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Benjamin

...a wandering blacksmith...

About Me

Gentle, perspicacious, sincere, not at all gentle. I hammer the shit out of hot steel to make it look pretty.

My Interests

kissing, hammering, drifting, fullering, punching, riveting... only one of those things is not a blacksmithing operation

I'd like to meet:

Metalworkers, glassworkers, woodworkers, assorted craftspeople. Yoginis, yogis, enlightened people. Travellers, adventurers, wanderers. Fairies AND pixies. Cuties, hotties, and luscious lovers.

Music:

sultry female trip hop, 93.9 the River music, Wyoming Public Radio morning show music... Tori Amos, Moldy Peaches, They Might be Giants, Postal Service, DJ Shadow, David Bowie, Amon Tobin, REM, The Ditty Bops, Grateful Dead, Lamb, Neko Case, Sting, Allison Krauss, The Thrills, Natalie MacMaster, John Hartford, Erland Oye, Trespassers William, Úlpa, Baxter, Azure Ray, Vanessa Daou, The Gotan Project

Movies:

The Island, Run Lola Run, Chocolat, High Art, Donnie Darko, Garden State, Better than Chocolate, Shaun of the Dead, The Secretary, and, well, I'm not very good at remembering what movies I like, particularly when I'm at the video store.

Television:

I don't ever watch TV, but sometimes, my brother plays me the Simpsons on his computer. I sure do love them. And don't get me started on the HBO series "Carnivale!"

Books:

Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, Tom Robbins... I really enjoyed "The Passion," "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress," "Art and Fear," and "Benjamin Bunny"

Heroes:

My former boss, Siggi, since he is sooo incredibly laid back and successful and chill. I aspire to being half as comfortable as he is at his age. Also, Prem Prakash, my favorite yogi, for strikingly similar reasons.