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Gregory

They Are Who We Thought They Were.

About Me

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. Epitaph: He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing. Also- http://themodernyawn.blogspot.com

My Interests

the cosmos- both with Carl Segan and without, HBO Series, mixed tapes, old timey slang, euphamisms, magazines( Us, teen people, Star, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Discover, Sassy, Mojo, Uncut, glossy, overpriced, imported, deleted), money, road construction, pizza, rocking, getting rocked, lists, celebs, quasi-gayness on many levels, wine, handlebar mustachery, protractors, the sun, painting, call waiting-so I can get through-not you, driving a car with some fucking-A kick fucking ass jams on, Fucking A, Australian Chewing Sticks, road atlases, animals dressed like humans, Jolt brand cola- just the concept...not the actual product, Hawaiian-Style anything, Texas-sized anything, road trips, headphones, my first Black Flag tape that I got for my birthdy in 1985, English, Space Program movies, Polaroid photography, mug shots, Dixon "Ticonderoga" soft-lead(HB) pencils, iPods, button-down shirts on-sale at JC Penney, people who did not like the movie Donnie Darko- or if they did, they at least realized that it wasn't one of their favorite movies of all time really, The Guardian Building, Composing beats, mall haircuts, huckleberry friends, the recent influx of girls who make reference to their red hair color as if it is an occupation or accomplishment, eulogies, mowhawks being refered to as mohicans, the penobscott building, wireless anything, Hogan Knows Best.... oh, I almost forgot my greatest interest- watching that Snoop Dogg performace of Murder Was Tha Case( that they gave me) when he's in a wheelchair and shit and then there's a coffin and a bunch of mourners and they're all dressed up like a choir and he says "I'm innocent...I'm innocent" at the end and people go apeshit. That's the best. So-Cal Rockabilly......yeah. Unness abbreves,k?, bleeuck! Tin ceilings in bars, the fucking noise band that lives next door that insist on practicing tape loops, fake british accents, yogurt, black metal album covers, RCA building, the music that you don't really like that they play at shows through the speakers before the bands go on cuz it's actually alright at the time, halftones, the smell of turpentine, 4-H,Santino, Wirt C. Rowland, Rowland S. Howard, laughing, the sound of a pedal steel guitar, exterior design, reverb, sugar-free lifesavers, the guest list, modern art, any tony hawk video game, scoundrals, blogging for nobody, pretending that i went to Harvard, central air, summer softball, Lost marathons with my girlfriend, the Detroit Red Wings, Baltimore, Home improvements, bikes, sitting on porches and patios and drinking the summer away with my friends, weber grills, pluralism, pick-a-bagel, voicemails, airbrush guys at trade centers who aren't really that good, roberta jacina and joe donavan's voices at 6:20 AM. MySpace Clocks and MySpace Layouts from MakeYourSpace.com

I'd like to meet:

Victoria Principal '78, Jock Ewing, Paul Newman, Italians, Stereotypical Eskimos, Gary The Architecture-smoking Hobo, Steve Martin, Ron Wood, John Gielgud, Scott Walker, RZA, Huck Finn, Molly Ringwald so she could swear at me in French- or maybe say "I just wanted them to know, they didn't break me.", Seymore Cassel, Bridgette Bardot, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters in the Jerk, Bill Murray, The first guy who came up with "Ladies and Germs....",Scatman Cruthers, Paul Lynde, Rip Taylor, Anne Heche, Sam Shepard, Sam Elliot, Buckminster Fuller, Patrick Swayze, Elke Sommer, Kylie Minogue, Dr. Troy, Coleman A. Young's ghost, Fred Armisen, Donovan in Atlantis, Ed Harris, Uma Thurman, Vincent Price, Ben Shahn, Steve Yzerman, Don Cherry(hockey. not jazz), Claes Oldenberg so I could use one of his soft toilets in a comedy way without getting kicked out of a museum, Dave Davies, Dracula, Dave Buick, Roger Moore...or Jamie Farr...or someone from Cannonball Run, Vincent Van Gogh, Caspar Van Dien, Vincent D'Anofrio, Don Van Vliet, Mario Van Peebles, Robert DeNiro, John Waters, Alf, Burt Reynolds, Dom Delouise, Sally Field when in Norma Ray fantasy attire, Gene Wilder, Ice Cube, Bon Scott, Alfred Steiglitz, Benjamin Franklin, Jeff Koons' parents, Dolly Parton, Edgar Allen Poe, Clint Howard, Ted Knight, Any of the Cat Women, John Doe, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Leo Castelli- the greatest art dealer in Manhattan, Andy Warhol, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Don Johnson, Grandmaster Flash, That awesome L.A. guy, Mia Farrow, Ricky Gervais, The Shaw of Iran, The Ayatollah, Frank Lloyd Wright, John Cusak, Julius Caesar, Gordie Howe, Ernie Harwell, Abraham Lincoln,Leo Sayer .

Music:

Monochrome Set, terry Reid, Them, Black Flag, Kinks, Margo Guryan, Easybeats, Spacemen 3, The Go, Donovan, Walker Brothers, Submarine Racists,, Undertones, Liars, AC/DC, Echo & the Bunnymen, Old Wave, Led Zeppelin, Justin timberlake, Simon & Garfunkel, Hot Mess, babyshambles.img src="http://www.gardenofearthlydelights.com/drums.jpg"

Movies:

the Station Agent, Howard's End, Remains Of The Day,Varsity Blues, Breaking Away, Rudy, anything with Ed Harris, Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next, clay pigeons, out of Africa, anything with paul newman, valley girl, magnolia, the notebook, six days seven nights, apollo 13, a very brady sequel, music & lyrics, a bronx tale, mississippi burning, cat on a hot tin roof, topsy turvey, pearl harbor, taps, ordinary people, Birdy, All the right moves, Reds, Heaven help us, silverado.

Television:

SAMSUNG 30-INCH. 30 Rock, the office, how i met your mother, top design, the first 48, miami vice, news radio, the sarah silverman show, Nip/Tuck, Frontline, The American Experience, Dallas, Extras, Dumbgyver, The Mute Ref, Hot Cans!, I'm Gonna Eat Your Car, My Foot is a Chicken, Quantum Creep, The Shrimpiest Jerk.

Books:

Magazines, coffee table books, Yellow Pages, Finnegan's Wake, bitch!

Heroes:

Joe Strummer, The Presidents,Custodians,Pirates, Auto Mechanics, Bad Guys who still try to steal art and rob trains, Aw-shucks guys, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, The Greenfield Village Preservation Society,Scatman Crothers, Batman, Bonnie & Clyde, Steve Martin, William Shakesphere, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Simms, Dexter Bussey, Horace King,Billy simms, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins. Mel Farr, Mr. Belvedere, Dave Lennox, Kelley & Company, Bill Bonds, Uncle Robinson, Dr. Dworkis, Doctors, lawyers, indian chiefs.

My Blog

http://themodernyawn.blogspot.com

http://themodernyawn.blogspot.com  
Posted by Gregory on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:09:00 PST

Hmmm......Flying.

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?I GOTTA QUIT DOING COKE AT WORK. 2. How much cash do you have on you?JUST THE TWO PENNIES IN MY LOAFERS, ROOTY ...
Posted by Gregory on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:22:00 PST