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Will

Though I am not splenetive and rash, Yet have I

About Me

...in me something dangerous. (stupid thing cut short my headline quote.) dry humor, likes books, music, movies, breaks out in haiku from time to time.

My Interests

reading, walking, listening to music, watching movies, writing, open microphones (bunny slopes--nothing high powered or high wired without a net).

I'd like to meet:

intelligent, humane, up for conversation, can tolerate disagreement as well as confirmation. funny would be nice, too. unless I know you, or you're a known friend of someone I'm already friends with, I'm not looking to be buddies with other men here.

Music:

movie sound tracks, Tom Waits, BNL, Lucinda Williams, Jonelle Mosser, Paul Curreri, Joan Baez, Savage Garden, Beatles, Nora Jones, John Mayer, Erin McKeown

Movies:

Ghost World, Amelie, Master and Commander, LOTR--all three movies, High Fidelity, About a Boy, Gross Pointe Blank, Being Jon Malkavich,

Television:

[I used to watch The Agency before it was cancelled], Alias, CSI, Ed, Law & Order, Myth Busters, Crossing Jordan, Joan of Arcadia

Books:

Stardust, Neverwhere, Cryptonomicon, The Grand Complication, The Feast of Love, Ham on Rye, White Teeth, House of Leaves

Heroes:

Joan Baez

My Blog

A car with no name

Well that was oddI don't normally share my dreams. Mostly, I don't remember; usually the ones I remember aren't that interesting. The last one shared was long ago about getting shot (in the dream) at ...
Posted by Will on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:48:00 PST

something new

writing habitI'm trying to get back into the writing habit. Trying to think and notice things.I've felt a little overwhelmed for the past few months: work, applications, two interviews that didn't qui...
Posted by Will on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:18:00 PST

More than just another pretty movie

Stop me if you've seen this before.   Day before yesterday: Finished reading <I>HowlsMoving Castle</I>.Today: Saw <I>Howls Moving Castle</I> in the theaterbefore work.Sh...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

coffee can be bad for your heart

I saw a beautiful barista at the coffee place that I got my medium drip coffee with three shots of espresso. She wore a (tight) tee shirt that read, "Warning: not responsible for lost or broken hearts...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i wasn't dead, but i heard someone is

a friend of my sent me an email this morning that had this bit in it: "Here is a typical email from three days ago: We spent the day at Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy, and don't ask me what the name m...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

It's been a while

Finally, in a post all it's own, another haiku.(I notice that it's somewhat repetitive of an image and feeling to some others I've written before,  but I was thinking in those circles again....
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just because this is a second one doesn't mean they're not special---

hey, I'm sorta writing again!! Sun gleams glaze my heart Long awaited thaw from ice Or Kiln-changed surface. I mowed the lawn today. The rain didn't get me. Tell me how you're doing. T...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Have you seen a Haiku, lately?

It's been a while since I've written one. But I was writing to a friend and thinking about the outside, and I thought of this one. Thriving on chaos Keeping calm in the tree shade Bees and butter...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What do they say???

Two actors read selections from Samuel Beckett's plays illustrating biographical points in their presentation about his life and writing. One part in particular from Waiting for Godot reminded me o...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

So Tell me now, and I won't ask for another day or two.

This is my favorite typeface, I think. I used to have a similar typeface called "Lucinda Casual"--it was just a little more curvy than this, I think. The subject is a take off (of course) from the o...
Posted by Will on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST