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IvanXdurham

talk about a lame dash 'o' ----Andy Bernard

About Me

My name is Ivan, and i'm a 24 year old student currently living on the island of Puerto Rico. I will be moving to Orlando, FL in May '07. Im originally from El Paso, TX, but was raised in Durham, NC.The best layouts Spacetweak.com

My Interests


Pokerstars- IvanXDurham and Dayvid_Brent
Party Poker--IvanXDurham
Full Tilt--IvanXDurham
Absolute Poker--CaseXace

I'd like to meet:

I wouldn't mind meeting: Noam Chomsky, Charlie Kaufman, David Sedaris, and Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant.

Music:

Currently Listening to:

Elliott Smith, discography, all day, everyday.

Pulp- "Different Class"
Tilly and The Wall="Woo!" and "Wild Like Children"
Arctic Monkeys--"Whatever people say.."
Annuals- "Be He Me"
Bright Eyes-discography
Papoose- "Election Day"
The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts
Rachael Yamagata--"Happenstance"
Camera Obscura--"Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi"
Sufjan Stevens-"Enjoy your Rabbit"
Broken Social Scene--"Bee Hives"
Amen--"We Have Come For Your Parents"
The Mars Volta--"Deloused at the Cromatorium"
Devendra Banhart--"The Black Babies"
The Libertines--"Up The Bracket"
Diehard Youth- "Without The Kids We Would Be Nothing"
Elliott Smith--discography
The Disaster--"Black, White and Red All Over"
Cat Power--Moon Pix
Between The Buried and Me- discography
The Shins- discography
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins--"Rabbit Fur Coat"
Pete Doherty--"Wet your whistle, and get Bombed"
The Minders--discographybr Pony Up!--s/t EP
Ben Folds--"Songs For Silverman"
Neva Dinova--split w/Bright Eyes
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek- "Train of Thought"
The Forms--"Icarus"
Rufus Wainwright- discography
Babyshambles-"Down in Albion"
Damien Rice--"O" and "B-sides" Good Clean Fun- discography Jeff Buckley- "Grace"
Stop and Think-both demos
Rilo Kiley--"Take-offs and Landings
Gym Class Heroes--both records
Feist- "Let It Die"
Horror Show--"Our Design"
Jose Gonzales--"Crosses EP"
Down To Nothing-"Save It For The Birds"
Roots Manuva- "Awfully Deep"
The Postal Service--"Give Up"
Iron Boots- 2004 demo
The Arcade Fire- "Funeral"
Oasis- "Definitely Maybe"
Yo La Tengo--"May I Sing With Me"

Movies:


Groundhog Day, Lucky 3 by Jem Cohen, Loose Change (2nd Edition), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Los Edukadores, Happiness, Amores Perros, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Half Nelson, Tarnation, The Basketball Diaries, Love Liza, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Shattered Glass, The Corporation, Being John Malkovich, Rounders, My Blue Heaven, The Royal Tenenbaums, To Have and Have Not, The Promise, Seven, Run Lola Run, Transamerica, All About Eve, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Pianist, Hable Con Ella, Rushmore, The Magdelene Sisters, My Dinner With Andre, The Quiz Show, American Splender, Melvin Goes to Dinner, The Lakehouse, Boiler Room, Tommy Boy, Defending Your Life, Mother, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Breakfast Club, Welcome To The Dollhouse, Broken Flowers, Rodger Dodger, Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, La Mala Educacion, Oldboy, Edward Scissorhands, La Vite E Bella, City of God, PCU, Almost Famous, High Fidelity, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. PT and Wes Anderson (N.R.) and Michele Gondry rarely fail. David Lynch entertains me. Harmony Korrine's movies usually catch my attention enough for him to get my money at least once.

Television:


My absolute favorite show of all time is Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night

I watch alot of tv, so I am usually glued to: The Office (U.K.), Extras, Arrested Developement (best American show in YEARS), The Sarah Silverman Program, The Boondocks (brilliant), Intervention, Scarborough Country, The First 48 Hours, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, UEFA soccer games, Queer as Folk, Hannity and Colmes, Real Time with Bill Maher, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Perfect Strangers, I like to YouTube old episodes of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, Charlie Rose, Fox and Friends, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, ALF, Cathouse the Series (chaddup), Entourage, World Poker Tour, High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, Sportcenter, Best Defense, re-runs of really bad shows, except Saved By The Bell because you should stop calling it bad, right now.

Books:

The New Pearl Harbor by David Ray Griffin
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
The Joy of Lex by Gyles Brandreth
Parliament of Whores by P.J. O'Rourke
Diaspora by Greg Egan
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Assasination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Deliverance by James Dickey
The Princess Who Believed In Fairy Tales by Marcia Grad
The Fall by Albert Camus
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Noam Chomsky Honestly, like 5-6, specifically Propaganda and the Public Mind, The Culture of Terrorism, his 9/11 book of interviews, and Failed States: The Abuse of Power and Democracy.

Heroes:

My mother and father.

My Blog

Quick poker blog and why you all should watch The Shield

*So I found a new poker forum based out of Puerto Rico, this is my first entry but I decided to post it here as well because I feel like I really misplayed the hand.  Anyway, Tuesday 10pm FX get ...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:48:00 PST

Orlando Florida, here I come!!

So yeah......it looks like I am in the final stages of sealing the deal and taking advantage of the new opportunity that has been presented to me.  More details later if it solidifies into concre...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:44:00 PST

Just got back from NC

My flight got in close to midnight, but my dad was already waiting at the airport. We had a great talk on the way back to Caguas, and then we stopped at Denny's for a really really late dinner or an i...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:29:00 PST

Blahhhhhhhh

Just felt like listing stuff for no reason..... I am starting to get alot better at the guitar.  I told myself last summer that I wanted to teach myself to play the acoustic guitar, and I think I...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:23:00 PST

First blog back in Puerto Rico and experiencing 2007......

     So far so good, classes started on tuesday and I have a full plate. I decided to go for max credits and register early enough to get first crack at the forensic investigation ...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:12:00 PST

Christmas and New Years back home.....

I finally can say that in just over 24 hours I will back in Durham, NC for the holidays.  Dont get me wrong, Puerto Rico is definitely a challenge, which apparently I was a big fan of a few years...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:22:00 PST

Thanksgiving with my family............

Its official and tickets have been purchased for a trip back to Durham, NC for the holidays.  I am excited to see my family and have a home cooked meal.  I am pretty sure I arrive the day be...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:44:00 PST

Battling Demons That Never Get Tired

     Those of you that are close to me and/or related to me know that I have been fighting spouts of insomnia for the last 7-8 years.  Basically it started towards the en...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:36:00 PST

"Poker, Poker it's all skill........"

I just found out about this thing cardplayer mag is throwing.  The Circuit radio program is looking for an intern.  I decided it was the best time to take a shot, so I sent in all that ...
Posted by IvanXdurham on Fri, 05 May 2006 07:47:00 PST