I Will Profit from the Dying of the Bees

About Me

Under the provisional assumption that one is the sum of one's experiences, I offer the following as a starting point for the "about me" section:
I've lived in:
Wheaton, IL
Champaign/Urbana, IL
Ashton, IL
Polo, IL
Chicago, IL
Santa Fe, NM
Albuquerque, NM
Aurora, IL
Munich, Germany
Brno, Czech Republic
Washington, DC
I've been:
record store clerk
ice cream store clerk
convenience store clerk (4x)
video clerk
driver for demolition and asbestos removal company
book store clerk
apprentice woodworker
driver for furniture designer
video clerk again
Burger King clerk
grocery store clerk
focus group participant
recording engineer
indie-rock bass player
bike messenger
van messenger
lawn mower
temp worker
graphic designer
college newspaper editor
LaTeX typesetter
wannabe writer
bookstore clerk again
assistant bookkeeper
Thrifty Nickel layout guy
Visiting Foreign Lecturer, Masaryk University, Brno
research analyst
P/T stockbroker fluffer
I have studied:
Electrical Engineering (1.5 yrs)
Secondary School Mathematics Education (0.5 yrs)
Primary School Education (0.5 yrs)
The Liberal Arts (Great-Books-Up-Yer-Ass Version) (4 yrs)
Mathematics/Statistics (2 yrs)
I've traveled to:
These United States
Mexico
Spain
Germany
Austria
The Czech Republic
Poland
Slovakia
Hungary
Croatia
Guatemala
Guadeloupe

My Interests

The news, music that doesn't suck, La Pasadita burritos, American history, Kurt Godel, aesthetics, green chile, infinity, cognitive science, economics, linear regression modeling, computational linguistics, interface design, idiosyncrasy.

I'd like to meet:

You.

(No, really.)

Music:

My own sensitive intellectual dance hits:

The Frippertastic 5
Kimchee Sequel
Snow Sketch
Pond-Drowned
Helium Hairball
Bohemian Rodeo
And then also:

American Heritage, Arto Lindsay, Astor Piazzolla, Atropa, Barkmarket, Bastro, The Beach Boys, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, The Beta Band, Big Country, Bill Laswell, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Brad Mehldau, Brian Eno, Brokeback, Bundy K. Brown, Canadian Rage, Cap'n Jazz, Captain Beefheart, Charles Mingus, Circus Lupus, Cocteau Twins, Codeine, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dag Nasty, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, David Byrne, David Grubbs, Digital Underground, Dismemberment Plan, Don Caballero, Drive Like Jehu, Echo & The Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Euphone, The Ex, Falstaff, Fela Kuti, Five Style, Foreigner, Frank Zappa, The Fucking Champs, Fugazi, Gastr Del Sol, Genesis, Ghosts And Vodka, Girls Against Boys, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, The Hated, Haymarket Riot, Heavy Vegetable, Herbie Hancock, Heroin, Hoover, Hot Snakes, INXS, Isotope 217, Jane's Addiction, Jaromir Nohavica, Jawbox, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Mueller, Jimi Hendrix, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Coltrane, June of 44, King Crimson, The Kingsbury Manx, The Kiwi Waltz, Labradford, Laika, Lambchop, Laurie Anderson, Led Zeppelin, Low, Lungfish, Lync, Madonna, Man Or Astroman, Manu Chao, Marginal Man, Matmos, Men at Work, Metallica, Michael Hedges, Mike Holt, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, The Mommyheads, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Most Secret Method, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Nirvana, No Means No, Noyes, Olivia Tremor Control, Opal, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Ornette Coleman, The Palace Brothers, Papa M, Parliament, Peralta, Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey, The Pogues, The Police, Polvo, Primus, Prince, Pullman, Quicksand, R.E.M., Radio Flyer, Radiohead, REO Speedwagon, Rickie Lee Jones, Rites Of Spring, Rocket From The Crypt, Sade, The Sea and Cake, Seam, Shellac, Shiner, The Shipping News, Shrimp Boat, Shudder To Think, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Slint, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, The Sorts, Soundgarden, The Specials, Stereolab, Stevie Wonder, The Sundays, Sweater Weather, Swirlies, Swiz, T-Bone Burnett, Talking Heads, Thingy, Three Shades of Dirty, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Tortoise, Tyondai Braxton, U2, Victim's Family, Ween, Weezer, The Who, XTC, Yes, Yo La Tengo, Zac Conway

Movies:

Inarritu.
Coen Brothers.
Christopher Guest and Co.

Television:

Nope.

Books:

Apparently, I don't read books anymore. Just magazines and the internet. I like books. I like the idea of them. I just can't be bothered to read them.

Heroes:

People who live intentionally.
People who make shit happen.
People who consume less than average.

My Blog

Strange Proportion

Strange Proportion
Posted by I Will Profit from the Dying of the Bees on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST