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MISHIEF MONKEY

MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONK....EYS....WHAT THE...??

About Me

lots of music & art, gardening, cooking, bare feet & shady trees, fine point writing instruments, asking questions, museums, culture, enviro sciences, good belly laughs & hearty chuckles, bad speller, leaving dirty notes on your car, dive bars, bad games of pool w/ good friends, random adventures & road trips, camping, veggie food, one day i will marry my french press, rootbeer burps, early morning coffee & late night tea. i often laugh at my own dorky self.raised on the marx brothers movies, monty python, george carlin...draw your own conclusions...mostly though, don't ever bullshit me and we'll get along fine...
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My Interests

photography, drawing, outdoors-type stuff, the ocean, jumping in puddles, stretching, warm sounds of vinyl, finding things to keep my brain alert & engaged, lots of music & cooking, lazy semi-productive sundays, sleepy kisses, cleaning the cobwebs off my skateboard, movies, road trips, good fun conversation over coffee/liquer/food/board games/taxi cab rides, road trips!!..did i mention those?? especially finding little spots on a map & just going there - good times!Check out this MySpace MP3 Player !

I'd like to meet:

cheeky monkeys, pirates & other bandits, rable rousers, adventure buddies, anyone with a brain (and who uses it frequently), open-minded individuals that are somewhat sane/stable (& you don't require little pills to keep you that way), other geeky boys n' girls who are upfront & not uptight
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You Are Scooter
Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick.
You're always willing to lend a helping hand.
In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going.
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Music:

lots & lots of music....Neil Young, Bikini Kill, Peaches, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Le Tigre, Velvet Underground, Tom Waits (his earlier stuff), PJ Harvey, X-ray Specs, Ravonettes, Yo La Tengo, Rage Against the Machine, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, De La Soul, Digable Planets, English Beat, Jane's Addiction (pre-reunion), the Untouchables, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Astrid Gilberto, Ben Webster, Curtis Mayfield, Motolitas, Ramones, Cowboy Junkies, Concrete Blonde, Cesaria Evora, Elvis Costello, the Pixies, Postal Service, 5 6 7 8's, Nick Cave, Dead Milkmen, Bobsled, Gomez, Art Blakey, Black Heart Procession, the Kills, Van Morrison / Them, the Impressions, The Damned, Led Zeppelin, Etta James, Miles Davis, Chemical Bros, Fat Boy Slim, Franz Ferdinand, New Order, Joy Division, Ladytron, Gorillaz, Tool, M. Ward, The Band, Bjork, Belle and Sebastian, Ministry, Deathcab for Cutie, Ella Fitzgerald, the Smiths, David Bowie, The Selector, X, Evil Beaver (thanks brooke!), Smashing Pumpkins, Wedding Present (thanks tony!), Mercury Rev, Frank / Nancy Sinatra, Steve Earle, Sneaker Pimps, Mice Parade, the eels, Sparks, the Waitresses, Mississippi John Hurt, Los Fakires, Imperial Teen, Mahalia Jackson, T-Bone Walker, Throwing Muses, Tripping Daisy, Flaming Lips, ABBA, Carlos Guitarlos, Bob Dylan, Geoff Reacher, stuff from Tornado Alley...whatever Pay Ray recommends usually rocks my socks off.....and anything else that doesn't get played on the radio...

Movies:

