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Hank

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About Me

I'm best described as an urban mountain man. I love to hike and backpack as well as run distance races. I'm training for a marathon right now and would like to get into competitive trail running eventually. I am a lover of music, a student of hip-hop culture, enjoy exploring all forms of literature and art, and love being in the sun. I spend my money going to live shows, preferably in outdoor amphitheatres. I used to drink excessively... I love my independence, I am very self-reliant and love to travel. Oh, and brewing beer is a new hobby... PUT YOUR ABOUT ME SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profile

My Interests

Music, live shows, microbrews, barbeques, honeydews, hip-hop culture, the sun, hiking and backpacking, running, literature...

I'd like to meet:

The National, ADAM DURITZ, Dave Matthews, Talib Kweli, Steve Schlauch in 10 years, Salman Rushdie, Robert McLiam Wilson, Frederick Douglass PUT YOUR I'D LIKE TO MEET SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profileView All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

Kweli, Blue Scholars, Common Market, Dave Matthews Band, Counting Crows, Bob Marley, The Grouch, Zion I, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, The Roots, Minus The Bear, Matisyahu, The National, John Mayer, Wu Tang, Gang Starr, Ray Lamontagne... and a shitload more I don't feel like typing

Movies:

Crash, Babel, Hotel Rwanda, Syriana, Blood Diamond, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Knocked Up

Books:

Eureka Street, Crime and Punishment, July's People, Desert Solitaire

Heroes:

My Father

My Blog

Paths

We're always walking away from one another, even when we're walking towards each other, even when a collision is impending. We glimpse, sometimes we pause, but we always pass, we always continue, like...
Posted by Hank on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:38:00 PST

Tavern Conversation

"What it comes down to", he said, "Is that people are scared. Fear exerts itself in very peculiarly disguised ways. I mean, fear isn't always your standard trembling, wide-eyed, goosebumps, shit your ...
Posted by Hank on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:31:00 PST

Profundity

I woke up this morning with a peculiar song by the fairly obscure band "Mindhead" in my mind, marco-poloing with richocheting irregularity in the most remote recesses of my brain. I opened my iTu...
Posted by Hank on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:49:00 PST

Some thoughts... out from the rock behind which I’ve been hiding behind.

It's Saturday night, 8:51 PM, and I sit here in my room with a football game, muted, playing on my TV. My music is on shuffle: playing right now is Amsterdam by Coldplay, which I haven't heard in awhi...
Posted by Hank on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:18:00 PST

Boarding Pass

My boarding pass has nothing to do with why I'm here. It is merely a means, a permissive pendant around my sometimes gasping throat. It tells me where I'm going, and when... when I arrive. But I can't...
Posted by Hank on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:08:00 PST

Pardon me, but I used to go to church...

"Hey, things could always be worse  the church is waterproof,Impermeable to the blood the slaughter produces.We'll wait it out here and summon the saints to oversee us,Pastor chaperone, lead us in a ...
Posted by Hank on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:27:00 PST

OHHHH YEAHHH (runner's high)

Today I did something I never thought I'd do: I ran a half marathon. If you know me well, you know that's a feat. 6 months ago, I was a beer-swilling piece of meat. I have always lifted, loathed runni...
Posted by Hank on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:20:00 PST

My white plight....

Hope all is well for those I call my friends and for those who call me a friend... I've been kind of disconnected from and aloof to my brothers and lady friends, my apologies.... somewhat. I've been e...
Posted by Hank on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:21:00 PST

Update

Hello all: So summer called, said "Get fuckin ready, here I come!" So I break out the the shorts and put away the fleeces only to realize it was Frosty the Snowman who was pranking us... summer g...
Posted by Hank on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:04:00 PST

This and that...

Holy cow, guess who's back? Yeah, so I took a break from the blog madness that was fall and winter '06. A lot was on my mind then, it was a tumultuous period of self-realization amd reflection. Now as...
Posted by Hank on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:47:00 PST