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nathan!!!

I love horses but Katie Couric is the devil.

About Me

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends."- William Butler YeatsReality bores me and yet I thrive on it. 20th century history fascinates me. Everything from the public figures to different aspects of society to achievements high and and low and quite often dubious. I love video games. I have noticed that when people ask me what kind of music I have been listening to lately that they get a really grotesque look on their face when I tell them that I adore country music. I finally figured out that they think I mean that I love Toby Keith. That made me chuckle. And if everyone is telling me the truth in that Superman isn't really real, then he damn well should be. I don't drive. Realizing I'm an atheist has been a very comforting thing for me. It puts me at ease. Baseball time is a happy time for nathan. Come to a Twins game with me. You'll love it. Really. I listen to every White House press conference, and I don't know why. Most aspects of 21st century America freaks me out. But I really do like that Justin Timberlake's music. I like rambling. I like shutting up too.

My Interests

Baseball, reading, video games, old-timey music, staring, thinking, talking out of my ass, putting my foot in my mouth, life in general and you... probably.

I'd like to meet:

Just people that will respect and appreciate how strange and extremely nerdy I am.I would also love to meet Sarah Vowell. Badly!Here are my Nintendo friend codes if you really want to geek out. Wii:0348 0208 1093 2110DS:0124 9418 9366 5000

Music:

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley, The Stooges, Ryan Adams, Django Reinhardt, The Rolling Stones, Will Oldham, The Fall, Gene Autry, Hank Williams, Guided By Voices, Luna, The Smiths, Oasis, Paul McCartney, Pavement, Paul Westerberg, Ride, Roxy Music, Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Van Halen and whatever...

Movies:

I have the dumbest DVD collection ever. You'll get Iron Eagle and On the Waterfront, every episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse and Monty Python, a whole gaggle of depression-era musicals, Hilary Duff movies, The Lord of the Rings, every Fred and Ginger movie, Smokey and the Bandit, those Clint Eastwood movies with Clyde the orangutan and anything esle in between.

Television:

I do have to watch Meet the Press and 60 Minutes every Sunday. Otherwise I don't watch television too often. But my favorites that I watch on DVD are: What's Happening, Dallas (best show ever!), The Twilight Zone (second best show ever!), The Simpsons, Six Feet Under, Sienfeld, Cheers, News Radio, Smallville, Miami Vice and Roseanne.

Books:

I mainly read non-fiction. If you are unfortunate enough see me on the bus then chances are I am hunched over some volume on some extremely creepy aspect of 20th century history that no one except me and some guy in Boise gives two shits about. Currently a history of the Third Reich in power from 1933-1939.

Heroes:

Liam Gallagher Ron Wood Hank Williams Sarah Vowell Louis Armstrong
Bret Easton Ellis Tim Russert Ed Bradley Charlie Parker Rod Serling Walt Disney Tennessee Williams

My Blog

holy/halllowed/sacred days

My oh my, it's Easter again. What is Easter to you? Does it bring to mind pastels and bunnies? Ew. Or does it bring to mind Jesus floating to the heavens like something out of Ghostbusters? Sometmes I...
Posted by nathan!!! on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:53:00 PST

Top 5: Super Mario games

Well the next installment will be out for the Wii sometime this year, so I thought it would be fun to look back at these games starring that fat Italian plumber . I'm not basing these on influence or ...
Posted by nathan!!! on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:39:00 PST

Top 5: Shitty Rolling Stones songs

This is for all the Stones fans that don't think they automatically blow after 1973. I feel your pain. It's hard. This is a list of those songs that are just so atrocious you instantly erase them from...
Posted by nathan!!! on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:01:00 PST

favorite records of 2006

10 Justin Timberlake - Futursex/Lovesounds This just beat out the new Wilderness, Portastatic, Band of Horses and Black Keys records but hey, pop rules. And this record is just about as good as it ge...
Posted by nathan!!! on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:50:00 PST

My Cuddle Chimp

So I finally bought a Cuddle Chimp yesterday. I named him Clyde. This thing is magic. I recommend it for those rainy nights when you get an urge to tickle a monkey's foot. You can tickle Clyde and he ...
Posted by nathan!!! on Mon, 08 May 2006 10:33:00 PST