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Ben

...why then, do you seek me out?

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorI'm in a bit of a wandering stage right now... Born in Wisconsin, lived in a couple different places there... Lived in Texas for a little while... Spent some months living in Oklahoma... I just moved to LA in May of last year, and I'm loving it... But I do wish I could travel more overseas...

My Interests

Martial arts, camping, motorcycles, road trips, motorcycle road trips, surfing(okay, I only did it once... why do you think I'm moving to Cali?), swimming, skiing, snorkeling, movies, WoW...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interesting...

Music:

The Crystal Method, Oar, Oasis, Verve Pipe, Postal Service, Tool, Mandi Perkins, Antaphi, Sefton, Evanescence, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Michael Buble, Sinatra, Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony, Telepopmusik, Tantric, Puddle of Mud, They Might Be Giants, Tenacious D, techno-symphony, anything that stirs me, anything that makes me laugh, anything but country... yeah, that's all of 'em.

Movies:

Fight Club, Lucky Number SLevin, Lord of the Rings, Snatch, Batman Begins, Mission Impossible, Braveheart, Troy, Gladiator, Pirates of the Carribean, old kung-fu flicks, SWAT, Bad Boys, old Clint Eastwood westerns, Nevada Smith, Blade, Underworld, Willow, Kill Bill, Tombstone, Princess Bride, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, X-Men, Monty Python:Quest for the Holy Grail, Hitch, James Bond, the FIRST Crow, Breakfast Club, Top Gun, The Passion of the Christ, The Saint, Drunken Master, The Score, Spiderman, Oceans 11, Pride and Prejudice, After Sunset, stunt bike movies, anything I feel good about seeing when it's over with...

Television:

K, used to watch Angel. Used to watch Smallville. Watched two episodes of Heist. I'm not much of a TV guy anymore, I guess... Actually, come to think of it, I don't own a TV anymore...

Books:

Anything and everything by Michael Crichton. The Bible. Lord of the Rings. Musashi. Book of Five Rings. Art of War by Sun Tsu. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. Frank Peretti's books. Anne Rice novels. Everything I've read by James Patterson has been good, too...

Heroes:

It's hard to find a hero... I'd have to say my dad during open-heart surgery. That was bloody heroic.

My Blog

Roadtrip 2007

So, this last week I just got back from Wisconsin... I flew out there for a wedding (congrats Drew & Hilary!!), which was beautiful, and it was GREAT to see everyone again... (what's with everyone ge...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:26:00 PST

The rock and tree...

The world is bright, the sea is calm.I sit between a rock and a tree.As I lean on the tree, the rock keeps me steady;Though the tree wavers, I do not fall.The tree bends too far in the windAnd though ...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:59:00 PST

Ahh, the ocean...

So, I went to the beach this last Saturday... Malaga Cove, actually. Well, near there. So, it was a little chilly, but my sister and I had driven about an hour and a half to snorkel...So, we walk d...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 29 May 2007 06:42:00 PST

Club Minx for Angeline's Birthday... And a stolen slideshow...

Okay, so I didn't have a camera the other night, but Alex did. So... I stole her slideshow and put it here... You rock Alex!! :D And if I find more pics/slideshows ...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:40:00 PST

Beat up and happy...

So... Yeah. I just got back from the best vacation I've had in a loooong time. So, I haven't been skiing in 6 years. But, I got invited to go. Now, before those 6 years, I ski'ed quite a bit(since...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:35:00 PST

it's been a while...

So... I haven't written a blog in a while, and I thought it'd be a good idea. Maybe not. Anyway, lots goin' on, lately... I'm training for my new position at work, I finally got my bike good to go... ...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:06:00 PST

Travis Stelzer

About a year and a half ago, I was living in Green Bay, Wisconsin. I had just broken up with my girlfriend, and all of the people I was friends with had been friends with my ex-girlfriend since child...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:43:00 PST

An infrequent request...

So, I'm gonna' be applying for the Glendale Police Department in a couple weeks...  My neighbor is helping me out when she gets back from New York in two weeks.(she works for GPD already)  I...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:27:00 PST

saw Mandi Perkins last night...

Alright, so I have two things... Last night, I went and saw Mandi Perkins perform at The Gig. It rocked! If you guys get a chance to see her live, she's amazing(her recorded stuff is good, too). She's...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:18:00 PST

I gotta' stop writing these...

You ever stay up too late, put in a good song, and find yourself in a strange place?  This has been happening a lot to me lately.  I feel rather connected to strange things, but not in the w...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:08:00 PST