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Redd the Raconteur

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About Me

A rogue pirate. A cunning Mountie. A sly accomplish. An insatiable liar. A failed musican. A budding bookkeepper. An idiot's idiot. A man about brown. Einstein's little helper. Darwin's example. Jenna's gigalo. A Poet. A trickster. A candlesticker maker. A preacher. A dice thrower. A listner. A pickled jar avoider. AA. Silly. Sad. Strong. Serious. Sometimes so sexy she smiles._____________________________________________________ ______ I'm smart, funny and occaisonaly charming. Once in a while I am jerk and do jerky things to jerks and good people. I have a degree in Creative Wrtiting, but currently work in finance. That sort of dicotomy defines my life. One day I'm the Thinker and introspective and then smartass and improvisational the next. There is much I hate and much I love. I can have a semi-serious talk like politics or the biodiversity of penguins one minute and then bust out Simpsons stories the next. This is what defines me - a mix of brainy trivia and dumb comedy. ___________________________________________________________
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My Interests

Writing, Biking, Photography, Travel, Theater, Comedy, Life, the secret lives of lobsters, Cinema, Talking to Strangers, Banana Bread & Brownies, Improv and Reading.And road trips..."OK, so... so... sometimes I lie. I mean, I'm weird, man. About random stuff too, I don't even know why I do it. It's like... it's like a tick, I mean sometimes I hear myself say something and think, Wow, that wasn't even remotely true." - Garden State

I'd like to meet:

People who can entertain me. I subscribe to blogs that keep me reading. I talk to strangers all the time just to hear a different perspective of the world. I'm more interested in someone who is unsure why I'm asking than someone who feels compelled to tell me everything.... Of course, if I want to hear everything, I'll keep asking. ____________________________________________________________ _"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness." -Bull Durham. If you understand, then you're in._________________________________________________________ ____ Oh, a cute funny girl with a personality and who doesn't let me get away with b.s. Holy Crap! I found one. Ummmmm.... Okay, if she ever wises up then I'll settle for a celebrity...
Melanie Lynskey (from Ever After), Rachel Ray, Sarah Silverman, Jewel Staite (bu only from "Firefly" not the post-years when she got sickly stick thin), Sara Rue, Lauren Graham, Natalie Portman and Mary-Louise Parker (she makes want to be a better man and human).

Music:

The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Iron and Wine, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, The Strokes, The Killers, The New Pornographers, White Stripes, Bloc Party, Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Neko Case, The Sea and Cake, Elvis Costello, Elliot Smith, Coldplay, Radiohead, Interpol, Ramones, The Specials, Madness, Beck, Depeche Mode, XTC, Eurythemics, Berlin, Talking Heads, New Order, Mazzy Star, Dinosaur Jr, The Rentals, Pixies, Fugazi, NIN, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Piebald, Sensefield, Nada Surf, Ozma, Weezer, Sunny Day Real Estate, Cursive, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Guns and Roses, Alice in Chains, early Bon Jovi, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, KENNY ROGERS!!!, Nirvana, Tool, Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and the Beattles, ---------------------------------I firmly believe new mainstream country music is fungus.

Movies:

I'm a walking encylopedia of movie knowledge. I honestly can't state my favorite film. Give me a Top Five Title (i.e. best 80's teen flicks) and I can fill in the blank. Go ahead, try it. ____________________________________________________________ _________ Corpse Bride, Princess Bride, Bride of Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, Young Einstein, Young Guns, Guns of Navaronne, The Way of the Gun, Top Gun, Topper, Top Secret, Secret Lives of Dentists, Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, Fletch Lives, Nine Lives, 8 ½, Se7en, 6 Degrees of Separation, 5 Easy Pieces, 4 Rooms, 3 Amigos, 2 Days in the Valley, 1 Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, It Happened 1 Night, Boogie Nights, Knight’s Tale, Tale of Two Cities, American Tale, American Spirit, Wet Hot American Summer, Summer School, Ski School, School of Rock, Old School, Back to School, Back to the Beach, Back to the Future, Empire Strikes Back, Never Strike a Woman … Even With a Flower, Never Been Kissed, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Long Kiss Goodnight, Longest Yard, The Long Goodbye, Good Night and Good Luck, Good Will Hunting, The Deer Hunter, Vampire Hunter D, M, T2: Judgment Day, Judge Dredd, Club Dread, Club Paradise, Paradise Lost, Lost Horizon, Lost in Yonkers, Lost Boys, Riding in Cars with Boys, Boyz in the Hood, Robin Hood, Hoodwinked, Batman & Robin, Superman, Spiderman, Catwoman, Cat’s Eyes, The Hills have Eyes, Eyes Wide Shut, The Whole Wide World, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Big Trouble in Little China, Good Morning Vietnam, Anna and the King of Siam, Bad News Bears to Japan, From Russia With Love, Cold Turkey, An American Werewolf in London, An American in Paris, Munich, Road to Morocco, Congo, Brazil, Blame it on Rio, Detroit Rock City, Oklahoma!, Kentucky Fried Movie, Kalifornia, Happy Texas, The Cincinnati Kid, The Sunshine State, The Garden State, Nashville, Memphis Belle, Chicago, Sleepless in Seattle, SLC Punk

