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john

complicated, interesting people are never easy. --cy

About Me

things i've done: violin at age 4, killed on stage at age 8, lots of hackey sack and punk rock in high school, college, norway, found her-lost her, england, wales, got jealous, moved--a lot, worked, played, LA, won at blackjack, played guitar. things i have yet to do: skydiving, visit cuba, visit NYC, bhuja dandasana, eco challenge, trap shooting, retire next year, save africa, get that not-so-fresh feeling. things i'll never do again: chicken pox, get jealous, eat McDonald's, halle berry. things i hope i never do: be a restaurant manager (God bless 'em), smoke cigarettes, endure another bush as pres, get that not-so-fresh feeling.Premade MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider

My Interests

music, saving the world, running, dogs, family, mowing lawn, recording, good food

I'd like to meet:

whoever comes along. you should all know my top 8...er, top bunch of people. they're in chronological order. you'd know a LOT about me by knowing these people...

Music:



ministry, beastie boys, soundgarden/audioslave/cornell, anima (cool brazillian folk music), billy mclaughlin, birelli lagrene, kurt elling, public enemy, nels cline, randall thompson, eva cassidy, alison krauss, rancid, soul asylum, refused, faith no more, king's x, grant green, beck, pantera, jackson berkey, ben alloway, urban dance squad, wraithchild america, screaming headless torsos, tom waits, suicide machines, ect.

Movies:

life is beautiful, swingers, the pianist, braveheart, combat high (let me know where i can get a copy of this movie!)

Television:

is evil.

Books:

currently: The Master and Margarita--Bulgakov

Heroes:

my brother

My Blog

communication, wow!

w/o getting into the details of everyone's lives, i just want to say that communication--like REAL open, honest communication--totally KICKS ASS!!! i can tell you there is nothing more liberating tha...
Posted by john on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:36:00 PST

rock climbing is hard

when my brother asked me to go rock climbing with him, i was all for it. he had been dreaming of a real rock climbing expedition since he was in high school. we used to climb around on the rocks all...
Posted by john on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:36:00 PST

the bug

i've got the bug. it's been years since i've acted in anything, but there have been so many events in my life that are pushing/pulling me back to acting. weird things like nikki sending me to these ...
Posted by john on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:50:00 PST

a day w/ picasso

the walker art center had a picasso gallery up with a collection of his works and several american painters and sculptures whom he directly influenced. it was great to have my aunt and uncle there si...
Posted by john on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:57:00 PST

no more drinking on monday nights...

ya...it's 4:45am. i can't sleep. i'm not tired at ALL! needless to say i have to be at work in 4 hours or so. so ya...kinda poopy. not to say i didn't have a blast tonite out with an old friend a...
Posted by john on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:52:00 PST

What are we going to do? Seriously...

i am totally amped right now. as i'm writing this i am afraid that i'm going to alienate some friends, but man, it's just how things are going down these days. i have this conversation w/ so many pe...
Posted by john on Fri, 11 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

a month w/o myspace

well i tried to abandon myspace all together. it was supposed to be an attempt to rid myself of as much pointless internet usage as possible. i just felt like i was taking too much time out of my li...
Posted by john on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:58:00 PST

double homicide

i was finishing up at the health club--stretching out in front of the tv--and the evening news reported on a shooting that happened last night. it appeared to be random, and 3 kids were arrested--14,...
Posted by john on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:36:00 PST

a good stretch of days

i just feel like i need to get this written out just because it's been an interesting couple weeks. well...a couple weeks ago, anyway. it stars off with a phone call from Studio M at public radio wh...
Posted by john on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:21:00 PST

breaking up part deux

breaking up isn't always with a boyfriend or girlfriend. friends break up too, of course. or if you're me, you fire them! :-) either way, it's not a lot of fun. there's something about getting ol...
Posted by john on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:40:00 PST