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Travis

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About Me

Got a baby girl. Beautiful Irish wife. I write toy commercials for a living. Currently taking a hiatus from the theatre but I hope to get back soon.

My Interests

improv, playwriting, guitar, songwriting, acting, comics

I'd like to meet:

The Iron Sheik

Music:

Squeeze, Dead Milkmen, Housemartins, They Might Be Giants, The Cooter Preference Test, Crowded House, Butterfly Joe, Elvis, Mojo Nixon, Run-DMC., Adam Ant, The Beastie Boys, Buddy Holly, the Beautiful South, Biz Markie, Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, The Jazz Butcher, Queen, De La Soul, Eminem, The Police, George Jones, Midnight Oil, The Proclaimers, Spinal Tap, Shakedown, Ubi Ignis Est, Incredibad, Perry "Big Dog" Bellamy, Jerry Reed, Dr. Octagon

Movies:

Big Trouble in Little China, Ishtar, This Is Spinal Tap, Star Wars IV-VI, Tremors, The Princess Bride, Caddyshack, Billy Madison, The Man that Knew too Little, L.A. Stories, Lord of the Rings, Election

Television:



My Flixster

My Flixster

Books:

Any Author with the middle initials "R.R."

My Blog

Thoughts

In college, I worked for a semester in a crummy old four-screen cinema. My boss was a grouchy, cheap old dude. He wouldn't let the staff sit down ever, even if no customers were in the building. And h...
Posted by Travis on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:24:00 PST

Thoughts

I find it unjust that Hamburglar was ever incarcerated (as evidenced by his outfit). It's clear from his speech that he's mentally retarded.The bad news is my daughter has pushed buttons and now every...
Posted by Travis on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:14:00 PST

Thoughts UK

Jazz music sounds like somebody ate a bunch of real music, then vomited.Remember that strange assuredness you had back in college that certain of your textbooks would be useful later in life, so you k...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:43:00 PST

Thoughts (a la Eve Krueger)

I used to council a group of beautiful women who all had chronic inner-ear problems. They were depressed because they couldn't realize their dream of forming a dance troupe, because their health probl...
Posted by Travis on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:33:00 PST

Thoughts

The family and I went to the Brooklyn Pride festival and parade this weekend. It turns out that a lot of gay people are proud of Brooklyn. A lot.Good news. As of 9:16 this morning, James "Scotty" Dooh...
Posted by Travis on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:18:00 PST

Thoughts

So many different people, so many different nostrils.Everyone seemed to think the Beatles were cute and charming in their early, evasive interviews. I think they were jerks.I pulled my back muscle whi...
Posted by Travis on Sun, 27 May 2007 05:22:00 PST

Thoughts

If you get the chance, get on the first car of the Subway train and walk to the very front. Some cars will have a little forward-facing window up there. Spend your ride looking out -- it's better than...
Posted by Travis on Thu, 17 May 2007 12:11:00 PST

Thoughts

Every band is someone's favorite band.I saw a mundane-looking guy in his sixties on the Subway last night. In each ear he had tufts of white hair, a hearing aid, and an earring. I took out my earrings...
Posted by Travis on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:41:00 PST

Thoughts

I'm temporarily living in a sublet apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. When I first moved in, I thought the neighborhood was a shit hole, and I was depressed. In time, I began to realize that though ...
Posted by Travis on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:07:00 PST