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Justin

My beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead Christmas trees of the world.

About Me

I love: College basketball, NFL, College football, hockey, MLB and College baseball; 19th century British, French and Russian literature; 19th century European and American art; movies; Monty Python's Flying Circus; Family Guy, Gilmore Girls; eating Mexican, Chinense, Japanese, Thai, Italian and American foods; reading about philosophy even though I have no idea what the writers are talking about half the time; Latin; European and American history; anything on the BBC including "The Office" and "Masterpiece Theater;" reading in general; the female sex!

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My Interests

I love sports(college basketball--GMU, football, hockey, baseball) music (Kaiser Chiefs, Muse, Bright Eyes) movies (Godfather, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Citizen Kane) dancing, going out to bars and nice resturants, going to plays and art shows.

Music:

The Libertines, Radio 4, Cloud Room, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Ash, Muse, Foo Fighters, Interpol, The Doves, Grateful Dead, Decemberists, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, The New Pornographers, The Shins, Hot Hot Heat, Bloc Party, The Rakes, Kaiser Chiefs, The Postal Service, Long-View, The Bravery, Franz Ferdinand, Garbage, Green Day, Arcade Fire, The Bright Eyes, Pavement, We are Scientists, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arctic Monkeys, Wolf-Parade, U2, TV on the Radio, She Wants Revenge, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Big Band, Shout Out Louds, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Gorillaz, Snow Patrol, Built to Spill, The Flaming Lips, The Fiery Furnaces, BabyShambles, The Constantines, World Leader Pretend, Architecture in Helsinki, The Go! Team, The White Stripes, The Brakes, Boy Kill Boy, The Presets, Wolf Mother, Cold War Kids, Art Brut, The Walkmen, British SeaPower, Soulwax, The Stills, Kent, The Sounds, StellaStar, Soundtrack of our Lives, Starsailor, The Editors, The Subways, VHS or Beta, Phoenix, The Young Knives, Dirty Pretty Things, Les Incompétents

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life of Brian, Animal House, Bring It On, Clerks, Dogma, Mall Rats, Chasing Amy, Sin City, Monty Python's The Meaing of Life, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Fight Club, Casablanca, The Life of Brian, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill volume 1, There's Something about Mary, Bringing Up Baby, Heathers, The Big Sleep, A Hard Days Night, Fantasia, Good Fellas, Fake Purse Ninjas, American Dreamz, Alice in Wonderful, The Princess Bride, Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Virgin Suicides, The Philadelphia Story, Reservoir Dogs, The Last Temptation of Christ, Emma, Pride and Prejudice (A&E Version), Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, Marie Anntoinette, Casino Royale, Rules of the Game.

Television:

I enjoy: Veronica Mars, OC, Dr. Who, Deadwood, Family Guy, Rome, NFL on Fox, Sports Center, MNF, March Madness, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Ren and Stimpy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, The Office, Harvey Birdman, PTI, Daily Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Thin Blue Line, Absolutely Fabulous, Sealab2021, Nothing MTV has to offer, Best Week Ever, Upstairs Downstairs, Gilmore Girls, anything on the BBC or PBS, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Sex and the City, Iron Chef.

Books:

Six Characters In Search of An Author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Last Temptation of Christ, Pride and Prejudice, Alice in Wonderland, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Siddhathra, Vanity Fair, Tess of the D'Urberville's, War and Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, Farewell to Arms, Lolita, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Great Gatsby, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mourning Becomes Electra, Jude the Obscure, Far From the Madding Crowd, Return of the Native, In Search of Lost Time, Lulaby, On The Road, Brideshead Revisted, Narcissus and Goldmund, Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, House of Mirth, Custom of the Country, The Dead, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Emma, 1984, August 1914: The Red Wheel Part I, Dead Souls, Crime and Punishment, Notes From the Underground, The Metamorphosis, Animal Farm, Resurrection, The Bronze Horseman, Daisy Miller, Wings of the Dove, The Europeans, Washington Square, The Queen of Spades, The Idiot, The Gambler, The Devils, The Death of Ivan Ilych, The Kreutzer Sonata, Fathers and Sons, The Torrents of Spring, Death in Venice, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, A Doll..s House, Hedda Gabler, Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Happy Days, Mother Courage, Pirandello's Henry IV, To The Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, The Hours, Lulu, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.

Heroes:

Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Jaspers,Sartre, Camus, Fanon, Kafka, Marx, Proust. Kant, Hume.

My Blog

Watch Out World

Justin Pilla is going to be teaching English at NVCC come the fall! Be sure to hide your children and lock your doors!
Posted by Justin on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:24:00 PST

New Cell Phone #

Call me:   703-232-5432
Posted by Justin on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:44:00 PST

Friday Night is all right for fighting....

So tonight I was at Jesus Christ Super Star with my parents--yes I know I'm a dork--and we were enjoying the show. At the end of the play, obviously, Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies. Now, I don'...
Posted by Justin on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

What I've Learnt While in Charleston

What I've learnt while spending 3 years in Charleston: Charleston is a kick ass city. Horray beer. I love alcohol. I adore champagne. Teaching is fun. Trident Tech shout out! I want to teach English i...
Posted by Justin on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:03:00 PST

Pretty Good News

Michal was accepted into GMU for graduate school, which is pretty exciting. She called me today bummed and annoyed at Mason however. She really wants to get into campus housing, but it turns out that ...
Posted by Justin on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:08:00 PST

May 14th

My last day in Charleston is the 14th and then Michal and I hit the road so I will be back in Fairfax for good come the evening of the 14th...   Can't wait to see everyone.
Posted by Justin on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:47:00 PST

Tucker Max

Sorry if you know about him already--I apologize for being late to the party.   For those who don't know about him, he's funny as shit. Check out his book "I hope they serve beer in hell" and his...
Posted by Justin on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:30:00 PST

It Begins....

What a start to the basketball season; GMU and Cleveland State fought it out and luckily Mason came out on top. If it wasn't for Will Thomas and John Vaughn, Mason would be 0-1 right now! College of ...
Posted by Justin on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:49:00 PST

Up for air

I actually got out of work today on time; yesterday i pulled an 13 hour shift and I hope I never have to do something like that again. Things are good here; tomorrow there is a tropical storm/hurrican...
Posted by Justin on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:36:00 PST

I love Cava!

Hey everyone! I have one hell of a week; work was intense; 10-12 hour work days killed me. Right now, I'm loving the idea of the weekend and am about to enjoy a movie with my baby.   Also, I'm fa...
Posted by Justin on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:05:00 PST