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chris

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About Me

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It's really not my place to say what kind of person I am.
I do, however, love when other people say or write something amazing (especially if it's someone I know). Like to hear it? Here it go:
"Among those I like or admire, I can find no common denominator. But among those I love, I can; all of them make me laugh."- W.H. Auden
"Artists who believe they have any control over the interpretation of their work are completely fooling themselves."- C. Klosterman
"Can anyone who has heard this music, truly heard it, really be a bad person?"- The Lives of Others
"There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever." -Viggo Mortenson
"Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live my life."- J.S. Foer (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
"A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life." --A-H
"Just cause I have taste and I can express myself doesn't mean Im a gay! Jeeezus Marie Osmond!"- Josh
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."- Albert Einstein
"We can just sit in the corner, eat our weight in Jello, and say things like, 'that is the most AMAZING potato peeler I've ever seen!'"- Christina (mocking my desire to attend a neighbor's Pampered Chef party)
"Come and get it, you undead sack of shit."- Bubba Ho-tep (Elvis)

My Interests

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy; they just promised it'd be worth it."-Unknown

Music:



Dave Carducci on MySpace

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ray LaMontagne, Cecilia Bartoli, Jeff Buckley, CSN(Y), Feist, Frank Sinatra, Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Beatles, Martin Sexton, Radiohead, Tool, Dave Matthews, Sarah McGlaghlin, Elvis, Classical(lots), Musicals, 80's, Hair bands,....really, a little bit of everything.

Movies:

The Godfather I & II, The Color Purple, Braveheart, Grindhouse, Casino Royale, The Lives of Others, Into The Wild, Walk Hard, To Wong Fu..., Gone With The Wind, Big Fish, Amadeus, Drop Dead Gorgeous, A Streetcar Named Desire, Immortal Beloved, Aliens, X-Men, Steel Magnolias (shut it), It's A Wonderful Life, The Lost Boys, Terminator (1&2), When Harry Met Sally, LOTR, Mommy Dearest, Forrest Gump, West Side Story, The Mummy, A Beautiful Mind, The World According to Garp, Waiting For Guffman, Young Frankenstein, Jaws, Shakespeare In Love, The Abyss, The Birdcage,Splash, and lots more.

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, 24, House, Simpsons, Project Runway (the whole 3.5 times I've actually seen it.)

Books:

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (J.S. Foer), Candy Girl (D. Cody), Killing Yourself To Live, Fargo Rock City (C. Klosterman) High Fidelity, How To Be Good (N. Hornby) Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays On Ice, Naked (D. Sedaris) The Godfather (M. Puzo) Me (K. Hepburn) Love Is Where It Falls (S. Callow) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (D. Eggers) Where I'm Calling From (R. Carver) Wicked (G. Maguire)To Kill a Mockingbird (H. Lee), Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing (J. Blume. F-off), Into The Wild (J. Krakauer), And lots, and lots of plays.

Heroes:

From whence I came:

My Blog

So, how was your weekend?

So, I went to Nashville over Memorial Day weekend with the boy to see from whence he came. Upon exiting the airport, I passed the first airport nail salon I've ever seen, Nashville Nails. I ...
Posted by chris on Sat, 31 May 2008 10:34:00 PST

Well, damn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ya9BXClRw So, this made me cry. At work. Twice. And of course, the second time, one of the douchy-er (but well-meaning) guys here comes up to talk to me, and ...
Posted by chris on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

So, its root, root, root, for the...?

 I admit, I'm not a huge fan of baseball. I know, I know. As a Pittsburgh youth, I was raised in the wake of a two-time World Series winning team. However, they've been on the road to suck e...
Posted by chris on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:55:00 PST

The walls were shakin’, the earth was quakin’, my mind was racin’....

....and we were makin' it, and YOU... (Everybody! You know the words!)...shook me aaaaaaaaalllll. Niiiiiight. Long! Yeah, YOU! Shook me alllll. Niiiight. Loooo-ooong.... There are just SO many punny t...
Posted by chris on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:54:00 PST

Get in shape, girl!

Remember those sets, during the 80’s aerobic-mania? I used to have one back in the day. Mine was lame. Ankle weights and an excercise manuel. Didn’t even get the tape. Way to phone it...
Posted by chris on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:28:00 PST

Enough, already

Well, I just got some news, and I’m sittin’ here by myself, waiting for a phonecall and I need to vent a bit. My cousin, Gerilen, went in for a c-section for her third baby on Monday....
Posted by chris on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:55:00 PST

The power of positive boxes

I was gonna go on and on about my trip to that there Texas, but I think I'll just go on a spot of a diatribe. Texas later. If I hear "Just put it in my box!" or worse, "Just stick it in my box!" one m...
Posted by chris on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:48:00 PST

Is that a hole in your street, or you just happy to see me?

Oh, it's been an interesting one. Mornings have been a bit brighter since the train station around the corner from my building re-opened after a year. I get up this morning, as usual. The birds flew i...
Posted by chris on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:03:00 PST

Oh HELL no...

I realize I've sort of dropped off the face of the internet. Sorry. Unfortunately, this is a straight-up bitch fest, and not so entertaining. But I'm at work and lacking in frustration outlets, sooooo...
Posted by chris on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:30:00 PST

Everybody now! All the...

... leaves are br- ALL THE LEEEAVES ARE BROOOWN, and the sky is grey, AND THE SKY IS GREE-EEEY. I went for a wal- I. WENT. FOR A WAAA-AAALK! On a winter's day. ON A WINTER'S DAAAAAAAYYYYY! Did you ev...
Posted by chris on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:28:00 PST