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Jason

Party at the Moontower...

About Me

Well, I like to write. That's the main thing... I'm a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox and one day that gyro ball will be for real. I like candlelight dinners at Del Taco and long walks around Garden City. Usually I describe myself in more detail, but it started to sound like those eyewitness descriptions of police suspects, so I stopped. You can check out some of my writings at helium.com (just search under Jason Haskins) or jrhask.blogspot.com. I'm also in a sketch comedy group called the Van Dykes and you can check out our stuff on that myspace page. They are friends of mine, the Van Dykes, but only on Sundays. That's when they pay my gambling debts and I in turn give them rides places.

My Interests

"You will find that it is all very familiar...the strange and faraway places where you've never been. The wild unknown leads you to a place just around the corner. Take a picture when you get there...the road is you." The Road: J.Bebe-R. Hammond

I'd like to meet:

If I had a time machine (which I'm working on but please don't tell anyone), I'd like to meet: JFK-for tips on getting women, Ted Williams-so I can hit a baseball better, Johnny Cash-to finally learn how to play the guitar (sure, there maybe better, but he's a cool guy), and Brando-just to bullshit with him for awhile.

Music:

ben folds, eliot smith, dashboard confessional, the beatles, cat stevens, rolling stones, 90's hip hop, foo fighters, white stripes, the strokes,modest mouse, lou reed, johnny cash, damien rice, the shins, postal service, eminem. simon and garfunkel, tom waits, ryan adams, blink 182.

Movies:

butch cassidy and the sundance kid, almost famous, magnolia, good will hunting, about a boy, punchdrunk love, clerks, the good girl, lost in translation, harold and maude, moulin rouge, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, adaptation, garden state, the godfather, glengary glenross, heist, the graduate, love actually, jersey girl, the great escape, elizabethtown, animal house, high fidelity.

Television:

Lost, Scrubs, House, My Name is Earl, The Office, Entourage

Books:

catcher in the rye, naked pictures of famous people, anything by sam shepard, the shannara series, one flew over the cuckoos nest, Leaving Las Vegas,

Heroes:

My parents, of course. Besides that, anybody that plays middle linebacker for the Bears, because they are Gods.

My Blog

One Shining Moment...

"And when you speak of me, speak well." It’s that time of year again.  Kansas has just won the national championship and "One Shining Moment" is about to blare over my television.  As ...
Posted by Jason on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:49:00 PST

Only in America...

Go see National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, in theatres this December... Today, we celebrate a great day.  That's right.  No, not the 4th of July.  It's Nathan's famous hot dog ea...
Posted by Jason on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:48:00 PST

O Christmas Tree...

"It's the gift the keeps on giving the whole year round, Clark." Here's a little story that has been pulled from the archives.  I may perhaps return in the new year with some more Hollywood dirt,...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:30:00 PST

Local Man Ruins Everything...

"Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change?  We're educated people." HOLLYWOOD CALLS IT A CAREER Industry to focus on retirement with fishing and iced tea. In an unprecedented...
Posted by Jason on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:04:00 PST

Holy Cow!

"When the fuck did we get ice cream" Greetings all.  It's nearing July and the Boston Red Sox are on a roll.  They are on a 12 game winning streak and don't appear to be stopping any time so...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:04:00 PST

Hollywood musings...

"Show me the money!" Mr. Ryan Seacrest is at it again.  As I was enjoying my early morning drive to the office, I flipped the station over to KIIS FM to see what inane topic Seacrest was discussi...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:18:00 PST

Bubble gum, bubble gum, in a dish

So this is how democracy falls...with thunderous applause. Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks are at it again.  Led by their notoriously whiny leader, the Dallas Mavericks organization cannot st...
Posted by Jason on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:08:00 PST

One, Two Skip to my Lou

"Call me." "Stalk you." Friends.  Angelenos.  Countryman.  Today, and for the previous two days, we have been celebrating the birth of Hollywood's next celebrity couple.  I am talk...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:30:00 PST

Bling, Bling

"The world needs ditch diggers too." An open letter to the American Public from Kevin Fedeline... Dear Peeps,  Yo, leave my lady alone.  Brit is a wonderful mother.  I'm tired of y'all ...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:12:00 PST

The mimes are calling...

"Can I borrow a feeling." Greetings friends.  And foes.  I know you are out there.  I'm on vacation for a couple of weeks, so we have something special here in blog land.  This wee...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:52:00 PST