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Paul

I am here for Friends

About Me

i am a figment of my own imagination and i really want a gong.

My Interests

Gambling, numbers, things that blink, things that beep, shiny things, noise, quiet, forgetting, extreme ironing , participating in self destructive behavior, World War II encryption, writing programs that write music for me - message me if you want me to write you one

Music:

Bartok, J.S. Bach, Schoenberg, George Crumb, Shostakovich, The Velvet Underground, Mozart's piano concertos, Aphex Twin, Beethoven, Delia Derbyshire, Squarepusher, Mogwai

Movies:

32 short films about Glenn Gould

Television:

SUCKS but i watch it anyway

Books:

The Art of the Fugue, the wasp factory, Esquire's How to be a host 1949 (greatest book ever)

Heroes:

Glenn Gould:

My Blog

haha

that's all.  today is bullshit.  just sayin.the cat just shit on the floor.  perfect.  my fault for not cleaning out the litter box.  kinda sums everything up.  whatever....
Posted by Paul on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:40:00 PST

so, i’ve decided

I've decided that I am going to quit smoking, since i'm in the mood to quit things.  It's been over a month since I last had a drink, and 4 days since my last cigarette.  I have such a heada...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:19:00 PST

i’ve got three days left

so, i've got three days left in my non drinking bet.  it's been fun.  i'm going to miss sobriety.
Posted by Paul on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:54:00 PST

i’m giving up drinking

of course, the reason i'm giving up drinking is on a bet
Posted by Paul on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:40:00 PST

challenge me to chess

ok, i'm really bad at chess, but i love playing, so i'm on gameknot (http://gameknot.com) and my username is paulyates (original, I know)sign up and challenge me.  you will most likely win....
Posted by Paul on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:15:00 PST

i was right

that's right.  i was right about something.  about fucking time.
Posted by Paul on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:23:00 PST

i was wrong

that's right, i was wrong about something.  specifically, that you don't need to order the copper cables in an rj45 connection.  jay called me out on it, so now i need to take the time to ap...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:42:00 PST