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Chris says.....

How about them Jayhawks!!!

About Me

Living life in Lawrence Kansas. I'm addicted to music and love seeing live shows. I'm always up for one, and it really doesn't matter what kind of music (well,...except country). I love going to shows at The Granada (Brandon and all the other guys, are the shiznit), Shopping for music at The Love Garden (thanks for the suggestions Amanda), drinking tea at House of Cha, and eating Sunday brunch at Tellers. I have particular likes and dislikes. I try to keep my circle of close friends small, but enjoy meeting new people. I am the first to admit that I don't know it all and never will, therefore I can't start to conceive how someone thinks they know what is best for me without knowing me. I am a walking contradiction. Don't judge me by my outward appearance, it's not the full picture. I am also an adult, and expect anyone that interacts with me to be an adult. I'm there for my true friends, and you know who you are, through thick and thin.It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.--Blaise Pascal "Don't make someone a priority that only makes you an option". "Wait for the guy that will do anything to be your everything". I am worth $2,112,782 on HumanForSale.com

My Interests

Quiet moments in awe inspiring places, finding a new song that makes you want to play it over and over, getting completely lost in a new book, heartbreaking glances from my puppy dogs, trying to wrap my mind around why the world is how it is, finding bargains on stuff that I really shouldn't buy, the chills that crawl across my skin as the taste of a good wine hits the back of my tongue, laughing uncontrollably at the most random moments for no logical reason other than an inside joke.After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ..........Aldous Huxleywww.pandora.com www.orb.com www.lifehacker.com

I'd like to meet:

Tom Verlaine, Lionel Fahy, my grandfather that passed away when my dad was only a kid. Me, when I was about 12, so I could tell myself that life is good, and it will get better.

Music:

I love music. Here is a smattering of who I like; The Mainliners, Marked Men, The Kooks, Band of Horses, Carissa's Weird,Wolf Parade, Wolf Mother, Camera Obscura, Piebald, William Eliot Whitmore,Brandston,The Riverboat Gamblers, The Early November, The Architects, Reverend Horton Heat, Millencolin, Rancid, Social Distortion, Sytem Of A Down, Run DMC, Bad Religion, Outkast, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5, Everclear, Our Lady Peace, Less Than Jake, Free The Robots, Against Me!, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, Black Flag, Throw Rag, Audioslave, The Beatnuts, The Belles, Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, Pixies, The Black Keys, Dangermouse, De La Soul, Death Cab for Cutie, The Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, The Format, Horrorpops, Tiger Army, Scotch Greens, Rilo Kiley, Supersuckers, KRS-One, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Modest Mouse, Snow Patrol, Public Enemy, MxPx, NOFX, No Use For A Name, Working Title, The Postal Service, Rage Against The Machine, Richard Cheese, The Roots, Story of the Year, Soundsgood, Approach, Talib Kweli, The Used, Unseen, My Chemical Romance, Weezer, The White Stripes, Heiruspecs, All, Frank Black,Sloan,Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,David Gray, Fall Out Boy, The Flaming Lips, Grand National,Guttermouth, Herb Alpert, Oshay Jackson, J. Mascis and the Fog, Outkast, The Ramones, Red House Painters, Neil Sedaka, Frank Sinatra, Elton John (the old stuff), Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, Elefant, Mellowdrone, Reagan Youth, Minor Threat.

Movies:

Pans Labyrinth, Stranger Than Fiction, The Departed,V is for Vendetta(one of my new favorite movies ever), Winter Passing, Elizabethtown, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Jerry McGuire, The Weather Man, I 3 Huckabees, Garden State, The Royal Tennebaums, Snatch, The Layer , Donnie Darko, Friday, Gangs of New York, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers, Half Baked, Collateral, Goodbye Lenin, White Christmas, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Sound of Music, Serendipity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sideways, Fall Summer Spring Fall, Say Anything, High Fidelity, 12 Monkeys, Dazed and Confused, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Office Space,Bubble Boy, Kung Fu Hustle, Just Friends, Wicker Park, Me Myself and Irene.

Television:

T.V. is the downfall of modern society. When I do watch T.V. it's the Discovery Channel or ESPN.

Books:

I'm going to keep a running list of what I'm reading and what I've finished reading: I'm currently reading, Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, I've finished; The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Parasites Like Us by Adam Johnson, Beam Me Up Jesus: A Heathens Guide To The Rapture by Jim Gerard, Lamb by Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, Syrup by Maxx Barry, Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Company by Max Barry, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Max Tucker, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, Under The Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer.

Heroes:

Larry Stewart, Buck O'Neil, Lamar Hunt,(all three local heroes that we've lost in the past year),Isaac Asimov, Malcolm X, Ansel Adams, Lewis and Clark, Albert Einstein, Gordon Parks, Langston Hughes.

My Blog

Lately I’ve Felt A Little Like Mad Max

Barreling down the road, piece of crap car beneath me, wondering what part is going to fail next on my denizen of disaster that I call a vehicle.  I take out anything that gets in my way.  I...
Posted by Chris says..... on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:06:00 PST

It’s just another day

    So, I'm 36 now.  I don't feel any different than 35.  Sure, there's a squeak here and a squeak there, but nothing major has changed.  Yet, it seems like I do feel dif...
Posted by Chris says..... on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:47:00 PST

Fallen Star

Thank you Marion Jones for being a brave person, standing up in front of the world and admitting you were guilty of what you were charged with.  Too many times famous people that are guilty try t...
Posted by Chris says..... on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:26:00 PST

Some Weekends Are Just Meant To Suck

Not that this weekend sucked for any specific reason.  Actually, if you consider it as a whole, it didn't suck at all.  I got to see Stephen Marley on Friday  night, which was a great s...
Posted by Chris says..... on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:08:00 PST

Dating

    Sucks, period.  There's nothing good about dating.  I'm going to become a hermit.
Posted by Chris says..... on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:52:00 PST

Right Now

I'm just sort of feeling lost. 
Posted by Chris says..... on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:51:00 PST

Random Thoughts On A Wednesday

Things I observed today, that for someone reason struck me odd.  Nothing Earth shattering, just wanted to write.- My Alaskan Malamute starts drooling profusely, and I mean gallons of drool, the s...
Posted by Chris says..... on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:59:00 PST

My Top Ten Favorite Bands That I Hope Never Get Super Famous

    There a few bands that I absolutely love, but other bands that I have loved that became famous slowly but surely went to crap in one way or another (Everclear anyone?).  So my ...
Posted by Chris says..... on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:35:00 PST

Music Survey

1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, ETC on Shuffle.2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.4. Put any c...
Posted by Chris says..... on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:15:00 PST

If I Had Three Wishes, One Would Be......

I would do anything to have the person responsible for this alone in a room for about ten minutes.  There'd be another amputee walking around other than these poor dogs.http://www.kctv5.com/news/...
Posted by Chris says..... on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:22:00 PST