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danny

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About Me

My personal blog: http://veryverybad.blogspot.comA blog that I started for my project in Can Tho, Vietnam: http://carriebrightvn.blogspot.com

My Interests

I like Rock, and most other forms of music excluding boring jazz (ie weather report, ect.) and Bollywood musical showtunes which are just way too fucking cheerful. In fact, as a rule of thumb, showtunes suck (again there are some notable exceptions). I like going to thrift stores and making my own furniture. I've been known to bang the drum, am somewhat of a LOTR enthusiast, and secretly enjoy eavesdropping on conversations in sleazy hotel bars.

I'd like to meet:

People. Animals. Large Blooming Trees.

Music:

I still think that I like to listen to "good music", but honestly, all I listen to here is Lionel Richie, the Backstreet Boys and Vietnamese pop music. I've even come to embrace this one Lionel Richie song. "Hello, is it me your looking for. . .I can see it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile. You all I've ever wanted and I'm da da dum de dum." It plays all the time over here, and besides, it's like totally fuckin' intense.Also I listen to a lot of bad Karaoke.At home I guess I like to listen to sonic youth and Kris Kristofferson and neil young and I've suddenly started liking the ramones.

Movies:

I like them.

Television:

Twin Peaks. Mr. Show. the office (BBC version)BUFFY SUCKS. (and that goes for all the cheesy spinoffs too)

Books:

I love the Lord of the Rings. That will never change. Recently, I've been reading an eclectic bunch of books. Basically, I've been reading what we've got laying around the house. Dispatches by Micheal Herr, a history of the Mekong river (titled Mekong), The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Angela's Ashes, Bee Season, Hell's Angels, Dharma Bums, The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, other books. Next I will read The Kite Runner.I still remember where I was sitting when I finished the Brother's Karamozov.

Heroes:

Mr. Mauldin...high school math teacher. Shelby Foote. Sherlock Holmes. Special Agent Dale Cooper, FBI.

My Blog

New Blog home

I've given up on myspace. My new blog entries can be found at: http://veryverybad.blogspot.com/
Posted by danny on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:35:00 PST

A couple of really old blogs

I wrote about a couple of strange things that happened a few weeks before I left Vietnam but because of difficulties with the internet and my computer, I never got around to posting them. . .so now th...
Posted by danny on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:33:00 PST

Coming Home

Hello everybody.  Tomorrow at 10:30 am VN time I get on a plane for America.  I'll be in New York for a couple of days and then at my Mom's house for a few more.  Should be in TN by the...
Posted by danny on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:56:00 PST

About a book

I've got about 15 minutes before I need to go teach a class, so I'll see what I can do here.  The problem with this blog is that unless I write on a regular basis, I don't know where to...
Posted by danny on Wed, 10 May 2006 12:25:00 PST

Me vs. the man. Round 1: Soc Trang

It's been a hell of a week.  I've been away from my computer for the past 5 days.  I expected to have a lot of important and/or loverly personal emails waiting for me, but alas, only Moveon....
Posted by danny on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:51:00 PST

Gimme gimmee (cho toi)

It's been a while since I've posted, so here goes.  I've been busy over the course of the last week writing a grant proposal (something, it turns out, I don't actually know how to do very well).&...
Posted by danny on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:34:00 PST

Return to thy country geeks and losers.

Expats are strange creatures.  We don't really have an expat community in Can Tho.  There are a few people that are working here on a short term basis.  Mostly they are working at the U...
Posted by danny on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:41:00 PST

Raining in the Dry season.

It rained a helluva lot last night. . .I don't know why.  It's supposed to be the dry season.  Everyone else seems perplexed as well.  My neighbors had a little flooding.  It's fun...
Posted by danny on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:26:00 PST

Some things that bother me.

Today was one of those days where nothing seems to work out exactly right.  Frustrating.  7:30 am appointment with students. . .students didn't show.  I went to ESC (English Speaking Cl...
Posted by danny on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:51:00 PST

recent happenings

I swear I posted a blog last night, but yet again it was lost in the ether.  That's alright.  I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything significant.  What I do want to know is why these dud...
Posted by danny on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:13:00 PST