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Mr. Understanding

About Me

How I was described by the guy that wrote up my last interview:

"Chris happens to have made himself highly unique (and, following his logic, therefore capable of great beauty); thoughtful and introspective to the point of near-relentlessness, his conversation has the fast, assured tone of a guy unaccustomed to meeting anyone smarter than himself. He's the sort of person who will ask, sincerely, "have you ever studied the philosophy of beauty?" ... and will then be capable of explaining his own genuinely intriguing thoughts on the topic, rather than simply parroting lines that his dialects professor underlined in a textbook. The kind of person who can elicit feelings of fear and inadequacy, who knows that he can have that effect, and who points it out while shrugging carelessly."

Matty-Matt Sfist.com

P.S. Just try not to take me too seriously.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'm interested in emotionally mature, empathetic, intelligent people who aren't addicted to anything terribly expensive or that threatens their sense of responsibilty. Some scars required and a modicum of baggage is acceptable. I'd rather have someone in my life who knows what it is to err.

(And I don't mean to sound like a 7th grade English teacher, but shouldn't this read "Whom I'd like to meet:"?)

My Blog

THEY feel harrassed?

It has come to my attention that many people who aren't cowering in shame about voting Yes on Prop 8 are feeling harrassed. Well, I have three words for them -- boo fucking hoo.It boggles the mind tha...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Abandon Hope.

I've seen the face of "the revolution" my friends. It's meek and simpering and -- well -- pathetic. It believes in nothing other than its deeply held, but poorly configured, ideas that are the phantom...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:49:00 GMT

Loving Spain

That hasn't been an easy thing to do. Honestly. When I first arrived, it was pretty alienating, and not having much purpose didn't help at all. (Although, I've always "known" I had a reason for bein...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:48:00 GMT

My brush with scarcity...

So, we've had a weird week here in Espana, complete with strikes that basically closed gas stations and cleared off grocery store shelves. I worried a bit about if I'd be fed out of a Red Cross tent b...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:26:00 GMT

Non sequitors -- Europa style...

My roommate Tony is a little bipolar. It's not unusual to see him sulking when he gets home, then coming out of his room 10 min later wanting to box and accusing me of being a "chalk ferret" (my favor...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 07:20:00 GMT

Glad to be home?

Funny how even in moving halfway around the world, I forgot how exhausting something little like a 10-day trip could be. (I even wanted to shave a day off my stay in Gran Canaria; but when told it wou...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:31:00 GMT

The Joys of Ex-pat-dom

There are a variety of fun things about living in a foreign nation. -- Trying on clothes in the store you get to pretend you’re a live version of Eurotrash Barbie.-- Getting to wonder aloud regu...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:32:00 GMT

La Rambla

It's not easy to be a local in a new city -- especially when you don't speak the language all that well. So, even though I had a cold, I seized on a beautiful Spanish day and decided to be something f...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:03:00 GMT

So rare is the moment...

So rare is the moment that we, collectively, inhale and wait with hope. A kind of hope and expectation that our global breath tries to support the weight of it with our diaphragms alone. These momen...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:50:00 GMT

Long before dawn...

My sleep has been for shit lately...I've been working strange anxiety issues out in my dreams, which leaves me unrested and waking up every couple hours. Even my stash of pharmaceuticals isn't really ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:29:00 GMT