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About Me

Currently I live in Boise, Idaho. I work for Citigroup as a Collections trainer. When im not at Citi I proudly serve my country in The Air National Guard. I am also pursuing a long overdue college degree. I have a girlfriend of three years who is absolutely the most sweet,and honest girl I've ever known. When Im not at work I mostly try to chill out and relax. On the weekends I pursue other hobbies and interests. my medium to long term goals are to earn an officer slot in the Air National Guard, as well as obtain a graduate degree in Astronomy / Engineering physics. Ultimately I want to get involved with the space program and go to work for NASA. On a personal level, marriage and children are very important ,however the time for that has yet to come. Living for today, working for tomorrow, cherishing family, and nurturing the relationships we build with those few and precious true friends is what life is all about.
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My Interests

Astronomy, travel, astrology, automobiles, philosophy, computers ( I own an HP, now I want a Mac ), digital photography ( my canon sd700is kicks ass ), martial arts, absinthe, art, meeting new and interesting people, the outdoors, music, movies, Writing, and anything new I can find to try that wont kill me (well, probably wont kill me).

I'd like to meet:

John Glen (astronaut),Bill Gates, The Dali Lama, Stephen Hawking, Robert Smith (from THe Cure), the worlds oldest person(that still remembers their own name), Richard Branson(owner of Virgin Atlantic), Paul McCartney, Jack White, and anybody else who is interesting or can hold a decent conversation.

Music:

My musical interests are mega diverse but a few of my favorites are: She Wants Revenge, Bauhaus, KMFDM, NIN, The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, The Secret Machines, Blink 182, Weezer, Interpol, Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, The Dresdin Dolls, Muse, Deathcab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vangelis, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Mazzy Star, Metallica, Rob Zombie, Johnny Cash, Radiohead, The Raconteurs and various classical. A video by German band, Seeed The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier

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Movies:

Lost in Translation, Bladerunner, The Year of Living Dangerously, Battlecry, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Full Metal Jacket, Lost Boys, Grease, all the Indiana Jones movies, the first three Star Wars movies(not the last three pieces of crap that George Lucas made), Batman Begins, Heavenly Creatures, A clockwork orange, Silence of the lambs, Buffalo 66, The wall, Empire of the sun, Top gun, Titanic, Krull, The cube, and Donnie Darko.

Television:

Lost, That 70s Show, CSI, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Drawn Together, House M.D., Southpark, Star trek deep space nine, Trading Spouses, Blind Date, Antiques Roadshow, National Geographic, Nova, Robot Chicken, and Conan O' Brian.
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Books:

Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Memnoc the Devil, The Witching Hour, The Mummy, Blackwood Farm,(Actually, almost anything by Anne Rice) 101 Famous Poems, Most anything by Edgar Allen Poe, Ethics for the new millenia, A brief history of time, The god delusion, The short happy life of francis malcomer, The snows of kilamanjaro, Eyes of the dragon, and The fountainhead.

Heroes:

Havent met any yet...but im still hoping.

My Blog

The Bone Church

One of the most fascinating places that I travelled to was an old Catholic Monastery in the town of Sedlec. Sedlec is located about an hour and a half outside of Prague in the Czech Republic. This Mon...
Posted by Derek on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:37:00 PST

The city of lights

Oh yes, I finally mad it to paris and all I can say is wow! First off let me dispell a myth about the French. They are not rude at all. All of the French people I met were very very nice and extremely...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:05:00 PST

There are no kangaroos in Austria!

This is what I saw printed on a tee shirt at a tourist shop. Apparently they wont throw another shrimp on the barbi for you either. I went to salzburg and innsbruck. I wont talk about innsbruck becaus...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST

Octoberfest

So I went to Munich for Octoberfest and here is how it went. I always heard Octoberfest was the ultimate party. I went on board "The Party Train". It was a train with two bars a dance floor and a live...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:33:00 PST

More german tidbits

Hello once again from germany. In germany it seems like they like to mix lots of things with beer. The big craze is mixing beer with coke. they fill a beer glass a little over 2/3rds full with hefewei...
Posted by Derek on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:42:00 PST

How to speak german

I dont actually know how to speak german, but if you are going to spend anytime in germany buy a german language course by rosetta stone. Its the best one available and its also the one that the ameri...
Posted by Derek on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:13:00 PST

Clubing in Germany

Sooo...I went to a supermegafuckingbombass club in Kaiserslautern (K-Town) called Nacht Schicht. It was very large. It had 4 rooms (each played a different style of music of course). It also had an up...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:38:00 PST

hello from germany

Hello world. This is my 1st official blog on myspace coming to you direct from ramstein A.F.B. in Germany. Im currently here on temporary duty as a security forces augmentee until october. Before I go...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:42:00 PST