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.Gerald.

I've got a rumbly in my tumbly!

About Me


"The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success. That-with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success-is our national disease." (William James, Letter to H. G. Wells)

My Interests


movies, theatre, sci-fi, music, art, philosophy, serenity, moose, the weather, culture, candy, poetry, diners, cherries, tea, coffee

I'd like to meet:


wes anderson

sofia coppola

jon stewart

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Music:

my interests are quite vast and varied, but indie pop/rock will always be where my heart lies.

Movies:



Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Tim Burton, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Zwigoff, Jean Pierre Jeunet, Christopher Guest, Michel Gondry, Frederico Fellini, Robert Altman, Richard Linklater, Darren Aronofsky, George Romero, Joss Whedon, Joel and Ethan Coen, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Mel Brooks

Television:


Mainly I switch betwen Bravo and Discovery Science, but here are some past and present favorites.
angel, buffy, curb your enthusiasm, the daily show with jon stewart, doctor who, firefly, heroes, invader zim, little britain, mr. bean, oblongs, the office(bbc version), reno 911, seinfeld, south park, spaced, viva blackpool

Books:

Animal Farm, Batman: The Dark Night Returns, Catcher in the Rye, Death of a Salesman, Ghost World, Harry Potter, The Immoralist, Junky, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, The Metamorphosis, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Portnoy's Complaint, Shakespeare, The Stranger, The Sun Also Rises, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, V for Vendetta, The Virgin Suicides

Heroes:



and latham

My Blog

new poem: "Humans"

"Humans"Sometimes, it’s like looking into a clock store.You know?Everyone is ticking away: this one has a broken ticker, this one needs to be rewound, this one runs beautifully, this one r...
Posted by .Gerald. on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:15:00 PST

Walt Whitman Joins Me for Tea

Preface: So a couple months back I was sitting outside in the school arbor, and I tried this green tea. All of a sudden I had this wave of euphoria come over me. I was like I had drunk from the eterna...
Posted by .Gerald. on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:33:00 PST

transportation, FINALLY!

I finally saw Amelie, and loved it! Afterwards, Nino's motorbike stuck in my head and I began asking about it. I was slightly discouraged when nobody knew it. Finally, my dad said I want to find an ol...
Posted by .Gerald. on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:30:00 PST

imagination and Summer

I have this weird thing going on. So, many of you know I am working at this drama camp this summer. I have only been working there for 3 whole days, but my mind is in artistic overdrive. Unfortunately...
Posted by .Gerald. on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:30:00 PST

My First Car Crash

The taste of tacos still lingered in my mouth. My dad was driving and I was relaxed listening to 91.7, KTRU. The grass and trees of the esplanade that separated us from the on comming traffic whizzed ...
Posted by .Gerald. on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:13:00 PST

Four Eyed Monsters

For those of you who know me, you may have sat on the listening end of my rant about four eyed monsters. If you have not heard, it is an AMAZING movie that is being produced by true film geniuses. It ...
Posted by .Gerald. on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:13:00 PST

URGENT!

Some of you may or may not know but, I actually have been assitant directing/acting in the play "Up the Downstaircase" at my school for the past month. I encourage all of you to come! Its at my school...
Posted by .Gerald. on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:35:00 PST

3.14

has anyone seen and wants to talk about the movie Pi...rather than just saying it was screwed up. i don't think any movie truely is screwed up because it denotes that at one point it was perfectly san...
Posted by .Gerald. on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:29:00 PST

phonies

nobody listens to this crap so here goes nothing tonight i was invited to go to jen's friend's birthday party. unfortunately, i couldn't attend because my mother said i was needed and expected at her ...
Posted by .Gerald. on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:46:00 PST

Metric concert!!!

so last night was the metric concert and it was FREAKING AWESOME. so it was at the meridian room and i was hanging out sitting on a couch before anyone came on. then this song played and it was really...
Posted by .Gerald. on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:52:00 PST