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About Me

On the outside I may seem all docile and friendly, but in reality, I'm a bubbling firestorm of rage! Bwahahahah, no I'm not. I'm a pretty laid back guy...not like catatonic...just cool....like the jets in West Side Story....(oh dear, I just cited a musical in my profile). But I do like to go out and have a bonzer good time, have a big drinking party with singing and choreographed dancing, like in Fiddler on the Roof (Oh no! I did it again! What is wrong with me?) But yeah, just once I want to go to a bar where everyone's got their beer steins and they're sloshing them back and forth exhuberantly clanking them together and singing german drinking songs...So yeah, I've got my chillin side and my german oktoberfest side, just depends on what mood I'm in....I also greatly enjoy grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, and anything about Minnesota. And, well, that pretty much sums me up.

My Interests

Doing things, not doing things, thinking about doing things and then never doing them, not thinking about the things that I do, making grilled cheese sandwiches, having grilled cheese sandwiches made for me, planning a moon base from which I will take over the world...or at the very least the moon, relying on my good metabolism rather than exerting myself in anyway or eating correctlyYour results:
You are Superman Superman 85% Spider-Man 80% The Flash 70% Robin 58% Supergirl 56% Hulk 55% Green Lantern 55% Iron Man 55% Wonder Woman 46% Catwoman 25% Batman 20% You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.
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I'd like to meet:

Natalie Portman or Scarlett Johansson...I would also like to meet a hula dancer or a belly dancer of some sort....beyond them though, I just want to meet people who like to laugh at silly things and enjoy a good sandwich.

Music:

Individual artists:
Beethoven
Ray Charles
Dave Matthews
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Eric Clapton
Elton John
Stevie Wonder
Ben Folds
Elliot Smith
Jeff Buckley
Nick Drake
Me singin in the shower

Bands:
Queen
the Beatles
Caedmon's Call
Jars of Clay
Metallica
the Doobie Brothers
Moby
Stone Temple Pilots
The Shins
Coldplay
The Fruit Bats
Modest Mouse

Basically anything that's really soulful or fun. I don't like music that seems trite or fake or shallow....I guess that goes for people too. (although I do like the occasional hair band power ballad)

Movies:

Star Wars; Indiana Jones; American Beauty; Tommy Boy; PCU; Flash Gordon; Amelie; Lawrence of Arabia; UHF; Back to the Future; Pirates of the Carribean; the Princess Bride; Garden State; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Kill Bill (Vol. 1 and 2); Planes, Trains and Automobiles; the Three Amigos; Lord of the Rings; the Adventures of Baron Munchausen; the Terminal; Forrest Gump

Television:

Arrested Developmet! (Best show on TV), Scrubs, Amazing Race (I generally hate reality shows, but this one's really cool because I love seein all the cultures) Iron Chef, Blind Date, Let's Make a Deal, MacGyver, Quantum Leap, Football, and of course, the Simpsons.

Books:

Lord of the Rings, Calvin and Hobbes collections, East of Eden, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, collections of short stories (I haven't really read that much recently)

Heroes:

Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, my parents, Gandhi, Dane Cook, Luke Skywalker, more to come later

My Blog

My Addiction

I am a junkie. I'm sorry; I know it probably comes as a shock to many of you. I seem like such an upright, clean-cut kid. But below that shiny veneer lies a terrible, clawing, cravin...
Posted by derek on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:49:00 PST

My Secret Crush

The more I think about it, the more I miss Valentines day in elementary school. The reason, of course, is those little Valentines Day boxes we got to make. Sure, I could break out the co...
Posted by derek on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:31:00 PST

My Buddy

When I first met Cody, he was small&very small. A little ball of fur and nothing. When this little tuft of fluff rolled into our house, I was less than pleased. Oh, but Derek, he l...
Posted by derek on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:45:00 PST

Many Happy Returns

After four hours of choking down recycled air and recycled snacks, I step off the plane and inhale deeply. This first breath hits me. I can feel its icy trail as it dances through my lungs...
Posted by derek on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:26:00 PST

Survey!

1. You have $10 and need to buy snacks at a gas station; what do you buy?:hmmm, well, I've never been a big fan of gas station food, but I don't think I could say no to giant pretzels :) I heard...
Posted by derek on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:30:00 PST

Good Night, Mr. Williams

So, Ive been pseudo following this story about Crips gang founder Stanley Tookie Williams, who at this moment has probably just finished his last meal. And Id like to get peoples thoughts o...
Posted by derek on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:00:00 PST

Fun with underwear

I dont know how I manage it, but every time I go to the mall, I park by the entrance to a department store bra section. Im not sure what that says about me--well, no, actually I AM pretty sure...
Posted by derek on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:05:00 PST

Perhaps I'm alone in this...

Hurtling through space, emptiness envelops as my capsule bounds from comet to comet. Dulled by infinity, unsurety overtakes, and solar winds howl against the hull. I glide past the barren ...
Posted by derek on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:38:00 PST

Absent-Minded Me

I cant believe it. Its completely gone. No hint of it remains. Its just&gone! Evaporated, like the morning frost. Ive forgotten my ATM pin number. Ive had i...
Posted by derek on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:46:00 PST

Some Strudel For Your Noodle

Just when I was overly fed, Chewing over a trip to bed, This morsel popped inside my head And made my brain explode: There is the same number of even numbers as there is even and odd numbe...
Posted by derek on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:49:00 PST