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dan

im so post modern it's neo dada

About Me

i hate amateur poetry, but i do like hot chocolate.

My Interests

clay sculpture, pencil sketches, mashed potatoes, hot and sour soup, lemon drop cookies, comic strips about lizards and beavers, jonathan safran foer, china

I'd like to meet:

don hertzfeld, christopher walken, and anyone who thinks going out on a lake and playing pirates is awesome. anyone else must send me a message proving if they're worthy of being my friend and no, i don't want to promote your new CD for you but thanks for asking.

Music:

ted leo, belle and sebastian, elliot smith, kaito, le tigre, built to spill, spoon, badly drawn boy, postal service, death cab, tribe, j5, lcd soundsystem

Movies:

donni darko, shakespeare in love, chocolat, spirited away, princess mononoke, robin hood (with the fox), peter pan (the newest one), eternal sunshine, everything is illuminated

Television:

jackie chan adventures, recess, shaolin showdown, so you think you can dance, home decoration shows, iron chef, food network's great dessert challenges, dance 360 HEAD TO HEAD!

Books:

sound and the fury, me talk pretty one day, bunny suicides, harry potter, all the pretty horses, to kill a mockingbird, extremely close and incredibly loud or something like that with those four words in various combinations (i can never remember), the history of love

My Blog

New Home

For the few people who check up on me, I will now be posting my adventures via this: http://kungpaobeijing.blogspot.com/. 1. I like the look of it more and 2. People who aren't on Myspace can also loo...
Posted by dan on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:39:00 PST

On being back in the US update 1

I've just made it back to sunny Atlanta. Here are some details of my airplane adventures. LEG ROOMMy friend from Canada recently packed up his bags and headed back to the mothaland. I wasn't able to ...
Posted by dan on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:18:00 PST

A new list of hate

Things People I cannot stand after living in Beijing for a year and a quarter on an annoyance rating from 1-5 with 1 being mosquito bite and 5 being I want to punch you in the face: 1. People who rema...
Posted by dan on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:02:00 PST

On Beijing cab drivers

When I first moved to Beijing there were two types of cabs running around 1.20's and 1.60's. Here's a briefing for all you foreign devils who haven't been to China and specifically Beijing. USEF...
Posted by dan on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:38:00 PST

Myspace banned in China

After you've lived in China for awhile and you basically stopped being a wide eyed tourist oohing and ahhing over the hutongs or the small old people or how street food is so good or how annoying the ...
Posted by dan on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:44:00 PST

Beijing post number one

AFTER BEING IN BEIJING FOR A YEAR AND A QUARTER... In a small square surrounded from all sides by hutong houses and anchored on either end with the Drum and Bell towers is where I started off my eveni...
Posted by dan on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:16:00 PST