*surly* profile picture

*surly*

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

the show Heroes has made me wonder if i might have special powers that i haven't yet discovered. and maybe when the world needs me to i will. haven't you ever felt like you were meant for more? yup, staring at that pen on the desk and trying to make it move with your untapped telekinetic powers is exactly how to make it all happen.oh, and i'm a reformed romansochist. reformed.

"instead of getting a cat, why don't we all just stop flushing? it's the same thing." -red foreman.

My Interests

walking around pretending i don't give a shit when really i look like that because i just don't know shit about nuthin. oh, and i like making crap. whether it be making art, food, books, scarves, jokes, i like it. and i'm sure i can make fun of you better than most. i also have a slight obsession with sounds and words, records and books (oh, and bacon). my paychecks don't accommodate the obsessions, though. lovely is my favorite word. lovely. and anyone that wants to give me an upright piano or a rhodes is most certainly welcome into my world.

I'd like to meet:

your mom

and no romansochists, please. i think i'm sort of done with them. let's not forget, i'm a reformed romansochist. reformed. romansochism was soooo three years ago.

i think myspace needs an ugly filter so i don't keep getting gross dudes messaging me.

Music:

(shit, i haven't updated this list in like five years... oh well) elliott smith, cocteau twins, francoise hardy, france gall, earth wind and fire, ccr, big star, kinks, neil young, stones, beatles, coltrane, miles davis, ella, billie, chet, tortoise, modest mouse, built to spill, stevie wonder, sam cooke, the smiths, the cure, depeche mode, hey mercedes, braid, elton john, billy joel, journey, air supply, carpenters, sea and cake, nina simone, nick drake, will oldham, b&s, solomon burke, aretha, detroit cobras, tribe called quest, hieroglyphics, cat power, hall & oates, astrud gilberto, lee hazelwood, !!!, pretty girls make graves, postal service, my morning jacket, patsy, kylie, kool and the gang, the shins, phoenix, sylvie vartan, t rex, wilco, ryan adams, har mar, beach boys, blind willie johnson, love, this mortal coil, sarah vaughan, curtis mayfield, al green, otis redding, david bowie, huey lewis, lou barlow, sleater kinney, joan of arc, pedro the lion, pas/cal, cap'n jazz, texas is the reason, brian eno, magnetic fields, pulp, blur, joan of arc, broken social scene, arcade fire, irving, rogue wave, tom jones, descendents, grandaddy, prince, quasi, interpol, wyclef, the zombies, the animals, minus the bear, jawbox, johnny thunders, blur, fugazi, madlib, pixies, pulp, stellastarr*, the city on film, oh crap, i should just stop there, i'm starting to get a headache... but there's just soooo much more...

Movies:

RAD, thrashin', north shore, gleaming the cube, sleepaway camp, breakfast at tiffany's, goonies, batman: mask of the phantasm, jesus' son, buffalo'66, godfather2, brazil, an affair to remember, faster pussycat kill kill, super vixens, rushmore, waking the dead, kubrick films, any christopher guest, city of lost children, trois couleur trilogy, amelie, back to the beach, legend of billie jean, roman holiday, gidget, party girl, run ronnie run, lost in translation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Television:

and i'm a fucking geek for food tv. who loves top chef more than me? anything with anthony bourdain in it makes me happy (he's one lucky son of a bitch, isn't he?). and i miss arrested development. i heart yacht rock! and, of course, Heroes. or pretty much anything with super heroes.

Books:

currently reading: murikami.
favorites: jd salinger, paul auster, nick hornby, haruiku murikami, vladmir nabokov, paolo coehlo, charlotte bronte, emily bronte, leo tolstoy, william burroughs, charles bukowski, kurt vonnegut, dh lawrence, anais nin, armistead maupin, irving welsh, bret easton ellis (well, except that last catastrophy), jane austin, amy tan, bell hooks, maxine hong kingston, david sedaris, jonathan lethem, chuck palahniuk, and billy. if you have books to suggest to me, please do. i'm always up for good fiction.

Heroes:

pirates, robots, and batman.

My Blog

its been a looong time...

i know, it:s been ages.  i guess i:ve been busy-ish.  right now i:m in tokyo waiting for my flight back to nyc (which, of course, has been delayed an hour) and i figured what better time to catch you ...
Posted by *surly* on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:47:00 PST

Song of the Day - 07.07.07

Love Song - The Cure. it would've started a week ago. we were to rent a villa of some sort on the coast of spain. a beautiful and big estate that we could rent for pretty cheap by the week. there ...
Posted by *surly* on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:35:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.21.07 - Happy Birthday To Me!

SoHo Party - The Shivers. well, it's my birthday. yup, the first day of the last year of my 20s. and i swear i'm going to make it the best year of my 20s. thus far, it's starting off pretty great....
Posted by *surly* on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:24:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.20.07

F.M. (No Static At All) - Steely Dan. here it is, the last of the yacht rock series. but no worries, the guys that created this now have a show on vh1 called Acceptable TV on friday nights. tivo it...
Posted by *surly* on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:01:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.13.07

Running with the Devil - Van Halen. "the heavy metal devil made me do it." i'm bored. yacht rock 9. almost there, kids. we're just about to the end. savor it. p.s. 8 more days til surl...
Posted by *surly* on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:13:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.10.07

Any World (That I'm Welcome To) - Steely Dan. glad everyone enjoyed yesterday's entry, it was one of my favorite yacht rock vids, too. today i had to call in sick to work because i feel like complet...
Posted by *surly* on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:33:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.09.07

Warren G - Regulator. sorry, kids. i've been busy. but today i'm home sick with the flu. which blows because i wanted to go see casiotone last night. but i might make the show tomorrow as well as...
Posted by *surly* on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:19:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.04.07

Aqualung - Jethro Tull. yeah, this episode isn't the greatest but whatevs, they can't all be smooth, right? ...
Posted by *surly* on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:05:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.03.07

Human Nature - Michael Jackson. work blows. i hate it. i'm now working for the corporate prison of hell. and i couldn't be hating life more. i'm grateful that it's a job and i get paid a decent a...
Posted by *surly* on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:34:00 PST

Song of the Day - 04.02.07

Rosanna - Toto. here's more yacht rock for ya, dude. episode 4. btw, started working again today, work sucks. why the fuck do we do this to ourselves day in and day out? or maybe it's just me... ...
Posted by *surly* on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:07:00 PST