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Adrian

Let us go then, you and I / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherise

About Me

My current subjective and fictional concept of who I might be:
I'm currently an amateur musician and composer, 9 to 5 worker, wino, and sometime student. I yell at the TV during sporting events, enjoy the sun, laughter, good talks, and I’m moody as hell.
Things that make me happy without fail:
- Top down, sun on my face.
- A good martini.
- The chorus of the song 'Care Of Cell 44' by The Zombies.
- Any opportunity to use the word 'usurper'.
- Grocery stores.
- The smell of rain.
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
- Mark Twain
"...And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Ye all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."

- 'The Tempest'
"My reputation as a ladies man was a joke. It casued me to laugh bitterly through the 10,000 nights I spent alone."
- Leonard Cohen

My Interests

baseball, books, burritos, cats, cheese, relationships, communication, drinking, eddie izzard, fantasy, food, football, games, guitar, hiking, history, nature, singing in the shower, people, music, books, movies, heavy petting

I'd like to meet:

Honest people who I would enjoy seeing multiple times.
My AIM screen name is LeAdrian1.

Music:

I like many fine artists. Currently, I have the following albums in my car:

ARCADE FIRE - Neon Bible

MILES DAVIS - A Tribute To Jack Johnson

BT - This Binary Universe

BLOC PARTY - A Weekend In The City

JOHN LEGEND - Once Again

STEVIE WONDER - Songs In The Key Of Life

TV ON THE RADIO - Return To Cookie Mountain

PETER GABRIEL - Passion

Books:

My favorites include:
Albert Camus - The Stranger, The Plague
Douglus Coupland - Shampoo Planet
Harlan Ellison
James Clavell - Shogun
Neil Gaiman - Sandman Series, Neverwhere, Stardust, Good Omens
Oscar Wilde - Picture of Dorian Gray
Stephen King - Dark Tower Series, The Stand
Theodore Sturgeon
Weis & Hickman - Dragonlance Saga, Death Gate Cycle
Edgar Alan Poe
Tolkien
William Gibson - Neuromancer
Joan Vinge - The Snow Queen
Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
Frank Herbert - Dune
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash, Diamond Age

Heroes:


and

and don't forget...

My Blog

the decemberists - 05/04/2007 - paramount theatre, seattle

What a show.I can say without reservation that this concert easily ranks as one of the best, if not the best concert I've ever been to. The Decemberists, determined to make up for a 2006 Seattle show...
Posted by Adrian on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:05:00 PST

blonde redhead

What a wonderful night at The Belly Up Tavern...Blonde Redhead, the current lord of super-cool power-trios, played to a sold-out crowd in Solana Beach... a warm-up for their Coachella show...I'll leav...
Posted by Adrian on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:37:00 PST

the war on terror vs. the war on honesty

So let's add this up...Over 3,000 US Soldiers killedOver 24,000 US Soldiers woundedOver 200 Coalition Soldiers killedOver 300 Contractors killedOver 100 JournalistsOver 24,000 Iraqis killed (based pur...
Posted by Adrian on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:15:00 PST

ikiru

Tonight's Netflix adventure was the film Ikiru by legendary director Akira Kurosawa. It took me awhile to get to it, since I find that older films (this one is from 1952) usually command more attenti...
Posted by Adrian on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:34:00 PST

friday reflections

...I'm starting to think that the only reason I go on MySpace anymore is to take a gander at the latest pictures of the Snorg Tee-Shirt model. She certainly is a cutie. However, I would only order t...
Posted by Adrian on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:08:00 PST

molasses (2:48 pm)

The wall was white.Bland.Could have used a picture or two.In that barren corner?Perhaps a plant. The ceiling fan spins and spins,Slapping the stale air about like a lazy drunkard.A soft buzz dances(sh...
Posted by Adrian on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:50:00 PST

a night at the casbah

As far as live music in San Diego is concerned, there are few places that beat the Casbah. The sound is often excellent, and the quality of the acts unbeatable. The drinks are dirt cheap. (what!!?? $4...
Posted by Adrian on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:39:00 PST

children of men

children of men is the first movie i've seen in quite a while that took my breath away. multiple times. i could prattle on about camera shots, characters, and other elements. but instead, i will si...
Posted by Adrian on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:42:00 PST

2007 begins

My Morning Jacket, Brian Wilson, and other stuff&My first concert of 2007 occurred rather quickly, while the year was still wet, screaming and hungry. January 2 brought rockers My Morning Jacket to d...
Posted by Adrian on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:41:00 PST

jenny lewis

I went up to Irvine tonight to see Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, who were opening for Death Cab for Cutie.Stephanie's adorable obsession with all that is Jenny Lewis aside, Jenny Lewis and her band ...
Posted by Adrian on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:42:00 PST