i like nightly walks, long drives, playing banjo, playing guitar, playing the drums, writing songs, absurdist humor, and interacting with people. i find joy in solitude, good meals, city lights, quiet spots, and amazing views, all of which make me feel glad to be alive. i'm also a night owl and proud of it.

i am partial to the off-beat/weird and the more dark/melancholy aspects of life and everything in-between. i have a mouth in which my mind has a hard time catching up to sometimes. this is a good and bad thing, depending on context.

basically, i'm ridiculously random, but not randomly ridiculous. i'm always ridiculous. but how is being ridiculous and lolzy not the only way to live??? here's a haiku i wrote before:

hello three pm
is it still a morning pee
when it's afternoon?

(i got a lot of likes on that on facebook. am i cool yet?)

i've been playing in different bands since this, but here's my solo music stuff that i'm not sure i'll ever return to: www.myspace.com/randit

professional adventurer.

intuition.

songwriting.

being myself.

lolziness.

dry wit.

big tits.

and a freckly face.

books: catcher in the rye, the stranger, perks of being a wallflower, LOTR, norwegian wood, the fuck up, the elephant vanishes.

movies: the royal tenenbaums, rushmore, LOTR, last life in the universe, amelie, lucas, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, buffalo '66, lost in translation, brain candy, reservoir dogs, harold and maude, ordinary people, milk, wet hot american summer, there will be blood, taxi driver. a shitload more.

music: jason molina, songs:ohia, magnolia electric co., modest mouse, spoon, m.ward, nick drake, cat power, feist, hayden, holopaw, murder city devils, mogwai, explosions in the sky, do make say think, the shins, neil young, ryan adams, mum, the strokes, broken social scene, ladyhawk, m83, sparklehorse, le loup, american analog set, billie holiday, vince guaraldi, ugly casanova, talkdemonic, smashing pumpkins, of montreal, moskitoo, clap your hands say yeah, the dead texan, django reinhardt, hot chip, gerry mulligan, junior boys, interpol, lullatone, midlake, joy division, the cure, my bloody valentine, ghostland observatory, moving units, the jesus and mary chain, japanther, pixies, julie doiron, the black heart procession, belle and sebastian, new order, more stuff. basically: http://www.last.fm/user/thedeadowl

comedians: david cross, zach galifianakis, patton oswalt, stephen colbert, jon stewart, the kids in the hall, david wain, michael showalter, michael ian black. and uh, more.

food: anything and everything. i'm usually not picky about what i eat; i love all food. the only thing i'm picky about is ice cream-either it's green tea ice cream or nothing at all. i don't have much of a sweet tooth either. so baby, don't be sweet. be incredibly rare and bloody.

the need to play music

the freedom to be myself

open-mindedness (including within my friends, but also people who aren't as open-minded, because you can't truly be open-minded if you're surrounded by carbon copies of yourself)

humor (in all forms)

stimulation (mental, emotional, and physical)

now that all that is covered: THE INTERNET

the absurdities of life. i make up hilarious concepts and situations in my head which usually results in making myself laugh out loud (or at least shake my head). i often do this while alone and in public, but that only makes it funnier.

i'm also always thinking of ways to improve myself while i do things that don't improve myself. know what i mean?

also: food.

i like being spontaneous. i'm never bored and i find some kind of joy or interest in anything.

i am always down for any type of adventure.

you know this whole YOLO thing that everyone keeps rubbing their junk on lately? i've got a better one that's actually more embracing of the YOLO concept:

HAINDY

(how am i not dead yet?).

i was born in a toilet.

you want my junk. or if you just want to snuggle wuggle.

you don't take yourself too seriously. because really, looking through some of these profiles...c'mon...just...c'mon. just stop it, you big silly.

you have the same taste in music and comedy, you're a night owl like me, or if you have a dirty mouth.

most importantly, if you aren't me:

"BanjoCakes is you. To keep things simple we have not set the system up to allow self sent messages."

so, please, don't message me if you're me. thanks.