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About Me

I am very loyal. I'm good at impressions. I probably have one of you. I like the rain, earth tones, happy hour, and golf. I love going on dates, I hate being bored. I like adventure, I get crabby when my blood sugar goes down. I think a chocolate donut filled with that white cream, not custard, but the white whipped cream, may be my favorite food. I'm not picky about liquor. I'm not picky about food. I am not picky about being your friend. I'm really bad at taking care of my heart (not in the quad bypass surgery way, more of the Aerosmith "Let it Go" way). I think I would be a really great father. I also feel I am a great boyfriend. I lost my younger brother Sean in an accident two years ago, and that made me lose a lot of who I was. But right now is a good time to talk/hang out/write me, because I'm remembering who I was. I walk outside all day for my job. I like all flavors of Gatorade (I call it Genius Juice). SmartWater is in fact known to make me brighter. I walked down the red carpet twice at the premiere of the only movie I've been in because people didn't take my picture or talk to me the first time. I've gotten drunk with Charlie Korsmo on screwdrivers. The only A lister I've met is Nicolas Cage. I do an impression of him too. My favorite impression I do is a tie between the Coke Guy, and Bill Lichtman, this 89 year old war veteran son of a bitch that used to go to the coffee shop I slaved at for 4 years. Ask me to do them for you. You'll make my day...I think John Edwards is underrated, and should be paid attention to. I'm an English major, and therefore am wickedely well read. My grammar done sucks. I am a fantastic hugger, which has to do with my stocky low frame. Think of hugging a bulldog. Yeah, awesome. I'm a good kisser, though that's not self-proclaimed. I claim it's because I mean it, but it just could be luck. If I were in the Harry Potter series, I'd be a Weasley and my Patronus would be a wolverine. Pound for pound they are the strongest animal out there. My brother Max says his would be a Miniature Schnauzer, and my dad thinks his would be a white squirrel. I love my family. And if you're on this page, that means I love you.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Music:

Wilco, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elvis Costello, Mason Jennings, Simian, The Jeremy Rusinak Five String Special, Explosions in the Sky, NOFX, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Calvin Marty, Richard Buckner, Bruce Springsteen, The White Stripes, Charlie Parker, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, James Iha, Beck, Alkaline Trio, John Coltrane, Opaque Lighting, Jets to Brazil, MxPx, Whiskeytown, Bob Dylan, Adam Pascal, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliot Smith.

Movies:

Good Will Hunting, Say Anything, Untamed Heart, Can't Hardly Wait, Hook, Uncle Buck, Forty Year Old Virgin, Rocky I and Rocky Balboa, Sugar and Spice, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Shaun of the Dead, Capote, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Superman III, The Bourne Identity, Braveheart, Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, Wet Hot American Summer, The Departed, and Anchorman.

Television:

Deadwood, The Sopranos, Top Chef, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Entourage, The Office (BBC version), Extras, Stella.

Books:

Another Country by James Baldwin, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Soul of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman, All the Harry Potter novels, though most especially Order of the Phoenix, Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

Heroes:

Sean Ben-you wonderful brother.

My Blog

Transcript from my NPR interview...

This is the transcript one of my fans was able to create from my NPR interview earlier this week with Robert Siegel. Thanks to all who called in and listened!Robert Siegel: You're listening to NPR. Na...
Posted by n8 on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:39:00 PST

OMG...it’s him!

In the past few weeks, I've started to discover what it is to truly be famous. I can see how it's a humbling experience, but also how celebrities can totally exploit the little people, and be real dic...
Posted by n8 on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:39:00 PST

Goals for Shiny New Life...

...not that old life is now dead, just that new life resembles a more optimistic change...like the phrase "Tomorrow's Another Day" as opposed to "Same Shit, Different Day," or the equally gloomy "What...
Posted by n8 on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:40:00 PST

Sean

Two years ago today, my brother Sean passed away. He fell down an elevator shaft in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis, after climbing to the top of the car. He had Down Syndrome and was working in...
Posted by n8 on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:37:00 PST

From Dustin

My great friend Dustin, wrote this about me in college...he's sent it to me twice in the past three years...I suspect in the next two I'll get the same poem sent my way. As Dustin refuses, for some un...
Posted by n8 on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:18:00 PST

Do you have time to read this?

This work below is by no means mine. But it has always struck me with intense emotion...be it sadness, hope, or confusion, since my first summer in Chicago. I credit my friend Jessika Laufenberg for t...
Posted by n8 on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PST