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justin

there's no easy way to say this

About Me

don't you have parents and stuff?!

My Interests

Backpacking, hiking, self-contained bicycle touring

taped seams

Bargains

I'd like to meet:

thermo-regulated folks with taped seams.

Music:

currently: paul baribeau, JAPANTHER, wolf parade, microphones/mt. eerie, iron and wine, devendra banhart, joanna newsom, sufjan stevens, the blow, mirah, the shins, the shins, the shins, the minus story, blonde redhead, The silver mount zion, josh rouse, stereo total, bonnie 'prince' billy, the blow, david dondaro, broken social scene, ugly casanova

Movies:

the shop on main street, the anniversary party, lost in translation, the weather underground, the piano teacher, ratcatcher, the legend of paul and paula, closer, sideways, happiness, storytelling, bottle rocket and the rest of wes anderson's movies.

Television:

law and order: special victims unit, arrested development, lost, SIX FEET UNDER

RADIO: This American Life, A Prarie Home Companion

Books:

vonegut, david sedaris, franz kafka, tom robbins, ishmael, orwell, too loud a solitude, the joke, the unbearable lightness of being.

though i shouldn't pretend like i ever read

Heroes:

barbara lloyd

My Blog

so funny how this keeps happening

Bike Band Sticker Causes Bomb Scare Thu Mar 2, 10:18 PM ET ATHENS, Ohio - A sticker on a bicycle that said "this bike is a pipe bomb" cau...
Posted by justin on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:21:00 PST

my brother makes me proud

 go listen to my brother's new mp3he is soo soo good. and i'm not just saying that.
Posted by justin on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:32:00 PST

make your own waterproof shit

waterproof cycling stuff is way expensive. so....i'm making my own gaiters! http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/default.asp http://www.rockywoods.com/breathables_main.htm...
Posted by justin on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:44:00 PST

old man back

damn my old man back. i've been in pain since thanksgiving morning. maybe it was the ping pong, maybe it was the cutting of fabric, maybe it was the eating of fish. i spent black friday immobiliz...
Posted by justin on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:51:00 PST

i was compared to the king

I found this description of me from when i was a sophomore in high school. the year was 1999, and this was on an 'elvis spotting' list where people made postings about people they saw who looked like ...
Posted by justin on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:11:00 PST

join my campaign for a stink free campus

i'm thinking of beginning a campaign that will petition the osu administration to remove from campus those trees that create nasty smells. there is one tree in particular which i am thinkin...
Posted by justin on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:56:00 PST

looks like SOMEbody's getting POPULaR

my number of myspace friends has just entered the three-digit realm, which is totally blog-worthy.
Posted by justin on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:01:00 PST

21-year-old ohio state senior justin ling said, "..."

pretty much more famous now in a recent addition to my continuously growing fame, i was quoted in a feature article in the columbus dispatch as an authority on rock music. oh yeah. it was monday, o...
Posted by justin on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:24:00 PST

so... i'm pretty much famous now

Who Knew?! http://kpunk.com/html/shows/ scroll down to kickball's shows and there i am, playing the columbus date on aug. 20th. guess that means i'm pretty much on k records or something. pretty much ...
Posted by justin on Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:19:00 PST

myspace milemarker

i was thinking about having a real life party for achieving 1000 profile views on myspace, but i ended up having to work too much. how about some kudos intead?! i don't get very many kudos, and i thin...
Posted by justin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST