Too many people have the wrong idea about life. They try to grab it by the balls when all it really wants is a kiss and a tickle!
I live in Minneapolis...I'm finishing my Ph.D. in Geology soon I hope. There.
Traveling, getting ready to travel, and returning from travel - doesn't really matter where as long as I'm going somewhere and seeing something interesting, hopefully with interesting people. Along with this comes photography - I take a crapload of photos. I definitely enjoy the mountains, hiking, backpacking and going on long roadies with friends. Used to love rock climbing when I was in Wyoming but not many chances to do that here in Minnesota, but I hope to rectify this with some trips.
Huge fan of the desert and their exact opposite: ice sheets. Also enjoy hanging out with my dog, good cinema, good food and drinks (especially wine) and of course my research: Geology.
Anyone I haven't met already....and the Dali Lama.
So this is what I'm listening to right now (or the last thing I played) on iTunes:
Click album art above for song details if you really care!
That aside, some favs are:
Tapes N' Tapes, Planes for Spaces (both local check them out), Death Cab for Cutie, Josh Rouse, The Starlight Mints, I love you but I've chosen darkness, The Stars, the Kaiser Chiefs, Holopaw, The Halo Benders, Tom Waits, Built to Spill, Califone, The Eels, The Black Heart Procession, The American Analog Set, The Swells, The Shins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Modest Mouse, The Hot Hot Heat, The Cure, Ugly Casanova, Stereolab, Interpol, Bedhead, Blur, Ween, The Beta Band, The New Year, Elliott Smith, Franz Ferdinand, The Gorillaz, Pixies, ...And You Will know us by our trail of dead, Apples in Stereo, The Decemberists, Flaming Lips, White Stripes, Goldspot, The Kills, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Macha, The Postal Service, Sleater-Kinney, Tegan and Sara, Transona Five, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Weezer, The Velvet Underground, etc.
Shaun of the Dead, Donnie Darko, V for Vendetta was phenomenal! Anything with Keira Knightly. Big fan of Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson's flicks. Too many to name but: Domino, The Machinist, Momento, City of Lost Children, Equilibrium, The Matrix (original), Legend of Drunken Master, Hero, Dark City, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Boondock Saints.....wow. Too many to even think of...
Lost, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, reruns of Seinfeld, FOX news (for entertainment) and that's about it - who has time for TV?
Ghengis Khan and the Making of The Modern World, The Painted Bird, Johnny Got His Gun, Johnathan Livingston Seagull, The Tao of Pooh, The Te of Piglet, The Night Trilogy, Clockwork Orange (21 chapter version), Le Morte D'Arthur, The Canterbury Tales, Milton's Paradise Lost (and Regained), The Long Walk, Into the Wild, and most Non-Fiction (particularly nature writing/travel journalism).
My niece Anessa - how many 4 year old girls ride skateboards on a halfpipe?