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Created on 2002-07-10 11:52:36 (#625138), last updated 2007-03-26
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| Name: | ThisisVlad |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1976-08-13 |
| Location: | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Website: | thisisvlad |
born under communist oppression in st petersburg, i spent the beginning of my life learning the ways of the world. after growing up, i left russia at the age of 3 and a half. it was a struggle to escape communism's evil clutches, but after years of persecution, i somehow made it to the land of the free... Italy. after sightseeing a bit and crying in front of the Pope, i settled down in America, where i learned to speak english and play video games. always on the move from one national park to the next, i visited almost all of the 50 states before finishing high school and then dropping out of UC Davis. during several years of a heavily medicated existence subsisting on pounding electronic music, blowpops, and mania i moved in w/ my friend Erica and went to work for a gun-toting porn-star-loving software developer. eventually, i knew i couldn't deal w/ small town life anymore, so i settled down in SF where i vowed to visit every restaurant and bar in sight. despite loving it in SF, i took a 14 month jaunt around the world where i rode camels across the desert, climbed active volcanoes, saw lions in the wild, met the dalai lama, and nearly froze to death in the land of fire. returning to america, i lived in the ghetto and with crack dealers on my doorstep, i had to fend off my home from invading hobos and the evergrowing mounds of poo that appeared in the alleys around me. in a time of crisis, i was taken in by my cousin and a small furry whirlwind named McPooperson. i'm now living on a double decker inflatable bed with one small drawer's-worth of possessions and not nearly enough sweatshirts. who knows what life has in store next....
Interests (39):
alcohol, art cars, books, burning man, critical mass, culture jamming, dave eggers, douglas coupland, eclectic tastes, electroclash, flashy colors, food, foreign cultures, hating cingular, hip hop, holidays, hot sauce, house music, indie rock, making stickers, mobiles, modern art, mountain biking, passionate people, people, philosophy, radiohead, records, russia, san francisco, sleeping, snowboarding, subculture, sushi, swatches, taking risks, techno, travel, vodka
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