5 Random facts about Jean:
1. I adore my name and wear a dogtag everyday that says "I am Jean," just in case I ever forget
2. I used to fence foil
3. I am very compactible and have double-jointed elbows. It creeps the hell out of the medical students and I am sadistic enough to enjoy it
4. I can do an uncanny impersonation of Meatwad
5. I am descended from Lithuanian pirates
My virtual pet hedgehog....
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Current top five frequently played bands:
1. Guided by Voices
2. The Replacements
3. Reverend Horton Heat
4. Weezer
5. Minutemen
Bands that are currently on Jimmy, my IPod:
The Shins, Keller Williams, Brian Perry, Reverend Horton Heat, Stone Roses, The Pixies, The Beta Band, The Cramps, The Hives, Massive Attack, Belle and Sebastian, BBVD, Dandy Warhols, Dinosaur Jr., Guided by Voices, Happy Mondays, Journy, Keane, Modest Mouse, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Queen, Radiohead, The Replacements, Spacerocket, Spacehog, String Cheese Incident, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Superchunk, The Killers, The Mars Volta, The Smiths, The Strokes, Velvet Underground, The Toadies, String Cheese Incident, Killing Joke, The Kinks, Jazz Butcher, Galaxie 500, Sebadoh, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, The Band, XTC, The Jam, Woodentops, Death Cab for Cutie, A Change of Pace, Sweeney Todd, Flickerstick, The Rentals, Ragsy, Ride, Soulcracker, Los Straightjackets, The Who, Louden Wainwright, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers, Nick Lowe, Steve Miller Band, Minutemen, The Rezillos, Lite FM, and more that I don't feel like listing right now.
I can watch any type of movie ranging from bad/cheesey horror movies to movies that make you think. Recently my guy and I merged our DVD collections together, so I have about 150 more movie titles to add to the list.
Here is my top five always can watch movies:
1. Brazil
2. Sideways
3. Star Wars (original)
4. Fear and Loathing
5. Knocked Up/Superbad
Here's a partial list of movies that I own in no particular order:
Brazil, Lost in Translation, O Brother, Fargo, Sideways, Bottle Rocket, Royal Tennabaums, Rushmore, Roger Doger, I Heart Huckabees, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Amelie, The Incredibles, The Specials, Ed Wood, Star Wars (all), Lord of the Rings (all), Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, Them, Wayne's World, Pitch Black, Halloween, Exorcist, People Under the Stairs, Big Trouble in Little China, Dodgeball, High Fidelity, The Water Cooler, Big Fish, Sleepy Hollow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fisher King, Last House on the Left, Wonderwoman tv series, Sealab (all volumes), Ren and Stimpy, Waiting for Guffman, Batman, Spiderman (both), X-Men (both), Hellboy, Van Helsing, Twin Peaks--TV and movie, Rear Window and other Hitchcock movies, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There, Adaptation, Pulp Fiction, Resovior Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Swingers, Sin City, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Thank You For Smoking, V for Vendetta, Clerks 2, Little Miss Sunshine, Zodiac, Slums of Beverly Hills, Ghost World, Delicatessen, The Fountain, and many many more that I can't think of at the moment.
Top 5 shows that I currently obsessed with:
1. Dexter
2. House
3. Madmen
4. Flight of the Conchords
5. Adult Swim
I enjoy reading and writing. I will read basically anything ranging from post-modern literature to british novels to philosophy books--though I have a soft-spot for comic/graphic novels.
I have too many books to even attempt to write every title. So, I will give you the 5 books I'm currently reading:
1. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
2. No Country for Old Men
3. re-reading Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things by George Lakoff
4. Several books about Karl Popper
5. The Walt Disney Biography
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