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Ben

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About Me


Create your own friendquiz hereMusician, Actor, World of Warcrafter. I'm a lazy gymrat, a part-time preschool teacher, and a full time pseudo-psycho-thera-philoso-flirt. I also care for cheese a great deal.

My Interests

Strongbad, Joe Cartoon, The Rock Music, Adult Swim, Crazy People, New Adventures, Travel, Hiking/Climbing, Quantum Physics, Cooking (MARRY ME, NIGELLA!), Eating, Joshua Tree, Waterfalls, Questions, Answers, Thumb Wars, Theatre, Concerts, Mel's Milkshakes, Crustaceans, .. width="425" height="350" .. Video Games (can anyone say Tim Schafer?!) and Teletubbies.

I'd like to meet:

Mr. Money Bags, Captain Obvious, Mrs. Right, and MC Peepants. And a real life vampirate!-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------And badass musicians like Arcadi Volodos, Martha Argerich .. width="425" height="350" .. , Helene Grimaud, Jon Nakamatsu, and Weird Al. And Daniel Johns. And Dave Grohl. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----The following actors - Kevin Spacey, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, John Malkovich, Audrey Tatou, Peter Sellars, Meryl Streep, Juliet Binoche, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Val Kilmer, William Shatner, Christopher Walken, Lucy Liu, Salma Hayek, Sean Penn, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -----The following comedians - Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Jon Stewart, Stephen Lynch, Maria Bamford, Dave Attel, Christian Finnegan, Sarah Silverman, Adam Corolla and more. . ... width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

.. width="425" height="350" .. Tegan and Sara, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, Muse, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Rufus Wainwright, Silverchair - Diorama, The Beatles - White Album, Ben Folds and/or Five, Foo Fighters, The Vines, The Dissociatives, Cake, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Reel Big Fish, Rage Against the Machine, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Portishead, Richard Cheese, Snoop Dogg, Gorrillaz, Fiona Apple, The Minibosses, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Arcadi Volodos, Martha Argerich, Helene Grimuad, Pink Martini, Deathcab for Cutie, NIN, The Frames, The White Stripes, Gershwin, Sondheim, Scissor Sisters, Beck, Bjork, Tenacious D, Fountains of Wayne, Weird Al Yankovic, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Counting Crows, Greenday, Louis XIV, Queen, Rooney, System of A Down, They Might Be Giants, Travis, The Verve, Weezer, Live...... ad infinitum........

Movies:

.. width="425" height="350" .. Anything by PT Anderson, Tarantino, or Monty Python. Also - Wedding Crashers, Tron, Closer, Sideways, Crash, American Beauty, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, American Splendor, Harry and the Hendersons, Animated Disney films excluding anything more recent than The Lion King, Anything with Johnny Depp, Final Fantasy, Crouching Tiger, Hero with Jet Li, Hero with Dustin Hoffman, Sixth Sense, Singing in the Rain, Dancer in the Dark, MST3K, From Justin to Kelly (just seeing if you were paying attention), Braveheart, X2, Batman, Anything by the Coen brothers, Anything with Audrey Tatou, Most things with Meryl Streep, love the Charlie Kaufman, love the Fight Club, Dark Crystal, Team America, Anything by Stone and Parker really, Texas Chainsaw remake, The Shining, IT, Hellraiser, Jurassic Park, The original Star Wars series, Indiana Jones, Moulin Rouge!, Goonies, Best in Show, The Princess Bride, Garden State, Igby Goes Down, Tombstone, Lost in Translation, Ghostbusters, The Philadelphia Story, Sunset Blvd, Titus, What Dreams May Come, Much Ado About Nothing, Angels in America, Goodfellas, The Untouchables, Ace Ventura 2, Run Lola Run, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Spirited Away, Akira, Howl's Moving Castle, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, anything by or with Christopher Guest, blah blah blah

Television:

Rome!, House, Stella .. width="425" height="350" .., Wonder Showzen, The Boondocks, Minoriteam, Comedians of Comedy, Samurai Jack, 24, Drawn Together, Boston Legal, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Deadwood, Family Guy, South Park, American Dad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Law and Order every once in a while, Scrubs, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Inside the Actors Studio, Iron Chef, Nigella Bites (Marry me, you Saucy Minx!), Chappelle's Show, Later with Jools Holland, The Office, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Quantum Leap, Conan O'brien, The Daily Show, Strangers with Candy, Cop Rock, Entourage, X-Files when they still had Duchovny, The Sopranos, Ali G, Con, MST3K, Seinfeld, Jackass, Wildboyz, Viva La Bam, Super Milk Chan, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Banzai, and sometimes Ghost Hunters.

Books:

Bernard Cornwell's Arthur Series, Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, Chuck Palahniuk, David Sedaris, Tolkien, Emerson, Thoreau, Shakespeare, Dave Eggers, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dan Brown, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Anything about Wyatt Earp or King Arthur, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Star Wars Novels, Choose Your Own Adventure, and especially the Official Ninja Handbook I adopted a cute lil' ninja fetus from Fetusmart! Hooray fetus!

Heroes:

Matt Bellamy, Hugh Laurie, and my parents.

My Blog

Study up for the S.A.B.'s!!!

Take my test or die. Create your own friendquiz here...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:23:00 PST

In Memoriam

Dear Grandma, I am numb. I cannot feel anything. I want to cry, I want to shout, I want to wail and seethe. But then I think of your bright humor as you met adversity: "I have one breast, Jay has one ...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:57:00 PST

Golly Gosh Gee-willikers!!!

Gosh, this myspace idea sure is swell.  I never had so many half-clothed, fun loving, nubile party girls wanna be my friend before.  Now it seems I have to beat them off with a stick!  ...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:13:00 PST

Vegas Cares

Why is this the perennial Vegas experience? - You arrive with little or no money, give yourself a modest spending limit, and you hope for nothing more than to leave with at least as much money as you ...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:04:00 PST

Holy [email protected]' Toledo.

Another terrifying tale of street violence from the roughed up haunts of my youth. It's a story we've all heard before: Innocent man. Alone in the early morning. Simply minding his own business wi...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:39:00 PST

Ninja v. Pirate: the controversey is ended.

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for Pirate-Ninja Unity in the history of Ninjaland.Five score years ago, a great Ninja, in whose symboli...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:14:00 PST

The Idiot or the One who Enslaves Themselves to the Idiot

When a man loves a woman he successfully communicates his needs and wants to her in a legally binding contract which she willingly signs.  Below you will find a link to a beautiful love stor...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:15:00 PST

Believe the Hype

Dear Medical Health Consumer, Are you or someone close to you suffering from a recent encounter with the film "Match Point" (term "film" used loosely)?  Do find yourself constanly slipping into c...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:24:00 PST

Kill the queers!!!

JK!  lol.  ;-P  Ok!  so now that i have yall's attention, read and then fill out the following SUPER COOL SURVEY all about the MOI we all love and adore so much...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:46:00 PST

Check out this event: Hurricane Katrina Charity Show

Hosted By: Ben PerryWhen: Sunday Sep 25, 2005 at 8:00 PMWhere: The Laura Henry Studio1307 Pico BlvdSanta Monica, CA 90401USDescription:Ben Perry Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:29:00 PST