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About Me

Manager at Starbucks, writer for Public Opinion, substitute teacher, although it's important to remember that you're not what you do. Went to Ship U, live in Chambersburg but am moving back to Shippensburg in July (thank goodness). I like music, The Bass, bikes, books, old things, being outside, etc. I'd love to live in the city...any one, really. I got accepted to Ship's Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certification program, so I'll be starting school again in the fall. I have some direction again, which is nice.I'm pretty outgoing. I like people generally, although I can't stand blatant rudeness and condescension among strangers. When I am King of Everything, I will outlaw those douchebag blue tooth headset cell phone things, unless you're driving I guess. I have a tendency to "take things to the next level" in conversation; I've been told I probably shouldn't say the last thing I'm thinking much of the time but end up doing so anyway, often with hilarious and self-deprecating results. I have a thing for animals, especially ones in trouble. My dog is very small and weird. I ride my bike anywhere I can. There was a time when I went on ONE profanity and humor-addled rant per day, and it was very therapeutic. I feel a return to those days is imminent.

My Interests

Music, Books, airplanes, writing, movies, politics. Being with friends, getting things done, music equipment, eBay, Milo, Virginia, building and riding bikes, going to shows, vegetarian/vegan food, recycling, biodiesel and other such hippy crap, punk rock, history, etc., etc. I've been addicted to celebrity gossip websites for three years and am probably stupider for doing so but I don't really give a damn. I have many...books...by authors like Proust and stuff so that should make up for it.

I'd like to meet:

Laughter. Wonderful People. Recently I think I met Adulthood, but I could be wrong. He was wearing a hat.

Music:

If it came out before 1990, involves bass, guitar, drums, and didn't get radio play then I probably dig it. I like stuff with an inventive and pulsing beat. I like music with raw emotion, not put-on and trite crap. If it frequently gets represented on a t-shirt in a gaudy over-the-top florescent and barely-readable font then I probably loathe it. Originality is a must (in all things really, but particularly in music). Lately it's been, but not limited to, lots of this stuff:

Movies:

Superbad, Supertroopers, High Fidelity, Forrest Gump, Slackers, Dogma, etc. etc.

Television:

The Office and South Park are really all I care about. I like Arrested Development on DVD too, as well as Aquateen.

Books:

Bukowski, Camus, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Dostoevsky, Twain. Nonfiction and Hunter S. Thompson, too. Still need to get around to reading that Potter stuff.

Heroes:

My parents, my grandparents. Lots of other people.

My Blog

Alesana

So these two girls who were probably a year or two younger than me came into Starbucks the other day. One of them had tattoos and whatnot. I had a conversation with them about FM adapters for iPods be...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 04 May 2008 10:32:00 PST

Work-related bitching session, I don’t care how lame it is.

Some notes on Starbucks/Coffee Shop etiquette:1. Don’t order a Frappuccino. Ever. They’re a pain in the ass to make; they’re messy and time-consuming. Besides, they taste like shit a...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PST

shit.

....shit.
Posted by Brian on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:24:00 PST

Photo

Bored so I'm trying this out. Isn't that what everyone says when they do this shit?What is your first name?http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/nique1123_2007/b rian.jpgWhen is your birthday?http://i...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:23:00 PST

No, no, no

... I did not add this Cat Power song to my profile because of "Juno," although it is a good movie. I'm not a bandwagon person, and have indeed been on a big Cat Power kick. Sometimes I can't stop gri...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:20:00 PST

Vowel Movement

First paid piece of writing went to print today. T'was a story on The Shackeltons' CD release show. They cut out a few things to save space but good news is they didn't edit any of my writing which is...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:37:00 PST

Internetz

So I know I always say things like "I'm gonna start writing in this thing stuff other than just updates on my life." Well, obviously I'm full of shit because here's another "update" blog, the first bl...
Posted by Brian on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:25:00 PST

Funeral

I woke up at like 9 with Henry's ass on my face and have been laying in Jocelyn's bed with the dogs since then, internetting. What a fucking life.mewithoutYou tonight. Gonna get my car detailed today....
Posted by Brian on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:24:00 PST

Rant/

9/21/07 The latest issue of Spin is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of 1977. Reading it made me realize more that music then was good and music now sucks, for the most part (oh, and that I have su...
Posted by Brian on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:29:00 PST

Fishpants

9/21/07 "The present author is no philosopher, he has not understood the System, nor does he know if there really is one, or if it has been completed. As far as his own weak head is concerned the tho...
Posted by Brian on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:26:00 PST