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ryan

I grew up watching TV and I turned out TV.

About Me

this one time, i was walking down a crowded ally somewhere in central europe and i saw a guy pooping in his hand. i thought for a second, 'hey, maybe i should stop and take a picture' but then i decided that if he was fucked up enough to be pooing in his hand, he might just be fucked up enough to throw it at me. it reminded me of the time that a gorilla drank his urine and spit piss on me at the st. louis zoo. the moral of this story is you've got to be one step ahead of people/animals who might want to throw/spit shit/urine at you. heed this advice my friend for it may one day save your life.....

My Interests

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Music:

amadou & mariam, gogol bordello, band of horses, interpol, elliot smith, badly drawn boy, bloc party, scissor sisters, sean hayes, tapes n tapes, my morning jacket, the shins, the postal service, the mars volta, radiohead, modest mouse, flaming lips, simon and garfunkel, chris burke, unicorns, arcade fire, white stripes, blonde redhead, cake, clap your hands say yeah, bowie, death cab for cutie, dungen, doves, grandaddy, LCD, manu chao, pinback, queens of the stone age, supergrass, super furry animals, t. rex, editors, electric six, air, the avalanches, architecture in helsinki, basement jaxx, electrelane, calexico, daft punk, menomena, fischerspooner, fugazi, grizzly bear, gil manera's party dream, her space holiday, ima robot, junior boys, hot chip, lady sov, m.i.a., new young pony club, pulp, silver jews, silversun pickups, squarepusher, stereo total, talib kweli, talkdemonic, the fiery furnaces, the go! team, the good the bad and the queen, the notwist, polyphonic spree, the streets, the sounds, wolf parade, why?

Movies:

Gummo, Napoleon Dynamite, The World According to Garp, Thumbsucker, Julien Donkey-Boy, Magnolia, Garden State, Waiting for Guffman, Almost Famous, Igby Goes Down, Salo, The Incredibles, 300

Television:

Lost, MXC, The Office, Freaks and Geeks, Seinfeld, Mr. Show, The Simpsons, PBS, Arrested Development (may she rest in piece), It's Always Sunny in Philly

Books:

Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, The Kite Runner, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Catcher in the Rye, The DaVinci Code, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Alchemist, Kundera, Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Heroes:

Dr. Pepper