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avtar kâ„¢

he who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. he has been given a large b

About Me

"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."

~George Elliot

i take a lot of pictures. i'm bad with names. i like to help people. no, i wasn't raised on a farm, it was a rice paddy in fact. i lived in india for 8 years and grew up wearing a turban. my favorite food is vegetables. i correct other people's spelling and grammar mistakes.

My Interests

art, seeing live music, riding my bike around venice, people-watching... environmentalism, saving the planet.... NPR, crossword puzzles, finally learning guitar, friends, food, new things... baking apple pie, ellipses... organic food, health, travel, arts & crafts, photoshop, interesting photographs of people... playing soccer, yoga...

I'd like to meet:



brains. smart people. storytellers.

people who don't mind if i take a lot of pictures. mostly cause they will probably be in them. and then i will post them on the internet. people with quirks and strange habits. people with diverse interests. people who don't take themselves too seriously. people who are talented artists or musicians... or just plain talented... ..

Music:

(partial list) BRMC, pj harvey, cold war kids, cat power, ratatat, !!!, flaming lips, gomez, the organ, MIKA, the weather underground, ladies and gents, black keys, delta spirit, metric, bloc party, the spores, le tigre, beirut, silversun pickups, at the drive in/mars volta, arcade fire, dandy warhols, ben harper, beck, fiona apple, broken social scene, QOTSA, monsters are waiting, the rapture, elliot smith, the smiths, the cure, death cab, J5, fugazi, nico, mamas & papas, tribe called quest, pharcyde, interpol, yeah yeah yeahs, kcrw, patsy cline, motown, and jazz gals...billie, nina, ella

Movies:

princess bride, raising arizona, the never ending story, wes anderson, coen bros, woody allen, anything with paul newman, wierd indie and artsy stuff and old movies from the 20's - 60's

Television:

what is television?

Books:

a light in the attic

Heroes:

people who play music and write songs and

my grandmother.

My Blog

the amazing adventures of toast

Toast, being burnt as he is, is generally unhappy and there isn't much anyone can do about it. One night, lonely and bored, he sat listening to his favorite Smiths album (as he tended to do when he wa...
Posted by avtar k" on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:19:00 PST

coachella '06 pictures - day 2

The second day of the show we opted out of the pool party because we didn't feel like backtracking 30 miles when we were only 5 miles from the venue. I went with Siri Sat who only wanted to see Phoeni...
Posted by avtar k" on Tue, 09 May 2006 12:35:00 PST

coachella '06 pictures - day 1

Thanks to Will I was able to document my trip to coachella this year with the help of a nifty little camera he gave me. On the way to the house we stayed at in the desert, my travel companions and I s...
Posted by avtar k" on Mon, 08 May 2006 01:23:00 PST