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Chris

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About Me

Mostly a dog-walking, song-singing, bike-riding, snortle-laughing, social-service-providing, crazy-legged-dancing, non-imbibing, small-town-loving, leftist-leaning, porch-sitting-on good-coffee-drinking type guy. Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

Making Music. Kids. People Watching. Learning as Much As Possible. Walking My Dog. Economic and Social Equality. Meditation. Blackbeard's Coffee. Oddball Personalities. Kirk's Mom (Judy) Jokes. I Heart My Small Midwestern Liberal Arts College Town. Evolution. My Little Backyard Garden. Bicycling. A Clear Mind.

I'd like to meet:

Robert Owen

Music:

Recently: Blinguin, Frank Black Francis, Butthole Surfers, Todd Rundgren, The Jesus Lizard, PJ Harvey, Yo La Tengo, Chad VanGaalen and various Leonard Cohen songs performed by anyone but Leonard Cohen.

Movies:

Wings of Desire, Dead Man, Eternal Sunshine, Surviving Desire, Gouge Away, Six String Samurai, The Life Aquatic, Kung Fu Hustle, Ghost Dog, Delicatessen, Miller's Crossing, My Own Private Idaho, Stranger Than Fiction...

Television:

Marquee Moon?

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Books:

The Brothers Karamazov, The Crying of Lot 49, The People's History of the United States, East of Eden, Life of Pi. I am reading Failure of a Dream? Essays in the History of American Socialism and IV presently...

Heroes:

/a..

My Blog

chris, dalai lama guardian and flag bearer (for real)

i sometimes go out to the tibetan cultural center to relax, walk the grounds and learn about buddhism, tibet and mongolia. i signed up for and regularly recieve e-mails alerting me to center functions...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:56:00 PST

eating cement

I got my insurance card from work a few days ago. I celebrated by going to the skatepark today. Now, let me tell you, I have ridden skateboards as a means of  transportation for many, m...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 22 May 2007 08:20:00 PST

my house burned down last night

no one was hurt, though my neighbor has burns on his feet.my dog is ok, too. thank god. everything else is ruined. it's a good thing i'm somewhat used to having little, 'cause i got even less now.damn...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

the grateful one

really short blog. my friends are totally amazing. i am so incredibly lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people. really. i am blessed or graced (for lack of better terms) i am full of ...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:10:00 PST

dance, yo

Um, so, I totally just danced for, like, four hours straight. That full on dancing where you don't give a second thought to what you look like, the bass just completely possessing ...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:23:00 PST

bad upbringing bringing me down blues

oops on me! i blame speedway, indiana. for what? well, because it made me hate the blues by associating (imprinting?) the blues with overweight middle aged suburban white men. so i became snobbi...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 02:43:00 PST

on waits and waiting

how exactly does one relate something as monumental as a tom waits concert? i don't know, so i waited, and it still hasn't come to me, so i'm just going to start writing...   short version: tom w...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:46:00 PST

micro vs macro

i told a resident today that the behavior she engages in now is not going to work out for her later on in her life. i wanted to be really honest and say that dishonesty and fightin...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 15 May 2006 11:40:00 PST

speaking of drugs...

Anybody notice how we're drowning our children with psychotropic drugs more and more these days? How about the soaring costs demanded by pharmaceutical companies for these drugs? And, finally, what ca...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:15:00 PST