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vahak

all these have flaws.

About Me

(hye yev/e brasileiro)

I've always wanted to be the third Alan Willis on The Jeffersons.

6' 1", 44-36-40, 196 lbs. i like long walks to the newark bus terminal, high fives, freak show performers and endless bloody street brawls. but, we can still be friends. oh, and i don't put out.

"...when in doubt, I always say try to be as obnoxious as possible.” -Bill Laimbeer"beauty and brains are all that i've got. i've got a cold, cold bed and a broken heart. a broken heart..." -juliana hatfield"...love; it is the prerogative of the brave." -mahatma gandhi

My Interests

music, all art, vintage drums, percussion, piano/keys, decks, beats, noise, jagstangs, p-basses, herve villechaize, shoes/sneakers, cameras, being armenian and brazilian, futbol (oh yeah, you people might call it soccer), the nets, running/going to the gym/working out, john from cincinnati, curb your enthusiasm, não wave, spirits (distilled and celestial), parturiency, loyalty, virtue rewarded, hope, and God/Deus/Ahsvahdz.

I'd like to meet:

bill murray & bill laimbeer

Music:

miles davis, john coltrane, ornette coleman, charlie parker, dave brubeck, thelonious monk, mahavishnu, otis redding, jeff buckley, nirvana, skunk anansie, portishead, mmw, sly, curtis mayfield, jimi, led zeppelin, the beatles, the clash, the zombies, fugazi, the make up, sleater-kinney, pearl jam, sunny day real estate, tricky, massive attack, nin, tool, ratm, depeche mode, U2, arcade fire, duran duran, she wants revenge, dfa 1979, gang gang dance, deerhoof, blonde redhead, stereolab, helium, pavement, jawbox/burning airlines, built to spill, my bloody valentine, pj harvey, radiohead, placebo, sonic youth, public enemy, wu-tang, company flow, tupac, plan b, troy walsh, lupe fiasco, k-os, the roots, J5, third eye blind, juliana hatfield, cat power, throwing muses, elliott smith, failure, husker du/sugar/bob mould, rickie lee jones, fiona apple, bloc party, martin grech, david bowie, the velvet underground, queen, genesis, elvis costello, tom waits, jarvis cocker/pulp, charles aznavour, fela kuti, milton nascimento, caetano veloso, geraldo azevedo, seu jorge, afro cuban all-stars, harout pamboukjian, bach, my drum n' bass records.

Movies:

le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, all wes anderson films, most david lynch films, all atom egoyan films, most john hughes flicks, the godfather, citizen kane, persona, amelie, le jette, 400 blows, 12 monkeys, seven, mallrats, dogma, high fidelity, spinal tap, suburbia, scent of a woman, kiss me deadly, resevoir dogs, pulp fiction, jackie brown, four rooms, old school, the bourne movies, coming to america, run lola run, hedwig, buffalo 66, 28 days later, the warriors, contempt, breakfast at tiffanys, to catch a thief, north by northwest, a farewell to arms, lost in translation, Pi, amores perros, 21 grams, babel, traffic, crash, syriana, fear and loathing, the big lebowski, king pin, slums of beverly hills, kill bill vol. 1 and 2, lock stock and two smoking barrels, buena vista social club, the motorcycle diaries, vertigo, vanilla sky, reign over me, city of god, telefon, st. ives, sin city, grindhouse, natural born killers, running with the bulls, the departed, gamblers, aram, the priestess, and 1991: the year punk broke.

Television:

flight of the conchords, curb your enthusiasm, john from cincinnati, house, daily show, colbert report, simpsons, futurama, family guy, american dad, aqua teen hunger force, boondocks, nova and frontline.

Books:

the fuck-up: arthur nersesian, demon box & one flew over the cuckoo's nest: ken kesey, solipsist: henry rollins, the wretched of the earth: frantz fanon, things fall apart: chinua achebe, alabama wildman: thurston moore, the little prince: antoine de saint-exupary, the alchemist: paulo coelho, when things fall apart: pema chodron, blue like jazz: donald miller, the death of ivan ilyich: leo tolsoy, high fidelity: nick hornby, anything elmore leonard. ...just started reading 'searching for god knows what'

Heroes:

my dad (always), my uncle, henry rollins, bob mould, paz lenchantin, marcelo kiremitdjian, robert del naja, dj die, tony williams, jaco pastorius, john bonham, otis redding, arshile gorky, gomidas, alan hovaness, jeff buckley, phil lynott, che guevara, mlk, bill laimbeer

My Blog

7 year...

bitch.
Posted by vahak on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:46:00 PST

On Pain...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break,that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your h...
Posted by vahak on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:27:00 PST

i don't need any of it...

ivory tower, glass house, cardboard castle mentalities.
Posted by vahak on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:14:00 PST

"Father says I'll always be a mess, you see it's my destiny."

The light from the lamp shone on my face as I looked around the room in a daze. "Samantha?" I asked in a low voice. "Samantha?" asked the voice back. "My name's Amethyst, don't you remember?" she s...
Posted by vahak on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:18:00 PST

where were the whites of the horse of a bomber pilot?

"Not film ornithic their spilled application, certainly we musn't obey their prince." "Do not kneel nor grease wander speak so loud, young man--don't speak on behalf of innocent Villefort." "Go, my de...
Posted by vahak on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:16:00 PST

"Hey, keep it in your pants, vato, I live in here!"

To withstand disintegration; softness, again, is predicated of a thing of nature, which, belonging to the same genus, are distinguished men, when in such circumstances he loses his temper somewhat, bu...
Posted by vahak on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:06:00 PST

"My cars shift themselves. The luxury cars, they shift themselves."

Quantity is either discrete or continuous. Moreover, some quantities which, within the same class, are separated by the greatest possible abiding existence: when once a syllable is pronounced, it is n...
Posted by vahak on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:48:00 PST

"I woke up in a strange place."

The year was 2008, there was a catastrophic event. I don't remember much, just a bright light, deafening noise, and finally darkness. I came to in a massive house. It seemed seconds had passed and ...
Posted by vahak on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:47:00 PST