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Ben there done that

I pity the fool who doesn't... phooone hooome.

About Me

I want to make a t-shirt out of your dreams.

My Interests

inventions, ideas, Internets, rock and/or roll, design, furniture, movies, music, architecture, independence, can coolers, road trips, board games, poker, baseball, nerds, geeks, dorks

I'd like to meet:

My match.

Music:

C Average, Pussycat Trash, Converge, Hot Snakes, Huggy Bear, Skull Kontrol, Monorchid, North of America, Unwound, Modest Mouse, Born Against, Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Sultans, Guilt, Ink and Dagger, Karp, Tight Bros, Big Business, NWA, ODB, DMC, PE, RFTC, BTO, D4, KRS1, LFTR PLLR, The Hold Steady, Nation of Ulysses, Weird War, Liars, Oxes, Lync, Love As Laughter, Ed Gein, Daughters, Tullycraft, New Bomb Turks, Lords, Tusk, Saviours, Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, Descendents, Refused, The Casket Lottery, Buzzcocks, Kool Keith, Cursive, Botch, Mclusky, Mates of State, Wu-Tang Clan, Kill Sadie, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Cap'n Jazz, Ice Cube, Propagandhi, Integrity, At the Drive-In, Weezer, Thee Headcoatees, The Rondelles, X, Rye Coalition, Unbroken, The Letters Organize, Part Chimp, 400 Blows, Death From Above 1979, Excelsior, Fastbacks, Dag Nasty, The Joggers, The Recoys, Jonathan Fire*Eater, etc.

Movies:

The Hudsucker Proxy, Miller's Crossing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Raiders of the Lost Ark, I Heart Huckabees, Chinatown, The Shawshank Redemption, Rad, Gleaming the Cube, Pi, Donnie Darko, Memento, Primer. Pretty much anything involving alot of talking and/or time travel, and with very few explosions/car chases/kids.

Television:

LOST, Long Way Round, Arrested Development, and anything involving crimes, investigations and forensics... doesn't matter if it's real (Forensic Files, The Investigators, Unsolved Mysteries, Masterminds, etc) or dramatized (CSI, Law and Order, etc.)

Books:

The Mezzanine, To Kill A Mockingbird, thesaurus

Heroes:

I need a hero! I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night. He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast, and he's gotta be fresh from the fight.

My Blog

Stupid surveys: the new Seattle version

What is your middle name? Christian Arthur. The first part was named after the great Night Ranger song, "Sister Christian", and the second part was after Bea Arthur. What color is your mailbox? Alumi...
Posted by Ben there done that on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:28:00 PST

Quit talking and start chalking

1. Who were you with last night? Lots of beautiful arty people. 2. What woke you up this morning?A claymation train on some cartoon. I left my TV on overnight. 3. Where are you?In limbo. 4. Is to...
Posted by Ben there done that on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:34:00 PST

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

RANDOMS: 1. What time did you go to bed last night & wake up today? 2:30am, 8:30am aka the usual. 2. What are your plans tonight? I kinda did them all already. Now it's time to chill and maybe w...
Posted by Ben there done that on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:39:00 PST

Facedown

I'm feeling nostalgic, so time for another one of these fucking things!1. Put your music player on shuffle. 2. Press forward for each question. 3. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO...
Posted by Ben there done that on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:00:00 PST

Montgomery's got the answer

1. WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE RIGHT NOW?A masseuse. 2. DO YOU HAVE ANY SECRETS?I know Victoria's Secret and The Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices. They kind of cancel each other out. 3. WHAT PE...
Posted by Ben there done that on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:16:00 PST

Bored word association

1. Cigarettes: Flavor Country 2. Sex: Yes, please. 3. Relationship: No, thank you. 4. Your Last Ex: Long time ago. 5. Power rangers: Julius (my nephew) 6. Crack: Whorehouse 8. Food: Shrimp ...
Posted by Ben there done that on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:57:00 PST

2006: The greatest 4 years of my life.

THIS YEAR: [PEOPLE] best friend: I spent alot of time with Tiktak. Alot. lost any friends: Forever, no. To other cities? Yes. gained any friends: Oh my, yes. [PLACES] went out of the country: Nope....
Posted by Ben there done that on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:15:00 PST

Underneath the stop signs

1. Put your music player on shuffle. 2. Press forward for each question. 3. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING... What does next year have in store for me? "You Rock My W...
Posted by Ben there done that on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:10:00 PST

Just another let down

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? "Wow." 2. How much cash do you have on you?$29.00 3. Favorite planet?Venus, because it rhymes with genus. ...
Posted by Ben there done that on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:01:00 PST

Have I really "done that"?

True or FALSE!!!! Appearance: I'm short: false (the average in the US is 5'10" so I squeak by) I have scars: true I tan easily: true I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color: false ...
Posted by Ben there done that on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:18:00 PST