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About Me

I know a little bit of everything and a whole lot about nothing. That's all there really is to say.Videos: First Impressions, Part IFirst Impressions, Part II

My Interests

Playing guitar, listening to music, writing, reading, playing soccer and PB&J!

I'd like to meet:

Conor Oberst, Ryan Adams, Stic Man and M1 (Dead Prez), Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Kanye West, Tim Kasher, Bob Dylan.

Music:

Latest Additions / What's Spinnin':Gillian Welch, Tokyo Police Club, Neva Dinova, Uncle Tupelo, Fiona Apple, Swizz Beatz, Clipse, Styles P, Flight of the Conchords, The Berg Sans Nipple, Spiritualized, Georgie James, The Good Life

Movies:

Requiem For a Dream, American Beauty, Office Space, Garden State, The Village, Gladiator, Idiocracy, Happy Gilmore, Gone With the Wind, Citizen Kane, Life Is Beautiful.

Television:

Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, John From Cincinnati, South Park, 60 Minutes, Reno 911!, Survivor, The Office, My Name Is Earl, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Books:

The Great Gatsby, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Heart of Darkness, Of Mice and Men, Brave New World, The Poisonwood Bible, Things Fall Apart, The Catcher in the Rye, A Separate Peace, Cannery Row, Slaughterhouse Five, The Stranger, "Transcendental Wild Oats," "Young Goodman Brown"

Heroes:

Peter Gibbons, Andrew Largeman, Malcolm X

My Blog

Blow Me Grammys

0 FOR 3? Are you serious? 0 for 3? What is it going to take for you Grammy fucks to give Kanye what he deserves?? Are you serious?? 0 for 3?? He made a record for the masses so he could get the only g...
Posted by .b.roos. on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:26:00 PST

ATTENTION TO RANDOM BANDS

A NOTE TO RANDOM BANDS WHO SEND ME FRIEND REQUESTS: I love what you all are doing. It's greatly commendable to follow your dream in that manner. However, don't send me a random friend request because...
Posted by .b.roos. on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:18:00 PST

FREE COMPACT DISCS

The List: Depeche Mode - ExciterNo Doubt - Return of Saturn Various Artists - The Family Values Tour 1999Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-La Dee DaStone Temple Pilots - No. 4Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starf...
Posted by .b.roos. on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:56:00 PST

If you don't give a damn, please stand tall

People have cellular phones so they can be reached at any time, yet some choose to always let it hit the message, either out of laziness or selective answering. MySpace has become an epidemic, ...
Posted by .b.roos. on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:31:00 PST

An observation

I am risking being preachy on this one, but I'm thinking that it's just a matter of contact. So listen up. When people really don't care about something, they tend to say "I could care less about ____...
Posted by .b.roos. on Tue, 23 May 2006 12:02:00 PST

Bulletins, Bulletins, Bulletins

I'm starting to think that MySpace should have a limit on the number of bulletins that people can post per week or per month. Evidently, some attention whores just like to use it to remind people to c...
Posted by .b.roos. on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:40:00 PST

Another Poem

Why I Speak Through Words I can express my words through thought, On paper with a spotSpeak syllables about Pac, Tell of haves and have nots "Undo that knot which is in your shoulder, similar to tho...
Posted by .b.roos. on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:30:00 PST

Some Poetry. Probably Not Very Good

"Others Rejoice that Thorns Have Roses" The piercing of skinShudders my sensesThe present entersFrom past tenses;The crushed red velvetSoothes away the agonyOf the curved, green talons,Signaling shade...
Posted by .b.roos. on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:36:00 PST

Inspiration from Kafka

The Hunger Artist I'm going to quote myself right now. Yes, it's a rather egotistical thing to do, but I felt so many emotions when I wrote this that I have to put it on here. "I wish not to livein th...
Posted by .b.roos. on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:24:00 PST

For anyone who wants to know more

www.xanga.com/broos18 It might be somewhere on this site, but I'm too lazy to look for it. .b.
Posted by .b.roos. on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:40:00 PST