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The Big Rubbowski

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About Me

I'm a disillusioned civil engineer who relocated to Hawaii to find out what I really want to do with the rest of my life. I've since discovered that I should stick to what I love, and that's beer and coffee. So I'm a barista at Ono Kona Coffee in Hilo and homebrew as much as I can (with limited bottle capacity). Hawaii is a nice exotic location for a couple years, but Portland, OR (aka Beer Nirvana, and a great coffee town) is in my 5 year plan.I enjoy good books, good film, good music, good beer (preferably microbrews, but there is a significant lack of them here on the big island), and football. (see below left)

My Interests

Music:

AC/DC, Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Bad Religion, Bach, Beatles, Beck, Bjork, David Bowie, Built To Spill, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, The Decemberists, Eels, Floggin Molly, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Ben Harper, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, Norah Jones, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Medeski Martin & Wood, Metallica (old), NIN, Nirvana, Modest Mouse, Muse, Pavement, Perfect Circle, Tom Petty, Pixies, Police, Portishead, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, REM, The Roots, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Soul Coughing, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Strokes, Sublime, Talking Heads, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, Tool, A Tribe Called Quest, U2, The Who, Weezercan you tell i went through my albums for this one?

Movies:

Usual Suspects, Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings, Memento, Star Wars (III-VI), Toy Story 2, American Beauty, Old School, Chasing Amy, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver, anything with Johny Depp, Ed Norton, or directed by Kubrick, Gilliam or Finch

Television:

nothing reality, Simpsons, Family Guy, Adult Swim, Battlestar Galactica (new one), Weeds, Dexter, Jericho, HBO originals...sports...

Books:

Ender's Game first and foremost, Sci/Fi, Fantasy, then authors Robert Heinlein, Stephen King, Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Peter Hamilton, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Weis, harry Turtledove, David Foster Wallace, Jorge Luis Borges, Howard Zinn, Tolkien, Jon Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Tom Robbins, among others

Heroes:

Howard Zinn (he's responsible for making me into a socialist), Robert Heinlein and Jon Stewart

My Blog

The plan for now

Aloha all,I've been procrastinating for the last couple of weeks, and I know the last email kinda left ya hanging, so here's the gist so far. I've found employment.   I'm a delivery driver for th...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:33:00 PST

Aloha Version 9.25

Aloha everyone,I'd been meaning to write one of these sooner, even uploaded pictures here , (revision note:  I'm in the midst of writing this entire spiel and I keep referring to the pictures, so...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:58:00 PST

A long overdue update on yours truly, circa 7/15

Aloha all,I know its been a while.  I spoiled you all with constant updates in the fall, and now you all are suffering from Rubbo life update withdrawal.....or perhaps not.  Anyways, let's g...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:02:00 PST

context and a job offer

Just so ya'll know how much it rains here, here's the daily rainfall for the last two weeks   2/16 - 0.36 2/17 - 0.59 2/18 - 0.37 2/19 - 0.31 2/20 - 0.16 2/21 - 0.21 2/22 - 1.30 2/23 - 1.84 2/24...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:43:00 PST

I still can't believe I live in Hawaii

So I've been here a little over a week, and this place is unlike anywhere I've ever been.  I've been to the beach four times since I've been here (which is more times than I've been in the last f...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:30:00 PST

Seventh Leg: Tacoma and Seattle

And now for my final adventures on the mainland.  And if you notice a shortness in some of the days, that's because I was becoming a little worn out from traveling so much, and had little desire ...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:59:00 PST

Sixth Leg: Portland

I was told I would really, really like Portland.  Well, read on.Sun: Nov. 5:  I woke up rather refreshed on the train this morning.  I realized what had been different on this journey.&...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:35:00 PST

Fifth Leg: Oakland

Well, I have a good excuse for not writing while I was in Portland asyou will shortly find out, but it's been a week now, and I've had manyopportunities, so I'm buckling down and getting you up to spe...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:10:00 PST

Fourth Leg: Long Beach, Modesto and back again

Still can't upload any pictures, but I'm staying in a hostel next weekin Portland, and they have wireless, so I should be able to get thoseto you then.Until then, enjoy.Wed. Oct. 18: Finally make it...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:13:00 PST

Third leg: New Orleans and the long (48 hours) ride to california

First off, I want to apologize for taking so long to get thisinstallment out. I've just been being lazy. As such, I'm getting onesection out today, and I'll get the other one out tomorrow orThursday...
Posted by The Big Rubbowski on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:51:00 PST