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About Me

Everything that I think about myself is derived from what other people say of me, whether through their words or through their eyes. I formulate my own opinions about the rest of the world based on what I see and what is shown me.

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My Interests

I'm into music, writing, movies, people, places, things, and ideas (aka nouns). If you have any particular questions of me, simply ask.

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I'd like to meet:

You.

And these guys:
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Music:

The artists listed here are either those whose CD(s) I own or those whom I've seen live (or both).

MY DOZEN FAVORITES
(in no order)
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**THE DECEMBERISTS**
*THE ARCADE FIRE*
*SUFJAN STEVENS*
*BEN FOLDS*
*RADIOHEAD*
*CRYSTAL SKULLS*
*MUSE*
*METRIC*
*ARCTIC MONKEYS*
*THE FLAMING LIPS*
*MODEST MOUSE*
*THE STROKES*

Other Good Ones
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ABAGNALE SUITE
Andre 3000
FIONA APPLE
AUDIOSLAVE
Badly Drawn Boy
Barenaked Ladies
Bear vs. Shark
Beastie Boys
THE BEATLES
BECK
THE BENS
Bjork
Blink-182
Bloc Party
Blood Brothers
Blur
David Bowie
Brand New
BRIGHT EYES
The Brunettes
Cake
Ray Charles
The Cloud Room
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
Coldplay
John Coltrane
Common
CHRIS CORNELL
The Cure
Cursive
Dave Matthews
Death Cab for Cutie
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
Desaparecidos
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
The Doors
The Doves
BOB DYLAN
Eels
Eminem (circa the Slim Shady LP)
Facing the Plastic
FASTBALL
Flogging Molly(live)
FOO FIGHTERS
Fountains of Wayne
FRANZ FERDINAND
The Fugees
THE FUTUREHEADS
GNARLS BARKLEY
GOMO
Gorillaz
Green Day
GUSTER
Head Automatica
The Hold Steady
Icollide
Lauryn Hill
HOT HOT HEAT
IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE
Incubus
INTERPOL
Jack Johnson
Jay-Z
Jimmy Eat World
KAISER CHIEFS
Keane
Alicia Keyes
King Missle
KINGS OF CONVIENCE
KINGS OF LEON
BEN KWELLER
Ben Lee
JOHN LENNON
MARLAH
Maroon 5
MARS VOLTA
Maximo Park
M.I.A.
The Minders
MINUS THE BEAR
Mos Def
Motion City Soundtrack
Moving Units
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
My Chemical Romance
Nada Surf
Name Taken
NAS
The New Pornographers
NIGHTMARE OF YOU
OF MONTREAL
Ok Go
Outkast
PAVEMENT
The Perceptionists
PINBACK
Public Enemy
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Racanteurs
Recieving End of Sirens
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Redwalls
Rilo Kiley
OMAR A. RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ
Rooney
Saves the Day
Seatbelts
THE SHINS
SHOUT OUT LOUDS
Elliot Smith
THE SMITHS
The Sound of Animals Fighting
Soundgarden
Steely Dan
Straylight Run
The Streets
Taking Back Sunday
TAPES 'N TAPES
Tenacious D
TV ON THE RADIO
Velvet Underground
THE VINES
The Walkmen
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
WEEZER
KANYE WEST
WHITE STRIPES
Wilco
Wolfmother

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Movies:

+Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind+
+Juno+
+Big Fish+
The Matrix trilogy
Fight Club
Lord of the Rings
Donnie Darko
all the Monty Python movies
Grosse Point Blank
Pulp Fiction
A Hard Day's Night
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke
The Fifth Element
+Saved!+
Sin City
Bubba Ho-tep
Dogma
HERO.

Television:

!COWBOY BEBOP!
Monk
Farscape
!MONTY PYTHON!
Sportscenter
!ATTACK OF THE SHOW!
Chapelle's Show
!STELLA!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Conan O'Brien
South Park
The Soup
Spongebob Squarepants
!BATTLESTAR GALACTICA(the new one)!
Sealab 2021
!SUBTERRANEAN!
!FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS!

Books:

*Chuck Klosterman*
*Kurt Vonnegut*
Ray Bradbury
Chuck Palahniuk
David Sedaris
Dan Brown
Eoin Colfer
Lemony Snicket
Piers Anthony
Larry Niven
J.K. Rowling

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Heroes:

My entertainment and political heroes include: Barack Obama, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, William Clinton, John Cleese, Conor Oberst, Michel Gondry, Chuck Klosterman, Ewan McGreggor, and Jim Carey.

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My personal heroes include: Ben B., Laura, Ryan, my godparents, my mom, and my dad.

My Blog

I Salute Your Solution [The Best Albums of 08 So Far Part 1]

So far, 2008 has been an unassuming year for pop music. On the surface, no albums have really stood out as clearly as some have in years past (The Decemberists, Radiohead, Arcade Fire). B...
Posted by CJH on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:26:00 PST

And the moon shines bright on the water tonight, so we won’t drown in the summer sound.

The last couple weeks have been extremely trying. If I took to the idea of a higher power who honestly cared about what I have to say, I'd get the impression that I pissed someone off. But it's not ju...
Posted by CJH on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:10:00 PST

Grey cascades in foreign waves/Wash the day away...

Wow, so I realized that I haven’t blogged since January 25, which is ridiculous, and I apologize. Here’s just a quick update on my life:-I’m going to be a Learning Community Coordina...
Posted by CJH on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:07:00 PST

Its coming, when its coming (Best of 2007-Music Edition)

About a week ago, I was trying to decide if 2007 could match up to year's prior, like 2005 when I purchased 2...
Posted by CJH on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

Sometimes, we remember our bedrooms, and our parent’s bedrooms, and the bedrooms of our friends

I know it's been a while, and I apologize profusely to those of you who were waiting with bated breath and heavy heart for my triumphant return, but now, at last, here I am! (cue trumpets)As it i...
Posted by CJH on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:58:00 PST

The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne...

Today is Tuesday, August 21st. It is my last day in Coon Rapids before I leave for school in Mankato. This blog is less a mournful epitaph of my life here, and more a reflective, thoughtful goodb...
Posted by CJH on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:59:00 PST

Who can keep the time I'm beating, with my hands?

I blatantly stole this idea from Aimee's blog (and she apparently stole it from someone else, but whatever). It seemed like the most interesting blog idea I've seen in a long time. The following are t...
Posted by CJH on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:56:00 PST

This battle is in the air (and it's awesome)

This is a review of The White Stripes' new album "Icky Thump". It gets a bit rambly towards the end, so please be forgiving. Thanks! I'm thinking I'm gonna get more ...
Posted by CJH on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:20:00 PST

The lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yet...

Last night, we gave our final performance of my final play in high school, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". And, for the first time, the end seems near. The reality of my completion...
Posted by CJH on Mon, 14 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

If you'd call me now, baby, I'd come a-runnin'...

Hi everyone. I'm terribly sorry about that last post. It was the end of one of the toughest weeks I've weathered in a long while. I was depressed, wound-up, and extraordinarily confused. I went throug...
Posted by CJH on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:13:00 PST