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tom

missed the boat

About Me

i never eat onions. ever. I can't listen to songs with whistling in them. and if you spell it "definately", i never want to talk to you. ever.

i have a fireplace.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

anyone who doesnt snap their gum when they chew it. and tom petty.

Music:

Sigur Ros, Postal Service, Get Up Kids, Nada Surf, Explosions In The Sky, Arcade Fire, ACDC, Ash, Air, Built To Spill, Ben Folds, Blur, Clash, Cure, Eels, Aretha Franklin, Wilco, Elliot Smith, Quicksand, Lyle Lovett, Oasis, Prince, Primus, REM, Smiths, Smashing Pumpkins, Spiritualized, Radiohead, Sebadoh, Brand New, Ben Lee, Big Star, Jeff Buckley, Damien Rice, Doves, Guster, Modest Mouse, Rilo Kiley, Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Trembling Blue Stars, Twilight Singers, The Verve, Van Halen, Pinback, Say Anything, The Streets, Crowded House, Smashing Pumpkins, Jawbreaker, u2, !!!, Duran Duran, Tom Petty, Arcade Fire, Shins, Regina Spektor, Def Leppard, Kiss, Mylo, Mates of State, Mew, Pavement, Prince, Replacements, Minus the Bear, The Format, Anathallo, Cursive, Matt Pond, Ben Lee, Embrace, DM, Bright Eyes, Bloc Party, Catherine Wheel, New Order, Fleetwood Mac, Long Winters, Page France, Colour Revolt, Rogue Wave, Tapes N Tapes, Wilco, Manchester Orchestra, Regina Spektor, Long Winters, Colour Revolt, Lily Allen

Movies:

The Squid and the Whale. Friday Night Lights. Boondock Saints. Say Anything. Harold and Maude. Casablanca. The Apartment. Star Wars. Rosemary's Baby. Big Chill. Spinal Tap. Usual Suspects. The Deep End. Mean Girls. She's The Man. You Can Count On Me. Ferris Beuller. Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Rushmore. Good Will Hunting. Groundhog Day. The American President. Ghostbusters. Talented Mr Ripley. Heathers. Edward Scissorhands. Rocky. White Christmas. Fargo. Lawrence of Arabia.

Television:

I practice TV infidelity; i dvr shows but often leave them half-way through for another. Current obsession: Battlestar Gallactica

Books:

Just about any Lonely PLanet travel book! Perks of Being A Wallflower. Closterman. Hi Fidelity. Vurt. Owen Meany. Prick Up Your Ears. I Am Legend. Anything by David Eggers. Perfume. Count of Monte Cristo. Sedaris. The Tipping Point. Augusten Burrows. Griffin and Sabine. THE RUINS. Current: Down and Dirty Pictures (harvey+quentin=great reading).

Heroes:

"Go ahead and call me sentimental if you must, but I will always prefer the Def Leppard videos where the drummer still had both of his arms."