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Rob

I ain't got no flyin' shoes

About Me

Elaine, music, The Smiths, Diesel, Morrissey, wallabees, Gobi gow, KEXP, guitars, Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi, the ocean, martial arts, the complete original series of Star Trek, black and white photos, Buck Owens, J-Indie/J-Pop, Austin, b-movies, thunderstorms, craps, Tom Servo, Hitchhiker's Guide, Yoshimi, my dog Billie, Tokyo, good friends, Jet Li, the smell of freshly fallen rain, Ray Harryhausen, the pedal steel, good lyrics, beautiful food, being married...

My Interests

Music, Elaine, cooking, martial arts, yoga, Elaine, learning, spending time with my amazing wife Elaine, dinner at Kelli's, Elaine, meeting new people, Elaine, anything not computer-related

I'd like to meet:

Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi, Joel Hodgson, Robert del Naja, Master Shake, people without complexes, my next haircut, Kiiiiiii!

Music:

The Smiths, Morrissey, Massive Attack, Asobi Seksu, Buck Owens, The Replacements, Shane Bartell, Ni Sen Nen Mondai, Kiiiiiii, Silversun Pickups, The Velvet Teen, The Postal Service, Frank Sinatra, Dwight Yoakam, Gypsy Kings, Argo, Arkade, squadcar, KOHL, Velocity Girl, Kuruli, Wilco, Amon Tobin, Tricky, Bad Religion, Beck, Faron Young, Roger Miller, Catherine Wheel, Sigur Ros, Concrete Blonde, Dar Williams, Dean Martin, Robert Earl Keen, Bowery Electric, the Star Trek theme when they make it all jazzy for the "lounge" scenes where Bones tries to pick up women, pretty much everything KEXP plays

Movies:

Evil Dead II, any bad B-movie or kung fu cinema, old black and whites, Miyazaki films, most comedy...

Television:

Flight of the Conchords, Carnivale, MST3K, old Star Trek, Family Guy, ATHF, Good Eats

Books:

I highly recommend the Tales of the Otori series.

Heroes:

Ash, Joel Hodgson, MacGyver, James T. Kirk (how can he not be?), people who don't come into work sick

My Blog

I’m an artist yo

One of my photo diptychs was chosen to be displayed at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery in the UW Art Building today from 1pm to 6pm.  I'm moving on up!
Posted by Rob on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:44:00 PST

Photography class - Assignment 1

My first assignment in photography class was to shoot three images keeping in mind how the frame captures the image.  Fragmenting or isolating a subject can leave the viewer uncomfortable, reduce...
Posted by Rob on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:36:00 PST

Artistic talent

I've decided to expand my horizons this quarter at UW by taking a photography class.  I have to turn off the left brain for a while and focus on the right... something I rarely do these days. I'v...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:06:00 PST

On the subject of my growing hatred of Facebook

The Facebook corporation describes the Facebook website as a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up wit...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:52:00 PST

Nothing but the benjamins

Yo bitches. Elaine and I and three of our friends just had the Kaiseki experience at Mashiko in West Seattle.  Sixteen courses of the funkiest Japanese food you ever experienced plus ni...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:59:00 PST

Public restrooms

I can think of few things more disgusting than public restrooms.  Here's a list of things that I recommend to help make restrooms less disgusting. 1.  If you have to make a noise while takin...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:33:00 PST

MORRISSEY!!!

Just got back from the Morrissey show at the Paramount. Amazing! What an experience...  
Posted by Rob on Mon, 07 May 2007 11:21:00 PST

Parking

Damn.  Can't anyone park in this town?
Posted by Rob on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:18:00 PST

On the subject of fashion

Through some bizarre series of events, I have now been an unlikely participant in two separate fashion shows.  Nothing in my life has prepared me in any way to step out onto a runway and att...
Posted by Rob on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:10:00 PST

Rob's Movie Reviews

So, I've been watching a bunch of movies lately to pass the time while I "study" and I decided to write a brief review of each.  Keep in mind that there are very few movies that I dislike and I a...
Posted by Rob on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:08:00 PST