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Jake

Love each day. -The Descent

About Me

"When I think about it, I guess life is kinda like a myspace page…beautiful, intricate, colorful, ambitiously driven and hopeful…full of music, memories, friendship and love. Truth is, myspace doesn’t hide who someone is…it merely expresses how great someone wishes to be." -Me
Screenwriter aspiring to be successful, with seven completed feature-length screenplays, five horror and two romantic comedies (and a new teen romp comedy in the works). I'm a director now, too, with one short feature and a super short that I wrote, directed and produced under my belt. Check out the W&G Films page to see the super-short and the trailer for my short feature here .
So, more about me...hmm...I'm unconditionally loyal to my boyfriend, my friends, family, my pup and my chinchilla. I'm a big ol' party whore on the weekends, and a reclusive writer during the week (although these days you'll rarely catch me without one of my better halves, my wonderful boyfriend Kris or my Australian shep Riley). I'm very much a city dweller currently (movies, fine dining, social after social gathering), but I am a true country boy at heart...born and raised in a small town (I still have the almost hidden hick accent, which comes out when I'm drunk), and I tend to go busybody crazy often and want to escape the city at least one day a week to take my dog and my boy out to my mom's in the country for some R&R...ah, the good life.
Check out my web page here:
You Are 3: The Achiever
You're confident and competent - with a lot of energy.
Eager to reach your goals, you are ambitious and competitive.
You are good at motivating yourself and motivating others.
You're also a charmer, with a great sense of humor. What Number Are You?
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My Interests

Hot girls, raging liberals, Chianti, Merlot, Sangiovese, cheesy slasher flicks, purple colors, bein' barefoot, sunglass shoppin', bar hoppin', makin' lists for everything, singin' in my car and eatin' a whole bag of Twizzlers in one sitting at the movie theater.

I'd like to meet:

Those interested in chinchillas.

Music:

Scissor Sisters, Britney Spears, Postal Service, Snow Patrol, Jem, The Delgados, Emma Pollock, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Goldfrapp, Death Cab For Cutie, Muse, The Killers, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Pussycat Dolls, Paris Hilton (don't shoot!), Christina Aguilera, Erasure, New Order, Duran Duran, The Cure, The Smiths, Radiohead, Enya, Switchfoot, Afro-Celt Sound System, Rufus Wainwright, Gorillaz

Movies:

Slasher movies (!!), 80s movies (!!), Christmas movies (!!), Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Descent, Black Christmas (1974), Friday the 13th, Halloween, Prom Night, The House on Sorority Row, The Prowler, My Bloody Valentine, American Nightmare (1983), Last Dance (1992), Welcome to Spring Break, Psycho Cop 2, Shredder, The Clown at Midnight, Lovers Lane, Home Alone 1 & 2, Hocus Pocus, Big Business, Adventures In Babysitting, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Dirty Dancing, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Can't Buy Me Love, The Neverending Story, The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, The Witches, The Goonies, Monster Squad, SHE, The Little Mermaid, Troop Beverly Hills, Coyote Ugly, Center Stage, The Sweetest Thing, Now and Then, Under the Tuscan Sun, Love Actually, Clueless, Sweet Home Alabama, Latter Days, Serendipity, Just Like Heaven, Romy and Michele, To Wong Foo, Muriel's Wedding, 50 First Dates, 13 Going on 30, Cruel Intentions, She's All That, American Pie, John Tucker Must Die, Just Friends, You Can Count on Me, Meet Joe Black, Life as a House, The Good Girl, The Last Kiss, Garden State, Brokeback Mountain, The Notebook, Running Scared, anything with the talents of John Hughes, Christopher Columbus, Andy Tennant, Wes Craven, C. Jay Cox, Kenneth Lonergan, Kevin Williamson, Drew Barrymore (!!), Rachel McAdams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Walker or Mark Ruffalo!

Television:

One Tree Hill, Heroes, The Apprentice, Friends (RIP), Will and Grace (RIP)

Books:

Anything by Christopher Rice (but especially The Snow Garden), anything by David Robbins (but especially Hell-O-Ween), J.D. Salinger, Edgar Allan Poe; Joy Ride by Stephen Crye & King Lear by William Shakespeare.

Heroes:

Okay...I'll say it...my mother.

My Blog

"Severed Lives", an Indie Austin Horror Effort

Today our Critiquing the Arts class watched my first short feature, a horror film entitled "Severed Lives."  I was asked to dispassionately write an objective review of my own film, which makes t...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:00:00 PST

The Artsy, Weird Stepchild

As an aspiring screenwriter, it is tough to live in a city with no literary agencies geared towards that profession.  For some time now, the buzz around here has been that Austin is becoming the ...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:36:00 PST

Did You See "Saw III"?

"Saw III" is the second sequel to the highly successful Lions Gate Films "Saw" franchise.  The success of the trilogy lies in two things:  Lions Gate's ability to successfuly market and dist...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:15:00 PST

Does the Belmont Ring Your Bell?

Me and a group of friends recently made a go out of The Belmont, one of Austin's hottest new restaurants.  It had been generating a serious buzz amongst friends and acquaintances, so we decided t...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:24:00 PST

360 Primo...is it Primo?

Upon a first glance, Austin's 360 Primo coffeehouse might look like a generic corporate chain.  The shiny metallic tables dispersed out front have bright red and white canopies overhead, and the ...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:22:00 PST

Rio Grande in The Real World?

When MTV's "The Real World Austin" ended early last year, the house went under construction and is now home to Austin's newest tex-mex cuisine.  The Rio Grande restaurant is baffling to Austinit...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:29:00 PST

"Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning", or the End?

I recently had the opportunity to check out the newest film in the long, cult status "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series, this one the official prequel and entitled "The Beginning".  The claimed pur...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:22:00 PST

Ta Dah!!!!!

  In 2004 a band from New York called the Scissor Sisters slowly crept its way out of the posh, gay district bars to become one of the first well-known indie rock bands with a majority of its mem...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:52:00 PST

Are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Worth Seeing? Yeah Yeah Yeah!

There is no doubt that Stubb's is one of the best music venues in the city of Austin...for some reason the acoustics on that sloping knoll off the side of Red River just give sound this perfect bounc...
Posted by Jake on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:27:00 PST

Does Key Bar Hold the Key?

Many of the bars opening in the West Sixth Street district are keen on large patios, as new places like Union Park and the Belmont sport patios for drinking and smoking.    Austin's ...
Posted by Jake on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:23:00 PST