i'm christopher and i'm 28. i go to school a lot and learn about ancient civilizations and take a lot of notes. i am interested in the sciences, quantum physics and theories about relativity, string theory and watching nasa tv and nova on public broadcasting. i like adelle. i love rad racing and cru jones is my hero. i love to spend time in art museums. cai guo kiang is my favorite artist. i count my breaths and meditate a lot. i spend a lot of time recording with pro tools hd and run castle bitchin studios where i record bands and am learning to write scores for crazy horror movies. i used to be a deadmandisco, and now i play guitar and sing in bitchin summer and breathe fire with led and the boys and rachel, so tour tour tour. i love jazz and r&b music and doing beats on old drum machines from the eighties. i grew up in santa cruz california and now i live in ne portland in the mississippi district with led and jones at the bitchin summer pad. i love visiting seattle and i love living in portland and hiking in the columbia gorge and exploring dark forests filled with amazing waterfalls and big bears. the rivers in the northwest are so amazing and i love swimming in the coldest water ever. i sit around and think about all the sweet places left to visit in europe that i need to go. i go to powells books and read travel guides a lot. i want to learn to knit sweet beanie disguises for all my friends, im trying to read stitch and bitch. as it stands rachel can hem everything and i stare at her sewing machine and wish i could do what she does, abacus. i love jujitsu, kungfu, taekwondo and spinning roundhouse kicks. i love long sits in sweathouses and laying in oregons natural hot springs. i hate stuff that sucks, and love pop punk a lot. i like stumptown coffee, french pressed, and cute girls. i enjoy going to barnes and nobles in lloyd mall and reading science magazines and the new AP, now that's a good time.
I spend countless hours reading on theravaden buddhism and other buddhist practices. I practice theravaden buddhism and vipassana meditation. i like to visit abhaya giri, a theravaden monastery in redwood valley, ca. and that's dhamma for your momma. I love emergency medical services, ambulances and emergency rooms, nord leads and samplers, mini moogs and drum machines, ghost towns, inverted power chords, delay pedals, and anything ampeg on a gibson les paul. i love seagull tattoos and the eighties. i love canada and the san juan islands, plotting points, and traveling.
like minded people... friends and people from canada.
these days I'm listening to air and the new pinback. alexisonfire and dallas green. sufjan stevens and old folk music. dance gavin dance is the best new band i've heard in a while. lots of talib kweli. the bronx, on repeat. i love the new shins record. underoath is my favorite band, so there. the new lifetime record is wonderful. the new smoke or fire with dave drumming is very, very awesome, buy that record. my boys in set your goals are killing it. dead to me is the best punk band, period. mirrors is my favorite portland band. the new darkest hour record is amazing. at.the.drive.in still seems to do it for me. my ex band mates in microtia are killing it. ignite rules. the warning bell and valdez, my european homies. coliseum and wilco. dose one and the anticon crew, themselves, brand new and the new ti vs. tip. ratatat and new model army. at the gates and three mile pilot. norma jean and converge . the draft and hot water music. mastodon and the arcade fire. saosin and i love the jazz june and angel hair. modest mouse and belle and sebastian and dj gilles peterson. ok go and rise against . no trigger and drag the river. 36 crazyfists and clarity process, may they rest in peace . prize country and 108. kenneth pearman and elliot smith . jawbreaker and jets to brazil. teraton and sunny day real estate. band of horses and helio sequence. anticon and qandnotu . minus the bear and shotmaker, fugazi and at the drive in. the loved ones and mew. milemarker and immortal technique. miles davis and datarock . quicksand and from monument to masses. fear before the march of flames and these arms are snakes. from ashes rise and tragedy. death cab for cutie and fall of troy. funeral for a friend, taking back sunday and other new pop metal . iron and wine and really anything on sub pop im buying on vinyl. the clash and shelter. t.i, too short and brother lynch hung. too much twista. master p and pretty much anything on no limit.
blade runner and serenity. children of men and alien. nightmare on elm st. 3, dream warriors. rad and thrashin. the original star wars trilogy. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and the science of sleep. little monsters with fred savage. all the xmen movies and night watch and in the mouth of madness and any other hp lovecraft movies
trailer park boys. sopranos is amazing. it's really close. supernatural is really good. firefly is also really good. stephen king's kingdom hospital was amazing. try www.tv-links.co.uk and just watch them all.
dharma punx by noah levine . a lot of ram dass . thich nhat hahn . ajahn chah . lama surya das . thomas merton . rainer maria rilke . and robert jordans eye of the world and old dungeons and dragons books, anything by hp lovecraft. carlos castaneda's studies of don juan. brian greene's elegant universe and the fabric of the cosmos. never ending fantasy sagas.
people who spend enough time practicing buddhism and the dharma and are cultivating compassion through meditation, and are no longer slaves to their senses. a moment for too many friends that have passed before their time, all teachers to me, now ghost. my #1 love josie, part katie part chris! people in emergency medical services . social services . the buddha . jesus christ . thomas merton was the man . cassandra holdeman. thich nhat hahn . the dalai lama . ajahn chah . lama surya das . stephen and noah levine . deepak chopra . rand al'thor . dave atchinson . led and jones and rachel.
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