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About Me

I make robot brains, music and strong drinks. I juggle billiard balls Labyrinth-style. I don't cook and I don't consume enough water. My stuff is in Spokane, though it is likely that I am not. I like irony and demand correctness. An inappropriate apostrophe can spoil my day. My friends consider this endearing.

My Interests

piano and guitar performance, snowboarding, contact juggling, literature, embedded programming, graphic design, ontology, abstract algebra, constructive criticisms, algorithmics, information security

I'd like to meet:

People who have high expectations of themselves, and rather low ones of me.

People who arrange their friends list according to image size feng shui.

Music:

Dresden Dolls, Tool, Tori, NIN, Ani, Eminem, Muse, MSI, Death Cab, Dead Kennedys, Decemberists, System of a Down, Floyd, Portishead, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Wu Tang, Devin Townsend, Chopin, Rachmaninoff

Movies:

The Wall, Dreamers, Sin City, Jacob's Ladder, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Eternal Sunshine, Waking Life, Fight Club, Labyrinth, Real Genius

Books:

authors: Dostoevsky, Eugenides, Hesse, Vonnegut, Chabon, Gaiman, Gibson, N.Stephenson; genres: beat, history, philosophy, mathematics a la Hofstadter

My Blog

home from history, culture and accents that get you laid.

Back from England. Most of my time there was consumed by work and I was only left two days to myself, but those were two fantastic days spent in central London.Highlights -People watching in Soh...
Posted by Brendan on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:41:00 PST

insomnia, navel-gazing, and mathematics: holy trinity of a dull read

A merry solstice to all of you.Last night, while in the throes of insomnia, I decided to inventory my personality. The most interesting set of self-evaluations I took were the Enneagram tests (here, ...
Posted by Brendan on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:58:00 PST

we went the rub a dub dub down the frog in the jar. 'ad me a bitter.

Next stop: London. Flying into Heathrow on 3 July. Fuck the fireworks anyway -- I'm excited! It's about time I made it to the UK.
Posted by Brendan on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:43:00 PST

debo desaparecer, dos.

I am not in Spokane yet. I am not at work right now. I am not just conjuring fond images of my last two weeks in Costa Rica.This is a trick. This is some sadistic part of my brain in...
Posted by Brendan on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:00:00 PST

debo desaparecer

In five days, I'll be on a plane to Portland. The following day, I'll be on a plane to Costa Rica. Two weeks later, provided I am not consumed by malaria or dengue fever or Chagas' disease...
Posted by Brendan on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:23:00 PST

[Planes], Planes and Automobiles

This weekend: San Francisco, Portland, Seattle.Next weekend: Vegas or Schweitzer. I haven't decided But I'm leaning toward the latter.Ugh. Planes are getting tired of me, I'm sure.I ...
Posted by Brendan on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:15:00 PST

on the move...

*sigh*I'm lonely. If you're not in Spokane, you should come visit me. If you are in Spokane, well, fuck you for not calling me.Checked out a new place downtown today. Not one of the lofts I...
Posted by Brendan on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:51:00 PST

"Exhibitionism for the Shy"

This is me running naked down T St. in Vancouver.[picture indefinitely pending]This is my cohort singing I'm a Little Teapot naked in the middle of the street.[picture indefinitely pending]This is a w...
Posted by Brendan on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:34:00 PST

I left my heart in...

Heading off to San Francisco on Monday. Who's coming with me?See the rest of you next year.
Posted by Brendan on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:12:00 PST

There has to be a law against this...

At the office -- 27th of that many consecutive days. It'll be 39 by the time I'm out.If we work together and you're on my friends list, head in to my office the following Monday. I pr...
Posted by Brendan on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:32:00 PST