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Dion

I've seen fire, and I've seen rain

About Me

some random things about me:

    I won't buy any type of measuring device that doesn't include metric units I play the saxophone and tend to get along best with other saxophonists I prefer cheap eats over fancy restaurants my favorite state is Utah (no, not for the mormons) I would rather be a lesbian I have a dream date that involves nothing more than making chocolate chip cookies I've lived most of my adult life surrounded by videotape I have a recurring dream that it snows in LA I have other recurring dreams that you'll only find out about if we get really close I don't drink coffee or beer I love my job I was one of those kids who was always picked last for the team I'm an irritable driver I had a deadbeat dad and was a latch-key kid years before they had terms for either I want to retire to a hill-top village in Italy I'm not a big fan of tattoos, though I have designed a few in my time the final song of my DJ career was "Private Idaho" I am a Mac person it seems women find me attractive more often than men I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other I have my own website - www.dionlab.com

My Interests

cartoons, cooking, computers, art, music, photography, farmer's markets, travel, maps, Target, flowers, plants, pool, pools, Paul Klee, gamelans, Southern Utah, Italy, bicycles, licorice, saxophones, concertinas, hummingbirds, Sangria flavored soda

I'd like to meet:

people who don't mess with HTML when they have no idea what they're doing.those who contradict the stereotypes of what it means to be an american, what it means to be a californian, and what it means to be gay.creativity, an interest in music and art, honesty (especially brutal honesty), and a sense of humor go a long way with me.oh, and i'd love to meet someone named gary... always had a thing for that name.

Music:

15 albums I couldn't live without:

    Rickie Lee Jones "Pirates" PJ Harvey, "Strories from the City, Stories from the Sea" REM "Murmur" Brian Eno "Another Green World" "The Velvet Underground and Nico" "The Pretenders" Jeff Buckley "Grace" Talking Heads "Remain in Light" Ill Lit "Tom Cruise" Radio Head "Kid A" The Sundays "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic" Connie Francis "Italian Favorites" X "Wild Gift" Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" Richard and Linda Thompson "Shoot Out the Lights"

other stuff I love: Syd Straw, Tegan and Sara, MIA, Keane, Travis, Chemical Brothers, Sonic Youth, Van Morrison, White Stripes, The Supremes, Teddy Thompson, Yello, Rabbit In The Moon, The Strokes, Steely Dan, Revolting Cocks, Simon and Garfunkel, That Petrol Emotion, Underworld, The Everly Brothers, Snow Patrol, Echo & the Bunnymen, Loretta Lynn, Rufus Wainwright, Louis Prima, Boz Scaggs, Sundays, B-52's, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Kirsty MacColl, The Beatles, The Stones, Television, Cocteau Twins, X, XTC, Tom Brosseau, The Clash, Lords of Acid, English Beat, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, The 88, KCRW

Movies:

Balance (best short film ever - look for it on Youtube!), Baraka, Birdy, Breaking Away, Dead Man Walking, Deep Crimson, Ma Vie en Rose, Monsters Inc, Paradise Lost, Secrets and Lies, Slingblade, Stop Making Sense, Triplets of Belleville

Television:

Los Angeles

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Books:

Where the Wild Things Are, Savage Inequalities, A Tale of Two Cities, Brain Sex, Guns Germs and Steel

Heroes:

Leonardo da Vinci, my sister, Paul Klee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Lee Bontecou, Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Ward, Kathe Kollwitz, Buster Keaton, Brian Eno, and this little girl: "but his head is so tiny"

My Blog

One cool birthday present...

I got these photos in an email today. Only those of you who've known me for a while will appreciate their significance. I think this will go down as one of my most favorite birthday presents ever....
Posted by Dion on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:06:00 PST

My first video of the millenium...

It seems that once in great a while a song comes along that speaks to me in such a way that I'm inspired to make a music video. Some of you who know me remember that "Kooler Than Jesus" was such a so...
Posted by Dion on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:46:00 PST

flowers - one good thing about LA

about five years ago an old roomate of mine brought home a clipping of a cactus from her grandmother's home in virginia. we put it in some water and it soon sent out roots, so we potted it and it's b...
Posted by Dion on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:35:00 PST

A voice from the 80's

This may seem like a strange thing to post, but I thought it was interesting for so many reasons - it'll need a little explanation... I've always had a memory of my friend Galen telling a funny story...
Posted by Dion on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:05:00 PST

"Over an Empty City"

Here's some further experimentation using the computer to do "sketches" for paintings. This one actually started as a small oil painting which I scanned, drew over in Flash, then manipulated ...
Posted by Dion on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Computer Art

I've been struggling to get back into the world of painting lately (after a nearly 20 year hiatus). It's bringing back memories of why it was always difficult for me to get work done. One of th...
Posted by Dion on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

WHY I SHOULD BE THE NEW POPE

If I'm elected pope, the old Catholic church is in for some changes: +Collection baskets used to pass out free condoms. +Buy one indulgence, the second is half price. +No more confessions unless ...
Posted by Dion on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

more art - a photo this time

Barns in Ohio
Posted by Dion on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

a cute little story about a hummingbird

I don't usually use this blog to relate incidents from my daily life - but I thought some people might like this story: Anybody who knows me knows that I love hummingbirds. On my balcony are d...
Posted by Dion on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Self Portrait

ink and watercolor on paper 06/22/2004
Posted by Dion on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST