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Christopher

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About Me

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My Interests

Philosophy; Politics; History; Anthropology; The from-whence-came of things; Odd and obscure things; weird things; Trees; Water; Mind expansion; Truth :)

I'd like to meet:

People I can : learn from; relax with ; get uproariously drunk with ; have late night chats with ; go on walks with; be odd with ; go on adventures with ; play music with ; share the unspoken with ; I like to meet strange people.

Music:

Music is absolutely crucial to the dream-world that I inhabit 90% of the time. I like loads of stuff, whatever moves me...Here are some examplesBob Dylan, Neil Young, CSNY, Robert Wyatt, Buffalo Springfield, Sonic Youth, The Slits, Explosions In The Sky, The Incredible String Band, Radiohead, Michael Nyman, Boards of Canada, The Arcade Fire, Joy Division, Sublime, Johnny Cash, My Bloody Valentine, The Wedding Present, Orange Juice, Burial, The Smiths, The Pixies, The Mars Volta, Deftones, Grizzly Bear, Nirvana, The Specials, Faithless, The Cure, QOTSA, Nirvana, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Smashing Pumpkins, Jeff Buckley, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, B. B. King, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Nico, Weezer, Kimya Dawson, CCR, Hank Williams, Portishead, Gustavo Santaolalla, Otis Redding, Elvis Presley, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Coco Rosie, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Smokey Robinson, Doo-wop, 60's R&B, Reggae, D&B, PSY-TRANCE PSY-TRANCE PSY-TRANCE [especially Para Halu, Yab-Yum, Derango, Psymmetrix] Electronic music of many varieties and 1930s jazz

Movies:

Electra Glide In Blue | Spun | Platoon | Apocalypse Now | Reservoir Dogs | City of Lost Children | The Big Lebowski | Stand By Me | Pulp Fiction | Great Expectations By David Lean| 21 Grams | Amelie | City of God | Fight Club | Das Boot | Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind | This Is England | Lost In Translation | Monty Python's The Holy Grail & The life of Brian | Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas | Taxi Driver | The Singing Detective | Trainspotting | The Usual Suspects | Films by Akira Kurosawa | Films by Pedro Almodovar | Donnie Darko | Leon | The Midnight Cowboy | Requiem for A Dream | Silence of the Lambs | Tron | Magnolia | Sideways | Fellini Satyricon | Easy Rider | Born In East L.A.
This list is not exhaustive.

Television:

Panorama, Dispatches (and suchlike), Interesting Documentaries, QI, Monkey Dust, Peep Show, Father Ted, Lipstick On Your Collar

Books:

Books are my friends. A few of my favourites include Vanity Fair by W. M. Thackeray, Kim by Rudyard Kippling, The Rum Diaries by Hunter S. Thompson and Glue by Irvine Welsh, and last but not least, the Biggles series by Captain W. E. Johns
Just finished FILTH by IRVINE WELSH. Recommendations anyone? I'm looking for another book to start...

Heroes:

Bhudda | Ulysses

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My Blog

About Me

I'm spontaneous, fun-loving, impulsive, an incurable romantic. Nuances and complexities can be alot of fun to dance with, but sincerity and earnesty trump every time. Automated responses, be they feel...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:53:00 PST

What Planet am I?

You Are From Neptune You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability.You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea.Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your hea...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:32:00 PST

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both, And be one traveler, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could, To where it bent in the undergrowth. Then took the ot...
Posted by Christopher on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:38:00 PST