I like doing all sorts of stuff. But Music, and cycling, and theatre, and doing things outdoors, and lots of other terribly cool stuff, are things that I like to do.
I sing in a chorus, which is something I enjoy tremendously.
I'd like to meet:
I would mainly like to meet the following people:
Emo bands from the midwest.
Singer/songwriters from Staten Island
19 year old coeds with hot webcams
The hottest club promoter in the greater Wichita area
Anyone with an exciting vacation investment opportunity to share with me
Some dude I worked with for a few months, twelve years ago.
This is the place for that, right?
And also, I guess I'd like meet these guys:
Here are some actual quotes to make you feel good:
Thanks for being white for us!
-Anonymous woman of color on MacDougal St.
When it's found among the rubble of the World Trade Center.
-David Wain, when asked if there is ever a time when a giant dildo isn't funny.
That's the difference between our personalities: You need to be popped; I need to be rocked.
-Mike Lipscomb, on the subtle shades of difference between the two of us.
All my friends are black. That's a comment I can't put up.
-My erstwhile coworker on his social life.
So I didn't call her - 'cause I wanted her to like me.
-overheard in the lab at Kulite
The Eskimos have four hundred words for snow, and the Jews have four hundred for schmuck.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
Look where my MySpace visitors are from!!!
Music:
I enjoy lots of different stuff. To name a few:
JODI SHAW, John Rutter, Kurt Weill, Hudson Shad, Lee Hoiby, Edith Piaf, Bryn Terfl, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Phil Ochs, Professor and Maryann, Leonard Cohen, Ethan Lipton, Mandy Patinkin, Queen, David Bowie, Clutch, Mike Patton, Biohazard, Gwar, Manowar. And much in between.
When I listen to the radio, it's usually just tuned to WNYC .
Movies:
Requiem for a Dream, The Seventh Seal, The Seven Samurai, Brazil, Taxi Driver, Henry Fool, Wet Hot American Summer, Fletch, Highlander, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Midnight Run (Gotta love the Grodin!), So I Married an Axe Murderer (Ditto!), and anything by the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, or Terry Gilliam, for that matter.
Television:
Mr. Show, Stella, The Sarah Silverman Program. If I wanted 24-hour news, I'd look out the freakin' window!
Books:
Charles Bukowski. Samuel Johnson. Kurt Vonnegut. Philip Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer, George Orwell, etc. Assorted nerdy computer books.
Heroes:
Phil Ochs, my brother Daniel, Dennis Kucinich, my father Joel, and others who would preserve their integrity for the right reasons.
And, of course, Brian Lehrer, just because of the amazingly large amount of raw fucking ass he kicks!
