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About Me

A little bit of everything--poetry, history, philosophy, theater, tennis, cafes, basketball, biking, travel, concerts (from classical to jazz to indie rock), spending time with friends, getting involved in various things."Chowajac dzieci, tworzac prawa, / Czlowiek przed Wszechmogacym stawa, / Dzialaniem z chwili czyni wiecznosc / I obca mu sartrowska sprzecznosc / (Ale lepiej nawet zyc bez Trwogi / Niz wpasc w pulapki ontologii.)" --Czeslaw Milosz

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

A unique person, we'll see case by nutcase!

Music:

Let's see, from contemporary stuff I really like SUFJAN STEVENS and PEDRO THE LION, U2, Bill Mallonee, Robert Deeble, Belle and Sebastian, My Bloody Valentine, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Wilco, Radiohead, Yo La Tengo, Mana, Over the Rhine, Myslovitz, the Decembrists, Pink Floyd, REM. From the Old School: Chopin, Bach, Palestrina, Arvo Part, Penderecki, Stravinsky, Satie, Gorecki, Debussy, Mozart... ZOO TV "One":

Movies:

Anything that's not too Hollywoodie, mostly French and Central European stuff, but not exclusively: Kieslowski, Carl T. Dreyer, Robert Bresson, Luis Bunuel, Woody Allen, Agnieszka Holland Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Krzysztof Zanussi.

Television:

ESPN, and anything with classic movies. Stephen Colbert.

Books:

Jean Luc Marion, Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Czeslaw Milosz, Adam Zagajewski, W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Max Scheler, Eugene Webb, Rene Girard, Michel Henry, Edith Stein, Samuel Beckett, Edmund Husserl, Rene Girard, Charles Taylor, Martin Heidegger, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Thomas Mann, Shakespeare, Georg Buchner, Walker Percy... .. width="425" height="350" ..

Heroes:

People like Chris Tokar, no exceptions.

My Blog

This Year in Krakow IX.06-VI.07

Hey there, Do you know of any folks in Krakow that you can recommend to me? How about places and things to do that one cannot miss? I'll be there for the whole academic year doing philosophy and poetr...
Posted by Artur on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:37:00 PST

I'll be in Nantes for a Year

Hey Folks, I'm going to Nantes, France to learn French. I'll be there from September 2005 until July 2006. Let me know if you have any friends in that region or even in surrounding c...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Christmas: INTO THE DARK WITH GOD

INTO THE DARK WITH GOD A Christmas Meditation on the Incarnation, for a Troubled World By Hans Urs von Balthasar And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you Goo...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Great reasons to have sex!!!!!

The estimated total number of people living in the US with an incurable STD is over 65 million. Every year, there are approximately 15 million new cases of STDs, a few of which are curable. Two-thi...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Entertainment: The Existential Ape

Here's a cartoon page for you with a concept--the human condition from the viewpoint of one very confused ape: http://www.existentialape.com/index.html Dig it?, Artur...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Free & Legal: New U2 Album Online

Here is a safe, official and legal stream of U2's new "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb":http://www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/u2/atomic_bomb/I just started to listen to it, sounds great so far, but I can'...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Study: Caffeine Takes Its Toll On You

I'm trying to cut down on my coffee intake. This here scientific study helped me along: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail91.html --Artur...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Great Article for the Seeker in You

I think this is one of the better articles I've read over the past couple of weeks. I especially liked the lines: "Ironically, Rousseaus and Emersons diagnosis of self-loss in social conformity ...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What's there to see in Portland?

Hey, I'm going to see a buddy and we'll hit a concert at the Portal Cafe http://www.theportalcafe.com/ (Bill Mallonee) next Friday. I figure that if I'm in Vancouver, I might as well see Portland ...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

UW Student or Staff and Play Soccer? Come and Join my COED IMA team!

Hello, If you happen to be a lady and would like to play some IMA soccer at the University of Washington (Seattle) and happen to be either a student, staff or professor, please contact me. You don...
Posted by Artur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST