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About Me

MyGen Profile Generator I'm an academic hippie, environmental advocate, freak biker, B:C:Clette, and overall bundle of nixisms. A true gemini.

My Interests

Curry, dancing, travelling, gonja, bikers, biking, feminism, fun, chocolate, LIVE music, indie music, working less, resistance, alternative energies (technical and holistical), natural sciences, space aliens, DIY, hats, red wine, the beach

I'd like to meet:

People that have fun but still get er done.

Music:

International: David Bowie, Beck, The Black Crows, Willie Nelson, Frank Zappa, Rolling Stones, Manu Chao, Jarabe dePalo, The Doors, Ween, Led Zeppelin, Show me the Pink...Canadian: Apostle of Hustle, Broken Social Scene, Hot Hot Heat, Tiiu Millistver, Martin Tielli, Hayden, The Band, Arcade Fire, Neko Case, Cuff the Duke, Socialight, Wolf Parade, CBC RADIO 3, the one and only **Neil Young**, Golden Dogs, The Deadly Snakes, Meligrove Band, The Bicycles...

Television:

Arrested Development, Simpsons, South Park, otherwise... feck it

Heroes:

You.

My Blog

no blog here

to the blog readers,i've finally acknowledged that i don't write blogs. nix
Posted by Nix on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:42:00 PST

Ye ol' accordian - Q&A

Time for some Q&A with myself! Q: Holy shit nix, you know how to play accordian? A: yes Q: What's up with that? A: Parents put me in it when I was 6 or something, played until i was 12. I complete...
Posted by Nix on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:40:00 PST

Defense date

Yo yo!It's ON for Nov 24th 3pm - CHBE room 2.04. If you want to grill me to see if i can really call myself a "MASTER" then come! I'd prefer to have friends in the audience to overpower the prof...
Posted by Nix on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:49:00 PST

We will run out of natural gas in less than 60 years! READ THIS!

So I went to this talk today put on by a guy from Terasen Gas. They are the publicly owned natural gas company here in BC - they deliver 90% of the gas used in this province. It was part o...
Posted by Nix on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:58:00 PST

Martian Genesis

for those of you that DON'T know, I believe in aliens. Don't hold your breath for a visit from them any time soon - they have better things to do. Actually, they may be dead by now - but t...
Posted by Nix on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:10:00 PST

Narcotics-related eco-issues

Interesting stuff: Since 2000, as part of an anti-drug initiative called Plan Columbia, backed up with 4.7 billion dollars from the US gov't, vast quantities of glyphosate have been sprayed in co...
Posted by Nix on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:19:00 PST

VELO VAN BIKE LOVE WEEKEND

COME TO THE BEST (CANADIAN) BIKE PARTY EVER! There's so much fun stuff to do thurs through sunday - stay for it all!! check out www.velovan.blogspot.com for details. big party sat ni...
Posted by Nix on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:05:00 PST

tofino water shortage

After one week of the mayor's warnings to reduce water consumption, the city of Tofino reduced consumption by 2/3; enough to "save" the city from the disaster of completely running out of water. ...
Posted by Nix on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:27:00 PST

IEA conference

I had the honour to participate in a conference that just occurred here in vancity - an International Energy Agency meeting. Here's the low-down:It's an international org sponsored mostly by gov...
Posted by Nix on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 03:47:00 PST

lots to say... really i do!

folks, lately i've been wanted to jump on this blog thing as i really do have a lot to say. in the mean time all the writing i'm doing is about lignocellulosic conversion (uh, thesis).... so whe...
Posted by Nix on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:12:00 PST