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jason

jason

About Me

i walk fast. i wish i had a better sense of smell. i drink whiskey. i'm probably addicted to the internet. i'm neither easily amused nor easily offended. i love chocolate, but not chocolate ice cream.

My Interests

triathlon. cooking. photography. law. new york city. education. politics. music. film. literature. crossword puzzles. swimming. public radio. the internet. running. cycling. architecture. libraries. scrabble.

I'd like to meet:

you. nelson mandela. robert doisneau. robin byrd. martin luther king. f scott fitzgerald. bjork. thurgood marshall. wes anderson. bill clinton. woody allen. thom yorke. uma thurman. abraham lincoln.

Music:

radiohead. clap your hands say yeah. flaming lips. a tribe called quest. django reinhardt. common. the beatles. leadbelly. miles davis. wagner. beck. sigur ros. jeff buckley. bjork. mos def. the white stripes. nirvana. marvin gaye. nick drake. bob marley. notorious big. mozart. john coltrane. curtis mayfield. justin timberlake. beethoven. arcade fire. johnny cash. bluegrass. kanye west. aaron copland. al green. bravo silva.

Movies:

12 angry men, 25th hour, les 400 coups, amelie, american beauty, angels in america, annie hall, apocalypse now, arthur, bananas, beetlejuice, the big lebowski, the blues brothers, bonnie and clyde, boogie nights, bottle rocket, boys don't cry, breakfast at tiffany's, butch cassidy, casablanca, chinatown, citizen kane, clerks, cool hand luke, die hard with a vengeance, do the right thing, dr. strangelove, edward scissorhands, the endless summer, fargo, ferris bueller's day off, garden state, glengarry glen ross, the godfather, goodfellas, groundhog day, harold and maude, hedwig and the angry inch, lean on me, little miss sunshine, living in oblivion, lost in translation, lord of the rings, manhattan, me and you and everyone we know, midnight cowboy, moulin rouge, my cousin vinny, napoleon dynamite, office space, on the waterfront, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, pi, pink flamingos, the princess bride, pulp fiction, punch drunk love, rear window, reservoir dogs, rocky horror picture show, romeo + juliet, royal tennenbaums, rushmore, scent of a woman, silence of the lambs, some like it hot, the squid and the whale, star wars, a streetcar named desire, super troopers, swingers, this is spinal tap, trainspotting, the usual suspects, waiting for guffman, welcome to the doll house, wet hot american summer, when harry met sally, willy wonka, y tu mama tambien

Television:

law and order. the daily show. the colbert report. 24. law and order SVU. curb your enthusiasm. anything with sarah silverman. arrested development. the sopranos. southpark. deadwood. good eats with alton brown. the wire. everyday italian.

Books:

le petit prince. shakespeare. the world according to garp. tender is the night. the great gatsby. winesburg ohio. the souls of black folk. the invisible man. the power broker. crime & punishment. history of sexuality. simple justice. love in the time of cholera. billy budd. lolita. in cold blood. presidential biography. winter's tale.