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Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon

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Hey. If you live in/around Richmond VA and would like to go snowboarding/wakeboarding/stare at walls/whatever... I would like to meet you. I'm a very difficult person to get along with, I assure you.Here's the deal: I am a straightshooter. I don't candycoat anything. If I like you, you'll know. If I dislike you, you will know as well. I am nice to and generally get along with just about anyone until they try to screw me over. But if nothing else I am honest, sometimes brutally so. I don't play games with people, and I expect the same from them. I'm fiercely loyal, and I'd probably chop off one of my arms if I thought it would help a friend.I enjoy scaling objects tall like multiple flights of stairs, and small like blades of grass and inadvertently dropped chewing gum. I know karate, honda, sushi and a number of other fearsome-sounding Japanese words. Often I read large novels, medium magazines and extra small cereal boxes (I'm partial to Cinnamon Toast Crunch). I do not think I would be a good politician because I frankly I have a low tolerance for BS. That said, I'm good listener and you should talk to me.I've been into cars/motocross bikes and tearing them apart since I was 3 years old. I am a racer by nature, and have found some way to race most everything I could... cars, motorcycles, jetskis, snowboards, anything. I'm a pretty quiet, mellow guy until I'm aimed towards a racecourse. Then it's do or die, running at the ragged edge of my talent and abilities.I generally feel that if you want something bad enough,you'll do whatever it takes to get it. Sometimes to get that, you have to work 10 times as hard as anyone else. If your goal didn't require some blood, sweat or tears to achieve, it wasn't worth striving for.Hmm... besides that I enjoy listening to music quite a lot of the time, and am probably one of the most laidback people in existence. I'm up for doing pretty much anything besides drugs, so if you're around and would like to do something... Let me know!Let's see... other things I like to do. I listen to music, a lot of it. Alt. rock, mainstream rap, the usual stuff. I also like ska, punk, classic rock, jazz and I play saxophone. I tried starting a ska band briefly but gave up on that because our bassist was eons better than the rest of us and we would have made an ass of him.I read quite a bit too. Car rags, though mostly books. I'm not really sure what else to say here... if you want to know something else, send me a message!
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Chris, Christopher, Christopher David, Serge, they all work
Birthday: May 18, 1982
Birthplace: Richmond VA
Current Location: Richmond... I spent 4 years in Miami at The U. though
Eye Color: brown/light brown. varies day to day
Hair Color: generally black, sometimes has some red or blond in it depending if i feel like throwing chemicals at it, haven't done that in a while though. the whole "professional" appearance thing.
Height: 5'8
Right Handed or Left Handed: Righty Tighty
Your Heritage: 100% Sri Lankan, but there's probably some Portuguese and Dutch in there somewhere.
The Shoes You Wore Today: Doc Martens, they're pimp. and they don't suck
Your Weakness: turbocharged cars, adrenaline rushes, cynicism, challenges, redheads
Your Fears: I I believe shit happens. You do anything you CAN to keep undesirable things from happening, beyond that... Worrying about it excessively doesn't do anything productive
Your Perfect Pizza: pear and gorgonzola. I heart California Pizza Kitchen
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: hmm... I'm in the process of reworking my year-end goals
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "Sorry, I left my computer on and didn't put up an away" I do that alot. I really do.
Thoughts First Waking Up: 9 more minutes! snoooooze button attack!
Your Best Physical Feature: I have so many it is hard to pick! Because my opinion of my best physical feature matters... maybe I'll just poll an ex or two and see what they say.
Your Bedtime: When I'm dead, I'll have plenty of time to sleep. In the meanwhile... I have things to do
Your Most Missed Memory: flogging a Barber formula racecar around Lime Rock, family ski trips to Gray Rocks, Quebec
Pepsi or Coke: Coke. I hate Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK sucks less. That's not saying much.
Single or Group Dates: Single dates if your company isn't boring. Group if you need other people to provide amusement. I wasn't kidding when I said I'm honest.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton, I think that's what the engineering building vending machine sold. nothing caffeinated tastes bad at 5AM
Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla's some good stuff, i make some mean vanilla coffee
Cappuccino or Coffee: doesn't really matter, so long as it's strong and sweet.
Do you Smoke: nope, not at all.
Do you Swear: occasionally.
Do you Sing: In my car all the time.
Do you Shower Daily: Yep, 1-3 times a day.
Have you Been in Love: I'd like to think so, but I'm not sure. I've dealt with some pretty evil people.
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that
Do you want to get Married: Sure, someday.
Do you belive in yourself: Yup, without a doubt. not even a little bit. I know who I am.
Do you get Motion Sickness: very rarely, i love rollercoasters and other things that go excessively fast.
Do you think you are Attractive: Adequately so :)
Are you a Health Freak: Nope, not really.
Do you get along with your Parents: For the most part... I'm pretty close with all of my family, like any other parents they drive me crazy sometimes.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes, they look cool. When lightning strikes 20 feet from your car, it's scary... but kindof exhilarating. particularly that whole "shit, I'm still alive!" feeling
Do you play an Instrument: I'm a semi-professional air guitar player. I also play saxophone.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes, last night
In the past month have you Smoked: nope!
In the past month have you been on Drugs: just prescription stuff. hookers and blow would be cheaper than my racing hobby, so at least I have that as a fallback.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Nah, haven't found anyone I wouldn't get bored of in 5 minutes.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yup, to get food, coffee, and a few things from the wakeboard/snowboard store.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes, Sushi's some good stuff even if my favorite sushi-consumption companion no longer talks to me. her loss.
In the past month have you been on Stage: nope
In the past month have you been Dumped: can't say that i have...
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no, but the last time I did, I ended up with 2 naked blonds lying on me. that pretty much ruled.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: nope
Ever been Drunk: yes, last night lol
Ever been called a Tease: yes. sorry! okay, i'm not that sorry... lol
Ever been Beaten up: nope. I've gotten into a few fights I didn't start... but I finished 'em.
Ever Shoplifted: nope
How do you want to Die: preferably something quick and painless doing something fun. maybe upon impact with something very immovable? i dunno, this is kinda morbid, but I'd rather go in some spectacular fashion as opposed to wasting away slowly.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: racecar driver/race engineer
What country would you most like to Visit: already been to England, Italy, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Canada, Australia and the Maldives. I guess maybe France or Germany
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: green or hazel
Favourite Hair Color: I heart redheads in a big way... brunettes a close second but hey... blonds need love too.
Short or Long Hair: depends on the girl. different things work for different girls.
Height: it's all the same in the end.
Weight: depends how it's distributed. i dig dancer-types though, they tend to weigh a little more because they have very toned legs. swimmers are great too :)
Best Clothing Style: doesn't really matter... i guess i tend to check out quasi-preppy girls more but I appreciate people who generate their own sense of style
Number of Drugs I have taken: tylenol... advil... various prescription meds... adderall for studying
Number of CDs I own: probably around a hundred, but they don't get much use anymore after I got an MP3 player and threw most of my music on there
Number of Piercings: zero, maybe an upper cartilage piercing at some point
Number of Tattoos: zero, maybe something discreet later
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Not very many... a few instances where I was too nice.
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My Interests

