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dave

You can argue with me, but you can't argue with this cartography

About Me

I DO DIG: Jesus, Rachel, my friends, larry david, road trips to shows, dr. pepper, john ryland's papyrus, most records produced by steve albini, fiction, cellos, shining force 2, archaeology in palestine, her every finger between my every finger, new socks, pelicans (have you ever actually seen one up close in real life? they are mental!), the tetragrammaton, pom poms, thinking about carbs, the fifty states, logical fallacies (especially ad hominem and ad baculum), chess, redemption, lionel wiscer, biblical innerrancy, epiphones, the nation of israel, golfing with dave stew, the pure hilarity of directed panspermia, the miniscule greek alphabet, megaman 2, violins, daniel 9:24-25, wes anderson, irreducibly complex systems, popping bubble wrap (especially by twisting), doppler effect, fulfilling the ice cream quota with dave shortreed, radiation echo, cruising the houseboat roof avec guitar with dave shortreed, switchstance, statistical analysis of predictive prophecy, Settlers of Catan, and bounce sheets. I DON'T DIG: tomatoes, static electricity, james blunt, interpretive dance, alarm clocks, waking up in the morning, marital infidelity, cds that skip, botching tee shots, exploding sodas, relativism, U2, cults, entropy, pretzels making me thirsty, not being able to breathe underwater, human depravity (my own especially), pseudo-science, getting burned from hot plates at work, islamic fundamentalism, losing at chess, crashing my car into curbs, cold showers, 24, winter, unemployment, the oprah winfrey show, shaving, debt, or writing papers.

My Interests

Picking up Rachel from airports.

I'd like to meet:

Oskar Schell, and subsequently Stephen Hawking, Kofi Annan, Siegfried, Roy, Jacques Chirac, E.O. Wilson, Weird Al Yankovic, Bill Gates, Vladimir Putin, and some other people.

Music:

Beard-Folk. Freak-Folk. Folk-tronic. Folk. Alt-Country. Americana. Rock. Post-Rock. Electronic. Metal. Minimalist Composition. Motown.

Movies:

Rushmore. Royal Tenenbaums. Life Aquatic. The Fountain. Best in Show. Searching for Bobby Fisher. The Squid and the Whale. The Cruise. Life is Beautiful. Hero. Lost in Translation. Wings of Desire. Down by Law. Amelie. Children of Men. Magnolia. Little Miss Sunshine. Coffee and Cigarettes. Buffalo 66. Kill Bill. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Shadow of the Vampire. Being John Malkovich. Office Space. High Fidelity. The Breakfast Club. A Very Long Engagement. Edward Scissor Hands. A Mighty Wind. Pi. Punch Drunk Love. Annie Hall. Adaptation. City of Lost Children. Spinal Tap. Waiting for Guffman. Goodbye Lenin! What's Eating Gilbert Grape. 21 Grams. The Hours. Heaven. X-Men 3. Yeah Right!

Television:

Curb Your Enthusiasm. John Safran Vs God. John Safran's Music Jamboree. Speaking in Tongues. Arrested Development. The Office. Seinfeld. Ali G. Freaks and Geeks. The Simpsons. Extras. The Wonder Years. Kids in the Hall. The Wedge. Jeopardy.

Books:

Currently Reading: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. Favorites: White Noise. Underworld. Libra. The Brothers K. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Everything is Illuminated. The Children's Hospital. Middlesex. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. You Shall Know Our Velocity! Microserfs. The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Slaughterhouse Five. The Final Solution. The Crying of Lot 49. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Crime and Punishment. The Brothers Karamazov. 1984. Dracula. The Chronicles of Narnia. Baker's Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. The Bible.

Heroes:

Jesus. Max Fischer. Bobby Fisher. Larry David. John Safran. Andrew W.K. David Puddy. David Brent. Sufjan Stevens.

My Blog

My Favorite Albums and Songs of 2006

Top 10 Albums:1. Danielson - Ships2. Islands - Return to the Sea3. Joanna Newsom - Ys4. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House5. M. Ward - Post-War6. Half-Handed Cloud - Halos and Lassos7. Beirut - Gulag Orchest...
Posted by dave on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:05:00 PST

My Top Ten Favorite Albums of 2005

1. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs 2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 3. M. Ward - Transistor Radio 4. Constantines - Tournament of Hearts 5. Pajo - Pajo 6. The Books - Lost and Safe 7. Sam ...
Posted by dave on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:29:00 PST