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T.J.

thomasjm

About Me

sometimes i take pictures:
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i have plenty of great suggestions.

check it (scroll to the bottom, then right)

My Interests

basketball, photography,astonishing things, off-beat/acerbic/wes anderson/ mcsweeney's humor, technology(gadgets and thangs), semiotics, frolicking: in the magical land of grizzly bears and kool-aid, convergences, emergence, politics, your mom last night, psychology, philosophy, economics, etc.....

I'd like to meet:

anyone who can still understand what im talking about after 10 minutes. (not cause im some sort of esoteric,alienating person. i just start sentences, reconsider their interestingness and give up on them. so really, im asking for patience)

Movies:

TOP GUN is the best movie of all time. though i've heard it can be reduced to a gay recruitment film . ("i'll be your wingman any time" *clicks teeth at unnerving proximity to face*)
wes RUSHMORE, TENENBAUMS)....GOOD WILL HUNTING, LEON, The Squid And The Whale, Crash, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Finding Forrestor, Elephant .MY new favorite movie of all time is SNAKES ON A PLANE - "cmon, samuel jackson is WHIPPING SOMEBODY WITH A SNAKE "

Television:

anything judd apatow (freaks and geeks, undeclared), sportcenter, the daily show/colbert report, aqua teen hunger force, family guy, simpsons, futurama, nova science now, samurai champloo, its always sunny in philadelphia, entourage, ethics in america, campus ladies

Books:

um,
Recently read:
the winter of our discontent - john steinbeck
the brief and frightening reign of phil - george saunders
Currently reading: infinite jest - DFW

Heroes:

Maximilian Jenius
why max? check out this badass action scene where max does some crazy flying .. width="425" height="350" .. (this should ratify my nerd credentials)

My Blog

ancient barber-ian practices

Learned some interesting things about barbers recently on wikipedia: "Barbering was introduced to Rome from the Greek colonies in Sicily in 296 B.C. and barber shops quickly became very popular centr...
Posted by T.J. on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:17:00 PST

wee

the fetish club. that horrible, horrible 80's band. the not-so-secret hook-ups and hook-up history lessons - or, six degrees of sexaration. "pussy repellant" (though that's partly carry-over from the ...
Posted by T.J. on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:45:00 PST

what's the diff?

what's the difference between entymology and etymology*?A: the letter "n" - ha (tepid applause)now, what's the difference between god and gold? *entymology is the study of insects while etymology is t...
Posted by T.J. on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:50:00 PST

myspace life challenge .1

lay the mac down with a girl using only myspace survey questionairres. you know, the ones you see in bulletins everyone thinks i want to read.  GO!
Posted by T.J. on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:44:00 PST

hey you

shake your money maker
Posted by T.J. on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:02:00 PST

My Personal Voltron

Black Lion: Barack Obama Red Lion: Michael Jordan Blue Lion: Natalie Portman Yellow Lion: Dave Eggers Green Lion: Noah Feldman (alternates: Ahkil Reed Amar, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Jeff Buckley, Yoko Kan...
Posted by T.J. on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:35:00 PST

food for thought.

chips + soda = fat potion
Posted by T.J. on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:16:00 PST

Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley is a gateway drug to the indie music scene.
Posted by T.J. on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:11:00 PST

The Most Important Thing

The most important thing to do once you've logged onto your myspace is  change the song on your profile. This small act says a lot about you: your tastes in syncopation; your reverence, or irreve...
Posted by T.J. on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:35:00 PST