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ben wåll

Something like a phenomenon....

About Me



We're a disembodied Californian:

If you haven't figured it out already, our name is Ben Wall. That part kinda unfolds on its own. We believe every so often you have to get up and rattle the cage. So get up, grab the bars, and give it a rattling of a lifetime.

Life is good.

Come stand here with us.

This is where we live.

We pull rabbits out of hats.

We used to live a simple, mundane life in California until we woke up one morning and said enough was enough. As Tyler Durden once said, "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives."

My Interests

Hockey , hospitals, and bad credit scores.
Burning down buildings.

Kellan Cobbs and his East County Truck.
New Music.
Old Music.
New People.
New Beginnings.

A bit of politics, with some economics, philosophy, psychology, and foreign languages mixed in.
Casinos and sportsbooks.

I'd like to meet:


Kurt Vonnegut. Looks like we missed the boat on that one. Aldous Huxley makes this list. Scott Niedermayer and Adolf Hitler.

Music:

Bloc Party.
One Draw.
Left Turn Only.
Classic Rock.
Reggae.
Trance.
Hip Hop.
Reggaeton.
Julieta Venegas.
Ben Gibbard.
Desert City Soundtrack.
The Appleseed Cast.
Sounds Like Violence.
Brandston.
Wet Brain.
Benton Falls.
Asobi Seksu.
The Notwist.
The Long Winters.
Andrew Bird.
Bone Thugz N Harmony.

Movies:


The Big Lebowski.
Grandma's Boy.
Old School.
Fight Club.
The Machinist.
Good Will Hunting.
Donnie Darko.

Television:

It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming get me out! Tomorrow takes me higher Pressure on people People on streets

Books:


The Great Gatsby. Sometimes we all have a little Jay Gatz in us...

Heroes:



My Blog

The Official Blog Home of Ben Wall

Here: Ben Wall's Blogspot
Posted by ben wåll on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:23:00 PST

Its lucky for the world that Americans don't waste their time playing cricket...

Bear with me while I break this down for you.   So after four weeks of making an honest effort to pick up and appreciate watching cricket, that is, not turning my back and humming loudly to over...
Posted by ben wåll on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:03:00 PST

A few thoughts on London...

So as you may or may not know, I've been  in  England since the 21rst. It was interesting to see people cast their predictions about how long I would last away from home on so tight a budget...
Posted by ben wåll on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:56:00 PST

A few thoughts on the Charger and their jerseys...

Look, not to go all negative again but if you've seen the new charger jerseys on chargers.com and if you've watched the video, what the hell is that voice over guy talking about? A team symbolized for...
Posted by ben wåll on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:25:00 PST

Three things you should be grateful for...

...and one you should be thankful to not have.1. Mexican food. That shit is irreplaceable, like oxygen status. And not the kind that has peas in the burritos. Come on Europe, you are better than that....
Posted by ben wåll on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:28:00 PST

Chargers find way to lose, naturally

By Hall of Famer Art Spander     OUTPLAYED. OUTCOACHED. Out of the playoffs. Somehow you knew. With Marty Schottenheimer you always know. With the San Diego Chargers you always know. The be...
Posted by ben wåll on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:42:00 PST