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Ivan

In Excess of Fuckery

About Me

almost interesting
slightly recluse
hyphen-phile
scribbles often
aspiring narrative sequentialist
enthusiast of negative space
music nerd poser
geek
occassionaly, dork

My Interests

Live-Music-Chicago
Narratives
History
Anti-history [speculative fiction]
Hyphenated-Word-Strings
Cartooning and animation
Negative spaces

I'd like to meet:

persons not afraid of hyphens
imperfect characters
aspiring narrative sequentialists
myself

Music:

Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Sixteen Horsepower
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
Munly
Tarantella
Arcade Fire
Beirut
Yo La Tengo
Postal Service
Beualah
Death Cab For Cutie
Andrew Bird
Nora O'Conner
Rudy Day (Andy Hopkins)
Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six
Kelly Hogan
Neko Case
Julie Doiron
Tara Jane O'Neil
Eleni Mandell
Laura Veirs
The Duke
Satchmo
Ella
Lady Holiday
Dinah (W.)
Django
Cassandra Wilson
Portishead
Underworld
Baldwin Brothers
Bjork
Cibo Matto
Cardigans
Gorillaz
Pixies
Breeders
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bottletones
RCR
SNZ
and....

Movies:

Dead Man
Good Night & Good Luck
Infernal Affairs
2046
Iron Monkey (original sequel)
Lost In Translation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crouching Tiger
So I Married An Axe Murderer
American Beauty
Donnie Darko
Amelie
Grosse Point Blank
Heathers
Emperor and the Assassin
Shanghai Noon
Citizen Kane
Millers Crossing
Hudsucker Proxy
City of Lost Children
Delicatessan (sp?)
Cowboy Bebop
Spirited Away

Television:

Anything after ten at night.

Reno 911

Stella

Dog Bites Man

The Office

Firefly (Yes, I know it's cancelled. I blame you for not watching it)

Battlestar Galactica (new series, not the cheesy old series)

Waaaayyyyyy too much "Law and Order".

By the way, my real life legal experience always starts with the words,"But, on 'Law and Order'..."

Books:

Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

Night Fisher (R. Kikuo Johnson)

Blankets (Craig S Thompson)

Cryptonomicon, Diamond Age (both by Neal Stephenson)

most Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan, esp.)

Chinese in America (Iris Chang)

Monkey Versus Robot (James Kochalka)

My Blog

SPAM

The ABC producer who worked on Aloha Grill's segment called today.  He said the segment will air tonight at 9 PM - but wait!!!  That's 20/20, not Nightline!!!So what gives?  Well, I'm k...
Posted by Ivan on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:57:00 PST

Chris Ware @ MCA

It doesn't matter how long it's been since my last day off.  because...After work today, I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art to see the Chris Ware exhibit.  I brought my social insulati...
Posted by Ivan on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:24:00 PST

going through the motions

Not sure I'm social enough to be on MySpace.  I feel like I'm going through the motions of accepting "friends" and pseudo-people-watching.  With that said, it's good to see some of you long ...
Posted by Ivan on Thu, 25 May 2006 12:30:00 PST

I have friends. No, really.

If I had friends, they'd say good things about me. I don't have friends.
Posted by Ivan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST