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About Me

I come from small-town Wisconsin, but have been in Madison for about six years. As a musician, I live for music, and as a writer and reader, I also live for the written word. I'm getting bored with English so am currently teaching myself to read and write in Russian. I generally like people, but am also aware that everyone has an "inner asshole." I live in a coop with a bunch of interesting people, so there's always something new going on. I want to move to another city that's on a lake--there's just something about watching the sun come up and seeing the enormous flames on the horizon reflect in the waters that sends shivers down my spine.

My Interests

music, art, observation, solitude, music, photography, writing, love, wine, cooking, reading, conversation

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, artists, writers, thinkers, readers, Russians, crazies

Music:

Calexico, Howe Gelb, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, DJ Shadow, Iron & Wine, Gang of Four, Toots and the Maytalls, James Brown, Thom Yorke, Tom Waits, Reverend Glasseye, Yes, Genesis, Tool, Talking Heads, Bob Marley, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, the Roots, Portishead, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Nick Drake, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Murder By Death, The Microphones/Mt. Eerie, David Blue, Neko Case, The Fruit Bats, Angels of Light

Movies:

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Brown Bunny, Pi, Amelie, Seven, Stop Making Sense, True Stories, Memento, the Saddest Music in the World, Love Me if you Dare, Raising Arizona, Drunken Master, Miller's Crossing, Cite Soleil, UHF

Television:

Don't watch TV much anymore

Books:

currently reading: Anthology of writings by Mao Tse-Tung, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, the Penguin Russian Course, Shadows from the Bottom of the World by Thomas Ligotti, HP Lovecraft, Diderot, Chinese Astrology, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, David Sedaris, Marx's Concept of Man by Erich Fromm, The Birth of Tragedy/The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche, this list could go on forever

My Blog

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??????I've been teaching myself Russian lately. It's pretty easy, once you get the pronunciation down, which consists of just identifying sounds with each character. The symbols are foreign to us La...
Posted by mr dave on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:54:00 PST

that's all there is

If I stub my toe on the corner of a chair walking through a room, I'm not one to sit on the ground and think for two weeks about how much it hurt. There's nothing to do but ge...
Posted by mr dave on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:06:00 PST

goodness me....

...i haven't posted anything on here in a while. not that i've missed it.for all who need an update, i've been dating the beautiful mary niece (now pronounced, possibly spelled nyech) for a couple of...
Posted by mr dave on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:03:00 PST

not bad, not bad at all

I just had my membership meeting at Nottingham co-op. Up until about two hours leading to the point of no return, I was so nervous, I couldn't help but pace. Realization of how silly that was h...
Posted by mr dave on Mon, 01 May 2006 05:22:00 PST

the forests

I woke up this morning with a chill in my soul. As though something is trying to get through to me. I have a desire to flee Madison for a week or so and camp out in the woods--become one w...
Posted by mr dave on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:06:00 PST

snow resting on trees

Smoke rising to the sky Memories return. Yesterday's snowat rest on the trees, A feeling once known Kept with me always. Excitement and joy Long since a sight. Fresh and new love Now lost but in mind...
Posted by mr dave on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:02:00 PST

101 Dalmations

Lately, I've been thinking about owning a dog. Not now--I'm not at that point in my life yet. That's a huge committment. Lucie the Cat loves me to death, so I've done okay, but I'm n...
Posted by mr dave on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:46:00 PST

i wonder...

You try to trust people. That something will come out of the generosity and the kindess that you give. When it doesn't, you feel a sense of betrayal, followed by reflection. Reflection br...
Posted by mr dave on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:06:00 PST

like a flash

I'm not sure if my reaction to situations is wierd, or even healthy. When faced with something, I take my time to react. But when I do, it's usually very dramatic. The nice thing abo...
Posted by mr dave on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:48:00 PST

what women want

I'm a confident guy. I know what I want out of life--I want to live, love, and one day, die. My life is about getting what I can out of life, loving all people that I can, and ending all t...
Posted by mr dave on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:33:00 PST