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Darren

Isness is my business

About Me

Shy goofy nerd gearhead renaissance man

I like to draw and make sculpture that involves light. I play guitar and bass, but have given up the dream of being a rock star (I did get to play on stage a few times tho, so I guess that's good enough for the things to do in life checklist). I can build or fix just about anything... and have a lust for finding out how things work and then messing with them. Sometimes it turns out well, other times I just break things ;)

I'm always game for just about anything, especially if it involves driving. Autocross racing is about the greatest thing you can do IMO, but I even just like crusing down the interstate to an interesting destination. Sometimes that leads to problems tho, as my definition of "just around the corner" conflicts with that of most of my friends. (My last job was an hour away, I just started my new job and have no idea what to do with all this free time... my poor car is lonely now too...heh)

My Interests

driving
passion
enlightenment
philosophy
anime
cars
car audio
autocross racing
knowing how stuff works
eating wings at BW3s
sketching and computer art
Max OT Weightlifting
truth
playing guitar
role playing games
Midnight Dodgeball
Dungeon Siege 2
drinkin Sothern Comfort in juice
...

I'd like to meet:

Not really sure.... cool people, maybe that also like cars, neon lights, jamin out, goin to B'dubs for wings, super nintendo, drawing, lifting, home improvement, drinking, or whatever.

I would like a cheese toastie, please.

what's your cowboy bebop theme song?

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What's Your Movie Dream Car?
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Lover


75%

Explorer


55%

Musician


45%

Faker


45%

Follower


40%

Elitist


35%

Purist


25%
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Music:

Less Than Jake
Reel Big Fish
Goldfinger
The Bouncing Souls
Flogging Molly
Rancid
Operation Ivy
Atom and his Package
They Might be Giants
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
The Amazing Action Figures
Big Wreck
Spin Doctors
Atmosphere
Aesop Rock
Jurrasic Five
Jets to Brazil
The Used
...

Movies:

Princess Mononoke
*Batteries Not Included
A Bronx Tale
Spirited Away
Finding Nemo
Say Anything
The Game
Fight Club
The Transporter
The Incredibles
Desperado
I Pulp Fiction
...

Television:

Cowboy Bebop
King of the Hill
all the car modding shows I dont get at home
free HBO :)

Books:

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Dancing Wu Li Masters - Gary Zukav
A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
Death Is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury
"I, Robot" - Iassac Asamov
The Watchmen
Sharshank Redemption - Steven King
The Dark Elf Trilogy - R.A. Salvatore
The Princess Bride
The Tribe of One Trilogy
...

Heroes:

Batman
My Grandpa
Jet Black
Spike Spiegal
Steve Brown (Alpine demo-car guy)
Vegeta
...

My Blog

Project Log 3

More work! I kidnapped Casey again and forced him into some more manual labor   See I told you we could get sheetrock around the light fixture I couldn't resist hanging   All rocked and co...
Posted by Darren on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:31:00 PST

Project Log: Part 2

Well, after I found out I would need some help manuvering the sheetrock into position, I decided to finish up the electrical.  I added the new breaker, and made all the new outlets live... I even...
Posted by Darren on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:27:00 PST

Mine Mine MINE!!!

I paid off the loan on my neon today! Woo Woo!  It's hard to believe it's been 5 years already...
Posted by Darren on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:45:00 PST

Bar Phase One Complete!

Thanks to Casey and Josh, some serious work finally got done on my kitchen bar project.  Here's some progress shots: First, some shots of the original setup: And then there was a skilsaw and a...
Posted by Darren on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:04:00 PST

I actually had enough in my pockets

I was at my dad's graduation today with a feeling of strange satisfaction.... Then I realized that I was sitting around with my dads disc camcorder, my digital camera, a plam pilot, a cell phone, head...
Posted by Darren on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:37:00 PST

Titanic: Bad movie, awesome scene

I had HBO on in the background as I worked on my speakers, and Titanic came on.... Now I  could care less about the main characters, butI've always been kinda intrigued about the story of th...
Posted by Darren on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:48:00 PST

iPods can kiss my ass

...Cause I just got a Rio Forge, and it not only rocks, but only cost $70! It only has 250MB, but it can be upgraded to over a gig, and it's flash RAM, not a harddrive, so it has no moving parts to b...
Posted by Darren on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:09:00 PST

Musing on the Tao

I've been reading about Taoism lately, and I had a funny revalation while talking about payday at work....   My bank account has Tao: It is very full because it contains lots of money... ...yet i...
Posted by Darren on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Everyone may rejoice!

....I removed the scrolling number marquess! LOL I thought they were hella cool, but they blocked all the buttons and made some peoples computers all slow....not to mention they didnt even always l...
Posted by Darren on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Sandwich mystery Unraveled!!!

You may have often wondered, as I have, on your many trips to Subway, what the BMT in the Italian BMT stands for... and found that the average "Sandwich Artist" is anything but helpful on the subject....
Posted by Darren on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST