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Presentable Ben

if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

About Me


there is a lot to be learned from this brilliant man. not listening to the full 9 minutes will ensure you don't learn.
Before: work
After: journey, heart, a family visit, the faint, VIVA, minnesota, pride, found footage festival vol 4, bassnectar, camping in hendy woods, anderson valley beer festival, seether, flyleaf, cat power, les claypool, secret chiefs 3, my chemical romance (crap), sxsw(hanson, perry farrell, high on fire, soundtrack of our lives, n.e.r.d., junkie xl, tommie sunshine, mac lethal, ice cube, p.o.s., doomtree), texas, minnesnowta, new years eve with cake, dj colette, christmas, queens of the stone age, rob zombie, ozzie osbourne, exotic erotic ball, king of kong deserves mention, music awards, cky, gwar, cradle of filth, oktoberfest was fucking lame, machinehead...almost- stayed for 1 drink, paul oakenfold, underworld, dj colette, rage, wu-tang, cypress hill, public enemy, blackstar, sittin in mn right now..., athletics/angels, daft punk in berkeley, daft punk in la and ratatat opened, the smashing pumpkins, deftones, les claypool, christopher lawrence gatecrasher cd release, secrete chiefs 3, george clinton, sf giants, Hernan Cattaneo, bjork at the shoreline, best of party, mastodon, acid mothers temple, against me, cursive, mistaken for stars, the decemberists were really boring, no iggy, gabriel & dresden, bassnectar cd release, tony robbins, donald trump, josh arndt, dave/christine/chinatown and i missed digweed :(, chinese new year's with more bassnectar et al, hoj, jeffrey allen, syd gris, alain octavo, BLANK & JONES, bassnectar, totimoshi, tirantez, zechs marquise, skerik & the maelstrom trio with q from the coup, g love and special sauce...sauced, incubus the second time around, the drunk frenchman was fun, incubus show #1, rancid, priestess, black label society and their 8 marshall full stacks, the faint, sf weekly xmas party at yerba buena, dj colette at dna, gwar, warriors vs. sonics, 30 seconds to mars, some crappy band that had a song on the snakes on a plane soundtrack, a wicked time in the haight, sasha, this guy at the Spider Ball, public sex acts at the Exotic Erotic (by others, not me), a pretty girl told me I looked "so sad", Snoop brought too short and rappin 4tay to the show with him, Placebo at the warfield, she wants revenge, The SF Weekly music awards at the Warfield. A fully catered and alcoholic bash that I'm required to be at, deep dish cd release party at ruby skye, the burning man decompression party, atb and a pretty girl at 1015, two gunshot in oakland, the scissor sisters, burning man, a long drive, an overwhelming need for something new.

My Interests

exercise, food, indulgence of all flavors

Music:

daft punk, pfr, ben folds, dr dre, black sabbath, smashing pumpkins, slayer. most any house, most any disco, most any oldie.

Movies:

found footage festivals, viva, king of kong, super high me, maxed out

Television:

robot chicken, family guy, snl when it wasn't lame

Books:

etiquette, book of buds vol. 3, archie digest comics

Heroes:

ben stein, ric flair, john candy, seth green, mid-career randy savage, mean gene, michael savage, john goodman, tony schiavone, beverly cleary, scott storch, george jefferson, babalu, Ross Bagdasarian sr/jr, ralph bakshi, fritz freleng, chuck liddell, mel blanc, bob ross, phil spector, dave ramsey, elizabeth warren, forrest griffin, john hughes

My Blog

imminent

more myspace friday funhouse. 1) What side of the heart do you draw first?the right 2) Can you dive without plugging your nose?does anyone above 13 still plug their nose? 3) What color is your razorth...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:37:00 PST

this is why you leave abandoned shopping carts alone

Shows like Jackass and CKY tell us that shopping cart accidents are funny. No, friends.. let me tell you from recent first hand experience, this is false. I live about 2 blocks from the Daly City BAR...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:31:00 PST

cannibalism is NOT FUNNY

the other day, a friend put up a bulletin about some maniacal baby killer on the loose.  it reminded me of something.  there was talk in the internet circles some time ago about an...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:45:00 PST

how san francisco is kicking my ass I

the mishap with the shopping cart wasnt my first rough experience, this happed a couple months ago.   -------- I had a great night last week, i got to sleep on the sidewalk. the night started out...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:02:00 PST

4/10

this one is just to make the others look better.   How tall are you?5'10 Is that your real height or should I assume you are 1-2 inches shorter than that?no Age range of people you'd date?i proba...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:26:00 PST

IV 2

49. Do you match your belt with your hair color?no but it matches my shoes and coat 2. Have you ever smoked heroin?thats not how you take heroin 3. Do you own a gun?i would like a desert eagle .50 and...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST

lV 1

39.What do you miss?mtv's old saturday night lineups of headbangers ball, beavis and butthead, and liquid tv...and whatever else they had that didnt suck shit and appeal to 14 year olds who shouldve b...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:46:00 PST

the religious conviction

Today Did You--1. Talk to a boy/girl you like?i sure did2. Realize anything new? a lot of things. i spent several hours on wikipedia reading about the different eras in the history of the world and so...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:19:00 PST

The original

I... read nonfiction prefer a sauna over a hot tub dont like swimming in lakes am laid back am kinda a minimalist am not a puritan have a great sense of tone cant decipher lyrics worth a damn am in a ...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:39:00 PST

rerun

1. When you woke up today, what was the first thing you thought?do i have time to rub one out before i go to work?2. When is the next time you will have sex?:probably not soon3. What's a word that rhy...
Posted by Presentable Ben on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 01:10:00 PST