van Marley

Hello!
A little bit about me: student, day laborer, former car owner and full time bike commuter. XHTML, CSS, PH, MySQL hack. Cog Sci/HCI major at UCSD. Currently reside in Los Angeles and moving to now live in Pacific Beach (San Diego) while I finish up my degree.

Things I like:
Sushi, Zero 7, coffee, Los Angeles, Earlimart, Pixies, bike mechanics, Gong Li, Dave Chappell, Radiohead usability studies, CSS, Photoshop, Kurosawa, snowboarding, photography, Brian Bress, cyclo-cross, drinks, White Stripes, The Greek Theatre, California, Duvel, Chimay, Kasteel, John Stewart, Food Network, Spain, bbq, friends, Spanish, wine, late nights, the quiet of mornings, PS2, Netflix, love, Bunuel, ADHD articles, KCRW, Metropolis, Chocolate City w/ Garth Trinidad, Utrecht!, cycling, sailing, shows at the Troubador, dancing, Will Ferrell, air miles, surfing, cheese, Belgium, books on DOM scripting and why XHTML is important, emacs, open source, SMC, South Park, Rondeux et Liege et tous mes amis, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, PHP, travel, del.icio.us, 24, people who cook, neuorscience, techmology, jeans, t-shirts, Smashing Ps, Dimestore Evangelist, Minus 4, Nederlands, French, Japanese, Apple, gossip mags at the checkout stand, digg, World of Apu, Yimou films - to name a few, in no particular order.

Before I die:
Visit: Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, China, SE Asia, India, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Iran, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, Alaska. Learn to ride the snowboard park. Learn to cook. Be a guest on Iron Chef America. Finish the 16 books I have started at the moment. Finish my script. Shoot my short film. Jam in a band. Marry. House. Kids? (My buddy Ron says between the internet and Xbox video games, these days kids practically raise themselves.) Finish my degree. Live in one apartment longer than 8 months. Scuba dive somewhere tropical. Become fluent in Japanese and Spanish. Spend an entire winter snowboarding. See another Formula 1 race live. Climb L’Alp d’Huez, Galibier, Tourmalet (on my bike of course). Be away from the internet for 5 days in a row. Catch up on all the books I haven’t finished because of the internet. Enjoy my friends and family more.

Things I Don’t Do Anymore
Pay for gas (not very often anyway), race my bike, excercise, jello shots, plan on retiring at 50, want to work in film, play video games, read blogs, have 100 projects going at once (I’m trying anyway…)