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Kendo

About Me

Uselessly attempting to pay off massive sleep debt. Foreign supermarkets. Where the next meal's coming from. Flat tire paranoia. Nicknames. Vintage. The MOMA, The Getty, MOCA, LACMA, The Met, The Contemporary(STL), The Guggenheim. Reinvention. Culver City Art District. Strange currencies. Songs about California. New breakfast cereals. Old subway tiles. Santa Monica Power Yoga (for Models). Batting cages. Flea markets (Melrose!). Dim Mak Tuesdays@ Cinespace. Zombies. Coachella. Oysters. Looking at other people look at art. Mondays @ Beauty Bar(RIP). What song to play next. Pizza by the slice. Momofuku. Sun worship. 90 minute deep tissue. The snooze button. Beach glass. The DAILY SEIGE. Handstands. Egg worship. Varvatos. Touchless carwashes. Ethnic foods. The Mandrake. Smorkins. The drink list at The Hungry Cat in Hollywood. Songs about New York. Romantic telekinesis. Farmer's Markets. Ink. El Carmen. Subway tokens. SportieLA. FO2. Polaroids. Dream kareoke...I like to make soup. I always surrender to the beat. I am the eldest of three brothers, and the cold, hard truth is that the two people I love most dearly on this planet are the same two I barely get to see once a year. I get easily frustrated with people who flake. I consider rum, tequila, lager, and ale noble and loyal companions. I wish someone would find the cure to workaholism already. I love social events, but hate people. I am relieved beyond words to be living near the ocean again. I have an affinity for opinionated women with freckles, accents, and strange diction. I covet Kozy Shack rice pudding. I believe in breakfast, but seldom practice. I miss thunderstorms. I generally crave ramen. I often fetishize the burgers at Shake Shack, Carl's Drive-In, and Father's Office. I relish the small talk of cabbies, cashiers, and deliverymen. I was born on the Day of Arousal (along with Johnny Cash & Levi Strauss). I prefer bands over singer-songwriters. I trust in the power of art, and the craft necessary to make it possible. I continue to chase the muse. I respect hard-won experience more than anything. I don't drink nearly enough water. I treasure the fleeting beauty that is the twilight of youth. I yearn for spice, salt, and crunch. I am dying to get a puppy. I have been published in ESQUIRE, appeared in GQ, and interned at Harper's BAZAAR. I have the meanest chair pose you will ever frickin' see in your life.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Muhammad Ali; Prince; Mata Hari; Banksy; Paz Vega; Jonathan Ives; Deborah Harry; MFK Fisher; Lucien Freud; Dave Pirner-era Winona Ryder; Stephen Patrick Morrissey; Stan Lee; Chan Marshall; Sasha Grey; Chad Hugo; Sam Cooke; Stevie Nicks; Lenny Dykstra; Lucy Lui; Lawrence Taylor; Audrey Kawasaki; Bowie; Winnie Cooper; Tila Tequila, John Starks ...Anyone who bothers to read this self-absorbed, navel-gazing tripe. Any hot piece of ass who can make me laugh. People who like to dance. New LA transplants: I am your Ellis Island. Someone who can tell me where to go for a bowl of soup and a decent sandwich in this strange new town, not to mention an artfully poured drink after 1:30 AM (WTF?).

My Blog

REAL WORLD HOLLYWOOD: Sarahs Helios House piece for Think.MTV.COM in its entirety

So, for a few seconds, I was on this week's episode of The Real World: Hollywood, which was called, "Them Girls Only Fo' Self" or something like that. Super-dramatic episode.If you wanna peep the ful...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:59:00 GMT

A not-so-guilty pleasure OR how I learned to love Chris Brown

Um.Okay. I've been kicking this around my head all last week. I've realized something very profound and I want to share it with you. Maybe you know this already and I'm behind the times.Chris Brown...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 01:55:00 GMT

Everybodys got a hungry heart ...

I just read this article a few minutes ago and I'm completely washed over with a combination of sadness, nostalgia, and homesickness. My parents used to stop at this place all the time when I was a l...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 00:55:00 GMT

Cheese grits and coffee

So, an old friend of mine suddenly resurfaced last week out of nowhere after disappearing for five years.Tonight, after coming home from an unforgettable Bruce Springsteen show in Anaheim, I found thi...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:48:00 GMT

BACK TO MINE, LOS ANGELES

*Editor’s note: I wrote this a couple of months ago and got some positive response from the people I made the mix for (a few friends here and a mix CD contest held earlier in the year). The tit...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:25:00 GMT

This How Its Starts ... Two Thousand Eight

So I decide to go out and DO SOMETHING for a change for New Year's Eve. Since I'm always working that night, its kinda like the Super Bowl of the holiday season ... I hate it hate it hate it, yeah, b...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Where The Year Ends: Live Music in 2007

This was the Year of the Show, hands down. If I wasn't at work and if I wasn't completely broke, then I was probably getting my hand stamped, my ID double-checked, and losing a third of my beer on th...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:34:00 GMT

Mark, Valerie, & Me

I've got the brand new video to Mark Ronson's version of Valerie up on my profile because when I first moved here to the Left Coast, into what was essentially a college dorm nightmare in Westwood Vill...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:31:00 GMT

Me and Mrs. Holmes...

So. This is funny. Its my day off, and I'm having a sordid mini-celebratory dinner of leftover lasagne and pizza (from Sunday) along with some broccoli rabe with chili and garlic. Okay,I also had a be...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:46:00 GMT