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Dexter Hasselback

Canadian kilted yaksmen!

About Me

I am too laid back for my own good. Very friendly, very kind and very reserved. You can learn more about me by talking with me. When I was about fifteen I wanted to become a monk and live in a monastary. I still think about it.


My Interests


Create your own Friend Quiz hereMost things. People, Science, Art, Architecture, Landscaping, Nature, Topography, Hiking, Wildlife, Reading, Writing, Watching TV, Movies, News (local and global), Sleeping, Human Behavior, Human Sexuality, Sociology, Coffee, Money, Business, Entrepeneurship, Cartoons, Children, Religion, Politics, Walking, Exercize, Love, Romance, Thought, Dreams, Legos, The Sims and Simcity, Scrabble, Risk, Mahjong, Trivial Pursuit, Games, Socializing, and more...

I'd like to meet:



I would like to meet an assortment of people! Some are dead, some never truly existed and some... could probably happen tomorrow. Here is a short list: Jennifer Tilly, Napoleon Bonaparte, Siddartha Gautama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, The Duc De Orleans, The Archduke of Austria (and Hungary!), Prince Emmanuel Filiberto Di Savoia, Billy Zane, Christian Devries, Hans Christian Anderson, R. L. Stine, Aslan, Joel Perry, The inventor of the espresso machine, Warren Buffett, My grandfather(s), Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson, Matt drudge, oh... I dont know.

Music:


The songs that play here are some I adore... I like most types of music though. I am not fond of Rap- my apologies to any afficionados out there! Some bands or performers I am fond of: Alkaline Trio, Alison Moyet, Erasure, The Scissor Sisters, The Rasmus, Queen, Aqua, Lene Nystrom, Groove Coverage, Ruby Breastnut, Uncles Institution, Prince, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, Keane, Heart, Pat Benatar, Cher, Rory Stitt, The Kinsey Sicks, The Killers, Michael Buble, ACDC, Guns & Roses, Abba, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel (most classical...), Bon Jovi, Bloodhound Gang, Cake, Bette Midler, Cascada, Daniel Powter, Christina Aguilera, Christmas music, anything remixed, Dolly Parton, The Eagles, and much much more.

Movies:

Oh dear. I dont know. Children Of Men really got me, The Chronicles Of Riddick, Junebug, Stardust... lots!

Television:


UFC, Spike TV,Designers Challenge, The Food Network, Supernatural, Rome, Family Guy, Absolutely Fabulous, French and Saunders, Strangers with Candy, Golden Girls, Thin Blue Line, So Graham Norton, Vicar of Dibley, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Lost, Entourage, Big Love, Tales from The Crypt, X-Files, Gilmore Girls, Star Trek Voyager, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Futurama, CNN, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Most news. I wish I could watch the news channels of other countries, other than Canada and the UK.

Books:

I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence by Amy Sedaris, Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris, Funny That Way by Joel Perry, STIFF and SPOOK by Mary Roach, The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkein, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, The Hopkins Manuscript by R. C. Sherrif, and more...

Heroes:

Ghandi, Theodore Roosevelt, My Mom, My Dad, Anyone who can handle being my friend, My siblings, Any religous figure like Jesus, Mohammed, etc. I really dont know who else...

My Blog

[Natives]

Dustin and I were talking about the Native Americans of our region (and eventually of North America as a whole) yesterday night, and all of it was incredibly interesting. If I could pick a native amer...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:04:00 PST

[Underage]

The following me (Azor82) in a chat. I don't know why I am posting this, to be honest, but here it is: S31459: Your how old now? azor82: 26. azor82: It's been... holy crap. azor82: 8 years. azor82: lo...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Tue, 20 May 2008 11:20:00 PST

[Marijuana]

This is the most... disgusting and yet wildly unbelievabley exciting thing I've ever heard of. Who uses a human head for a bong?! It's not exciting in the way of 'Oh shit I have to do that!' but ...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:42:00 PST

[Good]

Almost good news! Noise Ordinance? Let's hope the city council listens to the people and not that fascist ODA....
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:16:00 PST

[Dogs]

Today is Adoption Day for Bali! Exactly one year ago Dustin and I took him home for good from the Westside Animal Hospital. A whole year and he's still alive! Last may he was just about six months old...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:05:00 PST

[Movies]

'The Orphanage' The movie was great, really. I have to find flaws in all I watch, and this one was when it switched (smoothly, I add) from a taught thriller to a strange foreign 'fantasy' type emotion...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:07:00 PST

[Movie]

'The Gradutate' I should have seen this one years ago! I really enjoyed it. Anne Bancroft was amazing, and Dustin Hoffman was not just funny, but oh-so cute! The acting throughout it  had me hook...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:45:00 PST

[Movie]

'No Country For Old Men' Ok, pretty good. I see why it won four Academy Awards. I now have a love/lust thing with Javier Bardem, I still don't care much for Woody Harrelson's acting and Tommy Lee Jone...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:43:00 PST

[Movies]

'AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem' Good enough. I'll watch it again and enjoy it. I did have problems with the storyline however- omitted information and plot holes. The storyline was rushed, and it...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:32:00 PST

[GOP]

Did anybody see Sen. John McCain standing outside the motel room MLK Jr. was assasinated at giving a speech to commemorate MLK Jr... with the black guy holding an umbrella over him from behind? Classi...
Posted by Dexter Hasselback on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:13:00 PST