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Jon

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About Me


I live a semi-charmed life. And I don't mind.
Thanks to all those that have made it to the parties and bbqs this summer!
Little bit about me... I am passionate about living a healthy, happy, enjoyable life. I have a new place in Portland. IKEA even opened right after I got my house, makes moving in easier. My new job is going on a year now... guess it's not so new, work is going great. Started some new batches of wine this year which I hope to turn out as good as last years. Summer is over, but snow will soon be on the way after the leaves fall. If highway 35 stays open maybe we'll have a decent season.
Summer in review: This summer seems to have went by verrry fast. It was a bit hectic for me. Did quite a bit of camping. Participated in a marathon. No summer snowboarding. Gone kayaking a handful of times. Got the waverunner stuck in the Columbia river, luckily no barges were coming. NEW PINBACK! Thank Jebus! Found out I CAN survive a NW summer without an air conditioner. Found myself in IKEA more times than I've wanted. Helped a lot of people move. Ate a lot of ice cream. Went swimming a bunch. Didn't make it to Mexico. Made it to New York. Settled in to my new place. Started some new wine. Caught up on The Office & Entourage and started on Flight of the Conchords... wondering where the sunshine went.
I have curiosityconcept.com up which I have been giving way less attention than I had anticipated. Been trying to update Flickr more often. *update* curiosity killed the concept... curiosityconcept.com is no more. thanks to all who played along. new place for me to ramble will be coming to a wordpress near you.
My recent photographs - view them on Flickr

My Interests

snowboarding, hiking, kayaking, biking, photography, music, beer, wine, food, traveling, family, friends, people, animals, nature, indoors, outdoors, rain, sun, snow, life. Enjoying.

Random photograph from my gallery

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I'd like to meet:

Myself

lets see how this works...

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i found this again. omfg! :)

now this is funny.

summer is only winter with you. just listen and watch- wonderful ;)

don't nothing go down in my house!

more. wow! this is simply quite amazing. words can't describe.

Music:



If you find similar interests in the music I listen to you should really check out the new Pinback, Chevelle and Editors CDs some of the best stuff out this year from bands I like... getting lots of play time in my iPod.
I enjoy music! I like alternative, rock, electronic, low-fi, ambient, chill out, indie, industrial, techno... pretty much most music... but not everything. I have taste.

Right now I'm into Pinback, Kings of Convenience, Faithless, Bjork, Our Lady Peace, Lamb, Placebo, Matthew Good, Muse, Mew and Radiohead to name a few.

Check out my music profile on Last FM & Pandora if you want to see what else I like.

Movies:

Crouching Tiger, House of Flying Daggers, Eternal Sunshine, Fight Club, American Beauty, American History X, Lord of the Rings, Super Troopers, Matrix, Donnie Darko, Kill Bill, 300, Beerfest, Borat... I'm going to have to look at my movies to come up with more.

Television:

i no longer have cable... it is way nicer to watch the entire season on DVD without commercials whenever you want. but this is what I used to watch when I did:

Scrubs, South Park, Futurama, Aqua Teen, Family Guy (not as much since that SP episode), Entourage, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Sarah Silverman, Myth Busters... almost anything on Comedy Central or Discovery. TLC, History, CNBC for stocks and market, ESPN for the action sports (i.e. X Games, snowboarding, bmx, hockey, lacrosse) I try to keep my TV watching to a minimum. It rots your brain you know! Frick! Frick! Frick!

Books:

Man I really should be reading more... I have so many recommendations and not enough time to read them all. Tao Te Ching quite often, various dog breed books, Fortress of Solitude, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It. Never got to Battle Royale yet, sorry James... Movie was good though.

Heroes:

My Grandfather

Pictures from my Flickr gallery. . .

My Blog

Blog Address

Please view my blog @ http://curiosityconcept.com I do not use MySpace for blogging. To many ads and crap all over the place and it doesn't integrate to WordPress... I could think of more reasons if I...
Posted by Jon on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:48:00 PST