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Charlie Yates

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Proud co-founder of Pen Pals. Probing deeper into the Velma conspiracy. Remember Saffron cha, cha, cha. The war in me makes a warrior.

My Interests

color, textiles, diy, graphic arts, wordplay, patterns, learning, meditating, running, not sleeping, creating something out of nothing-but in a good way, ranunculus, chess, fashion illustrations, pratfalls, culture studies, brightly colored packaging, the phrase "gravity issue", glam rock, pinot evil, vintage gift wrap and song sheet covers, winklepickers, uncomfortable humor, travel

I'd like to meet:

Howard Roark

Music:

drag city, wolf parade, little wings, velvet underground, sonic youth, m.i.a, the stooges, bowie, early u2, os mutantes, roy buchanan, the pogues w/shane macgowan, stereolab, mgmt, arctic monkeys, neil young, odb, early stones, tom petty, bob dylan, aimee mann, trojan explosion, pavement, the pixies, she and him, johnny cash/june carter cash, lily allen, hank williams, belle and sebastian, musicals, crooners and torch singers

Movies:

white christmas, charade, northfork, dogville, bullitt, gidget, everything co-written by owen wilson and wes anderson, breathless, you can't take it with you, without a clue, network, funny face, magnolia, club paradise, motorcycle diaries, raise the red lantern, the subject was roses, swingtime, brazil, la strada, hackers

Television:

the office (uk), league of gentlemen, foster's home for imaginary friends, psych, ucb, twin peaks, mst 3000 (w/joel), a fine romance, graham norton, northern exposure, remington steele, curb your enthusiasm, rags to riches

Books:

rand, dostoevsky, pynchon, david foster wallace, hesse, williams, wilde, ethnographies, super lame mysteries with cats and old ladies

Heroes:

julie verhoeven, ryan mcginness, banksy, mo tucker, stephen colbert, brini maxwell