bw diederich

530 41st St, Apt. 12 Oakland, CA 94609

bwdiederich@gmail.com

(512) 289 6135

 

this is my website. it's a collection of things. most of my life is on hold while I finish grad school.

feel free to contact me. more than likely I will appreciate the distraction from some vastly more important task. like Peggle.

Words

There are a number of places where I write things down or type things out, this is not an exhaustive list, links provided where appropriate.

I have a wiki, but it is personal. So Keep Out.

I have a tumblelog called tumbl tumbl. I never ever use it because I don't spend enough time on flickr and/or youtube apparently.

I have an "active" livejournal which tends to be friends only. Recent topics have included exciting things like the last dinner Devon and I cooked, that I really want new games for my DS and that I am easily fooled by April Fool's Day stories making the current administration look mean and petty and insane.

I have an inactive livejournal which is best left alone. It is an angry, angsty little thing.

I have various collections of paper which hold the keys to my innermost thoughts. Including two moleskine notebooks and scraps of paper scattered throughout all the bags I own.

I write poetry every 6 months. Wherein I mostly try to be a mixture of John Ashbery and Robert Hass.

Stuff in my Head

If you prod me enough these are the things I will probably talk about because I like them and think about them. I urge you to verify this with a certain lovely young lady who knits at an alarmingly rapid pace.

Again, not an exhaustive list.

my girlfriend, my family, Andrew Horton, career switches, academia, Heidegger, (literary/critical/media/etc.) theory, myself, ice cream, being tired, being hungry, Kingdom Hearts II, Dragonquest Heroes: Rocket Slime, technology, the eee subnotebook, food, Ethiopian food, meditation (soto zen and insight/vipassana), how I hate grad school, Oakland, prints, No Age, M.I.A., the new Why? record "Alopecia" which is perfect and amazing, Stan Brakhage, electricity, the command line, my ipod touch, poop, my girlfriend (I talk about her a lot), Raytracer by Emperor X, moving to Piedmont Ave. with Devon, the 24" iMac.

Also I can't seem to spell "appropriate" anymore. I'm constantly leaving out the second "r". I find this troubling. Also, "curiosity". My fingers are convinced there is a "u" in there somewhere. My fingers are wrong.

Stuff in my Hands

I used to dual-boot, and while linux and unix are important to me, making music I want to, using my gadgets and playing video games are more important to me. So I used to dual-boot my laptop, Ubuntu and XP, but I mostly live in XP now, and the great Linux destruction is imminent.

I paint things and recently have been drawing pieces of wood and Eames chairs.

I read books too. Mostly school at this point. Also, Thinking with Type, various sci-fi, and the Asian Journals of Thomas Merton.

Dead/On Hold

I once was a partner in tiny drawings. An awkward subject, but I was proud of my work on the site and it was the first time I got serious about following up on my passion for enabling my talented friends. One day I will do it again, but on my own terms, with my own friends, and with my vast riches.

Life? Till Spring 2008.