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About Me


TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: James Dominic Festante
Birthday: November 7, 1977
Birthplace: Edison NJ - shout out to the light bulb, yo.
Current Location: The City of Angels!
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'9"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right.
Your Heritage: Italian and Scottish.
The Shoes You Wore Today: New Balance kicks. The choice of hip urban youth everywhere.
Your Weakness: If I told you that, you'd be able to stop me.
Your Fears: "Welcome to Chili's, my name is Jim and I'm 55!"
Your Perfect Pizza: Villa Victoria Pizza in Montclair. Jersey knows pizza.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Learn how to hypnotize people.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Um.
Thoughts First Waking Up: "Why is there so much crying in the morning?"
Your Best Physical Feature: My eyes...look into my eyes...
Your Bedtime: 11pm-midnightish.
Your Most Missed Memory: That one time you and I did that thing.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke all the way. Half the syllables, twice the taste.
MacDonalds or Burger King: I'll have it my way and give them both a miss.
Single or Group Dates: Single.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: How about neither?
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate. Ben and Jerry's ice cream or Paul Newman's organic Orange Dark Chocolate...mmm...
Cappuccino or Coffee: Green or mint tea, thanks.
Do you Smoke: Nope.
Do you Swear: Expletives are used when a person's limited vocabulary prevents them from properly expressing themselves. Fuck wallet.
Do you Sing: Does the pope shit in the woods?
Do you Shower Daily: Mostly.
Have you Been in Love: Yep.
Do you want to go to College: Been there, might want to go back.
Do you want to get Married: Maybe.
Do you belive in yourself: Well, I am good enough and, gosh darnit, people like me.
Do you get Motion Sickness: No way - bring on the rollercoasters!
Do you think you are Attractive: I have my days when I'd do me if I could.
Are you a Health Freak: Starting to get freakier.
Do you get along with your Parents: I love my parents!
Do you like Thunderstorms: I love thunderstorms!
Do you play an Instrument: I love lamp!
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Why yes, I have.
In the past month have you Smoked: Smoked...what?
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Oh, yeah, see above.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Ugh, yes, and in NYC of all places...
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: In one sitting? 'Cause that's what it sounds like you're asking me. And that's disgusting.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: 3 words - blue. Fin. Toro.
In the past month have you been on Stage: Several times.
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nope.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Nope.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Only your heart. Boom.
Ever been Drunk: Who the fuck writes these things?
Ever been called a Tease: Oh, 14 y/o girls apparently.
Ever been Beaten up: I've been kicked in the balls.
Ever Shoplifted: I made my friends do it for me. Thanks, Lori!
How do you want to Die: Are you threatening me?
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Tall.
What country would you most like to Visit: Canada, Italy, France, Japan...
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Meh.
Favourite Hair Color: Meh.
Short or Long Hair: Meh.
Height: Meh.
Weight: Meh.
Best Clothing Style: Meh.
Number of Drugs I have taken: Drugs are bad, m'kay?
Number of CDs I own: A lot. Downloading music is easy and fun! Where does all my money go...? Curse you, iTunes!
Number of Piercings: 1 piercing that's way old.
Number of Tattoos: Zero.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Regret-schmegret.
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My Interests

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Also, check out my website for all things Jim, as well as The Incorrigible Mr. J , a sketch show I wrote with two of my best friends. And I'ma have me a real job now, too - go to Slate.com and check it out. Great newsmag.

I'd like to meet:

...you?

Music:

I love music. That I can carry my entire collection of music with me wherever I go is the best - commuting constantly into NYC is much easier with your own soundtrack (thank you, Apple). In no particular order I am usually destroying what's left of my hearing with Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Bright Eyes, Flaming Lips, Rufus Wainwright, Pink Floyd, Kings of Convenience, The Go! Team, Wilco, Talking Heads, Shins, Bjork, Modest Mouse, Death Cab, Postal Service, Ok Go, Coldplay, Rhett Miller, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Robyn Hitchcock, Johnny Cash, Mike Doughty, Sir Tom Jones, and Phil fucking Collins!

Movies:

I've broken down and joined Netflix - mostly because when someone asks me, "Have you seen (such and such movie)?" my answer is almost consistently an embarassed "No." But I'm catching up...Recently I watched Dr. Strangelove and Citizen Kane. Next on the queue are Seven Samurai and Brazil. Especially love Wes Anderson's flicks (Rushmore, Royal Tanenbaums, Life Aquatic), Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, the geekier SciFi stuff like Star Wars (IV and V, most of VI, there is no such thing as Episodes I-III, thank you), The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, the Christopher Guest movies (Guffman, Best in Show)...

Television:

Oh TV. Mostly you disappoint me. Then you drop Arrested Development in my lap and I forgive you...until you take it away from me. But you did leave me Battlestar Galactica, The Daily Show, South Park, and The Colbert Report.

Books:

Tom Robbins is by far my favorite author - his work is goofy, serious, irreverent, holy, beautfiful, and hilarious. Poetic prose. I also love me some Dan Simmons - incredibly creative and inventive. And I've rediscovered my love of Stephen King after his Dark Tower series. Right now I'm reading a history of Great Britain and a collection of stories by HP Lovecraft (inspired by Poe much, Mr. Lovecraft?).

Heroes:

Italian BMT on wheat @ Subway...with sweet sweet sweet peppers.