engineering, philosophy, car racing, autocross, motocross, snowboarding, wakeboarding, hydrofoiling, shooting pool, reading, behavioral psychology, music, dancing

I'd like to meet:

People who are friendly, genuine, and enjoy having fun and are passionate about SOMETHING. I get along with pretty much anyone, but in all honesty... I prefer to surround myself with intelligent, high-energy people. I enjoy stupid humor just as much as anyone else, but you're going to have to be quick between the ears to keep up.Note: If I do not know you at all, I'm not going to go out with you. I'm sorry, but that's really all there is to it.

Music:

Rammstein, Drowning Pool, 311, Yellowcard, Goldfinger, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Metallica, Powerman 5000, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Korn, POD, Bush, Reel Big Fish, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, KMFDM, Less Than Jake, Nickelback, Saliva, Disturbed, Taking Back Sunday, Save Ferris, Reel Big Fish, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Mudvayne, Methods of Mayhem, Prodigy, Quarashi, Slipknot, Sugarcult, Sum41, System of a Down, Tool, Pennywise

Movies:

Fight Club, Kill Bill, The Butterfly Effect, Back to The Future, The Usual Suspects, Office Space, The Matrix, Super Troopers

Television:

Don't really watch television...

Books:

Angels & Demons, Da Vinci Code, Digital Fortress, On a Pale Horse, various things by Robin Cook

Heroes:

My mother and father, for mom working 3 jobs to get my dad through medical school in Sri Lanka, then moving here with 2 kids and assembling a good life for his family and future children by starting with basically nothing and becoming successful through hard work.

My Blog

indifference

What I have to say is... I'm somewhat getting the crap kicked out of me right now. Scratch that, it's been going on for a while. There are a large number of people who are pissing me off, and frankly,...
Posted by Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:49:00 PST

Delete.

Gotta say... I'm glad to know where I stand with a few people. Maybe not always where I'd like to, but the decreased amount of bullshit I deal with is a nice feature. Ahh how much we can say without s...
Posted by Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:18:00 PST

Pondering

Hmm... this is amusing. Despite my usual bouts of insanity (and I'm now fairly convinced that I'm a little more twisted/messed up/otherwise out-there than maybe I originally thought, or at least I've ...
Posted by Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST

Southeast Divisional Race

Rip It- Southeast Divisional So... SouthEast Divisional. Rain decided to show up a few days before, but thankfully I was smart this time... I got the racecar ready for the weekend well ahead of time, ...
Posted by Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:45:00 PST

Hospitalized!

Being hospitalized sucks a little bit *I preface this by saying I'm glad this happened to me and not someone who wouldn't be able to deal with this, mentally or financially due to healthcare. I fe...
Posted by Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:08:00 PST

Stream of Conscience

Pure genius in Action- The new coffee shop near my house, Daily Grind, freezes black coffee to use as ice in their iced coffee drinks. Therefore, your drink does not get more watered down and abysmal...
Posted by Christopher P. aka Loose Cannon on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:58:00 PST