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ira

i'm close to moving into my own place after nearly a year of hostelling and couchsurfing

About Me


i have a travelogue with photos, blogs, maps, stories, and videos from all of my travels. check it out if you feel so inclined.
www.irakoplowitz.com

My Interests

I'd like to meet:



these are my fantasy football competitors in draft order. i drafted right after munns. we're pretty much the biggest dorks ever.

Music:


kick ass music from oklahoma: the mean spirits , evangelicals , student film , gravity propulsion system , dorian small , the beau charron band (kick ass bass lines bitches), colour music

Television:



check out my youtube page for more videos from my travels

My Blog

the back of a truck

I made it safely into Guatemala City and I slept most of both of the plane rides.  From Oklahoma City to Atlanta I lucked out and scored a seat to myself.  From Atlanta to Guatemala City I s...
Posted by ira on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:35:00 PST

skunk spray anyone? a story of survival

washington street is pretty dead.The leaves on the ground prove to us city-dwellers that fall is here. in the city we don't get the beauty of the change in season, only leaves that get in the way of o...
Posted by ira on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:58:00 PST

digital freedom

our first amendment rights are being trampled on as we speak. large telecommunications companies are lobbying congress hard to pass regulations that would kill the internet as we know it. in india t...
Posted by ira on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:45:00 PST

seven oddities

OdditiesHere goes the rules. Once you've been hit up, you have to write a blog with 6 weird things or habits about yourself. Afterwards, hit up seven people and list their names. Those people should ...
Posted by ira on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:59:00 PST

Gnarls Barkley and Flaming Lips album reviews

Gnarls Barkley - St. ElsewhereI'm getting extremely sick of reading pseudo-indie bloggers and music writers waxing poetic about Gnarls. The talking musicheads wants to hate and praise them at the sam...
Posted by ira on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:07:00 PST

A sad day...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/17/technology/17carr.html so now the owner of fox news owns myspace.  aren't you all so happy!  below is the article, what a shame. WHAT has more page-views...
Posted by ira on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:08:00 PST