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About Me

Having already lived in the Midwest, the Northeast and now residing in the South, most people say I have an accent that is hard to pinpoint. In an effort to spend my time more productively, I brush my teeth in the shower. I shave once a week, I average a book per week. I like history books dealing with naval exploration, the spice trade and new world discoveries. I go to the cinemas way too often, and I love cooking and drinking wine. I will sing along to almost any song, sounding great to myself but lousy to others. I drive a flashy Honda Civic but I am not a car person. I beleive that if you treat people right it will be reciprocated in the long run. I love my job working as a groundwater hazardous waste environmental regulator for South Carolina - that's how I deal with the low pay and behind-the-back disrespect associated with it. One day I want to begin a bird-watching club, establish a magazine of some kind, perhaps join the Peace Corps, and try out for the Atlanta Braves. I adamantly beleive that our troops should withdraw from Iraq, and I support pro-choice and gay right-to marry laws.(AIM S/N; BooRade)

My Interests

Baseball, History(Senior Paper on the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake), Dogs, Geology, Cooking

I'd like to meet:

None other than the angelic Rachel Weisz

Music:

Beatles, Ryan Adams, Nickel Creek, Fountains of Wayne, Wilco, Def Leppard

Movies:

First and foremost, anything with: Rachel Weisz, Any Coen Bros. Film, Lawrence of Arabia, Stalag 17, Most Everything with Leo, Army of Darkness, Usual Suspects, Fifth Element, Cars, The Greatest Game Ever Played

Television:

Atlanta Braves Baseball Games, LOST, Seinfeld, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. ANYTHING IN HD

Books:

Nathaniel Philbrick, Giles Milton, Ayn Rand, Richard Wright, Alfred Lansing, Upton Sinclair, Ernest Hemingway, Jules Verne, George Orwell, Richard Zacks, J.K. Rowling, Lawrence Bergreen, Charles Frazier

Heroes:

Anyone who is driven

My Blog

Deep Sea Fishing

I'm not gonna go too much into all the details about my buddy Adam's bachelor party weekend because I don't want to break any man-laws. I will however, comment on one portion of the bachelor par...
Posted by Brayan on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST

Harry Potter

DISCLAIMER - If you have not read the ending to Harry Potter stop reading NOW. I will be discussing key plot points, notably the ending to The Deathly Hallows)When I picked up the first Harry Po...
Posted by Brayan on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:54:00 PST

Home Run Derby - weak

The Home Run Derby last night was very very weak in comparison to years past. First off, the All Star Festivities are in San Francisco - the home of McCovey Cove. For those of you that don...
Posted by Brayan on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:19:00 PST

Amazing how things work out

This past week has been a complete whirlwind for me. It all started the Saturday of David and Christine Oberly's wedding. The day before, I was really down on some things - a few curveball...
Posted by Brayan on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:59:00 PST

Is Wilco selling out?

In the span covering the last 3 hours, I have seen two different Wilco songs on different comercials. I think this is too much. Now don't get me wrong, I'm on of the few original Wilco fan...
Posted by Brayan on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:16:00 PST

Swimming Pool

Finally after a year in my neighborhood the pool is ready. The builders promised it last summer and just a week ago we got it. There is nothing better than getting off work in 90 degree we...
Posted by Brayan on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:48:00 PST

Movie Review - Knocked Up

The movie Knocked-Up directed by Judd Apatov was the follow up to 40 Year Old Virgin. Borrowing an observation from a reviewer, it was similiar to 40 year-old, in that it tackled a situation tha...
Posted by Brayan on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:31:00 PST

The 9 Charleston Firemen

I was saddened to wake this morning and learn that 9 men who valiantly served the city of Charleston lost their lives as the result to a massive fire and building collapse on the Savannah Highway.&nbs...
Posted by Brayan on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:33:00 PST

L O S T = Crack

Back in early April when my buddy Sivan visited me for the Atlanta Braves v NY Mets game at Turner field (see my pics) he left with the the complete first season of the TV show LOST. I've never ...
Posted by Brayan on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:41:00 PST

Braves AA Manager tantrum

this is classic. I love the grenade bit ...
Posted by Brayan on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:03:00 PST