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Jake

We sell spatulas, and that's all!

About Me

Oddly enough, this is pretty dead on...

My Interests

Poop

I'd like to meet:

thirsty people

Music:

Tom Waits
Tool
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Mike Doughty
Tori Amos
Alice In Chains
The Beastie Boys
Frank Sinatra
Sam Cooke
Ani Difranco
Brenda Weiler
A Perfect Circle
Wilco
Sufjan Stevens
Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Soul Coughing
Mr. Bungle
My Morning Jacket
Faith No More
Lovage
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Primus
Soundgarden
Audioslave
Rage Against the Machine
Tom Jones
The Decemberists
The Hold Steady
Damien Rice
The Pogues

Movies:

There are too many to list, so how about just one for each letter of the alphabet.
Annie Hall
Blazing Saddles
Cool Hand Luke
Donnie Darko
Escape From New York
Fight Club
Ghostbusters
Happiness
The Iron Giant
Jacob's Ladder
King Kong
Leon
Memento
Natural Born Killers
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pleasantville
Quiz Show
The Royal Tenenbaums
Serenity
Taxi Driver
The Usual Suspects
The Virgin Suicides
Wonder Boys
X2 - X-Men United
Young Frankenstein
Zapruder Film of the Kennedy Assassination (Always a hoot)

Television:

The Sopranos
The Simpsons
Robot Chicken
Firefly
Old-school Looney Tunes
Arrested Development
Mr. Show
Monty Python
Police Squad
24
The Shield
South Park
Battlestar Galactica
Deadwood

Books:

"Animal Farm" and "1984" by George Orwell
"Eyes of a Blue Dog" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
"Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
"Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh
"American Scream - the Bill Hicks Story" by Cynthia True
"Glengarry Glenross" by David Mamet
"The Godfather" by Mario Puzo
"House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski

Heroes:

Bill Hicks

My Blog

Today

Out on the road today,I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.A little voice inside my head said,"Man, fuck Don Henley."
Posted by Jake on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:20:00 PST

So, I was kidnapped...

I haven't been blogging much lately, but it really isn't my fault. I was kidnapped. It was totally weak.So, I just get home from work, I'm messing with the front door keys, and this guy behind me is...
Posted by Jake on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:16:00 PST

An apology

Dear Miss,I hope this message finds you. I know that the chances are slim, but I do feel it necessary to try to open a line of communication. We've only met in passing, but I feel that I have done y...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:39:00 PST

Crocodile tears

"Did you hear?""'Bout what, Mom?""The Croc Hunter!"I had. On September fourth, in the year of our Lord, 2006, Steve Irwin died. He was filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, when the poiso...
Posted by Jake on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:10:00 PST

MAGIC!!!

This was a comment for my sister, but I thought I'd share it. It's pretty much a rip-off of a David Cross bit, but fuck it. That guy hasn't called me back in months.Sadly this is not all 9 (NINE!!!)...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:30:00 PST

I lied, it's not a blog.

It's pictures from Art of Pain. Just some zombie stuff. It's from a camera phone so the quality is so-so. Enjoy.this last one was taken by Shane Starkweather on a very nice camera....
Posted by Jake on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:56:00 PST

WTC. WTF?

My friend Hailey and I recently caught an advance screening of "World Trade Center".  If you are planning on seeing it, please consider these questions first...1) Despite signs all around you tha...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:44:00 PST

ugh...

Today, President Bush used his first veto to block legislation that would expand embryonic stem cell research because, "It crosses a moral boundary."  He went on.  "We need to let the childr...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:54:00 PST

I'm like a bad penny...

That's right boys and girls, after several failed attempts, the fine people and by fine people, I mean retarded, should-have-been-an-abortion monkeys) at the cable company have finally decided to show...
Posted by Jake on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:39:00 PST

An open letter...

An open letter to the heads of the Northern Definate Association to Terminate Escorting (NO-D.A.T.E.)My name is Jake Hames.  I recently became aware of your organization through an awkward, if no...
Posted by Jake on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:23:00 PST