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About Me

Jonathan is nearsighted and indecisive with really unruly hair (it's growing out) and an insane vertical leap. He enjoys karaoke (though he is tonedeaf), soy lattes (especially at La Boulange), and experimenting at the bar (with vodka and tequila). Eleven former piercings, five current tattoos (number six is on the way) and at least eight bars of dark chocolate in his refrigerator at all times (it's down to four at the moment). Jonathan often carries his convictions on his shoulders and wears his heart on his sleeves; consequently, he would tell you that he needs to get better at rolling up his sleeves at the dinner table and in the presence of certain girls.

Jonathan's current dream is to dance with Feist on stage as she sings "One Evening"... actually, that's been a dream of his for a while, along with growing a full beard, flipping from a three-legged dog to the bridge (in one, confident motion) in yoga class and having a cylon reside in his subconscious.

His favorite number is 88. He prefers ranch dressing instead of ketchup with his french fries. His current musical obsession is The Frames, which was bound to happen, apparently later than sooner.

My Interests

Cooking. Daydreaming. Eating. Flirting. Sleeping. Writing. Yoga'ing.

I'd like to meet:

The dreamy Gail Simmons. I'd make her dinner and then do the dishes afterwards.

Music:

Ryan Adams. Asobi Seksu. The Autumns. Devendra Banhart. The Black Angels. Bloc Party. Brightblack Morning Light. Broken Social Scene. Jeff Buckley. Jason Collett. Cat Power. The Clientele. Coco Rosie. Cocteau Twins. Matthew Dear. Death from Above 1979. Nick Drake. Feist. The Frames. Goldfrapp. Jose Gonzales. Justice. Matthew Herbert. Hot Chip. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness. Interpol. Joanna Newsom. Junior Boys. Justice. Keren Ann. The Kills. Kings of Convenience. The Knife. Jamie Lidell. Mahogany. Mike Milosh. Mojave 3. My Brightest Diamond. Phoenix. Portishead. Massive Attack. The Rapture. Radiohead. Damien Rice. Scissor Sisters. Serena Maneesh. Silversun Pickups. Slowdive. Tiefschwarz. Tiga. Unai. Verve. Vetiver. M. Ward. Amy Winehouse.

Movies:

Breaking the Waves. Chungking Express. Double Life of Veronique. Girl on the Bridge. High Art. Last Life in the Universe. Lost in Translation. Lovers of the Arctic Circle. Map of the Human Heart. Next Stop Wonderland. Once. Sex and Lucia. Spirited Away. Talk to Her. A Very Long Engagement. You and Me and Everyone We Know.

Television:

Battlestar Galactica. Heroes. House. Human Giant. Lost. The Office. Project Runway. Robot Chicken. Top Chef. Ugly Betty. Veronica Mars. Weeds.

Books:

Bird by Bird. The End of the the Affair. The History of Love. Immortality. Interpreter of Maladies. Killing Yourself to Live. Love in the Time of Cholera. Middlesex. Optic Nerve. On Love. Perfume. Stranger Things Happen.

Heroes:

Egon Schiele. Jeff Buckley. Milan Kundera. Joseph Cornell.

My Blog

shy.

There is certainly something to the idea that "music influences the way you're feeling." I've consumed large amounts of tech house and rock in place of the usual slowcore and bossa nova tunes... here'...
Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:00:00 PST

fire.

each new year provides me with a "reset" button: to look back on my successes and failures in the previous year and decide how to move forward in the new one. this past december, i received the challe...
Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:19:00 PST

blissful burden.

It's been a dramatic week to say the least... between work, classes, a few late nights drinking and holiday cards, I'm pretty burned out. Luckily, I'm on my way to Vancouver to recover this coming wee...
Posted by Jonathan on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:31:00 PST

new years.

The past few months have been a blur, likely due to work and class. I can't say that I'm not enjoying it, but having to work six or seven days a week just to stay on top of everything isn't really fun...
Posted by Jonathan on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:18:00 PST

the boy who ran away.

During an interview, Cameron Crowe said that, instead of writing in a journal, he liked to make a mix tape every month -- he could listen to it years later and remember how he was feeling at the time....
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST

i'm your number one fan.

I'm devastated by Alison Kelly's dismissal on Project Runway. Didn't Vincent commit enough 80's-inspired sins to earn Heidi's wrath? (By the way, how many times did he say, "(My dress) gets me off"......
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:51:00 PST

it's not the worst i've looked.

The past month has featured many comings and goings, many findings and minor losses... with everyone around me embracing their next phase in life (love, family, adventures to faraway places, new jobs)...
Posted by Jonathan on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST

arms of a woman.

To the bartender L., who laughted at my jokes and caught me staring (perhaps) a little too long but still made me free drinks (adding a sugar cube and bitters to my cocktail was certainly the start of...
Posted by Jonathan on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:41:00 PST

making plans for nigel.

Last night, a friend invited me to see Camille, a French chanson singer at Bimbo's. Being one of those Francophiles that loves everything French but knows not one word of the language, I had to say y...
Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:19:00 PST

over and over.

11 reasons why i enjoy working at eleven. 01. there's always free food in the kitchen. 02. everyone uses a mac. 03. i don't feel guilty for leaving at 6:00 because most people are already gone. 04. s...
Posted by Jonathan on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:15:00 PST