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“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”

About Me


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2/2006 I'll tell you what all of my friends in AZ know about me: I'm tall and I'm Dutch, and my last name MAY or MAY NOT be Vandenburg (it isn't, but close!)... Here's some additional info................. I'm 6'4", 200 lbs. I'm not only Dutch, I'm also German, Russian, and Native American. I really dig camping, cycling, mountain biking, and hiking. I force myself to like running, since I've been running half-marathons for the last few years. This year I plan to get into doing triathlons. I absolutely HATE cigarette smoke. Hate it. I really like learning new things, especially languages. I'm originally from PA. AZ feels like a big vacation (over four years long). The weather is so nice here that I really feel guilty for being lazy a lot. I read a lot, so I'm usually in the middle of two or three books at once. I'm athletic and resonably creative. I really like sports (especially lacrosse, soccer, and ice hockey). I like art, especially Surrealism, because it makes even less apparent sense then I do, and is more complicated. One of my new favorite AZ past-times is watching thunderstorms from my porch, while drinking beer or tequila (or both)! I can be extremely sensitive which I guess is a good AND bad thing. I'm like a jack-of-all-trades kind of person, because I can do almost anything, but I don't really excel at any one thing. I'm a pretty emotional person. If you ask me how I feel, or what I'm thinking, you better have time to listen up! That ought to about do it for now......Feel free to ask about anything else! That eye quiz is scary! Take the quiz:
What kind of eyes do you have? (with pictures)

Eden
You have eden eyes. Eden is the color of water. Your eyes symbolize your great flexibility. You are a creative person. You can think of many good ways to get your point across to people as you have very good communication abilities. When someone feels down or is hurt, you have the remarkable ability to help them and heal them. If you have too little going on in your life, you may be withdrawn and depressed, timid, manipulative, unreliable, stubborn, or suspicious. Some words to describe you: peaceful, sincere, affectionate, tranquil, intuitive, trustworthy, pure, loyal, healing, and stable.
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Your Personality Is
Rational (NT)

You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas.
You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy!
Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people.
In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally.
You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought.
Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals.
In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent.
At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia.
With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well.
As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly.
On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things. The Three Question Personality Test

My Interests

Music, reading, sports, outdoorsy stuff, food, travelling, festys, hangin out in cool bars (not clubs), conversations, napping, languages, philosophy, meeting people, weekend adventures.........

Music:

My musical tastes are all over the place......But if I had to name some of the bands/artists I listen to the most, I'd have to include: Meshuggah, Sepultura, Coheed & Cambria, Buffalo Tom, Snapcase, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Eels, Alice In Chains, Bob Marley, Melvins, Dilated Peoples, Tool, Decapitated, G Love & Special Sauce, Jurassic 5, Jack Johnson, Sinead O'Connor, Slayer, Texas Is The Reason, Rammstein, Descendents, Gameface, Sublime, Deftones, Pete Yorn, Dinosaur Jr, Meat Puppets, Primus, KMFDM, Chevelle, Norah Jones, Neil Young, Beastie Boys, System Of A Down, Bjork, Boy Sets Fire, Downset, Soulfly, Sparta, Time In Malta, Thursday, Pavement, Faith No More, Damian Marley, Weezer, Black Crows, Sade', Indigenous, Helmet, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Rollins Band, Yeah yeah yeahs, Fugazi, Jerry Cantrell, Live, New Model Army, Nailbomb, Pantera, Beck, Portishead, Tenacious D, A Perfect Circle, Foo Fighters, Blind Melon, Radiohead, Refused, Wir Sind Helden ..........others

Movies:

Cool Hand Luke, Smokey And The Bandit, Sideways, One Flew Over The Kookoo's Nest, The Shining, Snatch, Miracle, Contact, Singles, Road Trip, Office Space, American Beauty, Napolean Dynamite, anything with Chris Farley, Strange Brew, Slapshot, Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Ace Ventura, Garden State, Monty Python movies, Boondock Saints, the Professional, Summer School, Last of The Mohicans, anything with Will Farrell.........others

Television:

Planet Earth!, NHL Hockey, NFL Football, Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Jeopardy, The Science Channel, Family Guy, Simpsons, Chapellle Show, Colbert Report, South Park, X-Files, UFC, Scrubs, 24

Books:

"The Sparrow", and "Children of God" - By Mary Doria Russell. "A Man Without A Country" - By Kurt Vonnegut, The Dark Tower Series - By Steven King. "Hyperspace", and "Parallel Worlds" - By Dr. Michio Kaku. "The Catcher In The Rye" - By J.D. Salinger. "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" - By Hunter S. Thompson. "The Kite Runner" - By Khaled Hosseini.......

Heroes:

Poppy, my sister, Joe Gibbs, MLK, Ghandi, Einstein, J Mascis, the other KV (Kurt Vonnegut), many others...

My Blog

Knee Scare

Some of you already know that about a month ago, I screwed my knee up, playing softball.  Those that didn;t know, now know.  Well, it never got better, and in fact got worse, and I had it ch...
Posted by KV on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:25:00 PST

Triathlon #2

TRI #2 is this weekend, in Tempe, AZ.  With one tri under my belt, it's time to improve.  The biking leg on this one is a couple miles longer than the last one, which is fine with me.  ...
Posted by KV on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:40:00 PST

Triathlon Angst

Ok.  Saturday (Cinco de Mayo) morning is my first triathlon.  It's a "sprint" triathlon, which means it's short.  400 Meter swim (in the Sea of Cortez), 10 Mile bike, and 3.1 Mile run.&...
Posted by KV on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:56:00 PST

air - venting

Bursting up and out, but not completely away-Bolts of ideas, and sharp emotions bend back-Cerebral prominence, like a solar flare-Uncontrollable, unexplainable, impossible to ignore-Fixated, my brain ...
Posted by KV on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:44:00 PST

I've been tagged for weirdness

I've been tagged for weirdness Okay, so I've been tagged by Angela  to list 6 things that are wierd/strange about ...
Posted by KV on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:16:00 PST

Phish?! (what the hell?!)

How does ANYONE (let alone 100,000's of hippies) get into the band Phish?!  Having been to a couple Phish concerts and trying to get into it, I can't understad why these people are so fascinated ...
Posted by KV on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:14:00 PST

Einstein Quotes

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite dir...
Posted by KV on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:30:00 PST