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Nish

Who the Hell Do I think I am, anyway?

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I'm a very passionate and intense person. Some people might think I'm weird, but my friends politely call it 'eclectic'. I don't really fit any particular description you might want to put me in.

Psychologically, I've got my foibles, just like everyone else. I'm slightly neurotic/obsessive, but most of the time it's in a good way. I guess this 'dark side' of me also pushes me to do things like paint and write music, so it's not all that bad, really. I get overstressed sometimes because I run my own business, Comet Canine Training and I worry about stuff that probably isn't that big of a deal.

Well, that's the bad part about me... The good part is that I've got a lot of interests and energy that pushes me to do all kinds of things. I have seen and done a lot of things in my life. When I get into something, I get into it deeply and passionately, and learn all I can about it. Of course I don't do all those things NOW... Now I spend most of my time working on my business training dogs, riding my road bike, doing yoga, and trying to keep up a social life. I like to spend time alone, painting, writing music, writing, or just meditating... BUt I also love to spend time with people.

I love to travel, and have done a fair amount. I've been around the world, but would like to spend more time abroad. I travel to visit my brother and my friend Bob in SoCal every other month or so, and spend as much time surfing as I can. Maybe someday I'll live there. I spent last December in Armenia (I'm half Armenian), and am thinking of going back for a month or so in September as a volunteer.

My Interests

Currently Road Biking, Yoga, Surfing.

Music. I love Music. I have always looked at it as a vehicle to move me. I love synthesizers and samplers and all other kinds of tech-geeky equipment.

I've done a lot of skiing, a lot of rock climbing, I've studied latin, I was in the marine corps, i used to ride horses, and I have done a lot of hiking. I lived in Boulder for ten years, so those things were easy to do from there.

I also used to party a lot, and go to raves, clubs, etc... Now my interests are more 'grown up', but I miss the old days...

I'd like to meet:

Short answer: people to go do fun stuff with. Go see concerts, go road biking, go camping, go to art shows, etc...

Long answer:Later...

Music:

I just saw Massive Attack, awesome... I LOVE old reggae, like Toots and the Maytals, and Jacob MIller. I love old ska, and Bob marley. I love any music with loads of feeling. I like music that reminds me of people and places. I love trance, it reminds me of late nights at Soma in Boulder with good friends, rolling our asses off and making friends. I love House, it reminds me of my friend yossi, and raves and house parties. I love punk, it reminds me of skiing all those years. I'm also into real atmospheric drum and bass like LTJ Bukem. I like some indie rock. I like really all kinds of music. From all spectrums. WHen I am sad I listen to some old 10,000 maniacs stuff or the shins.

Movies:

Le Grande Illusion, Forrest Gump, Full Metal Jacket, What the Bleep do we know?, Groundhog day, I'm not a huge film buff, but I do love the old samurai and kung fu movies. Seven Samurai, and all the old bruce lee and jackie chan movies. Chinese connection...

Television:

I only really like The Simpson's, Seinfeld, Family Guy, MASH. I like OLN's coverage of the Tour de France. I like the history channel, and the discovery channel. I don't spend a lot of tiem watching tv... Futurama is GREAT. I like that 70's show a little bit... Ali G, Mr. Show, Oh, and my all time favorite is Flying Circus... My new favorite is Battlestar Galactica...

Books:

My favorite book is 'the once and future king' by TH White. I like anything to do with Arthurian Legend. I loved All of Douglass Adam's books. I like historical fiction, like Richard Adam's 'Traveller' or anything about ancient Rome. My favorite line in a book is from "The Sun Also Rises", when she asks him if he loves her and he says, "Isn't it pretty to think so?"... I liked 100 years of Solitude a lot, and for a long time I read mostly negative utopia books like fahrenheit 451 and 1984... At any one time I've got several books going... Right now I'm reading all of Kosinski's stuff, I just read Watership Down, and I'm reading a book about Quantum Physics. My favorite Poem is HOWL by Ginsberg, I really think Ginsberg is a great poet. I also like Kerouac.

Heroes:

It sounds Trite, but my hero is Lance Armstrong. That dude really is in the flow of life. I get a tear in my eye every time i see him ride and realize what he's been through, and what he's doing to help others. I think he's going to go on and win the Nobel Prize or be a politician. He's a really intense guy who figured out how to channel that intensity into something productive and ALSO use it to help others.

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Posted by Nish on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:13:00 PST