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Jonathan

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

After several months without a blurb, here it comes. I’ve called Tennessee home for most of my life, but Southern California has embraced me as one if its sons. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not the outrageous housing prices, the horrendous traffic, or the absence of seasons that brought me here. No no, it was law school. And despite my love of everything SoCal offers not found in the short list above, near-constant studying has failed to evict me from the golden state. Instead, I’m loving life at the moment…no wait, it’s gone. I blame the kid kicking the back of my airline seat just now. I can be fairly random, but I wouldn’t say totally unpredictable. Those who know me best seem to keep coming back for more; not sure why, but then again, don’t look a gift horse in t…; New foods, games, beach time, movie time, exercise time are key. Close seconds are beer/cocktail parties, karaoke, nights having multiple phases, road trips. Other than that, my list of accolades and shortcomings is long, but you’ll have to get to know me better to discover those.
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My Interests

cooking, photography, movies, running, animals, beer/wine/etc, people who make me feel. something. anything. The Sox. Especially the Red kind, reading on occasion, travel, hiking, games (except the ones found in relationships all over this great land), confident people. religion, philosophy, and politics in 5mg doses or less.

I'd like to meet:

People who can make me feel better about myself at their own expense…or mine for that matter. People who know themselves well or at least want to. Happy, confident, adventuresome, but not foolhardy…unless the mood calls for it. I’m not a big fan of flaky people, but if you are don’t be hindered. I’ll just label you and we can still be friends.

Music:

Ben Harper, Guster, Kanye, Howie Day, Death Cab, All American Rejects, Nickel Creek, Rufus Wainwright, James Taylor, David Gray, Smashing Pumpkins, Josh Turner, Counting Crows, Alex Lloyd, Tyler Flowers Band (my bro's band), Coldplay, Gabe Dixon, Damien Rice, Josh Rouse, Panic at the Disco, De Novo Dahl, Jude, The Features, David Ford, Midnight Oil, The Fray, Prince, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Stevie Wonder, U2, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Billy Joel, Elton, Augustana. Okay...occasionally J. Timberlake and his ilk. I associate songs with family, friends, and lovers…so send me yours (Songs, friends, & lovers, that is).

Movies:

As Good as it Gets, Casablanca, Good Will Hunting, Best in Show, Closer, Life as a House, Fight Club, Indiana Jones, American Beauty, V for Vendetta, Donnie Darko, Meet Joe Black, Gladiator, Crash, Braveheart, A Few Good Men, Airplane, Shawshank, Die Hard, The Game, 10 Things I Hate About You, Thomas Crown Affair, Seven, Latter Days, Lock Stock/Snatch, Hunt for Red October, WallStreet, Usual Suspects, Money Pit

Books:

Papillon, Where the Wild Things Are, Blue Like Jazz, Crime and Punishment, Widow for One Year, Football for Dummies, Collective Works of Shakespeare, Harry Potter, Exodus, Siddhartha, Christi-anarchy, David Sedaris, Christopher Rice

My Blog

Top 10 Law Firm Interview Questions & Answers

One of the worst experiences in law school has been the ritual of submitting applications for summer employment and then going through a series of 20-minute screening interviews that would put a marin...
Posted by Jonathan on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:06:00 PST

roommate and apt wanted!

if anyone is looking or knows someone who is...i'm available. looking to move in the summer or fall, and i'm wanting to be on the west-side...preferably samo, westwood, brentwood or the like.thoughts?...
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:04:00 PST

happiness is a huge beach towel

I'm packing up the 3/$10 beach towels from RiteAid...that purchase by necessity made a month ago.  I've just gotten tired of having to keep my knees bent so as to not get sandy.  I've found ...
Posted by Jonathan on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:15:00 PST

Until the sun comes up over....

Santa Monica Blvd!Well, Euclid Ave. anyway.  But close enough.  Yep, i'm saying goodbye to Agoura Hills and Calabasas. They treated me well, but it's time to move on.  I'm totally stoke...
Posted by Jonathan on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:53:00 PST

Pandora: the box is open.

It's over.  I knew this would happen, too.  Fending off one friend's recommendation was hard enough...but last night's beer-ponging brought praises from another.  I fold.  Like Ora...
Posted by Jonathan on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:22:00 PST

Forget DARE; The real incentive is here...

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Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:07:00 PST

challenge.

See The Laramie Project.  I dare you to watch with dry eyes.Please consider the power of hate.  Be it egregious or seemingly benign, surely all of us wield this power.  Think before you...
Posted by Jonathan on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:41:00 PST

Law School's Eff'd Up

Briefly, I'm having a love/hate relationship with the way this experience is changing me.  Competition, grades, the curve...even in an environment such as Pepp it's hard to stay grounded.  I...
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:43:00 PST

On the year 2005

Didnt it go by in a blink?!  Its a sentiment abused that this year was the one during which I changed the most, but I choose to use it regardless.  More than changing, this year was abou...
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:52:00 PST

We've all got needs!!!

Okay, so I think I've got this whole first-semester finals thing down.  I just hole myself up for a few weeks; don't go out; do go crazy; show up for each test; vommit all over each one; go home....
Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:02:00 PST