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United States of Irby

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

About Me

I am Batman.

My Interests

Your mom.

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Lots of things catch my ear. Radiohead, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Weezer, Bjork, Kathleen Edwards, Mirah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Clash, Wilco, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Libertines, The Strokes, REM, U2, Sleater Kinney, The White Stripes, The Lemonheads, Bill Monroe, Muddy Waters, and more than I can think of right now!

Movies:

Myspace Backgrounds

Television:

Lost, Veronica Mars, Ghost Hunters, The Office and reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Books:

"Them: Adventures with Extremists" by Jon Ronson

Heroes:

Batman. Sir Winston Churchill. Your mom.

My Blog

New job, new vision, and other assorted observations

So, yesterday, I started a new job.  It was kind of a surprise.  The guy at the agency called me Thursday afternoon and asked if I'd go the next day to start the next morning.  I think ...
Posted by United States of Irby on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:30:00 PST

Nerves of steel

So, I start a new job tomorrow!  I'm excited and a little nervous, but I think this is finally the right destination.  Wish me luck and I will write about my first day this weekend!
Posted by United States of Irby on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:16:00 PST

This week

So, I had an awesome interview last week for a job that will do wonders for my career.  I am supposed to hear back this week.  I'm nervous, yes, but very optimistic.  It will be nice to...
Posted by United States of Irby on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:45:00 PST

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I don't check your page anymore.  And when a friend told me that I should read what you wrote, and I did, part of me wanted just to drop this note.  Again, I don't owe you a thing.  You...
Posted by United States of Irby on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

Finding my way

So, yeah, I lost my job a couple of weeks ago.  It was kind of a shock, but in retrospect, I could see it was coming.  I rarely had enough to do and so this made me lethargic and bored, and ...
Posted by United States of Irby on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:51:00 PST

This is what I get

A couple of weeks ago, I was complaining about how boring my life has been.  Well, this is what I get for that.  I don't want to go into the details, but yeah, things have gotten worse for m...
Posted by United States of Irby on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:32:00 PST

The end of the day

The end of the first day on April 6, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Sherman, having had his soldiers routed by invading Confederate troops was standing sullenly outside his tent when Grant ...
Posted by United States of Irby on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:11:00 PST

rootless tree

"Dude, what is with you and her?  You guys really need to hurry and hook up, this drama is killing me!"  So said Brent, my best friend from high school, to me last week (why did you have to ...
Posted by United States of Irby on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:39:00 PST

I’m alright

So, my posts have gotten a little sporadic as of late, I guess.  There just haven't been many things that I want to talk about right now.  And the 500 pound gorilla in the room, well, he's j...
Posted by United States of Irby on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

Teaching

So, for the last few weeks a guy has been coming over and I have been teaching him some guitar stuff on Saturday mornings.  I have never actually taught anyone anything like this, so this is a le...
Posted by United States of Irby on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:35:00 PST