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Charles

You can't say civilization isn't advancing; in every war they kill you in a new way. - Will Rogers

About Me

I'm funny, nice and fairly smart.Who I am is based on what my interests are. My interests are film, music, religion, radio, books, TV and people.
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My Interests


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I'd like to meet:

"I like to reminice with people I don't know" - Steven Wright

People who share the same interests AND have a good sense of humor, but are capable of talking more than me. For I am fairly shy despite all this typing I'm doing.My AIM is Folkdude01. Same with yahoo (folkdude01).

Music:

the Beatles, Oasis, U2, Coldplay, Rolling Stones, Green Day, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Donovan, Jewel, Norah Jones, Leona Naess, Miranda Lee Richards, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Boyz II Men, N Sync/Justin Timberlake, Hilary Duff, Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and many others.... ALSO, go to this link to vote for Elyse Haren "Damaged": http://www.star987.com/pages/rock_star_vote.html?feed=204416 &article=2403680

Movies:


http://folkdude01.flixster.com

Television:

the Daily Show Colbert Report Poker After Dark High Stakes Poker Attack of the Show Sportscenter Sunday Morning Shootout Ebert & Ropert anything on C-SPAN Charlie Rose

Books:

I mostly just read non-fiction books unless it's a screenplay book.Books I like: The Bible (especially Revelations) the Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger) Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carrol) Side Effects/Without Feathers/Getting Even (Woody Allen) Nothing Sacred (Lewis Black) Cinematic Storytelling:The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Writer Should Know (Jennifer Van Sijll) Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, Third Edition (Stephen R. Prince) Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (Groucho Marx) Allen on Allen Scorsese on Scorsese John Ford Interviews Howard Hawks Interviews Martin Scorsese Interviews Woody Allen Interviewsscreenplays books: the first Woody Allen collection (Stardust Memories/Annie Hall/Interiors/Manhattan) Clerks/Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith Ghost World - Terry Zwighoff & Daniel Clownes Following/Memento - Christopher Nolan Swingers - Jon Favreau Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler Taxi Driver - Paul Schrader anything by Preston Sturges

Heroes:

My parents, Jesus Christ, John Lennon, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Kevin Smith, Preston Sturges, John Ford and Francois Truffaut.

My Blog

The Whole (Jena 6) Story?

The Whole (Jena 6) Story? By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNetPosted on September 24, 2007, Printed on September 25, 2007http://www.alternet.org/story/63420/ I spent my kindergarten and first-grade years at Gl...
Posted by Charles on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:00:00 PST

The Outsiders: 40 Years Later

Essay 'The Outsiders': 40 Years Later   By DALE PECK Published: September 23, 2007   Few books come steeped in an aura as rich as S. E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders," which celebrates its...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:04:00 PST

week 1 is done

I don't know how many more to go, but it was alright. I put in my 4 hours a day and worked 3 days and they call what I do work? hehe. Well, it is, but still it's not something I'll openly tell people ...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:44:00 PST

article on young women, cancer and DNA

Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy By AMY HARMON Published: September 16, 2007   CHICAGO  Her latest mammogram was clean. But Deborah Lindner, 33, was tired of constantly looking for...
Posted by Charles on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:54:00 PST

For American Jews, Dissent Against Israel Has Become Mainstream

For American Jews, Dissent Against Israel Has Become Mainstream By Tony Karon, Tomdispatch.comPosted on September 15, 2007, Printed on September 15, 2007http://www.alternet.org/story/62618/ First, a c...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:55:00 PST

3 articles on the impact of Knocked Up, one of these articles really offended me....

A Fine Romance The new comedy of the sexes. by David Denby His beard is haphazard and unintentional, and he dresses in sweats, or in shorts and a T-shirt, or with his shirt hanging out like the tong...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:05:00 PST

This is so bad it’s gone past good and back to bad again.

I'm out of school, for now. Maybe forever. LOL. I don't know,  I'm just tired of waiting on the Los Angeles Board of Education or whatever government entity that was going to employ me, but I jus...
Posted by Charles on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:23:00 PST

Doubting God but still doing good

Doubting God but still doing good Is it a desire to believe that pushes people like Mother Teresa to help those whom others abandon? September 10, 2007 Last week's posthumous publication of Mother Ter...
Posted by Charles on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:36:00 PST

Candid, no BS Jodie Foster Q&A

EW Cover Story Jodie Foster: Unbreakable The Oscar winning heroine and star of the new movie ''The Brave One'' laughs in the face of Hollywood stereotypes -- and talks to EW about how she forged her...
Posted by Charles on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:27:00 PST

Being John Cusack

  Being John Cusack He is famous for playing wise-cracking slackers. But John Cusack says that's only because those are the parts he gets offered - and it drives him crazy By Ryan GilbeyThe Guar...
Posted by Charles on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:19:00 PST