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Bryan

I'm sorry, we just got the news that Dublin is a kill-happy maniac.

About Me

Some of my personal quotables:"Number 4 is the new number 1.""If procrastination has taught me anything is that I'll figure out the answer later.""Exhaustion is just another word for 'failure.'"You could get a good sense of me by listening to "Ask Me" by The Smiths.Note: the background picture was taken by the talented bloke who runs Tokyo Night Windows. More of his/her awesome nightscapes of Tokyo can be found at the website http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/.Z

My Interests

Cycling's a big one these days, but also camping, writing, civic engagement, media and journalistic reform, politics (not the "who's winning, who's losing" politics, but issues that can help better people's lives), law, spending time with friends, enjoying the moment, getting off my ass and making my life count for something

I'd like to meet:

Some Japanese ladies under 90 and above statutory.You can keep up with me by visiting my blog once and again:http://bryisinjapan.blogspot.com/

Music:

All things - Listening to Gift of Gab and Blackalicious, Alison Krauss, 80s tunes, jazz, techno, Air, BT, Rolling Stones, The Postal Service, The Shins, The Smiths, classical, Yo La Tengo, etc. Since I'm in Japan, I've started listening to domestic music to. Heard of Asian Kung-Fu Generation? They're pretty good.

Movies:

"Good Night, and Good Luck" - an amazing flick. But like comedies, nearly everything that Focus Features produces (ie. Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and historical/bio films (13 Days, Fog of War).

Television:

Family Guy, man - Family Guy. Futurama, too.

Books:

Everthing by Murakami Haruki ("Kafka on the Shore", "A Wild Sheep Chase"); same for Michael Chabon ("Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay", "The Final Solution", "A Model World"); "Animal Farm", "1984", and "The Road to Wigan Pier" by Orwell; history by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., particularly "The Age of Roosevelt" & "The Imperial Presidency"; the fiction and non of Arundhati Roy; "Moyers on America" by Bill Moyers; David Sedaris; just finished "Democracy Matters" by Cornel West; most stuff by Arianna Huffington -- how long can we write here? I love writing, fiction or non, that broadens my thinking, my imagination, my perspective on the world.

Heroes:

"For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."- JFK.Kennedy (JFK & RFK), FDR, Bill Moyers, Cornel West, Arundhati Roy are all major heroes to me.

My Blog

Sleep is for the sleepy, and the sleepy at heart

So, going on for aboutt two weeks now, I haven't been able to sleep during the week. I can't really place why, but with all this extra time I've been able to get my apartment in order again. If only i...
Posted by Bryan on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:43:00 PST

Does anyone know what "Nervy" means?

BRYAN B is for Bashful R is for Relaxing Y is for Young A is for Alluring N is for Nervy http://blogthings.com/acro/acronymquiz.php">What Does Your Name M...
Posted by Bryan on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:35:00 PST

Me bond, you Not

  It looks like Brosnan and I are thinking the same thing in our pics.   You scored as James Bond, Agent 007. James Bond is MI6's best agent, a suave, sophisticated super spy with charm,...
Posted by Bryan on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:54:00 PST