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david

The dude abides

About Me

I'm pretty much a jerk. I don't drink enough water. I like quoting movies a lot. I also enjoy watching people get made fun of and hurt (physically). I am a huge fan of synthetic heat like radiators and car heaters. I go to a zillion shows. I hate indecisiveness although I am very indecisive. I like going to Europe in March it seems, although if I had my way it would be May. I have a lot of nicknames. I only like talking about myself spontaneously. I don't think I am handling the pressure that comes with the demand for contrived wittiness very well. I like starting sentences with I.Oh, and I like dogs a lot too.

My Interests

Photography, Tatoos, countries that aren't America, The Howard Stern Show, Dogs, Vanity (the sin rather than the magazine), Reclusiveness, Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale, pretending I don't smoke, BBC television shows, fashion mags, People watching, Malls, Misanthropy, Reading books about the emptiness of life, Pinot Noir, daydreaming, Antidisestablishmentarianism

I'd like to meet:

3 billion people, that's 3 billion snotty fuck yous.

Music:

Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen, Against Me!, The National, Jeff Buckley, The Weakerthans, Okkervil River, The GZA, Townes Van Zandt, Aretha Franklin, Postal Service, Lucero, Spank Rock, Roh Delikat, Her Space Holiday, Social D, Neil Young, Muse, Damone, Rancid, Pernice Brothers, Death From Above 1979, Belle & Sebastian, Afghan Whigs, Ryan Adams, The Whitest Boy Alive, Drag The River, Descendents, The Darkness, The Byrds (with Gram Parsons), The song "The Recluse" by Cursive but none of their other songs, the Beatles, the Stones (yes I like the Beatles AND the Stones), Decemberists, Blood on the Wall, Head Automatica, The Libertines, The Smiths, Clearlake, The Faint, Lou Barlow, Depeche Mode, Poison, Beach Boys, Misfits, IDBS, Stevie Wonder, Karate, Devendra Banhart, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, B.R.M.C., Thin Lizzy, Stiff Little Fingers, Pete Yorn, The Lemonheads, Iron & Wine, Elliott Smith, Dredg, Propagandhi, Elvis Presley, Anton Maiden, The Stills, Guy Clarke, Ted Leo, Idlewild, Camera Obscura, Blink 182 (yeah, whatever), Grandaddy, Velvet Underground, Mates Of State, NoFX, Al Green, Strung Out, Ben Folds (with and without the Five), Air, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Beck, Wilco, Jay Bennett, Gang Starr, The Thermals, Weezer, Del The Funky Homosapien, Sam Cooke, Pavement, The Microphones

Movies:

LEBOWSKI!!!!, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Boogie Nights, Me and You and Everyone We Know, American Splendour, Raging Bull, Wet Hot American Summer, Pulp Fiction, Garden State, Chinatown, Bram Stoker's Dracula, your favorite art film that makes me look cool, Igby Goes Down, Up and Cummers 5

Television:

I like my tv like I like the NY TImes - only on Sundays

Books:

High Fidelity, Cider House Rules, Perks of being a Wallflower, the Stranger, Portnoy's Complant, Bukowski's prose (rather than his [mostly] crappy poetry), Franny and Zooey (although I really only liked Franny), Survivor, Porno (Irvine Welsh), Less than Zero. I like the Allen Ginsberg Anthology, or at least did when I was in high school, which was the last time I picked it up. I figure it's gotta be good since "Howl" is the most famous thing ever.

Heroes:

Rudy Rudiger- That guy really chased his dream