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Gabe

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

About Me

I'm that guy who fit's in pretty much anywhere, but doesn't ever look totally comfortable. Most people pass me by, and I let them, but the few who give me time and get to know me I truely treasure, even if I don't give them the credit they deserve. I've lost contact with a lot of friends and potential friends, through sheer neglect, and though I can't promise I'll be better, this seems like a good place to start...

My Interests

It's time I admit it to the world, although if you're here you probably already know. I'm a geek, computers, role-playing, miniature wargames, comics, fantasy fiction. Yep, I'm hopeless... But I'm not a complete blob, I like to hike, go biking, play baseball, and get out in general. Can't sit around all the time.

I'd like to meet:

All the people I thought knew me, so I can figure out who I am...

Music:

Current Favorite: Death Cab for Cutie. Also Coldplay, NIN, DMB, Blues Traveller, Foo Fighters, Audioslave, Mozart (the first rock star), Vivaldi, lots and lots of others... Wow, I feel terrible, I forgot Radiohead, I am a bad person...

Movies:

Reigning Champion: LoTR: The Fellowship (You can be a purist and still love these movies). Others: Fight Club, Braveheart, Star Wars (the old ones, you can't be a purist and love the new ones...), Pirates of the Carribean, Indiana Jones (ok, ok, George Lucas has his uses...), Taken (a little cult classic by Steven Spielburg with Dakota Fanning), The Sixth Sense.

Television:

Top Dog: Lost (the first show to make me think in quite some time). Other great shows: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Smallville (it's the thought that counts...), My Name is Earl.

Books:

The Great: The Lord of the Rings. I'm a fantasy fan: George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones series, Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry, RA Salvator's Dark Elf series, Charles Dicken's writing, I've been rereading some of my childhood favorites by Roald Dahl (The BFG and Witches), and Llyod Alexander (Chronicles of Prydain). Props to Shakespeare and Mark Twain, can't understand critical reading if you can't understand that...

Heroes:

Who I'd like to be: Superman (duh...). But seriously: I am Batman.

My Blog

Which Superhero are you?

Your results:You are Superman Superman 65_TR> Spider-Man 65_TR> Batman 65_TR> The Flash 60_TR> Green Lantern 55_TR> Robin 52_TR> Supergirl 50_TR> Wonder Woman 45_...
Posted by Gabe on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:51:00 PST

Random thought of the moment...

Did you ever find it ironic that the word phonetically is not spelled feneticly?
Posted by Gabe on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:52:00 PST

Mildly exciting

So I get to go out in the field today and do some survey stuff at work.  It's about the most exciting thing to happen in the past month here.  I actually get to leave my chair and go outside...
Posted by Gabe on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:25:00 PST

Taking applications

How come getting job offers can't be as easy as getting random friend requests from people you don't know?  I must be at the top of the "cool" new people list or something because today I have re...
Posted by Gabe on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:23:00 PST

Q-tips, what's the deal?

So I was reading the warning label on Q-tips because, well, I was bored.  It says, "Caution:  Do not put Q-tips in your ears.  May result in injury." or something along those lines.&nbs...
Posted by Gabe on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:50:00 PST

New years resolution

Do at least one of the following:   Gain 10 pounds of muscle and keep it. Figure out a job I dont hate and get it. Spend more time with Alexis. Spend less time annoying Schana. Learn to play th...
Posted by Gabe on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:16:00 PST

It's just the way I am

So yeah, I guess Ive been pretty depressed lately.  The biggest, most meaningful relationship of my life is coming to and end (of sorts) and although its been a long time coming, Im only now s...
Posted by Gabe on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:43:00 PST

Lost...

You thought this was going to be another depressing lyric-fest didn't you?  No, I'm talking about ABC's LOST, which is on tonight.  It has been my favorite show since it started last season ...
Posted by Gabe on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:38:00 PST

So I thought...

So I thought when I got on Myspace it'd be really cool, I'd use it to keep up with people, see what they're up to and tell them what I'm doing.  But I find that I hardly ever get on here with a p...
Posted by Gabe on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:38:00 PST

My old high school theme song comes back to haunt me...

This sadly was the state of my life in high school, been listening to it a lot today... Radiohead - Creep When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin mak...
Posted by Gabe on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:19:00 PST