bourdon once dated actress shiri appleby. he dated actress vanessa lee evigan, starting in 2001 but has been single since at least early 2008. his birthday was featured on an episode of itunes' lptv. on january 20, 2004, linkin park played a show in philadelphia, pennsylvania and the band can be seen joking around backstage and saying that it is bourdon's twentieth. bourdon's favorite songs to play are "in the end", "tinfoil" and "the little things give you away". his hobbies include playing the piano (although he has never done so for a linkin park recording) and surfing.