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About Me

Recently moved back home to LA with the mutts, but lived in exotic places like Russia, India, Shanghai, New York City, Denver, St. Louis, and Richmond VA. Best gig of my life was teaching at-risk kids in NYC how to surf. I try to learn from every bit of life and always working to one-up myself. My biggest turn on is a good conversation, and talking to me could get you a free burrito. I'm a foodie and live for trying new restaurants. I also enjoy taking risks, observing oddities, and reading maps. I'm a nonconformist looking for others to share life's burps, an advertising geek and wannabee-poser/hipster, a missile maker and nepot, surf instructor and international dj. And recently, I've been a humbled cripple and a CEO candidate.

I escaped adolescence just barely without a criminal record. I have an insatiable curiosity and have picked up a few books and CDs and languages in my short time on earth. Love to puddle stomp though worried I may be getting too old for it at times. Perfect day would be sleeping in, talking to a few of my friends all over the country, picking up a book I have struggled to complete and actually finishing it, going to the dog park and having my mutt actually not attack another dog, and then taking whatever is in my fridge and making a masterpiece. If my standards seem too high, don't fret. I am content with living so close to the ocean and breathing fresh air, drinking cool water, and not showering until sundown. I enjoy a riveting match of strip solitaire from time to time. I speak cryptically and honestly. I like to challenge people almost as much as I like someone to tell me I'm wrong and why. I am politically balanced and hate angry democrats and ignorant republicans. My opinions often make enemies, but the friends I've gathered around the world I seem to carry with me from place to place. After my nomadic years in the cultural anthropology and advertising field, I moved back to my hometown of LA in 2005. I think I'll stay put for a while.


My Interests

I'd like to meet:

TURN ONS: Must play Pente! People who can assist me on the search for the world's greatest falafel. Anyone who enjoys hanging out, taking risks, reading, coming up with impossible ideas, listening to live music, and shooting some pool. Skaters and surfers and urban explorers. People who are passionate about advertising and design, and equally passionate about ridiculing cluttered myspace profiles and subway advertising. I have a fetish for diabetic women. Drummers who put commas before "and" when writing lists. Anyone who can juggle chainsaws. People who disagree with me. Also, hit me up if you want to drive me somewhere, or if you're a stupid, filthy slut.

TURN OFFS: People who are in the race for as many myspace friends as possible (just stop, Tom won that race long ago), people who have too much time on their hands, fun-haters, animal-haters, curiosity-killers, and multilevel marketers. Girls who listen to buckcherry and the men who love them.

My Blog

Stoked Party - St. Pats

The Stoked fundraiser/party is rapidly approaching and I would really love for you guys to attend if you are in the LA area this weekend. Here's the flyer with all the info: http://www.stokedmentoring...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:06:00 GMT

New Blog

My blog is moving in pieces over to: http://shaunarora.blogspot.com/ see ya there.
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:32:00 GMT

Tabloid Redesign

http://www.panopticist.com/archives/the_magazine_covers.html
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:32:00 GMT

Carolina Man Wants More Cars On Rivers

Aquatic car drives with 'oooomph'RIDGELAND, South Carolina (AP) -- It's not terribly easy to parallel park an automobile on a lake.Now, John Giljam knows this to be as true as the highway is long...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:29:00 GMT

fun with morph


Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:37:00 GMT

Artist to lust after

In my dream company, Milano Chow (http://www.arglebargle.net/) would draw the pictures next to the bios of the CEO and such. But that's just because "I'm a little off."
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:08:00 GMT

Hugo Chavez Praised for Blasting Bush

Though it's hard to trust the man, he comes across as educated, passionate, and powerful. He makes such a huge attack on Bush, as always, but this time is "warmly applauded" by the delegates. Instead ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:00:00 GMT

New Map of the Middle East

Here's one man's point of view on what the middle east should look like. What are your thoughts? Original Image From: http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/xml/2006/06/images/afj.pet ers_map_after.JPG
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:32:00 GMT

Watch your head - Total Recall

Falls bring Segway scooter recall   Segway, the company which launched the self-balancing scooter it said would "sweep over...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:58:00 GMT

who tattoos this to their arms

(Props to the litterthugs crew)
Posted by on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:37:00 GMT