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About Me

About me... a friend, a person who is learning to genuinely care for others. generally a laid back person, but still filled with awe and wonder of the world. a lover of people. love good beer and wine, with good friends.

I live in southern California where I moved for grad school about 7 years ago. working a little and climbing a lot for the time being. I love this lifestyle.

I am a rock climber.

I love music. listening to, playing, or writing it. I play the guitar, the mandolin, and some other folk instruments. Some of my big influences are listed below.

My Interests

rock climbing, mtn. biking, mystery movies, music, Reason 3.0, art, writing, computers, traveling, downtown and the Metro, living...

I'd like to meet:

my wife (where are you?), Elliott Smith, Warren Fischer, Casey Spooner, Thom Yorke, Mike Myers, Will Ferrell, Bill Clinton, orphans in Africa, Sam Beam, honest people, survivors, worldchangers...and I'm in love with the woman of my dreams.

Music:

Elliott Smith, Neko Case, Fischerspooner, Iron & Wine, Radiohead, Ray LaMontagne, Laura Veirs, As I Lay Dying, Pinback, Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams, Rufus Wainwright, Lemonheads/ Evan Dando, Great Lake Swimmers, Calexico, Dinosaur Jr., The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara, Pedro the Lion, Dolorean, Feist, The Briefs, Bob Dylan, The Thermals, Led Zep, Eels, Jack Johnson, Tribe Called Quest, Gorillaz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Common, The Hives, Daft Punk, Wax Mannequin, Devotchka, Wilco, Simon and Garfunkel, The Roots, Alison Krauss, Metallica, Jose Gonzales, The Shout Out Louds, David Bowie, Marley, Coltrane, et al.
Jazz, Bluegrass, Old School Hip-Hop, Classical...a bunch of stuff really.

Movies:

Anchorman, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Shrek, Rear Window, Raising Arizona, Napoleon Dynamite, Elf, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Walk the Line, Austin Powers, The Village, Sixth Sense, Garden State, LOTR, Star Wars, Rush Hour series, Friday, Old School, Capote, Lethal Weapon series, the Sherlock Holmes series (with Jeremy Brett), and comedy

Television:

Conan, CSI, The Office, Reno 911!, Lost, Cops, Heroes, Scrubs...

Books:

La Biblia, Hayden Carruth, Milton, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, God's Smuggler, Climbing Magazine, politics, Red Badge of Courage, The Giving Tree, et al.

Heroes:

Anyone who makes the best of what they have, C.S. Lewis, Mahatma Gandhi, Jesucristo, Dr. ML King, Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Hans Florine, Tommy Caldwell, my mom, aid workers in Africa and Asia