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ryan

History, according to U.S. Grant, is 'Just one goddamn thing after another.'

About Me

read more, then you'll see. or, go to this place .

My Interests

books. anthropology. archaeology. old things. some new things. seeing what creative people do. cereal. sushi. hiking. surfing when it's not crowded. thinking.

I'd like to meet:

People who think.

Music:

yes. rage against the machine, muddy waters, mxpx, crystal method, beethoven, bach, sade, and everything in between. bad religion, social distortion, BJORK, The Hoodoo Gurus, Miles Davis, The Killers, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson, and on and on...

Movies:

the usual suspects. seven. dr strangelove. napoleon dynamite. the royal tenenbaums. raiders of the lost ark. life of brian. the producers. hotel rwanda. the english patient. saving private ryan. apocalypse now. a river runs through it.

Television:

generally, no. sometimes i get stuck watching something, but i usually feel like ive lost brain cells afterwards.

Books:

william t. vollman. vonnegut. steinbeck. bukowski, but dont read too much of him all at once. dillard. h. miller. jack k. kingsolver. dineson. sontag. anthro books. many others.

Heroes:

peter beard. edward abbey. Diane Fossey and Jane Goodall. the dalai lama, buddha, jesus, Hunter Thompson, and ML King. Foucault. Steinbeck, Kerouac, William T. Vollman. Vine Deloria. Dr. Sandra Cate. Dr. Lisa Rofel. Kurt Vonnegut. Annie Dillard. Dan Calloway, big time. David Hurst Thomas. Mark Twain.