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Andrew

time is nothing

About Me

My life is teaching latin, studying classics, playing trombone, and writing.

My Interests

the grammies! baseball, basketball, poetry, mix tapes, moviemaking, live music, latin and greek, french, all foreign languages.

I'd like to meet:

In a kinder time than this,
I could wait for several life-times.
I'll meet you when the sun is in my eyes,
And we'll spend our years, floating with the tide.

Music:

The Cure,
No Doubt,
311,
Cranes,
Twilight Singers,
Aaliyah,
Prince,
TLC,
Nasir Jones,
Tupac Shakur,
Christina Aguilera,
Fugees,
Destiny's Child
John Williams,
Wilco,
Guns n' Roses,
Nirvana,
Depeche Mode,
New Order,
Mike Doughty,
Lil' Kim,
AT40,
ktu freestyle free-for-all,
Missy Elliot,
Smashing Pumpkins,
U2,
Mary J. Blige

Movies:


Star Wars,
Children of Dune,
Cruel Intentions,
Mean Girls,
Back to the Future,
Peggy Sue Got Married,
Superman I, II, III,
Superman Returns,
Predator,
Predator 2,
Aliens vs. Predator,
Harry Potter,
Star Trek II, III, IV, VI
Last of the Mohicans,
Godfather.

Television:


Smallville,
One Tree Hill,
Battlestar Galactica,
24,
8 Simple Rules,
Sopranos,
Judge Judy,
Star Trek,
Quantum Leap,
Belle and Sebastian,
Fraggle Rock,
Muppet Show.

Books:

The Time Traveler's Wife,
Dracula,
The King Must Die,
Moby Dick,
The Metamorphoses,
The Odyssey,
Leaves of Grass,
A Game of You,
The Centaur,
Tanglewood Tales,
Finnegan's Wake,
Paradise Lost,
Divine Comedy,
Emma,
Who's on First, Charlie Brown?
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told,
Les vacances de Zephyr,
Goodnight Moon,
Lost in the Museum.

Heroes:


Tru Ravens

My Blog

41- Wedding Speech

Delivered June 2, 2007at Alumni Hall, the College of William & Mary I met Gibson at NYU, but we didn't become best friendsuntil after college, when I started teachingand he was in law school, and ...
Posted by Andrew on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:18:00 PST

40 - Especially Electric

Friday, after a Uno's symposium,I dashed straight to Greenpointfor Willpilot practice, the firstsince Dave and Toral's romanticMartin Luther King weekendgetaway in Paris was cut shortby an emergency m...
Posted by Andrew on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:08:00 PST

39 - Joyous Daybreak

If the year was a day that beganon January first at midnight,then the months would beabout two hours each. The sun would come up in April,and set in October. It would beabout one o'clock&nbs...
Posted by Andrew on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:14:00 PST

38 - Willpilot

Last night, in a town called Danburyin the constitution state, Connecticut,I made my debut with a rock/soul,rhythm & blues band called Willpilot. The band consists of some of Baldwin'sfinest music...
Posted by Andrew on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:23:00 PST

37 - Grammy Nominee Predictions (General Field)

So I'm pretty sure the nomineesfor album of the year are going to be:Madonna, Bob Dylan, Gnarls Barkley,Dixie Chicks, and Christina Aguilera.I'm not as sure about record of the yearnominees but I...
Posted by Andrew on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:37:00 PST

36 - What Can I Say?

A long time ago, I had a survey up on my myspace.A lot of people had this one up at one point or another.One of the questions was, "What is a goal you would liketo accomplish this year?" and...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:37:00 PST

35 - The Siren's Call

Friday night Jaime and I checked out Nicole Atkinsand the Sea at Bowery Ballroom. I wasn't surehow I felt about it, but whatever, I'm always downfor a show, and it has been awhile, especially sin...
Posted by Andrew on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:00:00 PST

34 - My Vision is Clear

Yeah, so I got through that school yearand I'm still breathing, baby. Let me tell you,it was the hardest one yet, but you alreadyknow that. Let's dwell on it no further. T.J.'s wedding was real nice u...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:24:00 PST

33 - No Regular Year

I want to thank everyone who ever tooka minute to read an entry in this weblog.I hope you laughed, learned, or were inspiredin some way. It looks like I've been doing thisthing for over a year now! Th...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:58:00 PST

32 - Metropolis

I'm DONE with my research paper,and I can finally rest. I just have to type upthat bibliography, install the greek fonton the computer at school, print it out,staple it, and turn it in tomorrow. ...
Posted by Andrew on Tue, 23 May 2006 10:38:00 PST