Television:

Except for two Indian music videos, I haven't seen television for two months. I couldn't be happier.

Books:

Authors include: Tim O'Brien, Kurt Vonnegut, Roald Dahl, Kafka, Nick Hornby, Chuck Palahniuk, Augusten Burroughs, non-book writers like: Eric Bogosian, David Mamet, Aaron Sorkin, Will Shakespeare, and Dean Koontz (that a test to see if you're paying attention). ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- I've never read a Harry Potter book and never will. My English Degree forbids it.

Heroes:

My grandfather Gabriel Reyes, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Rollins, Ferris Bueller and most important, Cliff Gardner. (If you don't know him, look him up along with the phrase "glass tubes." Oh, and newly added Aleece for knowing the answers to questions that I don't and not rubbing it in.You are now marked on my visitor map!
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You are Obi-Wan Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi 76% Qui-Gon Jinn 70% Yoda 67% Han Solo 64% Luke Skywalker 62% Princess Leia 62% Lando Calrissian 62% R2-D2 59% Chewbacca 59% Padme 59% You are civilized, calm, and
have a good sense of humor,
even when those around you don't.
You can hold your own in a fight,
but prefer it when things
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My Blog

Last Blogger Standing - voting booth right this way

Winner is H is for H____ with 70% of the vote.Blog A = H is for H_____Blog B = KristleBlog C = Je Maverick Thank you to all who voted... and even bigger thanks to the bloggers for their patience. &nbs...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:38:00 PST

What Redd Learned This Month.... Nothing; or applied knowledge to say three little words.

I said the words.   It took awhile, but I had my reasons and I did finally say them. "I love you."Three little words, but a big deal. Big deal. BIG deal. But, I made a promise the last time I wa...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:49:00 PST

This is the One Where Redd Eats Sympathy PMS Ice Cream and Discovers He Prefers Being a Caveman

I blame Erin. I really do. Because of Erin, I've been in an extra special sweet mode lately.The kind of mode where I feel sorry for Emily the New when she is feeling blue. Sitting on the couch after a...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:17:00 PST

Donkey Shows, Dancing Skeletons, Dead Guys, and Sin Sticks: or, the month in review for Redd

I have known no credible witness to the Tiajuana Donkey Shows. None. And I have family and friends who live there. And have known many people who would pay to see a donkey and a woman getting simultan...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:27:00 PST

Last Blogger Standing - Voting Booth

Blog-Off is now over. H is for H____ won 29-20.   I'm hosting an anonymous vote thing for Last Blogger Standing.I'll be back with my usual wity musing soon and maybe a story involving a octopus a...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:23:00 PST

Man, I miss those pink walls.

 I entered a blog contest cause I write and that's what I do.________________________________________________________ I once lived a country club suburban childhood existence. I once lived a down...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:32:00 PST

The State of Redd is Strong - or, I'm not writing, I'm blogging

The State of Redd is strong. Since today is a day of reflection, recollection, and reconciliation I find myself pre-drinking pondering, pontificating, and panwalla-ing.*   I believe that life i...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:24:00 PST

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx. And Timberlake the Hero

I think enough time has passed that we have proper perspective to put the ramifications into context. A full gauge of the historical significance can now be attained as the professors say. I think as...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:12:00 PST

Lessons on Guys .1 - Guys Watch Sports, Girls Watch Chick Flicks;or What Redd Learned This Week

One of my earliest memories was my Dad taking my brother and I to see Rocky IV where the popular protagonist pugilist pounded the physically more powerful pugilist opponent. It was always a fond memor...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:42:00 PST

"The Stars at Night are Big and Bright"; or, what Redd learned this week in Texas

I hate Texas. Let me state that upfront. I can't help it. Old wounds heal slow.This might be why I haven't visited my Mom in the three years since she moved here.So, I cowboy'd up this week and p...
Posted by Redd the Raconteur on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:36:00 PST