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Ex Nihilo

Ambition now.

About Me

"My highest hope remained unspoken and unredeemed. And all the visions and consolations of my youth died! How did I endure it? How did I get over and overcome such wounds? How did my soul rise again out of such tombs?Indeed, in me there is something invulnerable and unburiable, something that explodes rock: that is my will .

My Interests

blood and dirt.

I'd like to meet:

More people to ride trails with. Seriously.

Music:

top 5 ever.

Movies:

Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, The Big Lebowski, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, True Romance, PCU, Mindwalk, Waking Life, Death Proof, basically anything with clever dialogue and/or fart jokes. That usually does it.

Television:

Sunday afternoons and the Packers. Thats it.

Books:

Lately - Nietzsche, Hume, Jared Diamond, Dan Dennett, GRE study guide, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel....etc etc

My Blog

news.

So.   News, eh? Thursday I was going down a  near vertical run on some trails by my house and I misjudged the drop halfway down and I did a front flip, sans bike. Without a shirt on. I...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Sun, 18 May 2008 07:39:00 PST

I am officially a hermit.

I've come to realize lately that I really participate in little to no social interaction anymore. This really isn't intentional, but kind of a consequence of my job and the unfortunate location I...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:00 PST

oh, it’s been a while, Friedrich

"A new pride my ego taught me, and this I teach men: no longer to bury one's head in the sand of heavenly things, but to bear it freely, an earthly head, which creates a meaning for the earth. A new ...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:12:00 PST

.....

Fuck.
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:38:00 PST

As if I dont have enough indignities in my life...

...without a seventy year old lady who looks eerily similiar to Gollum from Lord of The Rings spouting profanities at me. I love my job.
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:31:00 PST

In the words of Greg Graffin...

"Going through a world of sad debris,Regard quixoitic reveries of ownership:The blossoming disease of man called tenure and accretion,The ancient western treadmill of deception and derision.But I want...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:21:00 PST

I simply cannot relate.

I detest my job. I hate the henchmen I work with and for. I hate the tranquilized looks I see on everyone's faces, day after day. I hate the blind acceptance, the ease with which everyone prefers safe...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:42:00 PST

Tirade. Ramble. Wordvomit.

I just worked twelve hours. Its 3am. 32 hrs down so far this week, only 30 more to go! Im fucking tired. Im still waiting on two letters of rec. to come in to UW from two of my ex-professors. Im gett...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:11:00 PST

Poll: Should I shave my beard or not?

Pros: -It keeps my face warm. - If I miss my mouth with a beverage, it catches the runoff rather than my shirt. -Beards are tough, brah. Cons: -Its itchy. -I kind of look homeless. - Wheneve...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:25:00 PST

sleep is overrated

Trying to write a decent letter of intent and proofreading writing samples for grad school sucks ass when you have to work a mind-numbing bullshit 10 hour shift until 1am every day. Thank god for...
Posted by Ex Nihilo on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:57:00 PST