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•Male •October 23, 1992 •Oregon, USA •Anglophone •Liberal •Agnostic

I am, and have always been, Harry Gray Blakeman. My name is Harry, but if you know I know you, feel free to call me Gray, Harrison, Henry or even (my name for Spanish class) Enrique. I enjoy working on my Mac, specializing in Web design and tech support. I like to run, and hang out with my friends. I quest for normalcy, but I doubt I'll ever conquer this feat. Spending most of my time making my life more efficient, I often don't have any time to do the things that make the efficiency practical.

I listen to the majority of my music on my iPod. With a collection of over 4,500 songs, all them belonging the full albums (I'm not really into this whole iTunes-break-up-albums-to-sell-by-song thing). I rarely run out of tunes. For the most part it's alternative, folk-rock or britpop. It really depends on my mood, the song, and what I'm interested in at any given moment. When I'm home I tend to listen to my music on vinyl, just 'cause it's more fun. I collect vinyl and hang them on my walls. Then I take one down when I want to listen to it.

As for movies, well I love them. My favorite way to watch movies for the first time is either in the cinema, or on my iPod. The latter I'm told is kinda weird, but that's just what I like. My favorite movie is Lawrence of Arabia, though I hardly ever watch it. I watch new movies all the time, and when I've got some down time I either try out an old favorite, or brush up on something different.

I don't have TV (I have a television, just not cable or satellite), what I watch is either online (I watch a lot online) or on DVD. Mostly from Blockbuster. Generally I watch sitcoms. I enjoy the light-hearted comedy that becomes irrelevant in mere minutes.

I can both read and write, and I do them often. Mostly I read online. (Are you seeing a pattern here yet?) I'm a Wikipedia buff. I do read books, though, don't get me wrong. I love The Catcher in the Rye, and anything else by J.D. Salinger.
Lately I've also gotten into books written by or about Founding Fathers. That and eastern philosophy. I just started the I Ching, a follow up to my reading of the Tao Te Ching last year.

Recently I got an old Selectric typewriter. Found it at a garage sale, and I've been madly clicking away at it. Mostly producing badly written short stories, I'm still having a good spot of fun. Before I began to use it, I took it apart and cleaned it. Then I set to work naming it. I chose Rita, after the Beatles' undervalued hit, "Lovely Rita." A wise choice in my opinion.

Now I'm off to do more exciting things... ah, who am I'm kidding, there's nothing more exciting then this Web site. Ah, who am I kidding???