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Jacob

Minds are like parachutes. They only work when open

About Me

The greatest risk is not taking one. They do not write the stories of those who play it safe. Yet most of us do. It is inherent in our nature to avoid risk. From the earliest age there is something that tells us to sidestep danger. Perhaps because of that, there is also something in us that admires the risk taker, the adventurer, the person with courage to step up to the edge of the precipice and believe that he can make it to the other side.

My Interests

Rollerblading, Learning Portuguese, Brazil, punk rock, banking, snorkeling, investing, electroclash, dancing, hip hop, beaches, transformers, traveling, politics. cooking, movies, playing guitar

Music:

From autumn to ashes, hello goodbye, dead to fall, coheed and cambria, mount sims, frank Sinatra, sage francis, atmosphere, brother ali, Vanessa Carlton, dido, AFI, as I lay dying, every time I die, atreyu , the streets, le tigre, stretch armstrong, black eyed peas, fischer spooner, ima robot, Elliott smith, poison the well, hopesfall, my chemical romance, children of bodom, jedi mindtricks, emery, thurston howell, blood brothers, Le Tigre, The Lovemakers, Darkest hour, immortal technique, Thrice, Bewteen the buried and me, New Order, The Knife, Grayskul, The Sounds, Freezepop, Mates of State, Reggie and the Full Effect, Chromeo, Bouncing Souls Sole, Jimmy Eat World, NOFX.

Movies:

Kill Bill, Star Wars, Transformers, The Warriors, Lord of the Rings, Slackers, SLC Punk, Garden State, Donnie Darko, Evil Dead II, Old School, American Psycho, Liberty Heights, Fifth Element, Sin City, Run Lola Run, City of God

Television:

Star trek, South Park, SG-1, CNN, Star-gate atlantis, Simpsons, The Daily Show, Entrouage, Bill Mahr, Family Guy, The Office

Books:

The Da Vinci Code, American Mania, Influence, and investment books

My Blog

My New Language

I have been debating on trying to learn a new language for a while. I narrowed it down to Spanish, Arabic, or Portuguese. Everyone in southern California knows Spanish and I don' think I can pronounce...
Posted by Jacob on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:18:00 PST

Holidays in Louisville

My weekend in Louisville was full of excitement. I stayed with Becca and she is the absolute best hostess anyone could ask for. She was fully stocked on wine, chocolate, and she even made me homemade ...
Posted by Jacob on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:03:00 PST

Persian Party

This weekend I went to my first Persian party and it was awesome. It was held at a nice restaurant over in La Jolla with lots of good food and dancing. I was the only white guy in the entire place, bu...
Posted by Jacob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A Blog for Amy

Well, I decided to give everyone an update. Amy told me that I need to write more blogs on here, so that she can know whats going on in my life. First of all I got a promotion this week at work and I...
Posted by Jacob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My first Blog

Well, I am going try using this to update my friends that I dont get see very much anymore. This weekend was pretty average. Friday night I went to Air Condition, a swank hidden club, where they had ...
Posted by Jacob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST