Derek Xava

u.texas@austin, several us intel institutes for imagery analysis, the mccallie school for boys, ghs, pcc

University of Texas - Austin, Attended 1997 - 1998, Other, Art HIstory

lip service, restraint

nature conservancy, sisters of the road cafe, the whitney gray

washing my clothes in waterfalls, washing them at sea, irony boards, hyperspectral analysis of boreal forest breath, crap artist go strategy, matching calphalonware from garage sales, hundertwasser, urban planning, pear brandy drinks with bubbles, bubbles, ask about finland & i'll preach till yer snow angels fall off

sketchup & cad manuals, sharon olds, vicente sereni, anne sexton, kenneth rexroth, annie erneaux, jorge amado, ivo andric, kawabata, kazuo ishiguro, kono taeko's 'toddler hunting', john berger, changers I&II by friendster ezra, michel houellebecq, arundhati roy, leslie marmon silko, alessandro baricco's 'silk', hanif kureishi, amin maalouf, milorad pavic, milan kundera, new american bartender (really--i read the whole whoopin thing)

morvern caller, elling, inarritu, errol morris, portlander eric lahey's 'central plaza hotel', genet, zvyagintsev, oasis, motorcycle diaries, bent hamer's 'kitchen stories', kieslowski, kaurismaki, almodovar, lynch, jane campion, coen brothers, miyazaki

madeleine peyroux, angry orts, kings of leon, squirrel nut zippers, guster, hem, serge gainsbourg, feist, atmosphere, ali farka toure, celia cruz, silvio rodriguez, juan luis guerra, carlos vives' vallenato tributes, the rachels, the be good tanyas, neko case, shuggie otis, segun bucknor, screamin jay hawkins, pj harvey, jolie holland, jazz evenings at eve's place, paolo conte, marisa monte, mum, mazzy star, abdoulaye diabate, roscoe holcombe, goldfrapp, suba, moloko, new order, javan gamelan, coralie clement, nina persson, nina simone, ben watt & tracey thorn, yann tiersen, erik satie, rjd2, roots manuva, don johnson big band, morphine, lyrics born, (rite dis minute at least a song each from: brother ali, blueprint, grayskul, boom bap project, mf doom, p.o.s., i self devine)

snl, charlie rose

i have known how to weave, am still spooling, but not yet how to sew.

during the day still exploring and orienting my life as 'close in' as possible. the river has been like a centerfold. the clouds my traveling light. even after two years i feel new to town, still carrying the previous five years of helsinki around in my head. a doe-eyed tourist after dark.

i completely believe everything i hear.

every day i wear a different horizontally-striped cotton marimekko shirt.

i'm double swiss, occasionally bake french roast brownies, make botanically-themed collage-covered gift boxes, take long hot showers and only occasionally fake my orgasms.

quickest time to pin an opponent in high school wrestling: 19 seconds. time i'll need to pin you: likely less cuz i like to brag.

i'm more monochrome and analogue than my bicycle. same way tracey thorn sings, "you can wear me on yer wrist and i'll tell you things ten thousand times."

poolside negative
we lie black in paved sleep for
her palms' whitest leaves

people who smell good. maybe someone
who likes sugar. no, likes salt. no, sugar, no salt...


the easily amused but hardly impressed.
the easily overwhelmed and yet hardly bothered. the irony bored.

guys who give good directions.
gals who give good directions particularly well.

if she has both feet on the ground
then likely they're astride her bicycle. or her tiger.

or mine.