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About Me

I was contemplating the purpose of having an 'about me' biography when it occurred to me that the greatest ability I have is that of writing. It's not your typical flying or being invisible, or even more obscurely, stealing people's baguettes at the speed of *blink*--c'mon, who can argue with amazing free bread?--but it's the power of getting ideas out there, and for a mortal, I'd say that's one of the greater abilities I have. So....
here liveth my typed self.

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"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong." - John Lennon

My Interests

biking, hiking, reading, running, writing, the sky, charcoal drawings, words, the outside, cereal, on-the-floor mattresses, the funny papers, penciled notes, isms, last impressions, the cinema, otter pops, after-eating-an-orange orange-smell on hands, when someone joins you at a table, sense memory, idiosyncrasies, paper

I'd like to meet:

Everyone, so long as they're not anyone I look up to. I want to meet people and grow to look up to them for the impressions they leave on me.
I never want to meet anyone I don't know but look up to. Because the truth is, as much as I know that these authors, poets, actors, singers, and painters are real people who burp, fart, and go to the bathroom, I never want my romantic notions of them to depart.

Check-Outable Tunes:

Music:

The Beatles, Bob Marley, Coldplay, The Fire Theft, Pete Yorn, Queen, Sigur Ros, Something Corporate, Sufjan Stevens, Tiger Lou, Tom Petty, The Wallflowers, The Weakerthans

Movies:

Almost Famous
Last Watched: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I <3 Huckabees, Day of the Dead, Philadelphia

Television:

Doctor Who, Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, House MD, Evangelion, Skins

Books:

The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Sherlock Holmes, Webster's Dictionary
Last Read: Tuesdays with Morrie

Heroes:

Elliott Smith, Bernini, Ray Bradbury, Hideaki Anno, Renoir, Joseph Bell, TS Eliot, Charlie, Douglas Coupland

These net sites:

Rives: Def Poetry Jam

My Blog

you belong somewhere you feel free

Midnight:30. I stood up on the pavement and asked a leaving Blockbuster employee if there was a Denny's nearby. She hesitated, eyeing me, then pointed, "there's one about a mile and a half up Lankersh...
Posted by ty c. on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:21:00 PST

Hallway Bed

me: hi. I'm here to see my friend.the nurse on the other side of the counter blinked at me.nurse: what's his name?me: George.nurse: His last name?The thing was though, George and I weren't really frie...
Posted by ty c. on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:51:00 PST

prt.1: dylan, san diegoCon (i wish you would)

I pulled open the front door for my friend, "Hey!" I threw my keys into surprised hands as I quickly walked to the kitchen, "Dylan's got a blood clot. He's in the hospital." Still at the door, "which ...
Posted by ty c. on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:09:00 PST

You should come.

"Give me your keys."I unclipped my car keys and placed them in the outstretched hand before me."Are you gonna be okay like that?"I nodded, "uh-huh."----------------------------------"We want to kidnap...
Posted by ty c. on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:04:00 PST

the driveways clear

He's back.At work my manager looked at me, concern in his voice: Do you want to leave early?My uncle called. SEND. "Hey Tyler!" "Hey." "I just wanted to call and make sure you're okay."I left work whe...
Posted by ty c. on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:23:00 PST

the forth of month 7

It was pointed out but I didn't feel it. In the shower the water ran hot. I lowered my head under the showerhead.In my room I pulled on a shirt. I felt it.mum- "oh, you got a sunburn."I got up yesterm...
Posted by ty c. on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:11:00 PST

the Life Effect

I stayed in the slow lane on my way homeward. Acoustic guitar-laden songs filling in the air in my car. One after the next. Sometimes at night the ipod gets into a perfect kick and plays voices and tu...
Posted by ty c. on Mon, 19 May 2008 01:26:00 PST

sarah moon tyler ocean

"Do you want to see it?""I'm not sure. Once I do, I can never unlook?"Sarah- "I think I know what you mean."me- "It's like the ocean-in-seashells. You know how when you hold a seashell up to your ear,...
Posted by ty c. on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:44:00 PST

because it feels

It's so odd when you see a change in someone. I noticed this recently and it set my mind at a spin. Made me wonder how often people change and I just don't notice. Or if what I'm seeing is not necessa...
Posted by ty c. on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:07:00 PST

a hundred years behind my eyes

There are no bad days, just challenging ones. The past week has felt to have some exceptionally challenging days. I won't lose myself in writing a paper's-worth on the heavy, but I will say I miss my ...
Posted by ty c. on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST