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salman

booyakasha!

About Me

i hate comic sans.i don't like capital letters.i often abbreviate an ellipsis to just two dots.i think i would like to be a hipster doofus, but i'm failing miserably: i am neither hip nor a doofus.i learned to drive when i was 22 years old.i don't know how to swim, but i'd very much like to change that.my greek epithet is "godlike salman of bitter eye, the great-haired son of abdul."i refuse to spice-up this profile. minimalism is key.

My Interests

number theory, elliptic curves and their applications, arithmetic geometry, film, music, literature, painting, photography, visual arts, theater, museums, shoes, people watching, conversations

I'd like to meet:

folks in and around *austin* that are laid-back and smart.somone who can actually teach me how to swim.umberto eco. jerry seinfeld. adriana lima. talib kweli and mos def. galois. gauss. euler. riemann. jon stewart. dave chapelle. hideaki anno. chagall. da vinci of course. plato, not aristotle. georg buchner. all of a tribe called quest. michael jordan. andre 3000. salman rushdie. bernard hill as theoden. you.

Music:

talib kweli, a tribe called quest, de la soul, beastie boys, wu-tang clan, richie hawtin, dj shadow, mos def, underground hip hop, experimental, some indie rock, anything with a beat, nearly all types (i even enjoyed country last night - a first for me)

Movies:

recently: shaun of the dead, city of god, always: godfather, lord of the rings, fight club, mulholland drive, bottle rocket, rushmore, the royal tenenbaums, pi, the thin red line, seventh seal, three kings, seven samurai, most kubrick, most kurosawa, some spielberg, too many to name

Television:

the wire (best. show. ever.), seinfeld, sopranos, arrested development, chapelle's show, the daily show, newsradio, scrubs, twin peaks, neon genesis evangelion, cowboy bebop, buffy, the west wing, ali g, saved by the bell

Books:

recent favorites: wind-up bird chronicle, all-time favorites: the name of the rose, foucault's pendulum, midnight's children, shame, the stranger, 100 years of solitude, danton's death