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dave

i'd rather be happy and poor than have it all and still want more.

About Me

..I am a 25 year old writer and filmmaker. and yes, i have a job on the side. my film company, BrokenDollyProductions, was started with five of the most talented and diversely similar guys i have ever met. my friends mean the world to me, though i am quite good at hiding it. my family is insane and i love them for it. this year has been a bit weird. moving out was a huge change, and it seems to have affected my mind the most. next stop, mentallyabsentville. population: me// brokendolly.ca // myspace.com/brokendollyprod// act like you know.

My Interests

movies that don't suck. good music (does not include music you think is good, unless i also think it is good). stand up comedy. writing scripts shorts opinions articles, whatever. mmmm, i like beer and weed too...and, uh, i dunno...oh yea...manchu wok...that shit's gold...(ed.note: manchu wok at both scarbourough town cente and markville mall is delicious. however, yorkdale's franchise is bland and dry. i recommend bourbon st. chicken.)

I'd like to meet:

whoever first saw the egg that fell out of a chicken's butt and didn't turn into a baby chicken and said 'well, fuck it. let's crack it open and eat whatever's in there. with ketchup!'

Music:

in no particular order: attack in black, joe strummer, radiohead, alexisonfire, cancer bats, tv on the radio, alkaline trio, hot water music, thrice, system of a down, brand new, nineinchnails, a tribe called quest, the mars volta, atmosphere, bloc party, avenged sevenfold, bobby dylan as both a folky and after he went electric, nirvana, led zepplin, death by stereo, deftones, perkins, he is legend, at the drive-in, refused, atari teenage riot, biggie, my chemical romance, nas, kanye west, weezer, bob marley and damian marley too, the pixies, the prodigy, protest the hero, k-os, chemical bros, rage against the machine, tool, sublime, led zepplin, choke, alice in chains, the streets, busta, outkast, the beatles, method man, beastie boys, eminem, nofx, no use for a name, cky, the roots, gob, sunny day real estate, kenny ken, matt good, daneo, blur, smashing pumpkins, blind melon, bad company, j majik, billy idol, the strokes, the killers, and most of the other the's, bloc party,propaghandi, the bronx, clsmooth and jdilla, the clash, coheed and cambria, the rolling stones, coldplay, drs, emery, dr.dre, the byrds, the kinks, the flatliners, curtis mayfield, him, madlib and mfdoom, slum village, massive attack, death from above, nofx, the pharcyde, roni size, the yardbirds, the animals, goldie, shy fx, the smiths and morrisey, strung out, underworld, minus the bear, interpol, red hot chili peppers, metallica, talib kweli and mosdef, gangstarr, rancid, hole and the used's first albums, stone temple pilots, linkin park to an extent, bjork, millencolin, g n' f'n r, le tigre, silverchair, spacehog, the beatles, crazy MJ, mickey finn, dj rap, dialated peoples, cypress hill, lagwagon, helmet, das efx, foofighters, joy division, madvillian, dangerdoom, queen, rolling stones, soundgarden, 311, vast, authority zero, bigwig, freaky flow, pulley, faithless, bad religion, flipmode violent femmes, the offspring and like a million more...

Movies:

oh god here we go again: grandma's boy, resevoir dogs, heat, 28 days later, dumb and dumber, supertroopers, equilibrium, the matrixes, and since we're on trilogies: indiana jones, star wars, lord of the rings, and austin powers, raging bull, napolean dynamite, kill bill 1 and 2, belly, half baked, scarface, goodfellas, lord of the flies, the big lebowski, anything with tony jaa in it, the animatrix, flight of the navigator, jarhead, history of violence, below, the usual suspects, three kings, the third and fourth potters, sleepy hollow, batman, batman begins, the godfather, the shawshank redemption, kungfu hustle, pulp fiction, vertigo, the way of the gun, memento, the silence of the lambs, the shining, trainspotting, lock stock and two smoking barrels, snatch and layer cake, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, shaun of the dead, tigerland, the thin red line, full metal jacket, fightclub, apocalypse now, seven, 12 monkeys, l a confidential, a clockwork orange, crash, raging bull, casino, donnie darko, theincredibles, dazed and confused, the sting and butch cassidy and the sundance kid, 2001: a space odyssey, signs, the sixth sense, the blair witch project, a beautiful mind, monty python and the quest for the holy grail and the life of brian and monty python's meaning of life, braveheart, romeo and juliet (the emo one), robin hood prince of thieves, national lampoon's christmas vacation, mystic river, das boot, dog day afternoon, all quiet on the western front, house of flying daggers, the big lebowski, city of god, almost famous, bad boys/badboys 2, best in show, ong bak, battle royale, unforgiven, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, doctor zhivago, the entire pink panther series until steve martin got his grubby, unfunny hands on it, all the bonds minus one or two(and especially casino royale), the full monty, one hour photo, dancer in the dark, american history x and like a million more.....

Television:

the daily show, the colbert report, family guy, the simpsons, south park...

Books:

please stop asking me these things: trainspotting, porno, the marabou stork nightmares, the acid house, all by irvine welsh; the house of leaves, by mark z. danielewski; anything by michael chrichton; almost anything by john grisham; guns, germs and steel, by jared diamond;phantom by susan kay; dragonlance books from when i was a nerd; the beach by alex garland; those crazy dan brown books like the davinci code; america: the book by jon stewart; american god's and the sandman series by neil gaiman; and, let's say...the areas of my expertise by john hodgeman...enjoy...reading makes yer brain big...

Heroes:

jon stewart, alan cross, quentin was until i saw hostel, michel gondry, stand up comedians, anyone in a band, old people for not curling up and dying...

My Blog

the bush

    'Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.'- George W. BushWashington...
Posted by dave on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:30:00 PST

for amtt.

he fully deserves this, regardless of how you look at it. happy bday brother. Matt's Birthday Weekend Matt-Inspired Fairy Tale. (sorry, I just finished stardust.)  Once upon a time there was ...
Posted by dave on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:50:00 PST

awake in a sleeping world

this was written for someone a while ago, so i hope they don't mind it being up here...awake in a sleeping world (or 'a tale of two drugs', or '        's tale') "&...
Posted by dave on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:25:00 PST

amillionandone (rough draft)

Once upon a time, in a land of difference from ours, a young girl found herself staring at her reflection in a mirror tacked to a tree in a leafless forest. She thought to herself: 'Why am I just stan...
Posted by dave on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:45:00 PST

random spots of mental absence

it's a cave. and it's huge. vast. vacant. you can't see any edge to it. there are no boundaries, yet it feels overtly suppressive. claustrophobic. there are shadows. great empty spaces. there are echo...
Posted by dave on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:40:00 PST

masters of war

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see...
Posted by dave on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST

the greatest philosopher of your parent's times...

When one looks at modern man, one has to face the fact that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance. We'...
Posted by dave on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:12:00 PST

the greatest philosopher of our times...

"I think that the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes...
Posted by dave on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:10:00 PST

this just in: new coolest word ever...

ladies and gentlemen. i am proud to announce the new coolest word ever: panther. seriously though. look at it. it looks bad ass and it sounds even bad asser than it looks. seriously, say it. panth...
Posted by dave on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:56:00 PST

myspace and the inability to make eye contact

what the hell is wrong with all of you? do you have some kinda nervous tick that kicks in everytime you see a webcam or digi pointing at you that makes your head whip off to the side, leaving your eye...
Posted by dave on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:47:00 PST