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About Me

Apparently I'm complicated. I'm a structural engineering grad student who'd rather be working in a bike shop, volunteering with cancer support groups, or writing. My career tests say I'm more cut out to be a social worker or flight attendant than engineer, though urban planner, professor and psychologist are closest to the top.

I drink a lot of coffee, beer, and (recently) wine. I listen to a lot of music and ride my bike everywhere. Fun fact: I've never been more at peace than a few silent moments watching the sun rise over the Atlantic while sitting on a hill I spent the night on watching meteors.

My Interests

fuck cancer.

I'd like to meet:

I'm always up for trying something new.

Music:

mountain goats, okkervil river, spoon, the shins, wilco, andrew bird, clap your hands say yeah, the black angels, neutral milk hotel, the starlight mints, mofro,daniel johnston, jose gonzalez, pixies, eels, centro-matic, daniel johnston, flaming lips, kexp!, flametrick subs, the secret machines, the arcade fire, the weakerthans, ben kweller, flogging molly, johnny cash, cake, endochine, cruiserweight, radiohead, smoking popes, 22-20s, the toadies...

Movies:

someone find me a replacement for the alamo drafthouse! (they serve beer and wine and food with their mainline and offbeat movies) big lebowski, blues brothers, office space, dr strangelove, spinal tap, clerks, dogma, high fidelity, grosse pointe blank, lost in translation, requiem for a dream

Television:

is the new opiate of the masses. not that opiates are all bad.
no cable anymore, so it's the leher news hour, the office, and sometimes house. home movies DVDs.

Books:

everything that rises, the coma, the curious incident of the dog in the night time, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, einstein's dreams, the life of pi, slaughterhouse-five, welcome to the monkey house, jim's journal, godel escher bach, extremely loud and incredibly close, suburban nation (the rise of sprawl and the decline of the american dream), the geography of nowhere, the death and life of great american cities, the partly cloudy patriot (and just about everything else by sarah vowell)

Heroes:

lance. he's a rat bastard at times, but his organization does good things. natasha, rett, scott, gary, sammy, and chris - we miss you.

My Blog

been a long time

For those of you who keep up with me through myspace, here's an update from the last couple months:School is boring, and I've been putting more energy into my volunteer and social activities than engi...
Posted by Kyle on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:55:00 PST

right and wrong

So I'm on my bike tonight, generally keeping up with traffic and taking a lane (one lane each way, double yellow stripe). A guy cuts over to the wrong-way lane to pass me, and I zip over to cut ...
Posted by Kyle on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:56:00 PST

caring is creepy

James Mercer of the Shins:When I came up with that idea for the title, I was talking about how in my circle of friendsthis was my circle of friends, especially in Albuquerqueyou drink and you hang o...
Posted by Kyle on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:44:00 PST

screwed up

So.... I'm probably screwed up, but not the way I thought I was, if you know what I mean. It's sometimes surprising (though I guess it shouldn't be) to look back and realize that even three plus...
Posted by Kyle on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:26:00 PST

rant

Sometimes it's depressing being an American. I love this country, but as a culture, we're a clusterfuck. We suck an enormous amount of energy and resources from the planet, we eat processe...
Posted by Kyle on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:56:00 PST

another nice day

I think I've posted these before, but here was my day's itinerary:Wannabee's: breakfast, coffee, reading NYT online and Planet Cancer.Stop off at apt to drop off laptop and pick up gift card.Barnes an...
Posted by Kyle on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:59:00 PST

Life after cancer

It does exist. I saw my oncologist today and won't have to again til 2008. I haven't gone a year without seeing a doc since at least 2001 when I was diagnosed. Sweet.
Posted by Kyle on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:05:00 PST

Wettest. Coldest. November. Ever.

Seattle broke records for most rain (15.37") and coldest day (18 at the airport) for November. Last year we set a record for most continuous days of rain. I might as well stay, it can't ge...
Posted by Kyle on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:44:00 PST

Seattle snow

There's a half-inch or so of the white stuff on the street outside my window as I sit here with hot chocolate watching more come down. It's the third time it's snowed in the last four days - not...
Posted by Kyle on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:28:00 PST

snow enchiladas

I make no endorsement of the following recipie, but here goes. Ingredients: 1.3 lbs ground beef 5-6 very small potatoes (about 3/4 pound) 1 medium onion 1 avacado 4 jalapeno peppers 1/2 bag of shredd...
Posted by Kyle on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:00:00 PST