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Luis

High fives for everyone!

About Me

I often drop things; about 63% of the time I catch it before it hits the ground.

My Interests

Americana
Dimly lit bars
Stalagtites
Abstract Expressionism
Honeydew Melons

I'd like to meet:

Aurora Borealis, T.S. Eliot
Ancient peoples of the world (e.g. Sumerians, Assyrians, no Hittites please)

Music:

Wilco, Sigur Ros, Thievery Corporation, David Bowie, LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, Televsion, Blur, Portishead, DJ Shadow, Bjork, The Rapture, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Bragg, Buddy Holly, The Stone Roses, Janis Joplin, Elliott Smith, Iggy Pop, They Might Be Giants, The Cranes, U.N.K.L.E. Hooverphonic, G. Love and Special Sauce, The Mountain Goats

Movies:

Spaghetti Westerns, and Kung Fu movies

Television:

The Office, The Houston Astros, Voltron

Books:

The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County, Crime and Punishment, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences 5, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The Stranger, Heart of Darkness, Le Morte D'Arthur, Candide, Comics, Nature books

Heroes:

4 year old drummers
"That's my drummah!"


Franz Kafka

Steve Perry

Pierre Simon Laplace


Siddhartha Gautama

My Blog

Cheddar Sauce

    WHAT THE FUCK IS CHEDDAR SAUCE?http://www.wendys.com/food/Product.jsp?family=1&pr oduct=168
Posted by Luis on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:14:00 PST

Confusions

Ok it seems I should clear something up. I'm aware that my phone can't spell the word "blog". I'm actually kind of happy about that. So if you get a message from me referring to a "clog" just use y...
Posted by Luis on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:28:00 PST

What the candy machine taught me today about music

I revel in the moments of anxious anticipation before the smaller victories and losses of everyday life.  The moment realized by the Three Seconds of Judgement between the bravado of having succe...
Posted by Luis on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:30:00 PST

Recent Breakthrough!

So I'm pretty excited.  I've been trying to coax old man neighbor to talk to me since I moved in to this complex with little (read as 'no') success thus far. I was beginning to worry that once a...
Posted by Luis on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:29:00 PST

Haikruise

People often ask me what I do at work.Example for today:Jerry MaguireLittle did I knowhaving you at hello meantyou get half my stuffTop Gun"Goose is dead", he saysI yearn to feel but insteadcalmly pan...
Posted by Luis on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:57:00 PST

I saw the sign

Ok, ok, I get it.Not everyone knows the words to the songs being played softly over the supermarket's speaker system much less pays attention or sings along to them.I also understand that many people ...
Posted by Luis on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:19:00 PST

Baby makin'!

So I'm walking down the street to my car with my material valuables in tow thinking about mortality, dimly lit streets, July 1st, and my fierce allergic reaction to bullets when a shadowy figure appea...
Posted by Luis on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:40:00 PST

A Tenny for your Thoughts

What happens to Tennysons eagle if it lives in Kansas? Do his wings atrophy as he hops along the brush gathering anemic field mice? Does his descent look less like a thunderbolt and more like an out...
Posted by Luis on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 01:52:00 PST

The Omega Man

Recently my "friend" (if you can call him that) asked me what qualities I looked for in my friends.I realized I really like people who constantly look down and slouch in deference and fear and greet y...
Posted by Luis on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:42:00 PST

Oh snap!

Holy crap!  I think I just figured it out! The secret to life the universe and everything.  I know it's more than coincidence that I figured it out the day after towel day More to follow.....
Posted by Luis on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:46:00 PST