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Rob

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My Interests

Veganism, vegetarianism, going to shows, singing, playing guitar, reading, politics, activism, riding my motorcycle, bicycling, theater, Unitarian Universalism, sociology, media studies, yoga, surreal art, abstract art. Who am I kidding, the main interest is feeding the Internet addiction.

I'd like to meet:

Vegans, punk rockers, revolutionaries.

Music:

Jimmy Eat World, Counting Crows, The Get Up Kids, Matthew Sweet, Weezer, Idlewild, Sunny Day Real Estate, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Coheed and Cambria, The Lawrence Arms, Copeland, Rise Against, Tegan and Sara, Saves the Day, Thrice, Kiss, Chamberlain, The Weakerthans, Therapy?, DGeneration, Boysetsfire, Strike Anywhere, Say Anything, Rainer Maria.

Movies:

School of Rock, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Do the Right Thing, American Beauty, Dazed and Confused, Stand and Deliver, Princess Mononoke, Chasing Amy, Edward Scissorhands, 2001, Sling Blade, Magnolia, 21 Grams, The Motorcycle Diaries, Whale Rider, The Exorcist. And Borat.

Television:

The Simpsons, Dr. Katz, The Maxx, Home Movies, Family Guy, King of the Hill, South Park, Seinfeld, and Saturday Night Live, for its occasional gems like this:
be handsome on Vimeo

Books:

The Sea and Poison, Love in the Time of Cholera, Frederick ( Leo Lionni rocks). I'm also into Samuel Beckett, Raymond Carver, e.e. cummings, and Peter Singer. Adbusters and Punk Planet should take a bow from the magazine section.

Heroes:

The Maxx, Captain America, The Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider, Stevie Washington.

My Blog

droppin' the burrito-esque gauntlet

I just read an article in the City Beat where the food critic talks about how the only good reasons for going out to eat are: 1) It makes you feel better and 2) It has really good, really cheap food.N...
Posted by Rob on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:18:00 PST

I love library

I love you, libraryWhat communist dreamed of a place like this in AmericaWhere anyone could come in and sit without having to make a purchaseOr a donationAnd read a book that belongs to everyone?Fuck ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:12:00 PST

off the sauce

So this would be more ironic if it happened to one of my dear friends who seem to drink at every opportunity. You know who you are. No, there is not much irony in this situation at all. Who would b...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:51:00 PST

So call me?

"Hi, (name withheld).  How are you?  I had been so impressed with your disappearance speech from (substitute any social networking website), inspired even.  It was so dramatic and noble...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:44:00 PST

Puppy or Motorcycle?

Alternative title: How I Inadvertently Learned What It's Like to Be a Hot Woman When I Would've Preferred to Know What It's Like To Be Wilt Chamberlain There was never really a qu...
Posted by Rob on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:23:00 PST

God Always Ruins My Saturday Nights

File under Parties and Nightlife AND Religion and Philosophy How the hell are you supposed to go out on Saturday night if you want to go to church in the morning? This is not a question I ask myse...
Posted by Rob on Sun, 09 Oct 2005 09:15:00 PST

another person who likes everything

OK, so that last post was ridiculously long. But here I redeem myself. "You and I are not the same You like everything Arms wave in a spin, blown by Things I've hated" - I Mother Earth, "...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:02:00 PST

targeting someone just like me

When I started grad school, I basically was inspired by three things. 1) Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam - people don't trust or even talk to one another as much as we used to - astutely suggests we...
Posted by Rob on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:39:00 PST

OK, starting now (or, Look who's blogging!)

I should have started blogging years ago. I mean, underneath all of the grad student-ness, vegan-ness, indie-whatever-ness, I am a writer. But you wouldn't know it. To be a writer, I understand tha...
Posted by Rob on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 04:00:00 PST