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Ben

I am here for Friends

About Me

While I was not originally the creator of this website(thanks to a wonderful woman named Christina), I must grudgingly admit that there is a method to this madness. Add to the fact that I'm in China to teach for a couple of years; I'd hate to lose contact with people that I can actually communicate with. .. .

My Interests

disc golf, ultimate frisbee, China, Chile, chiles, puns, red wine, Latin America, beef noodles, 2 dollar/90 minute massages (no happy ending, you sick bastards), bowling, Origus, futbol, ridiculous PC parties, spin the bottle, Huanghe - the beer AND the river, BEIJING DUCK, shou zhua (boiled mutton you eat w/your hands), pirated DVDs

I'd like to meet:

Twilight, with a bottle of California Zin watching the grass blowin in the wind, I'm ready to meet just about anybody.

Music:

eclectic - jazz, hip-hop, experimental, garage, punk, folk, reggae, reggaeton, indie, bluegrass, electronic (and all of their equivalents in Spanish)

Movies:

Rounders, The Never Ending Story, The Princess Bride, Dogma, Lock/Stock, Sicko, Machuca, Team America, Ciudad de Deus, anything by Wes Anderson, Sophia Coppola or any artsy-fartsy director that might make me look like a *true* fan of cinema.

Television:

Charlie Rose is my Hero, Aqua Teen, GlobeTrekker, Daily Show, Arrested Development, Seinfield, BSG, Sopranos, Entourage, West Wing

Books:

I read a lot of books.Just finished 'Empire Falls' and about to finish (for the second [or fourth] time) 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.'Also, just read 'War Trash' by Ha Jin. Pretty decent.

Heroes:

Grace O'Malley

My Blog

Blog is done.

Hello, friendsMy blog here on myspace has been eliminated.Life in China is different/great/helpful/ridiculous/amazing/strange/tasty/inf uriating/meaningful/silly/gross/unique/and I wouldn't change one ...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:10:00 PST

Dui, dui, dui. Hao, hao, hao.

Awwright,   So as of three days ago, the China 12 group of Trainees officially became "Peace Corps Volunteers" which basically qualifies us to walk around with an air of superiority that we ...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:38:00 PST

Viva China!

  I've received an ok from our country director 'He who is the Alpha and Omega' giving me permission to post a blog so long as I follow all of the applicable Peace Corps polic...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:35:00 PST