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j*prime

jamieprime

About Me



My Interests

Painting, Printmaking, Art in general, Books, History, Museums, Movies, Theater

Music:

At the moment: The Shins, Kings of Leon, Sleater-Kinney, Weezer, White Stripes, The Streets, MIA, Ben Harper, Lady Sovereign, Eagles of Death Metal, M. Ward, Saul Williams, Gogol Bordello ..

Movies:

old school romantic comedies containing any combination of the following: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman. particularly, Philadelphia Story, To Catch as Thief, and Charade. most of the films of Alfred Hitchcock (anyone that prolific is allowed some crap). Especially afore mentioned Thief, North by Northwest, and Notorious. have slight Cary Grant obsession. modern romantic comedies only if screenplay written by Richard Curtis. List of directors (few surprises here):Tim Burton, Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Kubrick, Guy Ritchie, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Kevin Smith, Spike Jonze, Mathieu Kassovitz, Terry Gilliam. Also: Office Space, Amelie, Suspiria, Donnie Darko

Television:

Britcoms & Cartoons!! Including Father Ted, Ab Fab, Fawlty Towers, Python, Black Adder, Coupling, Men Behaving Badly, Black Books (Dylan Moran is genius), Young Ones, Red Dwarf, Wallace & Gromit, Home Movies, Futurama, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen, Cowboy Bebop. Also: Arrested Development, Northern Exposure, Freaks and Geeks, Wonder Years. ..

Books:

Hitchhiker's Guide, Bridget Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird, Invisible Monsters, Everything is Illuminated, Candide, Much Ado About Nothing

My Blog

Giving Thanks

I would like to give thanks for my crappy lungs that made it possible for me to have Bronchitis this Thanksgiving.I would also like to give thanks to myself for waiting until it was thisclose to becom...
Posted by j*prime on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:14:00 PST

rain rain go away

It's been raining for a week straight. If I wanted to live like this I would move to London.
Posted by j*prime on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:30:00 PST

Harry Potter and the Curse of the Angry Diety

I am positive that whoever my higher power might be, he/she/they hate Harry Potter. In November of 2005 I called in sick to work to go to Austin and see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire w...
Posted by j*prime on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:25:00 PST

I am full of sunshine and puppies today

To all: That is the best you are going to get from me on this, the shittiest of holidays. Actually I really shouldn't be so pissy, after all our hippy mailman did bring me a flower. Plus I can go bu...
Posted by j*prime on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:56:00 PST

I'm not in Kansas anymore

Which is good because it was fucking cold there. I think it was between 0 and 10 degrees while I was there. I declared a couple of years ago that I would no longer visit relatives in Kansas during th...
Posted by j*prime on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:51:00 PST

Guys who like sports need not apply

Not that there is anything wrong with sports in themselves, but for some reason people find it necessary to yell at the television very loudly while watching sporting events. Particular when watching ...
Posted by j*prime on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:36:00 PST

The Dream Team

I was very sad when I read in today's paper that Peter Boyle died. Not that I am a huge fan of Everybody Loves Raymond, though my mom is so I have seen more epsiodes than I would like to admit. N...
Posted by j*prime on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:19:00 PST

I'm a Scrooge

It's officially Christmas shopping season when everywhere you go there is a Salvation Army person ringing a little bell. I always feel bad for that person. Who at the Salvation Army thought that the p...
Posted by j*prime on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:20:00 PST

ACL 2006

Going to Austin City Limits with mono was obviously a bad idea and I have paid for it in the week since. That's not to say I regret it. It was well worth it. Ben Kweller came on stage with a bloody no...
Posted by j*prime on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:18:00 PST

Yet another reason to hate Starbucks

Today after accidentally showing up at working an hour early, my surge protector shorted out with a lovely pop and sizzle. It melted the wall outlet. So unable to work and still 30 minutes until I was...
Posted by j*prime on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:35:00 PST