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Jewddhist Priest

Puttin' the Om in Shalom, the Jewddhist Priest

About Me

I'm like a Vidalia onion: multilayered, kinda sweet, but my bitter edge could make you cry....

My Interests

Obsessing over minutiae, grinning smugly at funny typos in restaurant menus, attempting to use my anxiety-prone nature for creative good, making inane lists, gerunds, Nudie suits, cooking, writin', canines, having epiphanies during roadtrips, meditating, bad puns that make people groan, crossword puzzles, finding low-point snacks on Weight Watchers that aren't reminiscent of sawdust, reading trashy tabloids and learning way more than I ever cared to know about people as inconsequential as Mischa Barton, singing commercial jingles and giving them a tuneful spin

I'd like to meet:

People with lotsa hard-luck stories to tell who never say stuff like "TMI" or "Like, don't go there"; those who enjoy both the low-brow and the high-brow without cooler-than-thou attitude; Scrabble freaks; rich folk who are lookin' for a person to throw money at randomly...

Music:

Tom Waits, X, Johnny Cash, Rev. Horton Heat, The Clash, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Loretta Lynn, Elvis Costello, Garbage, The Cramps, Warren Zevon, Hank Williams, White Stripes, Deke Dickerson, Bjork, Dwight Yoakam, Nina Simone, Kasey Chambers, Ramones, Cowboy Junkies, Lone Justice/Maria McKee, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Jonathan Richman, Pink, Tegan and Sara, Moldy Peaches, Ice T, Patsy Cline, Nick Cave, The Smiths/Morrissey, Siouxsie, Sam Phillips, The Knitters, The Blasters, Patti Smith, Dolly Parton, Rilo Kiley, Candye Kane, Phranc, Billie Holiday, Aimee Mann, Old 97s, Pretenders, Big Sandy, Imperial Teen, Bruce Springsteen, Generation X, R.E.M., Dixie Chicks, Wanda Jackson, Concrete Blonde, Kristin Hersh, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Portishead, Mazzy Star, Marti Brom, The Gossip, Le Tigre, Avenue Q cast album, The Shins, Ryan Adams, Jack Johnson, Metallica, Dead Kennedys, Indigo Girls/Amy Ray, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Strokes, Louis Armstrong, Lucinda Williams, Pete Yorn, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Kitty Wells, Faron Young, old Ani DiFranco (pre-brass instruments), The Doors, Heart, Tom Petty, Depeche Mode, Sarah McLachlan, Bauhaus, Throwing Muses, New Order, Rufus Wainwright, Julia Fordham, The Donnas, Queens of the Stone Age, Janis Joplin, The Paladins, Howlin' Wolf, Emmylou Harris, Wayne Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Simon and Garfunkel, old-ass Elton John and Billy Joel, The Breeders, Fiona Apple, Black Flag, Carole King, BR549, Neil Young, Michelle Shocked, Sheryl Crow, Cat Power, Jayhawks, Pavement, Wilco, Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Judas Priest, Neko Case, Patty Griffin, Smoke, The Jody Grind, Joy Division, Black Rebel Motorcyle Club, Leonard Cohen, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Toasters, Jane's Addiction, Eleventh Dream Day, Lisa Germano, The Pogues, Bob Dylan, Circle Jerks, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Ella Fitzgerald, Styx (couple-skate only), The Replacements, Squeeze, The Postal Service, Scissor Sisters, Southern Culture on the Skids, The Robustos, Rhett Miller Your Theme Song:

"London Calling" - The Clash

'What is your theme song?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Movies:

Sling Blade, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes on a Scandal, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Monster, The Unheard Music, Down by Law, Gia, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Morocco, Requiem for a Dream, The Good Girl, Coal Miner's Daughter, Real Women Have Curves, Far From Heaven, Boogie Nights, Best in Show, Chicago, Anniversary Party, I Shot Andy Warhol, Female Trouble, The Color Purple, Barfly, Ghost World, GoodFellas, Magnolia, Mysterious Skin, Being John Malkovich, The Squid and the Whale, The Machinist, Fahrenheit 9/11, Malcolm X, Repo Man, The Believer, Heavenly Creatures, Junebug, Brokeback Mountain, Office Space, Clockwatchers, The Daytrippers, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Word Wars, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Taxi Driver, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Halloween, Bastard Out of Carolina, Saw, Angel Heart, Fight Club, Opposite of Sex, Happiness, Adaptation, The Grapes of Wrath, Switchblade Sisters, Jungle Fever, Short Cuts, Playing by Heart, Saved, Wordplay, Transamerica, Dreamgirls

Television:

The Simpsons;The Office (British version); really bad reality shows that make me feel morally and intellectually superior to most of the human race: Survivor, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, American Idol, Wife Swap, Super Nanny, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, The President's State of the Union addresses; Intervention; Grey's Anatomy; Dog Whisperer; Meet the Press; The McLaughlin Group; Weeds; King of the Hill; pretty much anything on Food Network; Real Time With Bill Maher; The Daily Show; What Not to Wear; Can't Get a Date (quit chuckling); Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Books:

Dharma Punx, The United States of Wal-Mart, Nickel and Dimed, Running with Scissors, Dry, Naked, Because They Wanted To, Bad Behavior, Valencia, Howl, The Dhammapada, The Wrestling Party, Adulterer's Anonymous, Barrel Fever, A Working Stiff's Manifesto, America (The Book), Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Friend Who Got Away, City Dharma, Veronica, Writing Down the Bones, Twisted Sisters, Angry Women, The Dharma Bums, Of Mice and Men, Fast Food Nation, The Real Bettie Page, Trash, Mad Dog Black Lady, Bastard Out of Carolina, The Color Purple, Junky, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Jew in the Lotus, Talk to the Hand, Blood and Guts in High School, City of Night, The Wild Mind, Downsize This, Dress Your Family..., Hillbilly Hollywood, Radical Acceptance, When Things Fall Apart, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (HAH!)

Heroes:

Tom Waits, Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, Exene Cervenka, Augusten Burroughs, Johnny Cash, PJ Harvey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dorothy Parker, Janeane Garofalo, Chris Rock, Margaret Cho, George Carlin, Nick Cave, Hubert Selby, Patsy Cline, Elvis Costello, John Waters, Harry Shearer