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Bret

itsallnice

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Girl Talk is the next level of awesome.

Music:

lots of different stuff; ida, modest mouse, elliot smith, texas is the reason, radiohead, don caballero, beck, built to spill, far, low, joan of arc, the secret stars, cap'n jazz, karate, the shins, yeah yeah yeahs, mates of state, roots of orchis, bright eyes, rainer maria, plaid, squarepusher, chris clark, kid 606, third eye foundation, converge, boy sets fire, the blood brothers, beck, jane's addiction, six parts seven, as friends rust, appleseed cast, do make say think, rival schools, lots of other stuff too...

Movies:

Mostly comedies and drama; garden state, city of god, I

Television:

the wonder years, the o.c., unwrapped with mark sommers, and dog is pretty funny too.

Books:

Dry, Running With Scissors, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, Dreams From My Father, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Diary, A Prison Diary, The Pleasure of My Company, Shopgirl, On the Road, Ordinary People, The Jungle, The Fountainhead, Anthem, Brave New World, A Blessing Over Ashes, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ishmael, The Story of B, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Prophet, The Vision, Take the Cannoli, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Slaughterhouse-Five, Working, A Farewell to Arms, The Stranger, The Bell Jar, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Catcher in the Rye, Kitchen Confidential, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Heroes:

couch throwers

My Blog

Huge Pictures: Round 1

So I was in Arizona and California for work a couple weeks ago. It was my first time in CA so I got some pictures of the few areas I was able to visit. I hope to go back soon, because it kind of blew ...
Posted by Bret on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:18:00 PST

whatever happened to predictability?

well, its past my bedtime, but i'm feelin chatty. I had an enjoyable weekend, although it was tainted by having to put several man hours into my car. but alas, #2 has a new clutch, new(er) transmissio...
Posted by Bret on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:39:00 PST

just a couple of pictures

first picture of my newly remodeled room at George's. all it really needs is carpet and new baseboard and it will be done. I love the colors, and am really enjoying pete's work above my bed, not to m...
Posted by Bret on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:19:00 PST

pukingtons, as promised (plus a few pics)

i can't keep picking on my tons about her performance the other night, mainly because she has to deal with that lingering rancid stench in her poor car.  I can't really be surprised that it still...
Posted by Bret on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:17:00 PST

some pictures

let me try this again. i failed at this last night. phil, pete?, and george out in pittsburgh for george's birthday eric and mark being awesome at eric's birthday party ruby lookin lovely at eric's...
Posted by Bret on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:58:00 PST

interesting evening

well, my only mission for the evening was to go take some pictures on my new camera. I decided to head into downtown pitt and see what i could come up with. after driving around for a while, i noticed...
Posted by Bret on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:34:00 PST

future's so bright, i gotta wear shades

i definately found something i've been looking for for a long time, and as if things couldn't get any better, i bought a really rad digital camera too! quite the fantastic weekend. i'm not quite as sc...
Posted by Bret on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:59:00 PST

greetings from pennsylvania

day 1 at the new job went well. i'm excited to do some exploring of pittsburgh when i get a little more confident in my sense of direction. guess i don't have a lot to say right now, maybe i will writ...
Posted by Bret on Mon, 15 May 2006 03:34:00 PST

tuners and brew dogs

just about to leave for carlisle, pa for the weekend for a big car show. should be an awesome time, partly because keith was so kind to let me take his mustang since he is unable to attend. happy cinc...
Posted by Bret on Fri, 05 May 2006 01:31:00 PST

blah

sunday night, not especially looking forward to a full week of work. i woke up saturday morning and this morning, and remembered my dreams both times. i hardly ever remember my dreams. they were dumb ...
Posted by Bret on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:14:00 PST