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Daryl

Better stop dreaming of the quiet life...

About Me

I'm obsessive, compulsive, and sometimes disorderly. Grew up in Singapore, but studied in Boston, and worked in London and New York. Currently doing work on climate change. dsng.net is my main repository of my online life.

My Interests

American literature, Aretha Franklin, art, baseball, books, burgers, chicken and waffles, Cindy Sherman, climate change, clubbing, dance music, djing, dogs, english, english dialects, environment, film, grammar, high fidelity, indie rock, James Joyce, Jewish deli food, literature, motown, music, Nick Hornby, pastrami, Pepsi, pop culture, records, Sarah Silverman, soul, standup comedy, terriers, the Beatles, the east village, the english language, the Red Sox, the Simpsons, Thomas Pynchon, trivia, urban life, vinyl, writing.

I'd like to meet:

Fellow writers. Fellow obscurantists and statheads. Music geeks. Trivia buffs. Film buffs. Good friends we have, good friends we've lost. Or just interesting people.

Music:

Motown, the White Stripes, Marvin Gaye, Portishead, Aretha, Gin Blossoms, Nirvana, Janis Joplin, Basement Jaxx, Stevie Wonder, Dashboard Confessional, Pet Shop Boys, Emmylou Harris, anything on Defected or Subliminal, the Jam

Movies:

Annie Hall, Manhattan, Woody Allen films in general, Groundhog Day, High Fidelity, Casablanca (every line a marvel), Withnail and I, Breathless (A Bout du Souffle), When Harry Met Sally, Heathers, Trainspotting, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Pulp Fiction

Television:

The Simpsons, Sex and the City, Undeclared, Friends, most Comedy Central stuff, the Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Black Adder, My So Called Life, the Sopranos, Coupling, the Office

Books:

High Fidelity, The Crying of Lot 49, V, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me, Confessions of a Raving Unconfined Nut, Ulysses, The Bell Jar, Emma

My Blog

Where it's at

Right, just to point out my main blog is at dsng.net, my arts one is at Delta Sierra Arts, my baseball one at Singapore Sox Fan, and I have a livejournal. Yes, I'm obsessive....
Posted by Daryl on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:59:00 PST