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Professor Scott

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About Me

I'm an adjunct professor of composition and American Literature at Radford University located in Radford, Virginia (its near VA tech). I play guitar and I have a pug named Yoda. I love music, movies, and pop culture. I love the Simpsons (my all time favorite show) and The Office (my current favorite... but 30 Rock is gaining) and the Daily Show which I use in class whenever I get the chance. My favorite Bands are U2, The White Stripes, The Who, REM, Springsteen, The Beatles... just to name a few. My favorite Writer is Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke, Haunted). I also research graphic novels (comic books). I enjoy the works of Frank Miller (Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns which I teach as part of my intro to American Lit class),Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta)and Neil Gaiman's Sandman. I'm a big fan of film, I grew up with Star Wars and remain a big fan. I also enjoy such diverse films as The Godfather, the Indiana Jones films, American Beauty, Austin Powers, Donnie Darko, The Sixth Sense, and Kill Bill. I am a regular contributer to Geoff Klock's blog Remarkable: Short Appreciations of Poetry and Pop Culture my stuff can be found at the following link http://geoffklock.blogspot.com/search/label/Scott

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bono, Natalie Portman, girls who look like Natalie Portman, George Lucas, Kevin Smith, Chuck Palahniuk, Jack White (who I won't meet through here... dude probably doesn't have a computer)
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Scott... but sometimes I go by Pedro
Birthday: 9-17-77
Birthplace: a hospital
Current Location: a chair, in front of my computer
Eye Color: Green/Blue or Blue/Green
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'11
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right, but I have the personality of someone who is left handed
Your Heritage: White... so verry, very, white
The Shoes You Wore Today: white chucks
Your Weakness: I'm near-sighted
Your Fears: bees... and the random loss of an appendage
Your Perfect Pizza: round
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: over come fear of bees... do not lose appendage, eat round pizza
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I don't overuse phrases... I'm completely original...LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up: *sigh* here we go again... then ... Coffee
Your Best Physical Feature: uhm... dimples?
Your Bedtime: Was this survey intended for 12 year olds?
Your Most Missed Memory: Can't remember
Pepsi or Coke: C2... the low carb cola... not the gas
MacDonalds or Burger King: Wendy's
Single or Group Dates: Single... I'm not that kinky
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: yes
Do you Swear: Fuck No!
Do you Sing: Badly
Do you Shower Daily: *sniffs* YES!
Have you Been in Love: Repeatedly
Do you want to go to College: I want to go BACK to college
Do you want to get Married: yes
Do you belive in yourself: I don't know what 'belive' means
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: In a geeky sort of way
Are you a Health Freak: ROTFLMFAO
Do you get along with your Parents: kinda
Do you like Thunderstorms: as long as the power stays on
Do you play an Instrument: yes
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No Comment
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: I can't eat seafood when its cooked... what do you think?
In the past month have you been on Stage: Not intentionally
In the past month have you been Dumped: No... but only because I'm all alone... thanks for the painful reminder, survey.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Not intentionally
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: ... only hearts... only hearts....
Ever been Drunk: No
Ever been called a Tease: No, I always put out
Ever been Beaten up: no, but I have been pushed around repeatedly, I'm wuss
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: In battle against the forces of darkness... or while seeing The Darkness in concert
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A Toys R Us Kid
What country would you most like to Visit: England
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: brown
Favourite Hair Color: brown
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: 4'11-5'10
Weight: ... height appropriate
Best Clothing Style: none... and by that I mean naked
Number of Drugs I have taken: you or me? I'm confused... who wrote this thing?
Number of CDs I own: I don't know how many you own, but I have nearly 300
Number of Piercings: 1... but it was an accident
Number of Tattoos: none... but I'm doomed to have a unicorn on my ass after a long night of drinking
Number of things in my Past I Regret: ... 20, 162

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My Blog

Top 25 Most Played Songs on My iPod For December

25. Outlaw Pete- Bruce Springsteen24. Runaway- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs23. Resistance- Muse22. 11th Dimension- Julian Casablancas21. 21st Century Breakdown- Green Day20. Oh Come all yet Faithful- Weezer19....
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:17:00 GMT

Top 25 on my iPod for November

25. Everlong (Acoustic)- Foo Fighters24. Wheels- Foo Fighters23. Put Me Back Together- Weezer22. Can't Stop Partying- Weezer21. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I want you to- Weezer20. Carnival...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Top 25 on my iPod for October

25. She Loves You - The Beatles24. Check My Brain- Alice in Chains23. No Line On The Horizon- U222. City of Blinding Lights- U221. The Unforgettable Fire20. I Love It Loud - Kiss19. 99 Problems- Jay Z...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT

Top 25 on My iPod for September

25. I've got a Feeling- The Beatles24. Happiness Is A Warm Gun- The Beatles23. Something- The Beatles 22. Death Letter- The Beatles21. Build God, Then We'll Talk- Panic! at the Disco20. Guiding Light-...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:24:00 GMT

U2 Setlist Charlottesville Oct 1st 2009

Breathe, Get On Your Boots, Mysterious Ways, Beautiful Day / The Hands That Built America (snippet), No Line On The Horizon, Magnificent, Elevation, Your Blue Room, New Year's Day, I Still Haven't Fou...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:12:00 GMT

Pleased Pleased Me!

Critiquing the Beatles catalogue would be like critiquing Shakespeare or the Bible; its quite simply one of the most influential bodies of work ever created and we all have our most favorite componen...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Top 25 on my iPod for August

25. My Favorite Things- John Coltrane24. Reckoner- Radiohead23. Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off- Panic! at the Disco22. Camisado- Panic! at the disco21. Famous Las...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:46:00 GMT

My Schedule Fall 2009

Monday, Wednesday, Friday:10:00-11:00 Core 10111:00-12:00 Univ 100Noon-2 Lunch Break2:00-3:00 Office Hours3:00-4:00 Core 101Tuesday, Thursday9:30-10:45 Core 10111:00-12:00 Lunch12:00-2:00 Office Hours...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Best Latter Day Simpsons

Best Latter Day Simpsons Moments People have been lamenting the decline in quality of The Simpsons for over a decade and, while Seasons 3-8 are almost universally accepted as the shows golden age, ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:41:00 GMT

My Much Cooler Reading List

There's a list of books going around Facebook that the BBC thinks that we should have read; well here is my much cooler list of books-mostly including American works that I felt were wrongly left off ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:37:00 GMT