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Stan

What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?

About Me

I work at a marketing agency by day. I also design websites on the side with my best friend, Lindi, who is also a musician. We're still learning as we go. The last site we did was http://www.lindiortega.ca

If you need a site, give us a shout!

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My Interests

Music, Web design, Cheese, Video Games, robots, miniature robots, transforming robots, giant stompy robots, world domination.

Music:


Folk / Country:
Lindi Ortega, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, Emmylou Harris, Feist, Stars, Neko Case, Regina Spektor, Cowboy Junkies, Mazzy Star, Aimee Mann

Rawk:
Matt Mays, Tom Petty, Curve, Poe, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Metric, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kasabian, God Is An Astronaut

Electronic:
Shpongle, Delerium, Sleepthief, Underworld, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, Sasha and Digweed, Dave Seaman, Armin Van Buuren, John 00 Fleming

Trip Hop / Downtempo:
Portishead, Massive Attack, Lamb, Esthero, Tricky, Royksopp, Bjork, Frou Frou, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Carmen Rizzo, Martina Topley Bird

Weekly Top Artists:

Constantly

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Movies:

True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Donnie Darko, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Chasing Amy, Ronin, A Scanner Darkly, Bladerunner, Pan's Labyrinth, Dune, Major League, Debbie Does Dallas

Television:

LOST, Heroes, 24, Futurama, CSI, Firefly, anything Joss Whedon, Cowboy Bebop, Top Gear, Mythbusters

Books:

Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Philip K Dick, Orson Scott Card, Neal Stephenson, Douglas Adams, Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov

Heroes:

Jack Bauer

My Blog

Can we know our own minds?

Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us. As he puts it, our bodies are m...
Posted by Stan on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:43:00 PST

More kitteh pictures

More kitteh pictures:.....
Posted by Stan on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:01:00 PST

New Condo & New Kitten pictures

So I've been pretty busy since getting back from Texas.  I've noticed that Myspace is beginning to decline while Facebook's popularity is increasing exponentially.Anyway, a lot has happened in th...
Posted by Stan on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:03:00 PST

Dorks in Texas

So we got some footage of our Texas trip up.  Check it out here: I also uploaded some of the pictures to Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanthemanchan/sets/7215 760002727157...
Posted by Stan on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:31:00 PST

Yee haw

So, I've been hanging out in Texas for the past week or so with my best friend, Lindi.  We've had a whirlwind tour through a bunch of places like Dallas, San Antonio, Sweetwater, and Fredericksbu...
Posted by Stan on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:19:00 PST

Pan's Labyrinth got robbed!!!

LO said:OMG pans lab didnt win best foreign film WTF?Stan said:FUCKKKKStan said:who won???LO said:some german filmLO said:the lives of othersStan said:i'm gonna have to stab a motherfuckerLO said:WHAT...
Posted by Stan on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:38:00 PST

What Tarot Card Are You?

You are The HierophantDivine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching. All things relating to education, patience, help from superiors.The Hierophant is often considered to be a Guardian Angel.The...
Posted by Stan on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:43:00 PST

Nappy Yew Hear!

So 2006 has been a crazy fucking year. I moved twice, started a side business, did a bit of travelling, went to a few concerts, watched a bunch of movies, went to Canada's Wonderland, and became best ...
Posted by Stan on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:10:00 PST

I hate drake

http://www.devilducky.com/media/54817/
Posted by Stan on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:26:00 PST

New York, New York! (Part 3)

So yeah I'm tired of all this typing and you're probably sick of reading all my shit.  Anyway, the new episode of Indie Lindi pretty much summarizes the rest of our crazy trip to NYC:.. width="42...
Posted by Stan on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:08:00 PST