Chris Partida
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February 18
I did some simple Googling, check these links out: Fred Perry @ 6pm.com Coach Shorts @ Speedo (check out their other options, too) This isn't a US site, but the shorts are great. There is also a local company in SoCal called KATIN, they do custo…
February 18
Hahaha, this one made me smile and laugh silently to myself.
February 18
I will say one thing in Bear's defense, as I've already sided with Les Stroud... After just now catching the last half of a "Behind The Scenes" episode of Man Vs. Wild, I still have great respect for Bear, but also for his crew. Those guys are all…
February 18
Pretty awesome. I wonder what some of the comments say...
February 18
Stroud does everything on the show twice. Once to set up the camera, another time to show us why.
February 17
I've been cutting my hair since I was 12 or 13, and I've got the kind of hairstyle (high and tight) that I can do easily by myself (with a little help in the back, sometimes). I only started getting my hair cut recently (in the last 3 years), so tha…
February 17
I would no sooner cut my own hair than give myself an appendectomy but your post did bring to mind something that happened years ago: I had a coworker who was really struggling financially. He and his wife had moved to SC from OK following the oil…
February 17
I really want to get the kind that doesn't have plastic hair guards, I want metal guards. I want to have to repeatedly wrench into them, oil them up and hear them purr!
February 17
I did clippers on myself for years. I got a pretty nice set that lasted me well for about $45. (Still have them, just have to find them to get the brand off them.) I spent an extra $10 and got every size clipper guard available.
February 17
Must be a coast thing, we're terribly condescending. The show was pulled directly because of it's poor reception in the Mountain and Central timezones. That is middle 'merica, hence my generalization. No offense, well not much. I'm bitter.
February 17
It was still rather early in it's storyline opportunities, you can tell that loose ends weren't tied off and there was a lot more to come. Futurama is a sitcom with no linear structure, so it really doesn't have much in similarity. They really juice…
February 17
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I can't afford to get to my barber as much as I'd ideally enjoy, so I want to get a nice pair of shears/clippers, possibly for my birthday that's coming up. Now, I've always wanted a great pair that could last me years and years, though all I've had…
February 17
I've got a bag, halfway packed at all times, guns behind my door, but nothing ready to grab in case. Though I have thought a lot about what I'd do. I did think of Zombies happening, moreso than the apocalypse. But either way, I'm just about ready fo…
February 17
Hahaha, glad I wrote what I did without reading the last posts. Proves my point all the more.
February 17
Without even bothering to go through every page, I agree with all the thousands that said Arrested Development. That is by far, the most ridiculous decision that the geniuses at FOX could've done. I don't live in middle 'merica, so I don't know wha…
February 17

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Website
http://www.chrispartida.com
Interests
Being me, listening to good music, appreciating fantastic art, eating delicious food, giving/receiving good ass up-tops, odaxelagnia, lovin' on/caring for/housing small animals, engaging in run on sentences, cracking wise, laughing, watching well made (and B) movies, practicing my love for photography, getting/doing Tattoos, eating unagi, creating unfinished art projects, making jokes, loving the way Messcan girls look like, driving fast, me, I like liking things.
Books
Back in 2003, my friend called me while I was in Lake Tahoe during the week of Christmas and informed me that they had caught Sadahm Hussein, he then went on to tell me that Sadahm's favorite book was the same as mine. That said, Ernest Hemingway once wrote a confusing, yet oddly amusing and erotic tale of a man and his struggle for self gratification, he called this book Old man and the sea. To the unlearned person, this was no literary movement, it was a giant piece of wtf? I love it, call me learn-ed.

Hunter S. Thompson was more than most people think, more than just a drug-crazed reporter. His writing spoke out against the criminal injustice, and in favor of the common person.

Animal Farm by George Orwell has always been a good read, I need to look into his other works, I hear 1984 is an eye opener.

Miranda July has newly become a favorite author of mine. Her stories are so well written, I can't help but enjoy them.

Robert Kirkman is responsible for a lot of really great comics including The Walking Dead and INVINCIBLE. Check them out.

I haven't been an adimate fan of reading books, but great writers such as these, I largely respect.
Movies
La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful) is my favorite movie, I've got a quote from LIFE (Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence) tattooed on my arm and I wish I had a copy of the video from our trip to tahoe 2k3.
Directors/ Screenwriters Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Stephen Spielberg, Michael Gondry, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Cohen Brothers, Roberto Benigni, Charlie Kaufman, Darren Aronofsky, Harmony Korine, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Chris Cunningham, Alfonso Cuaron, Jim Jarmusch, Tim Burton, Jon Favreau and many more.

