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About Me

These clips should give you a good idea as to what I've been working on for the past year:
For more of these shenanigans, do check out our website at www.vwnationmovie.com or befriend The Croc here on myspace.
Now then. For those still reading, here's the rest you'll ever need to know about me:
    The Top 15 Facts About Dave I somehow managed to acquire the nickname "Sleazy Eyes" in college. I'm terrible at returning phone calls, e-mails, and myspace comments/messages. Please don't take it personally. Really. It's not you, it's me. For one whole week, I was the reigning pog champion of Beatty Middle School. That's pretty much the only time in my life that I've ever been the "reigning" anything. OK, well, there was that time when I was the reigning county spelling bee champion. Keep in mind, it is a really small county. OK, so it's actually one of the largest counties in the US, geographically. But it's really tiny, population-wise. You know what I really miss doing? The Kurdish Two-Step. I can say unequivovically that the most interesting job I ever had was working in a gold mine. No, I didn't actually get to take any of the gold home with me. I've had the distinct pleasure of having The Dude (the real-life one) tell me, "f*** it, dude...let's go bowling!" I've had the distinct pleasure of insulting Hugh Grant (the real-life one) to his face, albeit unintentionally. I sometimes wish I'd failed a class in college to teach me a lesson about my procrastination habits. It's nothing personal, LA, but NYC's where my heart's at. I will often listen to songs I'm obsessing over on repeat for hours on end. It's weird, I know. You know those situations in movies and TV when some nerdy guy will "tutor" a girl in French--even though he doesn't know a lick of French--just to get close to her? Yeah...I've done that.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Snoop Dogg--he and I share similar views when it comes to college football.

My Blog

(storage) room with a view.

Every once in a while, I'll drop by the storage facility where I began storing stuff just before I left for Iraq. I usually go to pick up a few odds and ends.*But truth be told, the real motivation b...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:32:00 GMT

On why I hate Halloween (and not just 'cause I'm an Evangelical and it's the Devil's holiday)

(x-posted here)It's Halloween, and--to borrow a phrase generally associated with another, more legitimate holiday--I says, "Bah, humbug."There's a very simple reason for this blasé, almost hostile att...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:44:00 GMT

Now Playing (or, New Adventures in Myspace Tom-Foolery)

I've added a new profile song and I encourage you--no, implore you--to give it a listen.What's the big deal, you ask? And who is this artist? Thør's Ten Sons...is this some sort of joke?No, no joke ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:20:00 GMT

Two Iraq-Related Announcements: One Long-Awaited, One Unexpected

My perfectionism-induced-procrastination (or P.IN.P., which is, I believe, the official DSM IV-approved abbreviation for it) has kept me from writing this first announcement for a couple weeks now. T...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:32:00 GMT

Journal Entry: "First Night in Iraq" (Nov. 8, 2005)

Sorry for the being such a lousy myspace-blogger as of late, everyone. As always, the O.G. blog is the one I update more often, so check over there to get your fill of mindless torstensonian drivel.H...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:13:00 GMT

lost in Europe

So I'm making my way through Europe now.  You can check the LJ out to see my progress thus far, and take a guess as to where I'm headed next (with the exception of Jonathan, my LJ readers ha...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:34:00 GMT

"Choose [Dave's] Adventure!" (Help Wanted)

So my plans for leaving Iraq changed slightly last week. Long story short, I now have to fly out of here earlier than expected. This is really disappointing for me (I know, I know; "leaving Iraq soo...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:01:00 GMT

picturas nuevas

Yes, that's Kurdish for "new pictures." I think.So then. I've taken a lot in the past few months, and yet, I've been rather scrooge-y in not sharing them with you. 'Efu, and all that.The Dohuk gall...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:10:00 GMT

'efu.

'Efu is an Arabic word, adopted into Kurdish, meaning "I'm sorry."  I say it to all of you who've sent messages or left comments in the last, oh, three weeks...and have yet to hear back from...
Posted by on Sat, 27 May 2006 09:11:00 GMT

Forging an unlikely friendship

(Note: if you haven't been reading my other, slightly more-bearable blog, Talk About the Passion, you might want to check it out. I've written many other life-in-Iraq posts there that--for whatever r...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 21:52:00 GMT