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Chris Fraga

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships and Friends

About Me

I finished up the last of classes for a BA in History and decided to take off for the summer and do some well-earned (or not so well-earned, who am I to judge?) travelling. First on the agenda was a last minute plane ticket to Dublin that ended with me having visited Brussels, Brugges, Amsterdam, Cologne, Hanover, Berlin, Kiel, Aarhus, Copenhagen, London, and thanks to my good friend Tropical Storm Ernesto, Atlanta (for an action packed day spent at a Best Western next to the airport).
A little over a week after I got back, I went to Boston for five days and stayed with both Claire (and the ten other people who came up) and my Aunt, Uncle and little cousins on Cape Cod. Now to enjoy the sedintary life. My weapon of choice, with which I am deadly at fifty yards.
I work for this company:

and this one:
Oragami Cherry Blossoms to the real thing:

I also make t-shirts:

My Interests

My favorite entertainment show is This American Life, from Public Radio International. It used to be on on NPR on Sundays at 4:00, but since it's been moved to 10:00 A.M., I haven't kept up. The loss is my own. Other than that, mine is a life measured not by the large accomplishments, but rather by the small. I love getting struck by inspiration and undertaking a project, usually without much forsight, only to leave it half finished when my gaze turns elsewhere. I sewed a kilt because I woke up one morning at 5 A.M. and knew my life couldn't go on without one. Situational ethics/Situationism. Free Webcam, Free glasses and a healthy dose of vanity:

I'd like to meet:

Emmanuelle Chriqui and..

Music:



Edith Piaf

Movies:

This is probably predictable and just a little cliche: Donnie Darko, Ghost World, Almost Famous, Saving Private Ryan, SLC Punk, Ghost and the Darkness, Napoleon Dynamite, The Band's The Last Waltz, Concert for George, Apocalypse Now (and Heart of Darkness), Star Wars (but only Return of the Jedi), Indian Jones (but not Temple of Doom; not enough Nazi's in it and especially the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Arc), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, my DVD burner so all these are free, Bondock Saint's (I forget how to spell it), fuck, every time I look at this list I remember obvious shit I didn't put, but when faced with an update, I come up empty, Arrested Development on DVD (not on television, not in that section), some other crap.

Television:

Top Chef, Mr. Show, Realworld, Roadrules, any combination of the previous two, the History Channel, Adult Swim, though this is still the greatest show ever
Two cool cats going out of their way to make two fat, ugly kids feel good about themselves and their cry-baby music (which I happen to like).

Books:

Any Dune book, as long as it's written by the original author, Frank Herbert, Stranger in a Strange Land and the Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (and a stack of others aswell), the six books by James Clavell, though premierly Nobel House and Shogun, the 2001 series by Arthur C. Clarke, All Quiet on the Wester Front (my all time favorite book). A Passage to India. I read a lot, so that's probably why I am drawing a blank here.

Heroes:

All of last year's heroes.

My Blog

The Simpsons Movie

Without giving anything away I have the following things to say about the Simpson's movie: It's short, only about an hour and fifteen minutes long It's worth staying until the bitter end of the credit...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST

Playing with Ink

My senior year of highschool, one of the last times I was really into art and creating things on a regular basis, I was into the idea of drawing quick ink sketches in under five minutes on really shit...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:15:00 PST

London and the disintegration of things

Aside from a night in Dublin and a night in Atlanta courtesy of my good friend Tropical Storm Ernesto, the two days I spent in London were the real end of my trip.  London remains without a doubt...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:28:00 PST

Kiel, Aarhus and Copenhagen

Lets try this again, since last time 'round AOL froze.  I warn you, this may be more abridged though.  These pictures cover the two days I was in Kiel, a Northern German town on the Black Se...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:51:00 PST

Berlin

Sorry about the delay, I haven't had my pictures on a computer with a highspeed internet connection, so was putting off uploading them.  Not that I have a highspeed internet connection right...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:12:00 PST

Cologne and Hanover, Germany Pictures

I´m having the hardest time posting this blog, this is my fourth and last try.  If it doesn´t work now, I´m not writing this again.  That being said, sorry about the assorted size of th...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:50:00 PST

Amsterdam: Redux

I ran out of time last post before I could go through my time in the Netherlands.  Anyway, I´m going to correct that now:  I was in Amsterdam for Gay weekend, which culminated in a ragatta.&...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:00:00 PST

Round Two: Netherlands Pictures

This constitutes days seven through fourteen of my trip. My feminine side really came through on this one. The Dutch are very religious people. It´s easy to be a photographer in places other than F...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:54:00 PST

Belgium pictures

I finally broke down and bought a usb card reader I could use at internet cafe´s to get some pictures up.  Anyway, here´s a brief overview of Belgium.  More pictures will probably follow. T...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:31:00 PST

A Fond Remembrance From Abroad

     I left Berlin yesterday some what unready, for the smaller,  northern town of Kiel, near the Skandinavian border.  I see now that I spent too long in places like Amsterda...
Posted by Chris Fraga on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:59:00 PST