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Benji

This is where I live now.

About Me

I want a Kermit the Frog quote on my Tombstone: Life's movie write your own ending. We did what we set out to do because of the lovers, the dreamers and you.

My Interests

Songwriting, Photography, Making "Movies", Theatre, Scrabble, Rock & Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock & Roll

I'd like to meet:

Mary Shelley: So i could ask her to dance. ..................................Also, Jim Jarmush, Jack White, pretty Christian girls with warm personalities who like to talk and can think for themselves, all the living rulers of South Africa.

Music:

Kind of in order from oldest to youngest: Stephen Foster, Gershwins, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Rat Pack, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Dylan, Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges/Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Ramones, Talking Heads, The Clash, REM, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Beck, Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, White Stripes

Movies:

Films by American Auteurs Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, David Fincher, Jim Jarmusch, Stanley Kubrick, Quintin Tarintino, and Orson Welles

Television:

My television is used to watch movies and play Legend of Zelda series titles

Books:

On the Road, The Master and Margarita, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Wind in the Willows

Heroes:

Jim Jarmusch, Bob Dylan, Orson Welles, Teddy Roosevelt, Louis Pasteur

My Blog

Being in a band is better than being in love | personal news | travel plans

I've been thinking. Being in a Rock Band is better than being in love. Love is awesome, and I'm happy to be in love now, but like Jeff Tweedy wrote "I'm always in love" (or at least alternating betw...
Posted by Benji on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:35:00 PST

On the edge of June

Tonight I was lucky enough to get to eat dinner with Bronwyn McN. (name shortened to reduce the hits Google generates for her name) and her longtime squeeze Chris Dale (name included to generate more ...
Posted by Benji on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:48:00 PST

Call Off The Search

That's right I said call it off. No need to keep searching after you've already found what you're looking for...and I was looking for a new full-time job.I am now a member of the group reservations c...
Posted by Benji on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:06:00 PST

my brother did something ...

something AWESOME! He got into Pharmacy school.He hasn't always made the best grades in college, but he did pretty well on the PCAT. Most of the family was pretty worried for him because he has want...
Posted by Benji on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:55:00 PST

Quarter Century

Today, in fact, 45 minutes ago I turned 25. Friday morning, I had the most in depth interview of my working career. It was for an Assistant Sales/Catering/Convention Services Manager at the Sheraton...
Posted by Benji on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:54:00 PST

Benji, What have you been doing the last 2 months since you moved to Seattle?

Hello everyone, sorry for the long pause in blogs (does that rhyme?). I've been quite busy. First off I met a girl and dated her for about 3 weeks. She was nice, but she needed more of my time than...
Posted by Benji on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:49:00 PST

Interview

I have talked to a few of you who know my job situation out here.I was hired 3 weeks ago by the Courtyard by Marriott, but after being in communication with them twice a week for the last 3 weeks, the...
Posted by Benji on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:05:00 PST

Benji's Seattle Travel Blog, Episode 4: Ghosts, Gravestones, and the End of the Road (Day 7)

I mentioned I saw the strangest thing heading north from Denver on the night of day six, but I didn't mention what that was.  Well, it was a man along the side of I-25 North with a sign that...
Posted by Benji on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:48:00 PST

Benji's Trip to Seattle Take 3: Things to do in Denver when you're ____ (Day 5 & 6)

Pulling into Denver Friday night, I had no idea how to meet up with my friend Hope. She had sent me her address, but I had forgotten to print out a map to the Americore campus so I had no idea where I...
Posted by Benji on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:21:00 PST

The road to Seattle pt 2 (Days 2-4 Durant OK to Denver CO)

So after driving through Arkansas and Oklohoma I arrived at the casa de Becky and Seth. Seth was working a lot so I just got to see him for a short time, but when he greeted me he totally had rock st...
Posted by Benji on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:31:00 PST