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Fernando

turn off the boom box, put on your hi-tops

About Me

I have embraced my new beardlessness.
The beard is back.
The beard comes and goes as my muse wills it.

My Interests

Reading, guitar, movies, poker, the New York Times crossword, personal hygiene. The usual.
I enjoy a nice cognac...

I'd like to meet:

Thierry Henry

Music:

This list has the potential to get ridiculously long.

Movies:

Akira Kurosawa, Charlie Kaufman, the Coen Brothers, Clooney and Soderbergh (sometimes), almost anything with Clint Eastwood, robots or monkeys in it.

Television:

I can do Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Venture Bros, 60 Minutes and SportsCenter. Anything else would require some convincing on your part.

Books:

See music, above.

Heroes:

Jeanette Rankin.

My Blog

My new grown-up blog, and I'm coming home for the weekend

To mark my re-entry into the grown-up world (i.e., workforce), I'm inaugurating a new grown-up blog: the future sounds like.It's on fancy-pants Vox, which runs like a dream compared to MySpace (natch)...
Posted by Fernando on Thu, 17 May 2007 04:17:00 PST

Big milestone for me, and Karen's in the Times

 Just so it's public (or MySpace) record, my last day of contractual obligation to the Marine Corps was the 28th, so I'm officially out of the inactive reserves and they can all go kiss my tuchus...
Posted by Fernando on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:25:00 PST

A list of words that I have added to the predictive text dictionary in my phone

achewood assholeBabaractuaryBuellerbastardFoucaultfuckingincestualgro ovykiddomotherfuckerSinatraschool (?)tootsyarmulke
Posted by Fernando on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:35:00 PST

Repetitio mater studiorum est

I've been on the super-down-low lately, burrowing into the ground to study for the two midterms I had yesterday, so if you've been in touch and I haven't touched you back, please take no offense. Have...
Posted by Fernando on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:04:00 PST

A Quandry

I'm slowly coming to the realization that I don't actually like Death Cab for Cutie, but somehow really like The Postal Service.n.b. for the confused: it's the same dude(I'm really glad that I live in...
Posted by Fernando on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:34:00 PST

Karen on NPR

Hey everybody, Karen's interview on NPR's All Things Considered Weekend edition was broadcast today. You can hear it online right here....
Posted by Fernando on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:11:00 PST

Karen on Myspace

Hey everybody, Karen's publicist made her a myspace to promote her book (which comes out on the 5th). Go to www.myspace.com/karen_russell and add her as a friend....
Posted by Fernando on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:02:00 PST

I love you, Albany

It is wonderful to be home in NYC and back with Karen, but I will miss you, Albany crew. Thanks for a great summer, and I'll see you all again soon.
Posted by Fernando on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:37:00 PST

Maybe someone you know needs help

Are they a chunkity-ass nerd?
Posted by Fernando on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:20:00 PST

Prodigal something-or-other

It's official: I got a job offer I couldn't refuse, so I shall be alighting in Albany on Sunday and staying there for the entirety of July and the first two weeks of August. Anyway that you guys can f...
Posted by Fernando on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:34:00 PST