I watch too many...the curse of having worked at a video store...raising arizona, afterlife, brainstorm, his girl friday, how to get ahead in advertising, withnail and i, the man in the white suit, devil's backbone, silent running, a christmas story, royal tenenbaums, harold and maude, the thin man, young frankenstein, hellboy, army of darkness, X the unheard music, fight club, snatch, the usual suspects, farewell my concubine, this is spinal tap, paris texas, leon the professional, tatie danielle, burnt by the sun, the dinner guest, baraca, hero, not one less, beijing bicycle, saving grace, breaking away, vera drake, city of lost children, dark city, like water for chocolate, my neighbor totoro, what's up tiger lily, the bicycle thief, jean de florette, europa europa, farwaway so close, until the end of the world, motorcycle diaries, fire, the limey, the godfather, mad max, time bandits, some like it hot, adventures of baron munchausen, triplets of belleville, salaam bombay, death and the maiden, incident at oglala, atomic cafe, chisholm '72: unbought and unbossed, born into brothels, life is beautiful, night on earth, johnny stecchino, ghost dog, grave of the fireflies, koyaanisqatsi series, 7 Up series, marx bros. movies, classic horror movies, hitchcock, buster keaton, laurel & hardy, ford & houston flicks, good anime and classic cartoons...i've got a soft spot for spaghetti westerns...

Television:

whatever's playing on KCET/PBS, BBC news, Strangers With Candy, Awful Truth, The Wire, The Daily Show, Kids in the Hall, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Futurama, Prime Suspect series...otherwise not much of a TV watcher..... width="425" height="350" ...... width="425" height="350" ....

Books:

whatever I can get my hands on...non fiction, fiction, poetry, comics, bus bench ads, graffitti, magazines, porn, history... Jennifer Government, The Danish Girl, Savage Membrane, 30 Days of Night, Round Ireland with a Fridge, Stupid White Men, Valencia, The Last Time I Wore A Dress, The Map That Changed The World, the Story of Architecture, Before Night Falls, Don't Think of an Elephant, Eating in the Dark, Dante's Inferno, Mole People, Good Omens, Guns Germs & Steel, Geek Love, Ojibwa Warrior, Prison Writings, Where White Men Fear to Tread, Lakota Woman, the Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Water Wars: Privatization Pollution and Profit, Cannery Women Cannery Lives, The Mummy Congress, Lies My Teacher Told Me, the Culture of Fear, 40 Watts From Nowhere, The Alchemist, any David Sedaris, Pablo Neruda, George Carlin...various textbooks on archaeology, phys. oceanography, geography, weather, enviro sciences, damn i read way too much...

Heroes:

are we talkin' capes and masks??

My Blog

MAD SCIENTIST DIARIES, PT 1

"The mechanics of creating a simulation of an artificial life form" - or - "How to build a robot and love it"               Hot Tip of the week...   Always wea...
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:28:00 PST

The Tender Art of Bicycle Riding, III

When applying the use of your brakes, most especially cantilever brakes, ALWAYS use both front and rear brakes. However, if you enjoy flipping yourself over your bicycle...just use the...
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PST

The Tender Art of Bicycle Riding, pt 2

Tis possible to do the Time Warp while riding one's steel horse (Singing along is strongly encouraged)    
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:22:00 PST

The Tender Art of Bicycle Riding, part 1

If a thorn pricks thy tire, does it not leak? Tis a wise investment the purchasing of tire liners, my children.  
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:10:00 PST

The mofo Tooth Fairy carries a socket wrench!

It's a sad day when you can't eat girl scout cookies
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:08:00 PST

Pia Zadora?!?

That's right all you non-believers who thought I was smokin crack!.. width="425" height="350">..>...
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:53:00 PST

Story Time...

Every WhoDown in Who-villeLiked Christmas a lot...But the Grinch,Who lived just North of Who-ville,Did NOT! The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!Now, please don't ask why. No one qui...
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:30:00 PST

HAMMY HIJINKS & TOMFOOLERY

     
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:11:00 PST

TAG YOU'RE IT & DARN YOU CARRIE POO!!

**Each player starts w/ 7 random habits/acts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write these things as well as the rules. At the end of your blog choose 7 people to be tagged & list thei...
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:52:00 PST

THE END IS NEAR

  It's true. Not a few days after Halloween, I drove past a sign in front of a vacant lot, advertising for Xmas trees. Last Wednesday evening, on my way to class, I passed a sign proclaiming "Get...
Posted by MISHIEF MONKEY on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:51:00 PST