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Jeremy

we're wrecking like trains.

About Me

you'd think that being a professional writer, this would be easy for me to fill in. but it's not. I'm afraid that I'm my most difficult subject. so I guess you should just look around my page and my blogs and see if that does anything for you.

My Interests

* bicycling and bicycles
* vegetarianism
* being outdoors
* cities not suburbs
* small towns
* walking not driving
* cross country skiing and trying not to fall down while doing it
* trying to be a better cook
* absurdity
* horror movies
* fidgeting/nervous habits * board games, especially when they involve words
* Mad Libs
* politics/being a goddamn liberal
* trying really, really hard to keep my eyes open in photos, and failing miserably almost every time
* phone tag * looking for beauty in chaos

I'd like to meet:

smart. active. patient. readers. you.
vegetarians get a big plus.

Music:

low, q and not u, songs: ohia, beulah, minus the bear, spoon, sonic youth, apples in stereo, milemarker, death from above 1979, the pixies, death cab for cutie, hot snakes, antioch arrow, funeral diner, rise against, wolf parade, sonic youth, jethro tull, the shins, neko case, fugazi, built to spill, HORSE the band, clikatat ikatowi, sebadoh, le tigre, black heart procession, dillinger four, wilco, bad religion, neutral milk hotel, breather resist, no knife, murder by death, love life, dillinger four, nation of ulysses, american analog set, ted leo and the pharmacists, universal order of armageddon, le tigre, joy division, cursive, iron and wine, jimmy eat world. flashback: you and I, saetia, early grace, portrait, heroin, still life.

Movies:

The Exorcist, Memento, Following, Serial Mom, Shaun of the Dead, The Evil Dead trilogy, the Friday the 13th movies, the Sleepaway Camp movies, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey, Serial Mom, Dead Alive, Super Troopers, The Apple.

Television:

I have a lifelong obsession with The Simpsons. I'm addicted to Prison Break and also love Scrubs. I get swept up in Nova. Other than that, I don't care.

Books:

Currently reading: "Nausea" by Jean-Paul Sartre
Also enjoy: Chuck Palahniuk, Chuck Klosterman, Denis Johnson, Edgar Allen Poe, Kurt Vonnegut, "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" and Dystopian fiction. I own a copy of "A Clockwork Orange" with the dictionary in the back, I like it that much. More books: "The Serpent and the Rainbow" by Wade Davis, "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks, "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything," "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote (after all, I am a journalist), "The Mole People" by Jennifer Toth and "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo. The stories that come out of life are often more interesting than the wildest fiction.

My Blog

follow up

you know what's not smart? racing in front of a guy on a bicycle then slamming the brakes in front of him...all within like 20 feet, just so you can make it into the gas station a whole half second fa...
Posted by Jeremy on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:15:00 PST

get off the road, etc.

This is a public note the woman (I assume it was a woman because of the screeching voice) driving a candy apple red Ford suburban assault vehicle. It makes no sense to yell (scream) GET OFF THE ROAD a...
Posted by Jeremy on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:14:00 PST

it's been a while

REVEAL A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF:NOWIs your hair up?: no, but I was laying down for a bit so I'm sure it's sticking upIs your phone right beside you?:nope. it's chargingDo you have a bf/ gf?: noDo you w...
Posted by Jeremy on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:41:00 PST

of crunchy things and rebound shots...

The old line says "you don't know what you've got until its gone." I've always thought that's a shit philosophy to have. And I still do. But as I cope with the one year anniversary of the death of my ...
Posted by Jeremy on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:04:00 PST

a forgotten holy land

It was a grey, dreary day in Waterbury, Ct., when my friend Kevin, Brandi and I rolled into town. We entered through a gritty part of the city that looks and feels like some of the rougher neighborhoo...
Posted by Jeremy on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:33:00 PST

FYI - new job

Later this month I'll start a new job at City Newspaper. I'm leaving both Messenger Post Newspapers and Lenscrafters within the next couple of weeks. This looks to be a really good opportunity for me.
Posted by Jeremy on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:16:00 PST

nothing says peace and tranquility like...

...coming home and seeing a police officer searching in your back yard. "A guy took off down the street and we're looking for footprints because we don't know what yard he ran through," I was told.ah ...
Posted by Jeremy on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:32:00 PST

when I dream...

...I dream of zombies.So here's what happened. As most of you know, I suck at sleeping. My whole life, I've sucked at sleeping. But for like the past two months my insomnia has been out of control.So ...
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:01:00 PST

eating...

this is a post so that my friends with the numerous pictures of me eating can post them as comments. sometimes when I eat, I look ridiculous. I can't help it, so I might as well laugh at it and you mi...
Posted by Jeremy on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:44:00 PST

sometimes I think I'm wrong...

...about my hometown. Saturday, when I went home to visit family, I noticed downtown no longer looks like crap. In fact, it looked kind of, well, nice. People were out buildings were painted. Formerly...
Posted by Jeremy on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:59:00 PST