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Marin

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About Me

I live with my Beloved of 7 years, Ryan. I have a kitty named Frankenstein, a nice little job at Yahoo, and a mercifully underpriced apartment.I dig on William Shakespeare, Joseph Campbell and Jon Stewart.Anything else you want to know, we can chat about over cider at the pub.
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My Interests

Shakespeare(actors, please for the love of mike - do your damn scansion), theatre, critical thinking, hard cider, poker, books, irony, grammar, science blogs, webcomics, comedians, battling my curly hair, snark, science, skepticism and (sigh) World of Warcraft.

I'd like to meet:

People I used to know, or people I may want to know. In general I'm not opposed to expanding my social circle, but if you want to try to hook up with me or whatever, don't bother. *edit* If you're someone I've never met who's just adding me to have a super-long friends list, piss off. If you're a band, I'll listen to your clip and I'll add you if I like you. If you're a comic - well, I probably already have a little fan crush on you, so you're likely a shoe-in. If you have shitty grammar and/or can't spell... I hate you.

Music:

Flogging Molly, Groovelily, Dar Williams, Lucinda Williams, Social D, Fiona Apple, Reel Big Fish, Dan Bern, Johnny Cash, The Red Elvises, The Dresden Dolls, Tori Amos, Richard Cheese, Rufus Wainwright, The Beatles, The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival... I also like classic jazz and blues, and certain iconic singers - Ella, Billie, Julie London, Patsy Cline...and so on.

Movies:

V for Vendetta, Amalie, Reefer Madness the Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Casablanca, Network, The Lost Boys, Goonies, Office Space, Army of Darkness, Serenity, the Godfather Trilogy, Pleasantville, Donnie Darko, stuff with a good script that doesn't insult my intelligence.

Television:

House, Nip/Tuck, Alias, Buffy, Law & Order (in all its many incarnations), The Daily Show, South Park, the 4400, Lost, Arrested Development, My Name is Earl, Firefly, Heroes, The Colbert Report, Family Guy, Harvey Birdman, documentaries about history and religion.

Books:

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff - Christ's Childhood Pal (and anything else by Chris Moore), The Masks of God series by Joseph Campbell, anything by Orson Scott Card, Harry Turtledove, Neil Gaiman creates worlds I want to fall into, non-fiction histories, The complete works of William Shakespeare, stuff that Ruth recommends, Eats Shoots & Leaves, The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson and other books about the English Language. Books about words make me the happy. I swim in books. I love the smell and the feel of them. I devour them in large chunks. I like to talk about them and share them and thrust favorites into your hands demanding that you READ. THIS. NOW!

Heroes:

Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert, Keith Olbermann, Madeline Kahn, Shakespeare, Joseph Campbell, Jim Henson, Charles Darwin, Tina Fey, PZ Meyers, Orac, Valerie Vigoda, Bruce Campbell, Cthulhu, the women at Feministing.org, Richard Dawkins...gosh I could go on and on...

My Blog

Holy crap I'm on the IMDB - Thanks Sprinkles and Garcia!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2227345/Now I know I've made it!Hmm... I wonder when the offers will start pouring in...Any minute now...
Posted by Marin on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:11:00 PST