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DNH

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About Me

I live in Taipei City after spending my first seven plus months living in Danshui. I work for a cool multimedia company and I am enjoying the big Asian city life so far.

One of these days when I see through the smoke, there'll be the day I get the joke.

My Interests

Spiral Dynamics, travelling, hiking, mountain biking, footie, theatre, movies, music, yoga, seeing live bands, hanging with friends over a pint of beer, hockey, dogs, camping, trains, coffee, canadiana, pepparkakor, philosophy, chai, text messaging, london (uk), sweden, naps, world history, current events, using the Internet for good and learning new languages! Well...mainly Chinese right now. wo shuo yi dian zhong wen, shuo de hen hao!

I'd like to meet:

A non-dairy creamer explicitly laid out like a fruitcake.

Music:

Guided by Voices, Pinback, Number One Cup, Stars, The Weakerthans, Northern State, Metric, Pixies, The Shins, Death From Above 1979, The Fiery Furnaces, Modest Mouse, Beck, Cake, The White Stripes, The Muffs, Johnny Cash, Sebadoh, Tenacious D, Change of Heart, Sloan, The Breeders, that dog., Nirvana, Blur, Depeche Mode, The Police, New Order, The Beatles, Sex Pistols, vintage house, 80s synth, old punk, classic metal (Maiden!), old skool hip hop (Rakim'ma say)

Complete history of my favourite bands:(in reverse chronological order)
Right now - The Pixies - Hmmm...no Modest Mouse...no Pinback.
Guided by Voices
(..1 position was vacant for a couple years due to disillusionment with the music industry)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Sloan
Odds
The Beatles
The Grapes of Wrath
The Northern Pikes
Depeche Mode
U2
(Yeah - a bit of a crazy shift here...it was the early 80s!)
Kiss
Iron Maiden
Twisted Sister
Duran Duran
Men At Work

Movies:

Dial M for Murder, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie), Miller's Crossing, Almost Famous, Rear Window, Blood Simple, Bullit

Television:

Weeds! Six Feet Under, 24, Behind the Music, The Daily Show, The Sopranos, Law & Order (all flavours), Top Gear, CBC News Documentaries, Lost, Pimp My Ride, Survivor (yeah...so?)

Books:

Vimy, James and the Giant Peach, Crime and Punishment

Heroes:

The little wirey Taiwanese guy that helped me move...

My Blog

My first film - Subcultures

About 10 or 11 years ago I came up with what I thought was a brilliant idea for a movie. Back when I was working full-time at Esso (a Canadian gas station) I thought about making the film Subcultures....
Posted by DNH on Wed, 02 May 2007 09:47:00 PST

Strangeland

I returned to work today after my relaxing and awesome Chinese New Year vacation...to what you ask? I forget sometimes how strange this country I live in is sometimes to me. Trust me...that is not a n...
Posted by DNH on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:05:00 PST

BKK

I just returned from yet another amazing vacation...this one may have been my best yet. Mainly because of the company (Josh and Dylan), but also because of the people and the experiences and especial...
Posted by DNH on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:19:00 PST

My first record

So blogging. Maybe I should blog about world issues or my experiences in Asia...but I've decided I want to write more about things I have a passion about. Music and movies... YouTube is probably one o...
Posted by DNH on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:26:00 PST

101, 3 cans of beer and a million Taiwanese.

For many years now I have tried to keep New Year's Eve simple. Meaning that I don't try to over plan it...not make it a big event...it is just another evening. Some of my best New Year celebrations ha...
Posted by DNH on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:32:00 PST

Cool Music and King Max!

Those who know me well know that music is pretty much "it" for me. Love it more than I could ever verbalize. I saw this today and let me say it does not get much cooler than this on so many levels. If...
Posted by DNH on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:19:00 PST

Real Democracy in Action?

I have been told by many that I am a decent writer and that being a blogger or travel writer is what I should do. If only I wasn't so damn lazy. The story of my life...but that's another blog. As some...
Posted by DNH on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:56:00 PST

You're Hired!

Hi... Yeah...craziness for me...especially to get my mind around it. Here is why. 10 years ago I was a university grad pumping gas at Esso (a Canadian gas station) and living with my parents. Let...
Posted by DNH on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:32:00 PST

Happy Holidays in Taiwan

Happy Holidays.   I know I know...you have not heard from me in a LONG time...what can I say. My time in Taiwan has been a whirlwind and I really believe my head stopped spinning this past weeken...
Posted by DNH on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:58:00 PST

Getting outside the gate

 I arrived in Taipei, Taiwan early Friday morning at 5:30 am. I was greeted by 22C weather and Peter, my friendly cab driver who whisked me away in his Volvo to Shulien San Juan (or Lotus Hill).&...
Posted by DNH on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:41:00 PST