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Sean

no man is an island, but some are peninsulas

About Me

life is sweet and i'm glad i'm around for it. i am fiercely protective of my friends, and nothing makes me happier than a piping-hot grilled cheese sandwich that burns the roof of your mouth.

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My Interests

shoe gazing, snow-shoeing, snow cones, indie-rock, my poochie otto, coffee, reading, im'ing, gabbing & hanging out with friends, poker, solitude, quirky people, and a bunch of other stuff

I'd like to meet:

people who love sunday mornings and appreciate the fine art of picking out songs on the jukebox

Music:

the thrills, air, belle & sebastian, camera obscura, snow patrol, rogue wave, calexico, billie holiday, patsy cline, beulah, the wrens, american analog set, the shins, the pogues, van morrison, spoon, dr. hook, the raveonettes, nick drake, magnetic fields, 97X baby!!, new pornographers, rilo kiley, sleater-kinney, a.c. newman, stereolab, air, stellastarr*, supergrass, etc.

Movies:

pan's labyrinth, the departed, grindhouse!, dawn of the dead!, a bout de souffle, switchblade sisters, stranger than paradise, five easy pieces, withnail & i, lost in translation, the station agent, being there, the three colors trilogy, high fidelity, breakfast at tiffany's

Television:

the wire, heroes, lost, sopranos, entourage, um, and that's about it.

Books:

the dictionary. anything by maile meloy, richard ford and cormac mccathy. some stuff by david lodge and roald dahl. maybe one or two things by paul auster and rick moody

Heroes:

i think no one could ever top jack wagner for all-around hero status

My Blog

northwest, ho!

yeah so, in a couple of weeks i'm gonna be moving to singapore, the devil's island! no gum and no porn for this lad. damn
Posted by Sean on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:26:00 PST

the night-hawk

yeah so, in the little part of sydney that i live in, we have a little garbage can (aka, rubbish bin), and 3 recycling bins. one's for metal/glass/plastic, one's for green refuse like leaves, and one'...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

the poo hand

yeah so, whenever i walk my dog i always carry one of those plastic newspaper bags so i can clean up after him... last night i was out walking and sure enough he stopped off to have a moment. i pul...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

better than adkins - the sick diet

now that the adkins craze is dying down, the time is ripe for a new diet to take over, and i have just the thing -- the sick diet. i've been feeling like crap for the last 5 days, and the only sust...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

frontier house

my hot water heater went out yesterday and the repair doods won't come until tuesday, so i am living the primitive life of my ancestors. well, i am not living in a bog and burning peat, but still thin...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

eastward, ho!

yeah so i talked more with the powers that be today about sydney. i am now thinking that i am going to do it. i mean, f'ing hell, it's for two years and that'll go quick like and when'll that chance c...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

no good deed goes unpunished

yeah so yesterday morning whilst out on a walk with my poochie, i found a wallet. there was an out of state driver's license in there, and then i dug around a bit more and found a membership card w...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

dare i to eat a peach?

argh, i am going crazy thinking about whether i should move to sydney next summer for a couple of years. at first blush you'd think i was taking some crazy pills for not saying 'yes' immediately. but ...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

boggle your mind

http://weboggle.shackworks.com/4x4/ i am strangely addicted to online boggle. but i apparently suck at it 'cause i've never won, which annoys me to no end.
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

trippy

wow, this is seriously the coolest thing in a long time... i just learnt today that one of my favoritest writers is the sister of the lead singer of a band i really like. maile meloy and colin meloy o...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST