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Pao

A fool or an exception to the rule.

About Me

A conflicted regular guy. One that can never be known -- either all drunk with the world at my feet or sober with no place to go. Inclined to flip out a la Barry Egan in Punch-Drunk Love... ; )

My Interests

Motorsports -- anything and everything with an internal combustion engine and a set of wheels driven balls-to-the-wall style, graphic design, R/C models, karting, photography, computers, gadgets, simulation racing [GPL], internet, music

I'd like to meet:

I have no right to wonder just who, how and when...

Music:

Artists would include: Jeff Buckley--my Elvis! I just LOVE his originals equally his adaptations--from Van Morrison to MC5 to Edith Piaf. Tim Buckley, Velvet Underground, Big Star, Alex Chilton, Nico, Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek, Sun Kil Moon, Cocteau Twins, Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens, The Minders, Reindeer Section, Pixies, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, The Eels, Elliott Smith, Blueboy, The Smiths, Yo La Tengo, The Postal Service, The Spinanes, Rebecca Gates, 18th Dye, Radiohead, Azure Ray, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Chick Corea, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Bagetsafonik......

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, Trainspotting, Grand Prix, Fight Club, Grosse Pointe Blank, Se7en, Amelie, Waking Life, Leon, Sneakers, Rain Man, The Hours, Groundhog Day, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Cidade de Deus, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, American History X, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Oro Plata Mata, Bowling for Columbine, As Good As It Gets, Happiness [1998]......

Television:

Formula One World Championship and other open-wheel series, Moto GP, WRC, Conan O'Brien, SNL, The King of Queens, Top Gear, Frasier, Junkyard Wars, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, The Wonder Years, Art Attack

Books:

Into The Red, Race Car Vehicle Dynamics, Ayrton Senna: As Time Goes by, The Power Game, Fangio: The Life Behind the Legend, The Celestine Prophecy, Piers Courage, Neil Gaiman, all Carroll Smith books