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Dave

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About Me

I'm a geologist! And I plan on somehow changing the world... (in a positive way of course)

Earthquakes fascinate me. One day I will have my Ph.D!

My Interests

- Backpacking, Hiking, Camping
- Photography (ie, see my Flickr page)
- Guitar
- Going to shows
- Listening to (or trying to make) music
- Rock Climbing
- Bulleted Lists (apparently)!
- Reading
- All sorts of sports!
- Geology, Physics (sometimes) and all manner of sciences
- Beach Bonfires
- Walking
- Running
- Spontaneous Adventures
- Pumpkin Pie
- In N' Out!
- Exclamation Marks!

I'd like to meet:

Friendly, intelligent and adventurous people.

A Random Cartoon:

These guys are my heroes.

Music:

*I LIKE A LOT*
Lately though, I've been listening to a lot of reggae, downtempo and folk. But I'm not too picky and pretty much enjoy everything.

Artists I've recently listened to (from my Last.FM profile . This may be embarrassing...):

Top artists in the last week:

Movies:

- The Big Lebowski
- Boondock Saints
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- La Vita Bella (Life is Beautiful)
- Lord of the Rings
- Motorcycle Diaries
- Phantom of the Opera
- Pirates of the Caribbean

So yeah, quite an eclectic taste in movies. :)

Television:

Colbert Report, The Office, The Wire, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, Myth Busters. And my guilty pleasure: Lost.

Books:

- 1984
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- East of Eden
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Kite Runner
- Life of Pi
- Monkey Wrench Gang
- The Odyssey
Currently reading through Assembling California, The Math Gene and Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

On my to read list in the near future: The Audacity of Hope by Obama, A Long Way Gone by Beah and The Long Walk by Rawicz.

Heroes:

John Wesley Powell, G.K. Gilbert, Nikola Tesla

My Blog

Graduation!

So at the absolute last minute... I decided to walk for graduation last week. It was mainly driven by the fact that a bunch of my friends in the geology department were graduating/walking as well and ...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:19:00 PST

Another Photocentric One: Parties and Bay to Breakers...

A week after returning from Hawaii, I ended up with a case of strep throat! Ugh. So I was basically incapacitated for all of last week. Thank goodness for antibiotics though. Once I started taking the...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:31:00 PST

Bar Fights and Vacations

My face got rocked last night.We were at a club celebrating a roommate's birthday last night. Last call and we're all hanging out in front, waiting for a friend to pull a car around when strange stuff...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 06 May 2007 09:29:00 PST

It's been awhile.

Wow. It's been awhile. Where to even begin?Looking at my calendar earlier this week, I've realized that I've been at the new job for 5 weeks now! It's insane how quickly time flies. A friend of mine o...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:20:00 PST

Climate Change - How We Know What We Know

Pontification Time!Disclaimer: This is long. And written in response to some people who disagreed with me over some of the causes of climate change. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, so I'll po...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:51:00 PST

And tomorrow it begins...

Alright, I begin the new job tomorrow morning! I'm excited. Bring on the real world!(But seriously, boo to waking up at 6am.)Lastly, check out this Photoshop experiment. A panorama from our balcony th...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:42:00 PST

U.S. censoring scientists on climate change.

Time for a political/science related post, my apologies...Reading stuff like this makes me absolutely furious, especially as a scientist myself. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department issued a rule las...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:00 PST

I nailed it! :)

YES!I just got a phone call. Guess who has just been offered a job in the wonderful world of environmental consulting? :-)Bring on the real world!I am so damn ecstatic.
Posted by Dave on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:38:00 PST

Adventures in Tahoe!

Alright, this weekend was a fairly impromptu trip with my roommates and friends up to South Lake Tahoe! We rented a cabin for the weekend in Tahoe Keys, a pretty swanky neighborhood filled with verita...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:14:00 PST

"YEAH YOU! DAAAMN! FINE!"

So apparently my new "Professional Looking Dave Haircut"" is pretty successful... for all the wrong reasons.I walk out of my apartment building to go to the gym yesterday, walk a block away and hear t...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:51:00 PST