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Natbot

I cain't say no

About Me


Check out my new MySpace Music page, in the top slot of my Friends list! My website is here.

My Interests

Recording music, singing at open mics and karaoke bars, rock concerts, watching baseball (MN Twins, Cubs) football (MN Vikings) & basketball (ISU Cyclones), volunteering (community theatre, Humane Society, United Way, blood bank, Cyclone Club), spending time with pets (Siamese cat Pacey, rat terriers Burton & Panda, ferrets Henry & Clare), eating hot & spicy food (esp. Mexican & Chinese), car shows, driving Mopars (Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth), shopping, auctions, laughing, pulling pranks, reading, writing, riding my bicycle, pilates, tennis, painting, electric guitar, scooping snow, being a designated driver (DON'T drink and drive!)

I'd like to meet:

Boof Bonser, Burton Cummings, Nolan Ryan, Cy

Music:

Concerts I've seen this year: Black Crowes, Brewer & Shipley, Foreigner, Nickelback, Hoobastank, Chevelle, Hinder, Bowling for Soup, Smash Mouth, Gov't Mule, Jeff Beck, Parallex, Cheap Trick, 57 Stitch, Collective Soul, Better than Ezra, Mike Comfort, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Kaiser Chiefs, Greg Taylor, Chad Elliott. Past concerts: The Shore (check out my Profile song!), Damon Dotson, 7 Mary 3, Allman Brothers, Audioslave, Fastball, The Clarks, John Fogerty, 3 Doors Down, Puddle of Mudd, Chris Cornell, The Guess Who, Rush, No Doubt, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Howie Day, Styx, Kansas, 3 Dog Night, Beck, Blues Traveler, Grass Roots, CCR, Gary Puckett. Other favorites: Elvis, Burton Cummings, Spacehog, Cranberries, Jack Johnson, Jet, Keane, Panic at the Disco, Green Day, Bob Seger, Lou Gramm, Jethro Tull, Badfinger, Led Zeppelin, Fiona Apple (see my fave video below) The Who, The Killers, The Doors, The Beatles, The Patrick. NO COUNTRY (except Garth)
This video is brilliant. It's "Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple.

Movies:

Tommy Boy, Anchorman, Wedding Crashers, Super Troopers, Kissing a Fool, Nothing but Trouble, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jackass 1 and 2, My Dog Skip, Curious George, Wizard of Oz, Christine (best car scenes EVER!)

Television:

Let's pretend this section is labeled "Theatre" instead of TV so I have a reason to list the plays & musicals I've been in: Annie, The Arkansaw Bear, Oklahoma, Love Letters, You Can't Take it With You, The 15-Minute Hamlet, The Good Doctor, The Hand that Cradles the Rock, The Odd Couple, The Ugly Duckling, The Wizard of Oz (once in the Lullabye League and once as Dorothy ~ see video), M*A*S*H, Beauty & the Beast (see video), Dead Stock (radio theatre), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (see video), Funny Money.

Books:

Bible, biographies in general, HD Thoreau, Phillip Roth, Henry James, Ambrose Bierce, John Nichols ("The Sterile Cuckoo," "The Milagro Beanfield Wars"), "Love Story," "Elephant Man," "Sybill," "Les Miserables," "Wuthering Heights," "Flowers for Algernon," "The Scarlet Ibis" (and "Letter"), "Christine," "Colliery Jim," "Behind the Attic Wall," "Jason and Marceline" (from childhood). I'm pretty big on periodicals, too. Non-fiction rules!

Heroes:

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ

My Blog

The Sonic Three

I don't normally get the chance to stop at Sonic's because there aren't any nearby. But on my road trip today I got a rare opportunity to enjoy their watermelon slush, cheesecake bites and chicken wra...
Posted by Natbot on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:01:00 PST

Hello, new year

Happy 2007, everybody! Hope your holiday season is joyous and peaceful. I rang in the New Year with my fiance (as of Christmas) at a masquerade ball. In front of a holiday light display in Fairfield...
Posted by Natbot on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:12:00 PST

Buon natale

Today I got to hang with my niece and nephew, ages 8 & 9. Their yard has beautiful views. Burt plays with the kids... ...who put a car on his back. Good kids... ...wild kids. Max's school p...
Posted by Natbot on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:50:00 PST

<3 ya, Bradke!

I've been reading and thinking about MN Twins pitcher Brad Radke since his retirement yesterday. It's rare for a player in professional sports to spend an entire career with one team, and the Twins we...
Posted by Natbot on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:13:00 PST

Mix CD

A recent blog about mix tapes inspired me to finally whip out the ol' CD burner and get some tracks together. The first mix CD I made is quite self-serving: it's all about me. Yep, 7 tracks with...
Posted by Natbot on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:11:00 PST

Shakin' the Tree

We had an awesome songwriters jam at Shaky Tree Coffee shop tonight! Moi & Greg. Greg Taylor, Chad Elliott, Micah Hammac. Moi, Greg, Chad. Moi, Greg, Chad. Greg, Hilary, Chris. ;) Chris Tay...
Posted by Natbot on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:31:00 PST

What women don't want

Posted By:http://www.loveandhealth.infoGet this video and more at MySpace.comPersonality & intelligence top the list of what's sexually attractive to women.Posted By:http://www.loveandhealth.infoG...
Posted by Natbot on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:46:00 PST

Holly daze

It snowed today so I took holiday pictures in the hopes of them being even a fraction as cute as Ali's. ;) Moi, Burton, Panda. Pacey and me. The whole lot of us! I wrote 2 short, fun quizzes for my...
Posted by Natbot on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:14:00 PST

Grand Meander

Tonight a group of us from the community theatre revived our "Beauty & the Beast" roles for Spencer's annual Grand Meander. I was "Babette," the maid/featherduster, in last winter's production. Fo...
Posted by Natbot on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:51:00 PST

I got fan mail!

Opening night for "Funny Money" was terrific ~ we had an awesome audience (I got fan mail: "You were flawless in funny money! heehee. Had a great time") and a great show, if I do say so myself. Our "s...
Posted by Natbot on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:22:00 PST