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Saif

Fuck drums, I march to the feedback of an electric guitar

About Me

Saif.
Pronounced like Sapphire.
Which would be my name
If I worked at DiCarlos
I don't work at DiCarlos
Just a regular guy, albeit with a very different background.
I grew up on two continents.
I have been educated in two languages.
I have blood relatives on 4 continents.
I've been in the Army for 11 years.
I take enormous pride in being a soldier.
DD 214. 4 times!
I love dogs.
Dogs love me. So do kids.
I'm a loner.
I love adrenaline.
I love getting dirty; "clean" fun is a misnomer!
I can wiggle my ears.
I'm afraid to grow up.
I'm afraid of hating my job.
I love driving; Syracuse feels like a westerly suburb of Albany to me.
I don't deal well with being pushed away.
I have an infectious smile and a contagious laugh.
I am a good cook.
I make really good lattes
I love the corniest jokes.
I don't give a fuck.

My Interests

Offroading, My Jeep, Dogs, Whitewater Rafting, Reading, Writing, Road Trips, ADK, the Northway, RT 7 to Bennington, VT, the Berks, Travelling.

I'd like to meet:

Broad minded, non judgemental people.

Music:

Rock, both classic and alternative.
Boston Punk.
Classic Soul.
The 80s. Huge fan of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Tom Petty, The Police.
Bill Withers, Aretha Franklin, Sting.
Old school Indian songs; LOVE Hemant Kumar!
WEQX

Movies:

Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead.
Young Guns 1 + 2.
100 Girls.
Die Hard Trilogy
Ronin
Beautiful Girls
Batman Begins
The Magnificent 7
Indiana Jones
Star Wars Trilogy
Bond Movies sans Roger Moore.
Fall.

Books:

A Cricket In Times Square.
Tuckers Countryside.
Danny: The Champion of the World.
Close to the Knives.
The River God.
Kane and Abel.
Eaters of the Dead.
The Fist of God.

Heroes:

My Brothers in Arms, Law enforcement officers.
Peace Corps Volunteers
SPC Nathan Brown.

My Blog

Online Dating, courtesy the Onion

SEATTLEThough only two months have passed since the start of their whirlwind Internet romance, Janice Baxter and Tim Siegal hardly ever sit down in front of their respective computers and chat the wa...
Posted by Saif on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:29:00 PST

The boss........

Workin' in the fieldstill you get your back burnedWorkin' 'neath the wheeltill you get your facts learnedBaby I got my factslearned real good right nowYou better get it straight darlingPoor man wanna ...
Posted by Saif on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:38:00 PST

ramble on

"For the peregrines" is the dedication -- for those lonely souls, those aliens not of this world, those wanderers like Robert or emigrants like Francesca that will never be at home until they meet eac...
Posted by Saif on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:01:00 PST

Nothing

I was just sitting around today when a line from a song caught my ear. Steve Earle, better known for his guitaring abilities ala Copperhead Road. "Nothing touched the trigger but the Devil's Right Han...
Posted by Saif on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:24:00 PST

Sad sad state of affairs

I was reading a piece written by a friend, when I came across the word "seditative." In context, the only word that fit was "sedative." Since I'm anal about things like that, I googled "seditative" an...
Posted by Saif on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:13:00 PST

I guess you could say I'm a loner

I guess you could say I'm a lonerA cowboy out all tough and proud. Mac Davis. I just had a conversation with a friend. About how I was feeling lonely. She said she didn't know what to say. Funny thing...
Posted by Saif on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:02:00 PST

Freedom

I wrote this while deployed in Iraq, the date written is July 7th, 2004. Whenever you hear about the War on Terrorism, you hear a lot of big words. Liberty, Justice, Peace, Freedom. Abstract ideas mor...
Posted by Saif on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:12:00 PST

I'm the guy

I'm the guy who swore an oath. I'm the guy who was considered a genius.Til I was 18. I'm the guy who would kill for you. I'm the guy who would die for you. I'm the guy who could write a picture. I'm t...
Posted by Saif on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:18:00 PST

Bad Time

I'm in love with a girl that I'm talking aboutI'm in love with a girl that I can't live withoutI'm in love but I sure picked a bad timeTo be in loveA bad time to be in loveI heard that song AGES ago, ...
Posted by Saif on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:55:00 PST