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About Me

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --George Orwell

This is my last year of undergrad at LSU majoring in English.

I like to read, which makes me a little dull -- but reading is so much healthier for your brain than watching TV.

I'm enjoying my life.

I want to make every second count, but as we all know, life can sometimes feel like time between sleep...something I like to do.

I also like the corniest movies, and some of the best. Right now, I'd say "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" by the flawless Charlie Kaufman is my favourite movie by far.

And now, I'm just waiting to graduate. Here's to the future. the mfa.

My Interests

Reading & Writing

I'd like to meet:

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.... The princess is caged in the consulate. The man with the candy will lead the children into the sea. The naked woman on the ledge outside the window on the 16th floor is a victim of accidie, or the naked woman is an exhibitionist, and it would be 'interesting' to know which. We tell ourselves that it makes some difference whether the naked woman is about to commit a mortal sin or is about to register a political protest or is about to be, the Aristophanic view, snatched back to the human condition by the fireman in priest's clothing just visible behind her, the one smiling at the telephoto lens. We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. -Joan Didion

Music:

Radiohead
The Arcade Fire
Sigur Ros
The Fall of Troy
Regina Spektor
The Rocket Summer

Movies:

Capote
Eternal Sunshine
Adaptation
Little Miss Sunshine
The Life Aquatic

Television:

Six Feet Under
Law and Order: SVU
The Real World
Any number of horrendous reality shows.

Books:

Answered Prayers, Truman Capote
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
100 Selected Poems, e.e. cummings
A Room of One's Own de Virginia Woolf

Heroes:

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Wilde

My Blog

Apr. 17. 2007

Summer is in reach, it's almost palpable. I just have to make it to May 9.
Posted by john david on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:03:00 PST

Apr. 12. 2007

New LiveJournal post.
Posted by john david on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:29:00 PST

Feb. 25. 2007

Jump off a bridge, anyone?
Posted by john david on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:58:00 PST

Feb. 23. 2007

The new The Snake the Cross the Crown album is due Mar. 20. I am in love with this band, and it's the first CD of the new year that I get to buy (I told myself, as part of my new year's resolution, th...
Posted by john david on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:34:00 PST

Feb. 22. 2007

bleh. who am i anymore, anyways?
Posted by john david on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:35:00 PST

Feb. 16. 2007

I've driven to Wendy's today, and that's it.I'm looking forward to getting out into the open tomorrow. For some reason, I holed myself up in my apartment today for the purpose of "studying" for my his...
Posted by john david on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:34:00 PST

Feb. 06. 2007

"Generalization is death to good writing." Good quote there.(Is it so bad to want to go to D.C. so badly?)
Posted by john david on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:50:00 PST

Feb. 5. 2007

Cross your fingers for Washington, D.C., for me, if you please.I need this internship. I need a summer away, in someplace remote andnew.Fingers crossed.
Posted by john david on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:39:00 PST

Feb. 3. 2007

This is a good column.I'm proud of ESPN for publishing this, albeit I found it via some random link on an obscure site....
Posted by john david on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:42:00 PST

Jan. 29. 2007

Is it so bad to want to be a skeleton?
Posted by john david on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:55:00 PST