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Christopher James

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About Me

im twenty six years old and i live in long beach california. i like playing guitar and sometimes i play in bands and am currently on a relentless search for fun and inspired musicians to play with. i'm way into skateboarding although i'm not that great.. i also like reading, listening to records, going to shows, bars, dancing, movies, and the top sirloin and eggs special at the Prospector. hmmm. thats about it.

My Interests

punk rock. skateboards. rock n roll. dancing. eurail and the polish country side. record bins and used bookstores. bridges and overpasses.enjoying life in long beach and the familiar routines.

I'd like to meet:

like minded individuals.

Music:

I only play the platters that matter.
lately:
Lori Burton(whyte boots), the Grodeck Whipperjenny, Marvellettes, the Raincoats, Essential Logic, Otis Redding(live at the whiskey LP), the Void side of the Faith/Void LP, Rites of Spring, Bad Brains and the Flying Burrito Bros.(w/ g. Parsons of course.)

Movies:

Blade Runner. Total Recall. Soylent Green. Planet of the Apes(with Charlton Heston). Empire Strikes Back. The Good the Bad and The Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Django, Octopussy, The Lost Boys, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness,Better of Dead,Duck You Sucker, amores perros, american hardcore, the decline of western civilization, suburbia, the last american virgin, etc. etc.

Television:

the wire. sports center.

Books:

Women. Ham on Rye. Post Office. the fortress of solitude. still life with woodpecker. sex and sunsets. franny & zooey. slaughter house five. the curious incident of the dog in the night. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Voices from the Street. The Idiot. BURNCOLLECTOR. COMETBUS OMNIBUS

Heroes:

thank you rock Dudes!

My Blog

new apartment

well everything is finally coming together in my new apartment. it's located in an old neighborhood on the eastside of Long Beach convienantly located right in the middle of the city so whether I'm go...
Posted by Christopher James on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:10:00 PST

a day in the life.

It was incredibly hot so I poured myself a glass of gingerale. Instantly I am reminded of airplanes. The only time I ever drink gingerale is on airplanes but it just so happens to be the only thing in...
Posted by Christopher James on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:42:00 PST

HAVE YOU EVER FELT...

like you need some sort of change?   like a big POOF   and you wake up and you feel different. like you finally figured it out. The last month has been so weird between the New Year and...
Posted by Christopher James on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:19:00 PST

quick belgium update!

It's been a while since I've done one of these things. I have finally found an america keyboard again so that makes it much easier! Okay so I've been hanging out in Belgium pretty much doing nothing b...
Posted by Christopher James on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:55:00 PST

quick amsterdam update!

i think i may possibly elaborate more later...i stayed one more day after running into the two cool america dudes that i met in munich..i keep running into people from hostels, its awesome! so i went ...
Posted by Christopher James on Thu, 25 May 2006 11:34:00 PST

quick amsterdam update!

i think i may possibly elaborate more later...i stayed one more day after running into the two cool america dudes that i met in munich..i keep running into people from hostels, its awesome! so i went ...
Posted by Christopher James on Thu, 25 May 2006 11:34:00 PST

quick update!!

okay, so im finally leaving copenhagen!! its actually a really cool city but it has been cold and rainy for about three days...okay, one day i walked all around the city and went to this groovey place...
Posted by Christopher James on Sun, 21 May 2006 06:33:00 PST

denmark and the unthinkable has happened!!!!"

so denmark got off to a bad, bad start...i have a hell of time finding my hostel and when i finally shwo up i am told they have no beds...they do refer me to another one which is within "wal...
Posted by Christopher James on Fri, 19 May 2006 01:27:00 PST

munich and hamburg...

i did a nice walking tour and saw most of the sights..the girl who did the tour was australian and hilarious...the first night hung out with some canadians in the hostel bar and i talked shit about ho...
Posted by Christopher James on Wed, 17 May 2006 11:29:00 PST

BERLIN...

so the last day in prague was pretty quiet...me and one of the french canadian girls hung out at a park and watched czech people being people doing things and it was funny and there were also all sort...
Posted by Christopher James on Sun, 14 May 2006 04:23:00 PST