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Luke

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About Me

tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther....And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. - FSF

My Interests

environmental justice, wilderness, social justice (esp. Native issues), good humor, politics, my work, chocolate milk, denim and flannel and workwear, learning to be handy, drivin' and cryin', downsizing, mexican food, pawn shops, cowboy novels, palma louca beer, the ftm brotherhood, alternative fuel options, solitaire, 'wild mind', dialogue-based films, shootin' dirty pool, small time good times, live music, pendleton woolen mills, growin' up, dharma bumming, porch songs/'rural' music, dogs and horses, any/all outdoor sports and various other manly pursuits.

I'd like to meet:

The polite, the political, the kind, the honest, the witty and the wise.
Goodlooking revolutionaries wanted.

Music:

bruce springsteen, coyote grace*, whiskeytown, wilco, jeffrey foucault*, ryan adams*, bob seger, rae spoon*, waylon jennings, patty griffin*, bright eyes, robosapien, the byrds (sweetheart of the rodeo, etc.), new mongrels, death cab for cutie, the hold steady, john trudell, the decemberists, catherine feeny*, patty hurst shifter*, team dresch, the butchies*, dar williams*, sophie b. hawkins, alanis morissette, jeff klein, calexico, josh ritter*, the shins, mary gauthier*, grateful dead, ani difranco*, kris delmhorst*, red hot chili peppers, rage against the machine, gillian welch, woody guthrie, joni mitchell, melissa etheridge, dan bern, rilo kiley and jenny lewis, waylon jennings, david taylor*, lucinda williams, sheryl crow*, p!nk*, the organ*, bach, beethoven, mozart, copland, gilbert, sullivan. (*=folks i've seen live) oh, and indigo girls are pretty good.

Movies:

lawn dogs. the good girl. james dean: the rare movies (incl. the bells of cockaigne and i'm a fool). fight club. thunderbolt and lightfoot. thelma and louise. the three burials of melquiades estrada. all the pretty horses. a prairie home companion. monster. wild at heart. badlands. boys don't cry. annie hall. your friends and neighbours. donnie darko. the hours. silkwood. thunderheart. brokeback mountain. come back to the five and dime, jimmy dean, jimmy dean. me and you and everyone we know. hedwig and the angry inch. 40 year old virgin. kill bills. show me love. smokey and the bandit. ghost world. mean girls. d.e.b.s. zoolander. little miss sunshine. transamerica. she's the man. rushmore. fried green tomatoes. dogville. giant. splendor in the grass. boys on the side. morgan: a suitable case for treatment. all christopher guest, wes anderson and nicole holofcener. this film is not yet rated. down in the valley.
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Television:

30Rock, veronica mars, south of nowhere, the west wing, weeds, the OC, punk'd, alias, deadwood, law n order, 24, buffy, angel, mad about you, battlestar galactica, arrested development, extreme makeover: home edition, transgeneration, a.n.t.m., i love lucy, facts of life, ellen, cagney and lacey, the golden girls, C-SPAN, entourage.

Books:

the dharma bums, the mother earth news almanac c.1973, meditations (marcus aurelius), coast of dreams: a history of contemporary california, manifesta, all our relations, anything by cormac mccarthy, ten little indians, red: passion and patience in the desert, a sand county almanac, stonebutch blues, bad dirt, the cycles of american history, doghouse roses, body alchemy, the phallus palace, the fountainhead, all she wanted: the true story of brandon teena, prison writings: my life is my sundance (leonard peltier), the portable thoreau, desert solitaire, the collected works of dorothy parker, the federalist papers, illuminations & une saison en enfer, body alchemy, DIY - the rise of lo-fi culture, annie on my mind, dykes to watch out for, born on the fourth of july, revenge of the lawn, Reading Latin: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises.

Heroes:

my parents, my kind friends, the folks at Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project, rodeo champs and/or The Barron Family of Sherman Village, midwestern liberals, gary snyder 'n jack kerouac, tristan ludlow, jeremiah johnson, bruce springsteen, huck finn, robert redford, surfers, survivors, wild minds and bodhisattvas, and the trans/lgb communities across the globe and across time.