I also love NETFLIX. Love like a man has for a DVD rental service.
Music
A few favorites: Face to Face (R.I.P.), Rage Against the Machine (R.I.P.), Beck, the Aquabats, Norma Jean, Converge, Violent Femmes, Refused (R.I.P.), Radiohead, Del the Funky Homosapien, At the Drive In (R.I.P.), Cave In (R.I.P.), Cursive, The Vandals, Sigur Ros, Descendents, Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon, Curl Up and Die (R.I.P.), The Chariot, Portishead, Dropkick Murphy's, Mike Patton, No Fun at All, El-P, Daft Punk, Jurassic 5, Between the Buried and Me, RJD2, CODE 415, MC Paul Barman, Dillinger Escape Plan, WRENCH, Misfits, Alexisonfire, American Nightmare/Give up the Ghost, Murder By Death, Dan the Automator, Rival Schools, The Presidents of the United States of America, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Second to All (R.I.P.), Blackalicious, Eazy-E, Tenacious D, AFI (pre-drowning), Modest Mouse, Phantom Planet, Flogging Molly, Van Halen (not Van Hagar), Murder City Devils (R.I.P.), Black Flag, Ensign, Styx, Dead Kennedy's, International Noise Conspiracy, Gorillas/Space Monkeys, Dogwood, Scarlet, The Aggrolites, Good Riddance, Beastie Boys, The Specials, Spinal Tap, Journey, Dry and Heavy, Heiroglyphics, Drunken Tiger, Supernova, Need New Body, TRS-80, Taking Back Sunday, Bear VS Shark, and much much much much more...
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At 7:05pm on August 13, 2009, Tyler Jacobs said…
I may speak it, but you live it!
At 1:38pm on August 13, 2009, John Clanton said…
Ahh nice. I've heard of them. How often do you travel with them?
At 1:19pm on August 13, 2009, John Clanton said…
So what's that national traveling band you work for?
At 11:10pm on August 2, 2009, KJS said…
Hahaha that is a great profile picture.
At 4:00am on June 14, 2009, Hallock said…
Thank you, much appreciated.
At 4:05pm on June 12, 2009, Jean-Paul Gagnon said…
That's a massive chainsaw! Wish customs would be cool enough for me to pack something like that.
At 5:32pm on June 9, 2009, thehuhman said…
Let Freedom Ring? Just my guess...LOL
At 3:39pm on June 9, 2009, thehuhman said…
Chris, didn't know you were a Jeep lover. You need to join our club. We need some new blood. Go here: AoM Jeep Men
At 2:02pm on June 9, 2009, thehuhman said…
Yea, and he was hanging from the rafters of the newly-constructed gazebo we were all relaxing in. I just looked up from my "Mai-Tai" and spotted him about 6 feet from my head. Blacksnakes aren't poisonous, but STILL!
At 9:58am on June 5, 2009, thehuhman said…
Hey Chris, I see you listed Hunter S. Thompson in your book section. Very cool. You won't see THAT name many places in this community... LOL. I'm liking you better, all the time!

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Sure, it's only a .22, but it's the best .22 I've seen...


Click here to zoom.

Winchester Wildcatt .22 Target/Varmint (not with that scope).

She's a gorgeous bolt-action repeater .22 with a .827" boar barrel.

I've been waiting for over two years for this rifle to finally… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2009 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

Chris Partida

I've been a terrible AoMer lately...

I hadn't touched a computer from late Thursday until yesterday night (and only to do some work), so I've fallen behind on my 30 Days to a Better Man challenges, too far behind for my liking. I plan to make them up in full, just feel awful for getting this far and falling behind like I did.

I hope you are all doing better than I.

Posted on June 30, 2009 at 3:02pm — 3 Comments

Chris Partida

Late June/early July is the season for new beginnings, the halfway point in the year...

...Make the most of it. Quit your job if you haven't already, start something new and fresh. The economy's really not that bad.

The first half of 2009 was definitely challenging. I currently work for a company that deals with sending golfers to Mexico for extravagant vacations. I've been the only web/graphic designer for this company, the last 5+ years (almost 6), it was my first job out of college. 2009 brought lots of controversy to Mexico with the drug cartel violence, shootout… Continue

Posted on June 24, 2009 at 6:46pm —

Chris Partida

Psyillium, it'll make you better.

I have never posted a blog here before, so I'm going all-out with my first - No holds barred, I'm talking men's room topics and everything.

I have been a viewer of AoM for some time now, over a year easily, but only recently joined the AoM Community recently to start in the 30 Days to A Better Man project.

What's better to aid in becoming a Better Man than taking care of yourself? I say nothing.

My brother, David, about two years back, raved about a product that made him feel be… Continue

Posted on June 9, 2009 at 4:27pm — 1 Comment

 
 

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