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Bishop

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About Me

Alive and kickin'

My Interests

fight insomnia, coffee as often as possible, wine anytime, the lost art of reading, movies that don't suck, hand sanitizer addict, elephants, basketball, rare steak leavin a pool of blood on my plate, bourbon buring my throat, traveling from here to there, gyms where people actually workout instead of talk on cell phone the whole time while sitting on a machine I want to use, lounges that don't play 80's, bars, beers and shots at the bar, brunch on Sundays to kill the hangover with pancakes bacon eggs bloodymarys and could you top off my coffee, yes again.
You are a Black Coffee
At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable

At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty

You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it

Your caffeine addiction level: high What Kind of Coffee Are You?

I'd like to meet:

people

Music:

Spoon, Sigur Ros, Bebel Gilberto, Bobby Radcliff, Seymour Glass, Coolzey, P.O.S, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Strokes, Raidiohead, Neil Young, The Stone Roses, Jeff Beck, Zepplin, Doors, Cream, Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, all the Marley's, Mozart, Coltraine, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, The Funky Meters, Papa Grows Funk, Shinedown, Knot (representin' Iowa baby!!), Chimaira, SoulFly, Rage, 35" Mudder, Cypress Hill, Machine Head, Sworn Enemy, Clutch, Bleeding Through, Unoath...and on and on

Movies:

Alone with Her, Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, Half Nelson, Head-On, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Super Troopers, Run Lola Run, Napoleon Dynamite, Boondock Saints, Pulp Fiction, Where the Buffalo Roam, Clerks, Office Space, Easy Rider, Old Boy (Park Chan-wook is the man), Kung Fu Hustle, King Pin, Raging Bull, Fear and Loathing, 25th Hour, Hostel, The Passanger, Frenzy (and most other Hitchcock flicks)

Television:

it bores me mostly...i got the DVR, makes cable almost worth it.

Books:

A Fan's Notes, The Town and the City, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, Brave New World, Alas Babylon, Letters to a Young Poet, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Hells Angels, Crime and Punishment, The Jungle, The Stranger, The Screwtape Letters, Slaughterhouse Five, the Trial.

My Blog

First Impressions of Copa

             Walking down the street in the drizzling rain felt hardly poetic. Crammed on a small sidewalk, umbrellaless was disheartening at bes...
Posted by Bishop on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:28:00 PST

Ballin' in Alphabet City

The afternoon was rushed. Already past 6 before I get to the park. Rounding past Life Café, the courts come into view. No one is there? Sad thing is I took it for granted people would be ballin full...
Posted by Bishop on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:33:00 PST

Pinnacle of Success

             I lean against the poured cement fence that surrounds Copacabana Palace. Staring out to the distant beach, I see the familiar scene. ...
Posted by Bishop on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:40:00 PST

I tripped, I stumbled and I landed in Rio

Two days in, major hurdles present themselves, but I tend to ignore the stressors. Getting here with chaotic plan amendments only provided me with the advantage of an extra day in paradise.  &nb...
Posted by Bishop on Fri, 12 May 2006 01:30:00 PST

Enjoy Your Sandwich

Nothing fixes the situation. Hounds lurk in the night, thankfully scattering the problem, but they know no fear. Night falls coupled with shadows sheltering the greasy fiends. I am out for my recentl...
Posted by Bishop on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:27:00 PST

Uncontrived

Hot days in the future seem immanent. How to pursue. How to know. Worlds from reality seem possible.   Life needs to mold.   Working in this system of life seems to have generated yet an...
Posted by Bishop on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 03:16:00 PST

Tone Deaf

I once had the criticism the genera of the heavy scene and the growling vocals were just a cover for uncreative artists with no ability to actually write thought provoking, coordinated lyrics.  ...
Posted by Bishop on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:03:00 PST

The Redeye

I finished up my class last week, just to start another yesterday. And oh, lucky me, I have class all day on Saturday for the next 4 of 5 weekends. SWEET!! But I did get the break in the desert. Real...
Posted by Bishop on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:40:00 PST

Metal  Not Just a Conductive Element

  Staring up at the clock in dire anticipation, I bite my fingernail. My concentration after the break has been anything but sharp. I stare through the professor in an unfocused daze, hearing not...
Posted by Bishop on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:41:00 PST

My old apartment - written back in the day

Walking along 12th Street and passing Avenue A, a cluster of white Christmas lights hangs on an awning, The Old Devil Moon. The menu consists of unique array of foods leaden with spice and served unde...
Posted by Bishop on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:20:00 PST