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A Long Way From Anything

A guy trying to find a home that never was.

Reggae

Thursday, January 26, 2006


I like Reggae...something about the stead beat and the sing-song lilting voices just appeals to me. So I came across and interesting act the other day: Matisyahu. Check him out...Hassidic Reggae!

I swear, this guy goes on stage in the full orthodox jew uniform...beard, curls, black, everything...but he's really good...

Pacification

It's interesting when you're content. Right now I've got a job I like, and a girlfriend I love, and enough money to not really worry about the bills too much (I do still wish I could put more into savings though)...

And I work a lot...I'm still at work tonight...this week I've already hit 68 hours, and I'm not even on call this week...that hell is next week.

I guess what I'm saying is that time passes quickly when you're busy. When I was in school, everything seemed to crawl by at a snail's pace. As I have gotten older though, everything has sped up more and more. Until now all I experience is one cacophonous blur...

14 years old

Thursday, January 19, 2006
I hate to do those lists that you see every 14 year old girl on the net doing...but hell...why not? At least this one's about books. Stolen from Larken.

-Bold- the ones I've read

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams .
The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger One of the best books ever.
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) - J.K. Rowling
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) - J.K. Rowling
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) - J.K. Rowling
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5) - J.K. Rowling
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) - J.K. Rowling
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
The Secret History - Donna Tart
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) - J.K. Rowling
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Ender's Game (The Ender Saga) - Orson Scott Card
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert

Not too bad...even if I do have a decided slant towards paranoia fiction...

One Year

Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Since my brother and Heather both decided to do a year in review, I thought I'd give one a crack:

January: Last semester of school. Working two jobs. Dating Star. Recently broke up with Hope.

February: Unsure of what I'm going to do when I graduate. Working my ass off.

March: Lost in a "What the fuck is going on" mood.

April: Almost done. Going absolutely nutty.

May: In Europe. Getting drunk and laid...not necessarily in that order.

June: Move to Tennessee. Start work.

July: Working hard. Dating Laure.

August: Got fired. Looking for a new job.

September: Found a new (much higher paying) job. Pretty happy, but money is all screwed up.

October: Went down to GA with Laure to meet the friends. One of my best buds is getting married....

November: Work and more work.

December: Worked like a mad man. Went to an amazing new years party.

Movin' uptown

Saturday, January 14, 2006
Rowhouse 'Hood
You scored 30 out of 40 on urban-rural and 28 out of 40 land intensity.
People know you as: The Bohemian Gentrifier

Quote: "That crack house just needed a little paint."




Your score indicates that you are a city-dweller of the old-school. You
like a dense, finely grained neighborhood with restaurants, churches
and brothels all on the same block. Although you've never spoken to him
personally, you know that guy Eddie down the street is a pimp and
you're sure to tell your lame suburban friends about him at every
opportunity, just to freak them out.


The bad news is that as more and more people like you move
into your neighborhood it gradually becomes less cool and more
expensive. Enjoy things while you can, because in 5 years you're going
to have to move to the next 'hood uptown.



Examples of places you should live: Baltimore, Philadelphia

All Categories

Secluded Hideaway / Farm or Ranch / Small Town / Little City / Suburb / Streetcar Suburb / Rowhouse 'Hood / Downtown Loft



My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 78% on urban-rural
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 81% on land intensity
Link: The Where Should You Live Test written by TwelveFloorsUp on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Boston

I think I'm getting tired of living in the south...I think I want to get out. I'm thinking of moving to Boston in a few years and getting a nice little apartment off of the green. The nice thing about working in IT is that I might be able to actually afford this...

An interesting night

Coming home the other night, what do I hear? A loud crash and bang as I climb up the stairs. Worried that someone had wrecked I said "they better had not touched my Xterra." Looking about, not a soul did I see, so I walked down the stairs to have a peek. Here's what I saw:



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