Cameroooonski

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Gender Male
Location Iowa, United States
Introduction I'm Cameron. I'm a political science/English double major with a minor in French at Central College. Every day I consider dropping out (not even officially withdrawing; just leaving), packing my car with snacks, guitars and books and just driving away to a town I've never heard of and getting this life thing started. I might like to be a journalist someday. I have a ukulele named Gretchen Vinci. I like naming inanimate objects. I'm really in to stream-of-consciousness writing, obviously. I'm really into romanticism which is what this blog is all about. I want to share bits of idealism with you as often as possible and hopefully help you to free the brave, wreckless god inside yourself.
Interests romanticism, singing - however poorly, guitar, drums, ukulele, saxophone, www.myspace.com/cameronvanberkummusic, movies, books, poetry, art is pretty cool in general, running until I collapse followed by laying in a field and philosiphizing, politics, Russian tea, learning how to play new instruments, being home after not having a real home for a long time, real people, real shit, integrity, black bean and rice burritos, allergy relief, girls that spend hours in front of an amplifier in their PJs with a guitar and pedal board sculpting that perfect sound (purely theoretical, unfortunately), and more things than I could ever experience.
Favorite Movies Meatballs, Real Genius, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lars and the Real Girl, the Darjeeling Limited, Annie Hall, Lost in Translation, Snow Day, Harold and Maude, Waking Life, Miyazaki movies, Snow Day (yeah, mostly just Snow Day), Good Night & Good Luck, etc.
Favorite Music Stubborn Tiny Lights vs. Clustering Darkeness Forever Ok?, Northern Howl, Come And Watch The Pretty Lights, Paddle Captain, Let's Be Friends, Sons & Heirs, Broken Social Scene, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bright Eyes, We Are The Willows, P.O.S., M. Ward, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Sigur Ros, Druids, Andrew Bird, Feist, The National, Man Man, Eisley, Pinback, Alexi Murdoch, Animal Collective, Rogue Wave, Commuter, Album Leaf, Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Jimmy Eat World, Say Anything, Smashing Pumpkins, Wax On Radio, Stars, Immortal Technique, Death Cab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Low, Minus The Bear, As Tall As Lions, Cursive, Maria Taylor, Beirut, A Lull, Magnetic Fields, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, etc.
Favorite Books Great Gatsby, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Everything Is Illuminated, A Man Without A Country, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Slaughterhouse 5, Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Road, Good Omens, Harry Potter, On The Road, I Am The Messenger, The Book Thief, Still Life With Woodpecker, Invisible Monsters, Northline, East of Eden, Water for Elephants, etc.