

I'd like to meet:

people in far places with interesting faces.

Music:

in no particular order: sublime, modest mouse, the atma, the flaming lips, bob marley, air, coheed and cambria, fionna apple, red hot chilli peppers, the smiths, bjork, soja, fallout boy, the sounds of sleeping (not a band, just the sound- save the snores though), aphex twin, snow patrol, thrice, augustus pablo, buckethead, the cure, massive attack, the doors, led zeppelin, the marz volta, radiohead, red hot chilli peppers, tenacious d, theivery corporation, bad religion, long beach dub all stars, easy star all stars, queen, mad villain, quasimoto, queen, incubus, jack johnson, dave matthews, the wicked soundtrack band and so forth

Movies:

in no particular order: pan's labyrinth, old boy, jarhead, old school, apocolypse now, napoleon dynamite, nacho libre, shorts by michel gondry, koyaanisaqatsi, anchorman, marathon man, amelie, garden state, hackers, scratch, howl's moving castle....

Television:

don't really watch it, but i enjoy the simpsons, king of the hill and lost. i have been known to dabble in sex and the city

Books:

right now im reading days of war nights of love, by Crimethinc

Heroes:

those who defy the odds, the underdog and the sidekick... maybe you.

My Blog

updates from Berlin

wow. too much to recall within one blog, but heres the run down. london-smashing baby. getting drunk with kiwis and aussies and tubbing it everywhere. love the tube. amsterdam- a little slice of heave...
Posted by atom on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:07:00 PST

Sunday brunch and a Battery

Sunday brunch and a battery.A paper clip and two scoops of haagen daz.The feeling of finality sets in.No more school, no more work.Job time?. Genuine excitement for professional design.Europe first.I ...
Posted by atom on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:52:00 PST

ramblings from an old man

There is a whole in my being.The hole thats been farced by my own imaginationShould I become what I am told will happen?A righteous man, calm and composed.A man with success written on his forehead li...
Posted by atom on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:40:00 PST

friday already? and random thoughts

its 130 am. thursday, er... friday morning. i am completing a task for my 9am Art History. I have to paint 3 vases is archaic style black figure, red figure, and white-ground technique. this i...
Posted by atom on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:39:00 PST

interesting words

Used.  2 definitions.  As in: 1: I used to have those socks, but they ripped. 2: I used those socks so much, they ripped. say it enough times and it becomes meaningless.  bah.... ...
Posted by atom on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:47:00 PST

go hair go!

ah yeaaahhh, go hair go!! be free from the confinements of the beanie which has held you in on this cold day. cars need new tires due to use. where do the tire particles go? likewise, when...
Posted by atom on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

go ahead, make something up.

lets see whats goin on at the third party, give it a shot, and i added one extra. 1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. 2. How long have you known me? 3. When & how did we meet? ...
Posted by atom on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

wait a minute ... speed limit?

why can cars go over the speed limit? i mean shouldnt the automobile manufacturerers and law enforcement officials get together and REALIZE that less people would speed if cars couldn't go that fast ...
Posted by atom on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

goose...bump

i noticed the gradual rise and fall of goosebumbs this morning on my arm. it was interesting and quite amusing. ah the little pleasures of life.
Posted by atom on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

marz volta was amazing!

went to see the volta last night at the wiltern....and by god, they were magical. i felt like i was experienceing some kind of revolution. their music is just so damn progressive its fantastic. the...
Posted by atom on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST