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Dave

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

About Me



Quick wit, athletic physique, temperamental eyes, analytical brain, exploding heart.

My Interests

Running (sprints, 5Ks, 10Ks, trails, adventure races), anything that increases my VO2 max, fitness/health/athletics, weight training, competitive dodgeball, Tae Kwon Do, Le Parkour, fencing, yoga, skydiving, bungee jumping, climbing, lockpicking, trivia & other useless facts, wordplay, slam poetry, conversation as an artform, karmic retribution, jokes you can't remember, and anecdotes that don't suck...Video: Nike Parkour "The Angry Chicken", Runner: Sebastien Foucan

I'd like to meet:


If you can engage me in a verbal fencing match, keep up with me physically, enjoy the same interests, or don't mind being hit square in the face with a red rubber ball, drop me a line...

Dramatis Personae Arvin

Leo

Buck

G

Lip

Martin

Nikolai

Bratti

Cristy Rae

Dewey

Elaine

David

Eric

Bree

Tanya

Earth Mother

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Music:

The Beatles, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, J5, Blackalicious, The Roots, Mos Def, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Bill Withers, David Bowie, The Arcade Fire, Wilco, Beck, Jack Johnson, David Holmes, Bloc Party, Corinne Bailey Rae, Massive Attack, Kings of Convenience, Morcheeba, Zero 7, Air, Portishead, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, The Art of Noise, and that's only scratching the surface... Video: "Sugar Water" by Cibo Matto, Directed by Michel Gondry

Movies:

Fight Club, otnemeM, Lost in Translation, Cidade de Deus, Garden State, Run Lola Run, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Empire Strikes Back, Casablanca, Swingers, Out of Sight, Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, So I Married An Axe Murderer, and practically any work by Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Kevin Smith, & Wes Anderson.

Here are two of my favorite movie scenes... Video Clip #1: "Fight Club" (1999) Starring Brad Pitt & Edward Norton, Directed by David Fincher

Video Clip #2: "Lost in Translation" (2003) Starring Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson, Directed by Sofia Coppola

Television:

Three's Company, Ed, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Jeopardy, MacGyver, and almost anything on the History Channel

Books:

The Time Traveler's Wife, High Fidelity, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of An All-Night Runner, Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, The Stranger, Hamlet, The Alchemist, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Catch Me If You Can, and Fight Club to name a few...

Heroes:

Jesus, Rives, Banksy, Dean Karnazes, Lance Armstrong, Steve Prefontaine, Bruce Lee, MacGyver, Spider-Man, and of course, my folks.

My Blog

For Better or Wort: Confessions of a Beer Scientist

Wort:  Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wyrt; akin to Middle High German würze brewer's wort, Old English wyrt root, herb : a sweet liquid drained from mash and fermente...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:56:00 PST

Coronado Bay Bridge Run/Walk

OK. So I really wasn't going to blog this particular race because of my frustration, but I figured I'd blogged my past events, so this one should be included as well.Yesterday I "ran" the Coronado Bay...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:19:00 PST

Season 30, Episode 132: Buck Eats The Bubble Gum

After hiking (for me, running) 4 miles at the trails in Aliso Viejo, and having a great lunch at an Indian Restaurant, three friends (Buck, Leo, Dora) and I stepped inside a sports cards/memorabilia s...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:15:00 PST

Santa Monica Classic 10K

Today I ran the Whole Foods Santa Monica Classic 10K which benefits the Heal The Bay Foundation. Just another run for yours truly, I made sure to enjoy every step of this race. Not too difficult since...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 07 May 2007 05:45:00 PST

Don't Just Rock the Mic; Tip the Bitch Over

Tonight was the debut of yours truly, slam poet...Thursday, May 3, 2007, I took to the stage at "Break the Silence", an open mic event for people to showcase their musical talents, as well as writing,...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:18:00 PST

If

April is National Poetry Month! I'm from the school that believes everyone should be able to enjoy some poetry. It doesn't even have to be a Shakespearean sonnet, or some abstract piece by e.e. cummin...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:09:00 PST

Emerald Nuts 5K Run

Today I ran the Emerald Nuts 5K Run, a 3.1 mile jaunt in conjunction with the LA Marathon.Another day, another run. I grabbed my M-Frames, strapped on my Garmin GPS watch, and laced my new Asics GT 21...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:05:00 PST

Poignant

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.htm l?in_article_id=434454&in_page_id=1770It is the city where the exiled Romeo dreamed he died and Juliet's kisses breathed life back into his ...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:12:00 PST

Boot Camp Challenge

On Saturday, October 7, 2006 I ran the Boot Camp Challenge, a 5K (3.1 mile) adventure race through an obstacle course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, CA. Last year I ran the course wit...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:14:00 PST

Compliment

                      ComplimentI remember the first time you named me "Good morning."And how, the night before,you con...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:37:00 PST