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Alvhin

Out to lunch

About Me

When I'm on "the Man's" time I'm an advisor, creative solution finder, and soldier for hire (although on occasion I do the knight in shining armour bit too). On my own time its bass heavy vinyl, off beat banter, and the never-ending struggle between couch and street.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Read Blog 01

Music:

Stevie Wonder, Sonny Boy Williamson, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Mos Def, Everything But The Girl, Common, Bad Company, Moloko, MF Doom, Bill Withers, Full Cycle, Sade, Quasimoto, Talib Kweli, Stan Getz, BeeGees, Madlib, Chemical Brothers, early Jamiroquai, Prodigy, DJ HiTek, Jim Tomlinson, Groove Armada, Ganja Kru, Skunk Anansie, d'Angelo, the Roots, Massive Attack, Mobb Deep, Planet Asia, James Brown, Def Squad, DJ Premier, Wagon Christ, Roots Manuva

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sin City, Ninja Scroll - in no particular order.

Television:

Big Joss Whedon fan. Angel, Firefly, but always Buffy the Vampire Slayer :p Law and Order. Went through a big Ricki Lake phase :)

Books:

Work = serious reading so when I get a chance I like escapism. Big on Elmore Leonard. Working through a friend's comic book collection at the moment.

Heroes:

Richard Branson, Martin Luther King Jr, Diego Maradonna (fallen heroes count too)

My Blog

Blog 04: Eurotrip - Here be dragons

I just got back from a trip to Europe, my first ever journey overseas. I spent some time in Lugano, Milan, Bologna, Florence, London and Edinburgh. When people ask me how the trip was, I find it hard ...
Posted by Alvhin on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:24:00 PST

Blog 3: Understanding football fever

Note: sorry about typos. Internet acces is rare these days, so no time to proof read. Football is so much more than just a game. I'm sure you've heard that before but not many people know why its al...
Posted by Alvhin on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:49:00 PST

Blog 02: Stories and Histories

One of the benefits of buying books as birthday gifts is that when a person has finished reading a really good book, they're so excited about it, that they want you to read it so they c...
Posted by Alvhin on Tue, 16 May 2006 08:35:00 PST

Blog 01: Friends 'n Stuff

Friends are an important part of my life, so it's hard to sum up in a few words the kind of person I would like to meet. Anyone who's been on myspace for more than a couple of weeks knows that yo...
Posted by Alvhin on Thu, 04 May 2006 07:59:00 PST