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beaucoup!

About Me

a man of passions great and plentiful who thoroughly enjoys art projects, wine, unfamiliar places, and 80s-era vespas.

My Interests

taking pictures, uncharted spaces, design, nonfiction, bikes, rooftops, travel, albert's space, vespas, wine, chocolate, wine with chocolate, lomography, ikea, sustainability, experimental cuisine, magazines, dinner parties, music, conceptual i-d, film, exploring, soccer, city parks, city limits, city people, music videos, really great social interactions where things are just totally comfortable, pigeons, minis/citroens, europe, tostitos, emily gyben's freckles + bodegas

I'd like to meet:

I plan to become the modern Noah -- the John Hartnett of 2007. I am ridding myself of the black hole known as Myspace for as long as other sissies do wuss-ass things like giving up Brocolli or animal porn. I will do it for one minute longer than my girlfriend, who is also participating. Then we will enjoy a 40-oz beverage, dedicating each Tom-less day to a different ounce.If you need to reach me, try another method (telepathy, phone, facebook, telegrams.)Send me postcards from Hell, you Godless sinners!

Music:

cold war kids, elliott smith, french kicks, cara beth satalino, chili peppers, regina spektor, sean lennon, arcade fire, john vanderslice, chris garneau, tv on the radio, decemberists, death cab, space jam soundtrack.

Movies:

michel gondry, period. goodbye lenin, city of ghosts, angels in the outfield, and either casablanca or the parent trap. yep, the parent trap.

Television:

ze daily show, l'colbert.

Books:

high fidelity, cradle to cradle, a farewell to arms, love in the time of cholera, WINE:drinkology, the stranger, the pale horse, dharma bums, off the map, the fuck up, manhattan loverboy, scar tissue, catcher in the rye, death in the afternoon, about a boy, on the road, new york magazine, dwell magazine, wine spectator, esquire, is paris burning?, chinese takeout, 1984, manhattan loverboy, the stranger, matt kramer's new california wine and, of course, the giving tree.

Heroes:

nice people. my mom and dad. drew. emily.

My Blog

send me under that river

i'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl who's still around the morning after. the "cute republican" girl at first, then just another excuse or reason to visit my best friend in the best ...
Posted by + on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 07:47:00 PST

so long, my friend.

It all would have been different had my father given me a handbook on bicycling rather than just letting me hop on and learn. A risk it was, but one worthwhile. It forced me to learn the technique alm...
Posted by + on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

a soundtrack [rough cut]

my personal earborne concert hall. by way of headphones, some intangible form of bliss is channeled into my being, dredging the caverns and burrows of my eardrum and seeping into my brain. the beat o...
Posted by + on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST