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Chris

The dullest person you're affiliated with

About Me

Just started a new job (Oct 16), so settling into that. Lately I've been busy with friends and traveling, but usually I and don't do much during the week, unless there is an interesting concert nearby. Weekends are spent out with friends or taking short trips around North America.

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My Interests

Taking trips. I like to fly, but roadtrips are fun too. I really want to take Amtrak somewhere, but there aren't too many options from Dallas.

I really enjoy going to concerts, see the list of bands below, though I am often in the mood to go so anyone as long as its at a small venue that doesn't cost more than $10 to get in.

I also like Urban Exploration, although to be honest I'm usually too chicken to break into buildings by myself. I know where the good places are, but I don't want to get stabbed/arrested when I'm in there. :)

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I'd like to meet:

People along this route:

Music:

I am a "super fan" of the following:
Elephant 6/Orange Twin:
(A Hawk And A Hacksaw
The Apples in Stereo
Bablicon
Beulah
Chocolate USA
Circulatory System
Elf Power
Essex Green
Fablefactory
The Gerbils
The Instruments
M(arshmallow) Coast
Marbles
Minders
The Music Tapes
Neutral Milk Hotel
The New Sound of Numbers
Olivia Tremor Control
Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't
Sunshine Fix)

Lou Barlow & Related Projects:
seBADoh
sentridoh
Folk Implosion
Dinosaur Jr.

Guided by Voices & Related Projects:
(Acid Ranch
Airport 5
Circus Devils
eyesinweasel
fig. 4
Gem
Go Back Snowball
Hazzard Hotrods
Howling Wolf Orchestra
Lexo and the Leapers
Lifeguards
The Moping Swans
Nightwalker
Robert Pollard
Tobin Sprout)

Various Others: Daniel Johnston, Hayden, Fuck

I'm a fan of the following: Beatles
Belle & Sebastion
Cento-Matic
Devendra Banhart
Frank Black
J Mascis
Jens Lekman
John Frusciante
Leonard Cohen
Michael Jackson
Microphones
Mt. Eerie
Pixies
R.E.M.
Sean Lennon
Vaselines
Velvet Underground

Movies:

Dark Days, Rushmore, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch-Drunk Love, The Shawshank Redemption, Saved, The Goonies, Bad Santa, Little Miss Sunshine

Television:

Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office (US), Freeks and Geeks, Seinfeld, Lost, Pete & Pete, other select shows.

Books:

David Sedaris

Heroes:

none

My Blog

January 26 2006 - January 28 2006 Trip Highlights

Seeing Folklore in ChicagoStumbling around Chicago drunk after the show, not really sure where I was goingSeeing a drunken frat boy take the world's longest piss at the corner of Michigan and Monroe, ...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:16:00 PST

Stupid Easy Button

In hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have told the guy who sits next to me that if he pressed it one more time I would take his new "Easy" button apart and cut a trace on the circuit board.Two times was en...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:13:00 PST

Pillow Cases and Battery Acid

If you ever leave your lights on and need to replace your car battery be sure you don't leave the old one in your trunk for 6 months.  It may slosh around and spill in your trunk causing a sickly...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:51:00 PST

Mexico City Addendum

I'm cleaning up my apartment and found a few hand-written notes I made in Mexico City. I meant to post them while I was there, but they ended up buried in my backpack. Odds are they will only be int...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:54:00 PST

My Workspace

Bored at work, so here's what I look at for 8 hours a day.
Posted by Chris on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:07:00 PST

Lucky break

For the 1st time ever, I got lucky in seattle. No, I didn't get laid, my flight from seattle to chicago was delayed due to a chemical spill in chicago. The delay would have made me miss my connectio...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:15:00 PST

on my way home

Flying to seattle now. Last night in boise was pretty uneventful. Found some decent 7" records at the music store for $2 a pop. Some old REM. After that I walked areound towntown for awhile. It...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

on the way to boise

I'm currently 25,000 feet over either idaho or oregon. My flights for the day are almost complete and I'm just enjoying a free glass of wine on a horizon airlines. Its a prop plane which is pret...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:40:00 PST

pictures

im loving this new phone http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluetypewriter/
Posted by Chris on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:34:00 PST

still in chicago

not sure why, but my flights been delayed. sucks because it means i have less time in portland but it gave me some time to play in the snow. the top level of the parking garage had anywhere from 2 ...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:30:00 PST