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Ben

benapplegate

About Me

http://www.benapplegate.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/benapplegate/

My Interests

Philosophy, tea, cooking, books, computers, second hand things, skiing, other countries, bikes

Music:

What are the scene kids listening to? Yeah, that band. I totally knew about them last week.

Movies:

Waking Life, The Chronicles of Riddick, A Very Long Engagement, Battle Royale, Rushmore, Willow, Six-Stringed Samurai, Yojimbo, Logan's Run, Death Race 2000, Kelly's Heroes

Television:

Top Gear, Numb3rs, Breaking Bad

Books:

Computer books

Heroes:

Miyamoto Musashi? I, I guess?

My Blog

Let's all read my blog

    Google news tells me that China and the US are having problems because the US has imposed tariffs on glossy paper. It also tells me that Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reac...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:09:00 PST

My Ikea desk is falling apart!

In retrospect, I'm suprised I never saw a link between Platonic forms and mass production. Every Ikea coffee table, Crate & Barrel egg cup, and CutCo knife is an instance of some strange, metaphys...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:00:00 PST

Job now

Got a job at CRG, working with Evan. Yeah, I 'm pretty stoked. Don't start until mid January, though
Posted by Ben on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:23:00 PST

Ugh!

    Fuck seal hunters. That shit is disgusting and totally unnecessary.
Posted by Ben on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:54:00 PST

What the hell do you call it...

...when you're so goddamn pissed off, and you have no idea why? Maybe booze'll kill it.FUCK
Posted by Ben on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:39:00 PST

Two lists

ToDo:1. Finish laundry2. Do homework3. Wash the dishesWantToDo:1. Lay around2. Drink tea3. Draw a picture, or somethingThese lists do not intersect!
Posted by Ben on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:20:00 PST

Fucking (S)ingles (A)wareness (D)ay

Screw you Valentine's Day. Screw you in your big fat face.Luckily, I've got backup plans: Clean my apartment, play poker and get drunk.I'm sure you, dear reader, would like some substantive content to...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:41:00 PST

Oh Shit!

Everyone remember, I'm posting all these ridiculous photoshopped pictures because I'm proud of myself. NOT because I'm some kind of attention whore. Because I am an attention whore. And I'm not really...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:24:00 PST

I thought of a New Year's resolution

This one should be easier to stick to.Get in a goddamned fight. Twice in the last few days I've considered punching some guy right in the fucking nose, but I didn't.I figure, I'm in pretty good shape....
Posted by Ben on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:22:00 PST

Just a dumb observation

I notice that the first three headlines of my bulletin inbox make a weird sentence: "Change of plans idiots, load up your dart boards and lockets." I'd like to be told that someday......
Posted by Ben on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:27:00 PST