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brian

I am here for Friends

About Me

Getting loose and riding the boogie since '76.

My Interests

General disinterest, gray hair, bowling, pinball, bringing the rock, unintentional celibacy, tomfoolery, prehospital care, boredom, vegetarianism, other -isms, anxiety at Vons, insomnia, Sr. Lee and Mr. Bialistock, kicking with H and P, avoiding parties in my living room, not answering my phone, literature, cold weather, screaming at hipster shows, Guinness, Amstel Light, scotch on the rocks, making up words (like "ridicularity". . .Used in a sentence: "I refuse to partake in such ridicularity."), lolling and so forth.

I'd like to meet:

I already know everyone who's awesome.

Music:

ELO, The Flying Tourboullion Orchestra, Neil Young, The Allman Brothers, Van Halen, Black Mountain, Kyuss, One Trick Pony, Spank Rock, Wilco, and some shit you ain't never heard of.

Movies:

Oldboy, The Best of Youth, Talk to Her, The Last Waltz, Good Bye Lenin, Maria Full of Grace, HERO, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii,Sexy Beast, Fear and Loathing, Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Shower, The King of Masks, Abre Los Ojos, Farewell My Concubine, Amelie, Like Water for Chocolate, Kingpin, Fargo, Big Lebowski, Mifune, High Fidelity, Breakfast Club, Wet Hot American Summer, Up in Smoke. . .

Television:

The Wire, Invader Zim, Freaks and Geeks, The Simpsons, Ben Stiller Show. . .don't really watch TV.VIDEO: Cops: Too Hot for TV

Books:

Currently reading: One Hundred Years of Solitude (again), A People's History of American Empire

Heroes:

John Fante, Carson McCullers, #2 and #3