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aaron

there beneath the blue, suburban skies

About Me

"My name is George-Michael Bluth. I’m a 16-year-old Caucasian male. My mom died. And I guess that’s it."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

henrik larsson, wayne coyne, bob dylan, thurston moore, and others.

Music:

the flaming lips, beck, radiohead, caribou, wilco, the beatles, dylan, beach boys (brian wilson), queen, bowie, pavement.

Movies:

a few of my favorites are: willy wonka and the chocolate factory, dead poet's society, eternal sunshine, No Direction Home, and spinal tap.

Television:

seinfeld, the daily show, curb your enthusiasm, arrested development.

Books:

authors: frederick buechner, don delillo, fyodor dostoyevsky, leo tolstoy, gabriel garcia marquez.

My Blog

the people we read

i do a lot of reading.  most of it isn't for pleasure, though.  i suppose being in a spanish program with a 99% focus on literature may make it seem like i love to read all kinds of books.  that's not...
Posted by aaron on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST

odessey and oracle

thanks to jeremy, last night i had one of the better nights i've ever had just being all alone. in the mail two days ago i received the zombies "odessey and oracle" album from 1968. i've known of th...
Posted by aaron on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:01:00 PST

Fray Luis de León

was a poet in Spain's renaissance in the 15th century. i will refer you to my photos section where you will see a picture of me under a statue of him in Salamanca where he studied. well, i'm studyin...
Posted by aaron on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:34:00 PST

Which is the real one?

i’m just going to let this speak for itself."Which is the real one?" Charles Baudelaire    I once knew a certain Bénédicta who filled earth and air with the ideal, and whose eyes ...
Posted by aaron on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:45:00 PST

today this happened

There are certain moments when life is something else. It doesn't feel like life. But i don't know what terms to put it into because all i have known is life. It feels (this is an attempt) like lif...
Posted by aaron on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:02:00 PST

language

my office companion, david, is from chile. we talk sometimes when we're both in our office. he's late 30s or so, nice mustache, friendly, etc. we were talking about language the other day. he was ...
Posted by aaron on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:18:00 PST

are we thinking?

so i was talking to my friend jill today. she's probably my best friend so far in the spanish department. mostly because she's cool....and her husband is from sevilla. her personal coolness, which ...
Posted by aaron on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:46:00 PST

anticipation

this has something to do with several things. it has to do with bible study on tuesday night - living between the trees. it has to do with just living, too, between whatever trees mark your present ...
Posted by aaron on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:50:00 PST

there's something about sharing

i think i've put out a few too many music blogs in a row. don't get me wrong: i'm still thinking about music all the time, but hey, i got other things on my mind too. i've been mulling over the idea...
Posted by aaron on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:10:00 PST

yesterday morning

god saw it fit to bless me with some stellar radio-listening time at work. at the deli we are supposed to listen to 99.9 KGOR (oldies) but we may change it sometimes when dan isn't around (don't tell...
Posted by aaron on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:34:00 PST