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my interests include, but are not limited to; punching babies, being raunchy, sauce on the side, playing with words and their meaning, masking insecurities in sarcastic and often cynical humour, british spelling, misunderstanding women, making fun of tools, aural sex, chasing the unattainable, stepping to the beat, debating 'pirates v. ninjas', booze; specifically single malt scotch.
Frank Herbert, Warren Ellis, Jiddhu Krishnamurti, David Lynch, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Michael Haneke, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Arthur Miller, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, amongst others...
currently loving..., waldeck, brian eno, philip glass, two for the road, yosebu, ceu, the timeless beauty of van morrison, roisin murphy, steve reich, burial, sandy denny, clutchy hopkins, ed harcourt, feist, bobby gentry, joanna newsom, nouvelle vague, bjork, a lil o this, a lil o that. you know... i'm an incredible music snob... and almost never talk about music with people only because their taste usually makes me throw up in my own mouth... so i keep quiet and appreciate music privately...
in no particular order... the man from earth (my new favorite movie), karaula (the border post), before the rain, das leben der anderen (the lives of others), zodiac, vozvrashcheniye (the return), ostrov (the island; russian movie!), juno, michael clayton, he was a quiet man, the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie, caché, slaughterhouse 5, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the incredible lightness of being, atheism: a brief history of disbelief + supplemental atheism tapes, festen, the science of sleep, glengarry glen ross, a love song for bobby long, children of men, the man who copied, the illusionist, no country for old men, eastern promises, shogun (the mini-series), the hunting party, the squid and the whale, the prestige, the conversation, babel, half nelson, pan's labyrinth, funny games, control room, this film is not yet rated, battle of algiers, the good shepherd, sin city, they live, sweet and lowdown, little miss sunshine, blood diamond, good night and good luck, sideways, i heart huckabees, the quiet earth, the dead zone, the departed, jesus is magic, igby goes down, the spanish apartment, logan's run, blue velvet, mullholland drive, no country for old men, wild at heart (can you tell i like david lynch? :D), in the mood for love, central station, king of new york, twin peaks: fire walk with me, the land of the blind, the hidden, waking life, a scanner darkly, happiness, who's harry crumb, just for kicks, wassup rockers, the edukators, der untergang, the triplets of belleville, dark days, the legend of billy jean, body double, fortress, real genius, dune (though after reading the novel, it is much less appealing than before), solarbabies... the list is endless...
john from cincy, heroes, dexter, entourage, six feet under.
immersing myself in the company of frank herbert and warren ellis.
turkey & swiss