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V1R61L

the voice, the afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love....

About Me

I'm not perfect, nor do I aspire to be so. Perfection is a form of death. I'm grateful for my demons because in the worst of times they're my allies, and in the best of times they're the measure of my accomplishments. I don't seek truth, I seek reason. Truth is relative and found only by consensus, while reason is irreducible and adamantine. When in the presence of other people, I try to locate the soul essence I can't see with my eyes. It's good practice for my main hobby, which is to locate the soul essence in myself. If these habits make me obsessed, intense, and inscrutable, so be it. -Scorpio to the Nth Degree.

My Interests

baseball at Davenport Field, sunday foozball, sunday dinner with the Tierney's, stargazing from the bed of my truck, fantasy football with the greatest people ever,

I'd like to meet:

Durante degli Alighieri .....and the dead man who shot my cat with a pellet gun
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Music:

I dig anything that can reach down and move something inside you. acoustic, pop, hard, soft... anything . and they change often... currently....
Jeremy Enigk
whiskeytown
Dar Williams
Mat Kearney
Thom Yorke
John Hiatt
The Rosebuds
colin hays
coldplay
david gray
Amos Lee
Ray LaMontagne
Ryan Adams
tool
ben harper
jack johnson
the roots
the Decemberists
Man Mountain Jr.
the postal service
the sea and cake
the thievery corperation
the killers
Big head todd and the monsters
Aimee Mann
Dave Matthews
Soul Coughing
the Beentix
Dashboard Confessional
Smashing Punkins
Beck
Ben Folds....and his five
Incubus
XPS
Social Distortion
Jamiroquai
Gorillaz
...so many others.....

Movies:

Zoolander rules!!!
Dodgeball
Bull Durham
Hero
any Kevin Smith flic
Gump nation forever
Meet Joe Black
Constantine
Groundhog Day (don't ask)
La Femme Makita (the FRENCH version)
Saving Private Ryan
Love Actually (did i say that out loud?)
Wedding Crashers
Blade I II and III.... yes, i said blade II
Anything that makes me laugh hysterically
Anything that makes me want to go beat someone for no particular reason

Television:

House
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Sportscenter
all things baseball, although I would rather be there
.....can anyone tell me what channel the foozball game is on tonight?

Books:

#1 Fav - Dante's Divine Comedy

Lolita in Tehran
Heart of Darkness
the Life of Pi
Slouching Towards Fargo. Bill Murray rulez!

The end of Faith
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
The Golden Ratio
5 people you meet in heaven
Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Book of the dead (egyptian)
on the shoulders of Giants
the tao of pooh
red storm rising
Don Quixote
the ugly american
brief history of time
the odyssey
the illiad
the tempest

...too many others to mention but these standout

My Blog

soooooon

After Pat's BirthdayBy Kevin TillmanIt is Pat..s birthday on November 6, and elections are the day after. It gets me thinking about a conversation I had with Pat before we joined the military. He sp...
Posted by V1R61L on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:02:00 PST

my night sky

It�s 3am and it seems that a full nights rest is as elusive as ever. I am on the back porch and in what I can only describe as a hallmark card moment, bailey is curled up at my feet and Confucius,...
Posted by V1R61L on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:03:00 PST

Thanks for the shoutout Jaimie (mills)!!

I can't tell how good it was to hear from you last night! Can't wait to see you if you come down. Congrats to you and Brian and good luck with your house. Give your family my love ;-)
Posted by V1R61L on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:13:00 PST

small update

Well, it's been a fairly frustrating week or so here in beautiful, rural Rocky Mount. And the weather lately seems to be reflecting my mood. The financial mountains I must climb just to get student l...
Posted by V1R61L on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:59:00 PST

a day in the new life of..... subtitled: my new home away from my new home away from home...

well, it's been a while since i have written so i thought I would catch everyone up on the daily happenings of my life now.For those of you who knew me in Charlottesville, this will be quite a change...
Posted by V1R61L on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:29:00 PST

a wild night at the outback (warning, big blog)

well, these picks are over a week late but here they are......recipe for one wild night:1 part Terry Martin Birthday1 part new ownership of the Outback Lodge party1 part Oregon Hill Funk Allstars1 par...
Posted by V1R61L on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:18:00 PST

the new pad

my room and new pad are amazing.....and please bare in mind these pics were taken weeks ago while moving in ;-)...
Posted by V1R61L on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:53:00 PST

so i found this dog.....

.... the previous owners must have left this dog here when they moved because I have no clue where it came from ;-)His name is Bailey, and he looks EXACTLY like my dog only he no longer sheds and no l...
Posted by V1R61L on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:52:00 PST

random thoughts before bed

Well, it's almost 10pm on friday night, let's see... brian, matty, heather are working in cville probably (sorry to hear about your weekend brian). I am starting to learn my way around RM. Finding my...
Posted by V1R61L on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:10:00 PST

payday!!!!!

well, not taking a legitimate vacation in 5 years paid off in spades today. 238 hours of paid annual leave was delivered by the automatic deposit fairy this morning. Now iam off to nash and to get one...
Posted by V1R61L on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:12:00 PST