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stevil

whachya want whatchya really really want

About Me

Getting a lot of stings and bites. Obtaining a southern drawl. Liking okra okay. May buy a pair of cowboy boots.

My Interests

many, many, many....perhaps too many. But here we go anyway...of course there is science, esoteric teachings, entomology, travel, tropical locations, cooking, thai food, any good asian food, actually...more food, great mexican food, good beer, photography, tattoos, hiking, biking, reading, writing (I try), good friends, world music, other good music (almost anything, but it has to "sing" to me in some way)...more to come

I'd like to meet:

cool people, of course

Music:

hmmm.....a lot I like for damn sure....apoptygma berzerk, legendary pink dots, depeche mode, pink floyd (older stuff and with Syd Barrett), gorillaz, death cab for cutie, tear garden, christian death, wumpscut, in gowan ring, loreena mckennit, his name is alive, bauhaus, pj harvey, brian jonestown massacre, dandy worhols, godsmack, superjoint ritual, mastodon, radiohead, the smiths, morrisey, skinny puppy, download, tori amos, front 242, air, killers, linkin park, starmy, red bennies,...more to come

Movies:

older culty stuff...one dark night, thunderheart, home is where the heart is (with uma thurman), even cowgirls get the blues, red, white, blue, blue velvet, lost highway, Greg Araki flicks (nowhere, doom generation, totally fucked up), absolutely fabulous episodes, willow, star wars movies, in the name of the rose, pulp fiction, kill bill, clockwork orange, creamy ranch (ha), a hard man's good to find (you forgot that one!!), syd and nancy, class of 1984, go, dig, requiem for a dream, more to come...

Television:

documentary junkie....anything about science, nature or the universe. I also love antiques roadshow, simpsons, seinfeld, ab fab, coupling, fear factor, trading spaces, wild boyz, pimp my ride

My Blog

thesis defense

public seminar....final thesis defense for my Ph.D degree...Monday August 13...2 pm Aline Skaggs Biology Buiding...U of U...Scared...But I CAN DO IT!!!Hence and forward...to be known as Dr. Stevil!!!...
Posted by stevil on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:19:00 PST

stuff

Went to the Loreena McKennitt concert the other night....wow! how magical was that! Loved it. I was thinking about music today, and was trying to think of the artist who released this song that is ...
Posted by stevil on Thu, 10 May 2007 03:57:00 PST

shanks

thanks a heap and a prayer for the birthday wishes. Not such a bad day afterall!Got Loreena McKennitt tickets!! Saw her perform at the Alahambra (Spain) the other night on PBS...fantastic!!! I can't ...
Posted by stevil on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:50:00 PST

irksome

don't you hate it when it is a monday...you are tired...not too excited about being awake and having to go to work....and somebody rakes you over the coals and basically makes the day 100 times worse....
Posted by stevil on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:38:00 PST

stress

I volunteered to take the place of a professor today....giving his lecture for him to an auditorium-sized classroom full of 250 students.... should be interesting. Luckily, the lecture is on arthropo...
Posted by stevil on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:53:00 PST

job interview

So, back in january, I had put in a proposal to the PERT fellowship program through the center for insect science at the university of arizona in Tucson....and had heard next to nothing about it excep...
Posted by stevil on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:54:00 PST

sexy yet sinister...

Get Your Monster Name...
Posted by stevil on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:58:00 PST

hos

why is it that every once in a while I am barraged by slutty girls wanting to be added as one of my friends? Don't they read the profiles they send their trash to before they hit the enter button? I...
Posted by stevil on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:00:00 PST

prison break

I rented the first season of Prison Break on DVD a while back and I was hooked. Unfortunately, the first half of the second season is already over, and is not available on DVD, and the second half of...
Posted by stevil on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:24:00 PST

what to do...

I have a dillema....I have two vehicles...both green...both isuzu rodeos....one is a 1999 with 140000 miles, the other is a 2002 with 40000 miles. the 1999 is a 2WD 5 speed manual, the other an 4 WD ...
Posted by stevil on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:11:00 PST