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The Berg

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

I am a stand-up comedian and a musician; I play guitar, bass, and some drums. I am training to become an actor. I speak Spanish and German, and I am currently learning French. I am an ordained Minister, and I've performed 3, count 'em, three weddings. I'm also a budding film maker. These are my first couple films.

My Interests

Comedy, Music, Movies, Books, Reading, Collecting Books, Rearranging My Bookshelf, Amazon.com (the book section), Grammar, Foreign Languages, Dungeons and Dragons, The Occult, Religion, Astro Physics, Quantum Physics, Philosophy, Bowling, Golf, The Tarot, Magic, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Wrestling, Shakespeare, Travel, Fencing, did I mention Books...?

I'd like to meet:

Everyone, especially William Shakespeare.

Music:

Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Sublime, David Bowie, Elvis, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Falling Tower, Van Morrison, KRS-ONE, Wu Tang Clan, Black Sabbath, Mana, Buena Vista Social Club, Cake, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Eminem, Gypsy Kings, Syd Barrett, Aerosmith, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Guns 'n' Roses, My New Life, Scorpians, Journey, Wagner, Bob Marley, Shakira, B.B. King, Queen, Ramones, Vicente Fernandez, Manu Chao, Beastie Boys, Spinal Tap, NOFX, Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, Jethro Tull, Iron Maiden, The Mars Volta, Beach Boys, Absolute Beginners, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis and the News, Dire Straits, El Gran Silencio, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Molotov, Muse, Outkast, Otis Redding, Ozzy, Rolling Stones, Run DMC, Samy Deluxe, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Offspring, Tenacious D, The Who, Toadies, Weezer, Willie Nelson, Plus many, many more.

Movies:

Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Pink Floyd The Wall, Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, I Heart Hukabees, Mallrats, Clerks, etc..., Harry Potter, Monty Python (all of 'em), Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Anything with Bill Murray, Anything with Steve Martin, Anything with Ben Stiller, Anything with Adam Sandler, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Ali G in da House, Run Lola Run, Matrix, Logan's Run, Run Ronnie Run, Guys and Dolls, Bill and Ted's..., South Park, Anything by Mel Brooks, What The Bleep Do We Know?, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Aristocrats, The Comedians of Comedy, Anything by The Marx Brothers, The Sound of Music, One Crazy Summer, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, The Last Starfighter, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine, Peewee's Big Adventure, Goonies, Dune, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, The Fifth Element, Le Femme Nikita, The Professional, Clash of the Titans, Excalibur, The Princess Bride, Willow, Labyrinth, Anything by Terry Gilliam, Anything with Patrick Stewart, Any modern rendition of Shakespeare, Super Troopers, Little Shop of Horrors, and many, many more.

Television:

The Simpsons, The Family Guy, Mr. Show, Da Ali G Show, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, Chappelle's Show, Wrestling, Football, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friends, South Park, Arrested Development, Comedy Central Presents, Good Eats, Robot Chicken, Science Channel, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Saturday Night Live, Conan O'Brien. I hate all reality shows; they are the lamest, most intelligence sapping crap to ever be put on television. Oh shit, can't forget the Whose Line is it Anyway! That show kicks ass! I'm Wayne Brady Bitch!

Books:

Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, anything by Stephan King but especially the Dark Tower series, anything by Terry Brooks with ...of Shannara in the title, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Homer, Dante, Virgil, Grimm's Fairy Tales, anything about the Occult or Magic or Spells etc., Cold Mountain, The Republic, The Da Vinci Code, A Wrinkle in Time and subsequent books by Madeline L'Engle, anything about religion or spirituality or philosophy, Morte D'Arthur, Greek Drama, Beowulf, The Beak of the Finch, Ender's Game, anything about foreign languages, and many, many, many, many, many, many more.

Heroes:

Mike Myers, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Bob Saget, Stephen King, The Brothers Grimm (the real ones), Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Dante, Horse-taming Hector, Wes Anderson, Kevin Smith, Yoda

My Blog

Dorkdom

So, I haven't really blogged lately. I'm not really that into the whole blogging thing, I suppose. I think, however, that I may just experiment with it a little bit. You let me know what you think. S...
Posted by The Berg on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:27:00 PST

New to the comedy scene

I must say that it has been hard for me to push myself to work the comedy scene down here in LA. It really sucks to have to start over from scratch. Indeed, it is one of my only regrets about moving d...
Posted by The Berg on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:52:00 PST

MrBlitzer.com

Hey, Checkout MrBlitzer.com, my buddy Aaron's website. He creates these dope logos and whatnot like you see in my profile pic. You can find him here on myspace too. He is in my friends.
Posted by The Berg on Wed, 31 May 2006 10:01:00 PST

Apartment

So yeah, I got my own apartment. It's a one bedroom in a 9 unit building in North Hollywood, right around the corner from Ryan and Darth. It's a pretty nice place. I've got a gated parking spot, the a...
Posted by The Berg on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:53:00 PST

New Car

So I bought a new car. Not just now, but recently. '95 del Sol. It's perty, and fun to drive.
Posted by The Berg on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:28:00 PST

LA is weird

So this past weekend Oscar and JR and Jeff came on down to LA to visit. We spent Saturday in Santa Monica: the beach, the promenade. As we were driving back to North Hollywood, we noticed that a cop h...
Posted by The Berg on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:40:00 PST

A Strange Day

So just the same day that I find out I got the exact job I wanted, my truck gets totaled. Darth and I were driving along, making our way up Sepulveda (sp?). I was pushing through a yellow light, when ...
Posted by The Berg on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:18:00 PST

I got a job!

So I after being down here in LA not even a week, and after three interviews, numerous phone calls and emails, I found and got hired for a great job. www.carpartsdiscount.com It is a retail website d...
Posted by The Berg on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:53:00 PST

LA?

Ok, So some of you know already that I am moving to LA. I've been planning this for some time now, but things have just kept getting in the way. Finally, however, I am ready. It's time to do this shi...
Posted by The Berg on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:22:00 PST

I really am this nice!

Ok, so I stopped posting shows on blog after I figured out that calander dealy. More and more these things are becoming a way for me to express my more philosophical and spiritual side. I believ...
Posted by The Berg on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:19:00 PST