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About Me

______________________ UPDATE - Oct 2007: ____________________
Los Feliz livin. Best part of LA for sure. Still at SKE (wow), working for pres. Been a cool place to learn for sure. Trying to write, stay productive. Dreamin of snow boarding, traveling, movin to NY... typical.
______________________ UPDATE - July 2006: ____________________
Make that LA... I am basking in my post-graduation good fortune of snagging a great job. I am the assistant to the head of physical production for SKE Films. It is a real entry level spot - but it couldn't be a cooler company or better boss and it is the perfect spot for me to learn all about what makes the industry tick. I am subletting a cool little apt in W.Ho with the gf and learning to enjoy the cooler side of the sprawl called Los Angeles that I have always been so afraid to embrace.
______________________ UPDATE - Jan. 2006: ____________________
Back in the SB to finish up with school. I am already super busy with classes and a big film project. A bit overwhelming but it should be really exciting if it goes well. Looking for internships for spring and then graduating in June. Next... NYC??
______________________ UPDATE - Fall 2005: ____________________
I am studying in Prague, Czech Republic this Fall. I am lucky to have the opportunity to take classes at FAMU, the national film school here. Just about every name in Czech film came up through FAMU and many still roam the halls. I'll be here until late December, then in Seattle for about a week, and then back to SB. Please let me know if you are anywhere in Europe this Fall or need a roommate in SB in January.
______________________ Summer 2004: ______________________
I've just moved to Santa Barbara from Seattle. I spent the last couple years living in Japan and travelling around Asia. Travelling and especially living abroad has been an incredibly rewarding experience. It has given me a better understanding of our society, our world, and especially our country. I am going back to school at UCSB to finish my degree but I don't know how I am going to escape that desire to just run off and live in some crazy place.

My Interests

Travel, snow and boards, waves, beats, bytes, shots, sketches, flix, pics, prints, styles, words, and life.

I'd like to meet:

Joined this thing to meet peeps in Santa Barbara - but now it seems it is better for reconnecting with old friends.

Music:

Teh Mars Volta :: Built To Spill :: Modest Mouse :: RJD2 :: NIN :: Postal Service :: Death Cab For Cutie :: Tool :: The Deftones :: Soundgarden :: Floater :: Diggins boys :: The Arcade Fire :: J5 :: Mos Def :: Kweli :: Hiero crew :: Radiohead :: Sparta :: At The Drive-in :: The Get Up Kids :: The New Amsterdams :: Soul Position :: DJ Shadow :: Sunny Day :: The Fire Theft :: Danger Mouse :: The Shins :: Alkaline Trio :: Bloc Party :: Prefuse :: Ninja Tune :: Elliott Smith :: Aesop Rock :: old Rawkus :: Muse :: Air :: Zero 7 :: Candiria :: Led Zeppelin :: Trail of Dead :: Queens of the Stone Age :: Damien Jurado :: Ratatat :: Thievery Corp :: Quantic :: Promoe :: Quasimoto :: anything Dan the Automator touches :: U2 :: Chevelle :: Little Brother :: FCS North :: From Monument to Masses :: Dandy Warhols :: Dismemberment Plan :: Rilo Kiley :: Les Savy Fav :: The Go! Team :: Satelliteheads :: more I am sure...

Movies:

Office Space :: Chinatown :: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind :: Kurosawa [Hidden Fortress, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo] :: Miyazaki [La Puta, Sen To Chihiro, Nausicaa] :: Donnie Darko :: Half Baked :: Linklater [Waking Life, D&C] :: Kevin Smith flicks :: Old School :: Zoolander :: Anchorman :: Lost in Translation :: Northfork :: Garden State :: A Very Long Engagement :: Wes Anderson [Life Aquatic] :: Jarmusch [Dead Man, Coffee & Cigs] :: Takashi Miike [Katakuris, Ichi, Visitor Q, Gozu] :: Shunji Iwai :: Takeshi Kitano :: Buster Keaton :: The Graduate :: I .. Huckabees :: Wong Kar Wai [2046, In the Mood For Love] :: Czech New Wave :: classics ...always discovering more.

Television:

The Daily Show :: Space Ghost C2C :: Aqua Teen Hunger Force :: Sealab 2021 :: Home Movies :: Chappelle :: The Simpsons

Books:

Neal Stephenson :: James Clavell :: William Gibson :: Jack Keruac :: Tom Wolfe :: Michael Moore :: Travel guides

Heroes:

Sheppard Fairey :: Banksy :: Che Guevara :: Subcomandante Marcos :: Joseph Campbell