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Jiant

people in the place, if ya with me then come on!

About Me

Tall and bald. And nice, most of the time.

My Interests

Music. Home Improvement (not the tv show- the actual fixing up of domiciles). Beer and Wine. Freshly baked bagels. Rite Aid Lip Balm. Burritos. Veggie foods. Live Music. Water. Straphanging. Regular excercise. Parties. Sillyness. Humor. Film. Reading. The dog park. Good people.

I'd like to meet:

Other Humanists

Music:

Beatles, Velvet Underground, Mr. C, Smashing Pumpkins, DJ Qbert, Beastie Boys, Television, Kittyhawk, Bowie, Ramones, Mos Def, Richard Hell, Schwervon!, A Tribe Called Quest, Sleater Kinney, The Smiths, The Clash, Milton, Benjamin Cartel, Billie Holiday, Kevin Yost, Sufjan Stevens, Pet Shop Boys, White Stripes, Kanye West, Danny Elfman, Bob Marley, The Police, The Domestics, Cars Can Be Blue, U2, Hank Williams Sr., Coltrane, ZZ Top, Clapton, De La Soul, Us3, Outkast, Beck, Dave Mothersole, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tricky, Matthew Sweet, Ill Chemist, Judith Kate Freidman, Robyn Hitchcock, Morphine, to name a few. And beloved beat meisters: Camea, Francis Harris, Peter Anthony, Michael Mercer, Tim Xavier, Connie, Elon, Justin, Fatjo, Chris McNaughty, 34th St. John, Mike Bryant, Rob, Adam Collins, Jim Martin, Agent Orange + Becca, Andrew Grant, Three, Gok, Dave Hollands, Sleepy & Boo, Alex Dirt, Steinski, Francois K.

Movies:

adaptation, scratch, empire strikes back, swingers, you're in the matrix charlie brown, casablanca, memento, old school, usual suspects, l.o.t.r. trilogy, silence of the lambs, Wes Anderson, M. Python, Chris Guest, Hitchcock.

Television:

simpsons, family guy, arrested development, iron chef, antiques roadshow, conan o'brien, that 70's show, lost, nova, BBC world news.

Books:

Steppenwolf, Understanding Comics, Please Kill Me..., Amazing Adventures Of Cavalier And Clay, Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying, Slaughterhouse Five, White Noise.

Heroes:

My family, my friend Ryan and John Lennon.

My Blog

Really, really terrible reporting...

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this in an Associated Press article on MSN today about a 19th century projectile found in a whale that was netted in Alaska last month: "The whale, whi...
Posted by Jiant on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:08:00 PST

cold cold kitchen floor

when i bought my kitchen floor tile, the guy i bought it from had about 60 sq. ft. of 4" tile.  He also had four 12" tiles and about 124 1" tiles.  Since he didn't need them anymore, he thre...
Posted by Jiant on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:46:00 PST

Renovation update!

It has been some time since a renovation update was posted, as noted by lovely lily in my comments section.  And since I do anything she says, here's the next installment.  I finalized a de...
Posted by Jiant on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:36:00 PST

Give us guys a break.

This morning I saw a co-worker walking down the hall and so we exchanged the normal daily pleasantries two co-workers would.  You know, "hello" and all that.  She looked particularly we...
Posted by Jiant on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:57:00 PST

More apt. renovations...

I took the day off today to sand my floors.  I didn't get anywhere near finsihed, but that's ok as I have every Monday off this month, all of which will be spent sanding.  Judging from the f...
Posted by Jiant on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:48:00 PST

New food addiction

Tribe All Natural Hummus with Horseradish.Delish.  Can't stop eating it.  Serves as a great dip or sandwich spread.  So good it requires purchasing at least 2 tubs at a time.  And ...
Posted by Jiant on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:54:00 PST

Apartment renovation part II

Back by popular demand (from Lily) here is installment #2 of my apartment series.  It has been slow going since I demolished my kitchen.  I have had trouble finding a contractor willing to d...
Posted by Jiant on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:39:00 PST

I shrunk! Or, the greatest thing anyone has ever said to me, ever!

Recently, I saw an old friend who was in town to visit his family.  He is possibly my first "best friend", who has managed to remain a good friend for 20+ years, despite us living on opposite coa...
Posted by Jiant on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:27:00 PST

What was that?

So I'm sitting here at work toward the end of the day.  People are finishing up or going home or already left.  It is very quiet.  Too quiet.  There's a rosey apple sitting on my d...
Posted by Jiant on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:35:00 PST

Potty Training in 3 Days

So my friend Justin asked me to put up little website to showcase his renewed interest in songwriting.  So he gets web hosting and sends me and Dave the email below: -----Ok boys, so I signed up ...
Posted by Jiant on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:09:00 PST