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TJ

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

My wife is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wouldn't be where I am today without her...

..and we're having a baby!!!

I am the following things:

A Masochist A Pacifist (and being in Pittsburgh constantly tests this) A Pessimist A drinker An occasional smoker A snowboarder (since 1990) A coffee snob A bourbon lover A lost individual A dog person A mountain lover A person who likes solitude A procrastinator A person who took a step backwards in life A person who's trying to take a step forward in life A person who has unpredictable emotions A cook A sellout A confused individual A skateboarder A married man A person who doesn't enjoy festivities A person who likes strongly flavored things A person that has a short temper... sometimes

My Interests

Hilary, The Pacific Northwest (I miss you all!), Cigarettes and Coffee, Alcohol, Drinking, Homemade Cameras, Modified Cameras, Pinhole Cameras, Antique Cameras, Cameras, Pinetrees, Snowboarding, Mountains, Snow, Sitting by fires, Mud, Overcast Skies, Rain, Drizzle, Autumn, Fog, Cooking for a living, Tattoos, Cuts, Burns, Scars, Global Knives, Getting pulled deep into the downward spiral that is the food service industry. I like sitting on the front stoop and drinking tea. I like sitting at Anna Banannas (that's how they spell it) for hours on end, learning french, reading, and chain smoking. I like doing nothing.. absolutely nothing... for hours on end. Just sitting.. and thinking...

I'd like to meet:

I don't add people I don't know. I know and/or have connections to everyone on my list.But if you think we could really get along, send me a message./ My tortured past = http:www.livejournal.com/users/loveasarson /
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Music:

AL GREEN, ATDI, A Tribe Called Quest, Belle and Sebastian, Blackstar, THE BLACKTOP CADENCE, Boy Sets Fire (The Day the Sun Went Out and prior please), The Butthole Surfers, CAP 'N JAZZ, Cave In (the metal please)Catharsis, Circle of Dead Children, Coldplay, Creation is Crucifixion, Cryptopsy, CONVERGE, Danzig, Del, Descendents, Dr. Octagon, Elliott, G. Love, Good Riddance, Gorilla Biscuits, Gorillaz, Greenday, Hot Water Music, Janes Addiction, The Jazz June, Jimmy Eat World (Clarity and prior please.. well.. maybe a little of Bleed American.. you gotta admit its catchy), Hieroglyphics, KID DYNAMITE, Kill the Slavemaster, Less than Jake, LOOPER, Los Crudos, MC Paul Barman, Neurosis, THE PAPERCHASE, The Pixies, Pg. 99, Quiet Riot, Radiohead, REFUSED, REM, Roger Waters, Songs: Ohia, Suffocation, Sunny Day Real Estate, Theory in Practice, The Treacherous Three, TOM WAITS, Twisted Sister, White Stripes, Willie Nelson, Witchery, Wyclef, Van Morrison, Violent Femmes, YOU AND I.

tons more...

Movies:

Eh.

Television:

Good Eats

Books:

K. Vonnegut, C. Bukowski, R. Dahl, D. Eggers, On Food and Cooking - Harold McGee, What Einstein Told His Cook - Robert L. Wolke, The Apprentice : My Life in the Kitchen - Jacques Pepin, Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdaine, Evasion, The Foodlovers Companion.

Heroes:

Tom Waits, Terje Haakonsen

My Blog

Our baby website!

Ok.. so there's not much there at the moment. but we set up a baby website for people to look at to see how we're doing and how everything is progressing. So check it out and take a look every once in...
Posted by TJ on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:16:00 PST

snowboarding pt. 2

I remember the first time I saw a snowboard. It was at K-Mart in Belle Vernon. It was on an end-cap at the end of the aisle. A Liquid Snow. I remember my interest in it.. knowing I had to have it. I ...
Posted by TJ on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:43:00 PST

I swore to myself I wouldn't do it....

But I changed my "Top 8". I wish it was more like "Top 20".
Posted by TJ on Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:02:00 PST

Some thoughts....

So this whole moving back home to PGh thing has gotten my mind going.. of course. I don't know what I'm going to type here... I'm just typing what I'm thinking. First of all... I think it hit me a ...
Posted by TJ on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:21:00 PST

Moving to PA + and -

+ Friends I've had for a very long time. Less financial stress A house The first big step Hil and I are taking as a family Winter Autumn Not having to pay $300+ to fly back Mad Mex Showing Hi...
Posted by TJ on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:38:00 PST

Thoughts on our impending move...

So today I was thinking about our move. About what it's going to be like to be back in that city.. to be away from this one.. my first home away from home. Isn't it weird that this feels more like hom...
Posted by TJ on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:30:00 PST

For Vince...

I found this written in PJ's journal... Thursday, January 15, 2004 For Vince... It has been a year ago today, that my friend Vince died. I was living in Washington, DC. He was in Pittsburgh...
Posted by TJ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the review of the restaurant i work at...

and yes... i was standing right next to stuart when this pic was taken.. but i get no respect. http://www.portlandmercury.com/2004-02-05/supper.html
Posted by TJ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST