doing stuff? I like to attempt writing and performing comedy. I enjoy religious and philosophical discussions. morning crosswords and a cup of coffee. the occasional sentence diagram. The reading of comics and other classic works of literature.:
You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man
50%
Green Lantern
80%
Superman
75%
The Flash
70%
Iron Man
65%
Supergirl
54%
Catwoman
50%
Wonder Woman
44%
Robin
42%
Batman
40%
Hulk
40%
You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
People. Preferably People that I will like. Maybe robots. No, DEFINITELY robots. I might even prefer meeting a robot over people. Well, a sentient robot, like Johnny 5 in Short Circuit... Mark Twain would be interesting. I'd also like to meet a real life Genie. And Harry Potter and Hermione and Ron. Though, my love is really for Ginny Weasley...she's a fighter.I'd also like to meet Napoleon Bonaparte, Socrates, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Genghis Kahn, Abraham Lincoln, Beethoven and Joan of Arc, all at one place. Perhaps at San Dimas High School, who's football I hear rules...Seriously, I'd like to meet myself when I was 7, and then again when I was 15, and tell myself it's okay to be uncool. That, in a few years, the nerd look will be in. That I won't always be the butt of everyone's jokes. I'd also like to meet my parents when they were those same ages.Celebrity Wise, probably Steve Carell, Steve Martin, Eric Idle, Abbott and Costello, Charlie Kaufman, Wes Anderson, P.T. Anderson, Andre the Giant, Buster Keaton; definitely Conan O'Brien.Historical Figure wise: Henry VIII, Shakespeare, Oppenheimer, President Taft, the poet who first uttered the poetry for Beowulf, Aesop, Plato and Aristotle, Cleopatra, President Nixon, Edgar Allen Poe, Martin Luther, The Cappadocian FathersHere is the current improv show that I'm in!
Currently the band that I enjoy the most is The Decemberists. I also enjoy the Flaming Lips quite a bit, though their last album was no Yoshimi. the new Sigur Ros album honestly made me cry, it's so beautiful; that is to say, I like sigur Ros. Favorite Singer/Songwriter is hands down Josh Ritter. His song "Girl in the War" is very pretty and very sincere and very heartfelt. The only Christian music I really listen to is Rich Mullins, because I know he lived the life and that's truly inspiring. To be cool I guess I'm supposed to say that I love Radiohead so, "I love Radiohead." The list: Explosions in the Sky, Ben Folds, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Weezer, The White Stripes, Johnny Cash, The Arcade Fire, Film School, Muse, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, MC Solaar, Beastie Boys, Bowie, Sufjan Stevens...I'm done, I have too much music to list my favorites. I'm cool alright, I don't need my list of music to validate the cool meter...oh, I said Radiohead, right? cause I do, I like Radiohead... I also like Irish Folk music and a good Scottish bagpipe Dirge now and again. Or Flogging Molly.
I think that Edward Scissorhands is one of the best movies out there. A guy with scissors for hands and it's not a horror flick. That's just good writing. Plus, Alan Arkin is priceless. Also, Rushmore. Maybe the best film ever made. "These are OR scrubs." "O R they?" The only film to rival Rushmore is "The Royal Tenenbaums", which is also genius. I like Buster Keaton. The list: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, Magnolia, Groundhog Day, Ghost Busters, The Royal Tenenbaums, Annie Hall, Monty Python and the Meaning of Life, Life of Brian, Search for the Holy Grail, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Bottle Rocket, Back to the Future, The Shawshank Redemption, Dogma, American Beauty, The Muppets Movie, The Dark Crystal, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Tombstone, Pale Rider, Airplane!, Monster Squad, The Princess Bride, if it's got Harry Potter in it...I'm game. Have you seen cloverfield? I was legitimately terrified. if anything, it's a fun ride. I started off not liking Into the Wild, but really liked it by the end. I can also tell you that I'm NOT a huge fan of the Fast and Furious movies, I'm NOT a fan of those movies that reference other Movies (i.e. "Date Movie", "Epic Movie", "Meet the Spartans", etc.). Garden State, I didn't like it. I felt like the film making was blatantly contrived and that it was filled with zach braff's pretentiousness.
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. Best TV on these days. So funny. I don't know if it's possible to get any better then "The Venture Brothers". It's honestly the most genius and most flawless amalgamation of pop cultural references ever experienced by the human mind. Then of course is South Park. Even after South Park's expose on how The Family Guy writes their shows, I still find I love that show. The Muppet Show was far ahead of its time. SNL was ahead of it's time too, but it decided to take a break from being ahead of it's time and resort to being whatever the hell it is now. Bill, Dan, Gilda and John, why have you forsaken us!? I'm a 24 fan, but now we have to wait for 2009! Ugh! Love "Seinfeld", Love "The Simpsons", was raised on "Hogan's Heroes", "I Dream of Jeannie", "MASH", and "Green Acres", so I love them. As far as game shows go, Jeopardy!, it's really the original quiz show for me, and still the most challenging. There is still hope for the world of sitcoms with terrific shows like Arrested Development. No, wait...there was hope for sitcoms when Arrested Development was on, but apparently over half the damned country didn't get the jokes. BUSTER HAD A CLAW FOR A HAND PEOPLE!!! How is that not funny! How do you not get that! David Cross was an upbeat, optimistic loser! Come on! Bob Loblaw! But, there is still hope for sitcoms with shows like "The Office", oh wait, that actually has low ratings too. Serioulsy, you stupid Americans. If Steve Carroll farted in every episode and then got in a dumb fight with his brother Daryll, would you watch the show then!? Guess I'll just have to watch Battlestar Galactica, which is not so much a show as it is a terrible addiction. If only it weren't so good. Recently decided that I really like AMC's "Breaking Bad." Oh, and my favorite new discoveries are "Flight of the Conchords" and "LOST"
The literature of Shusako Endo, specifically Silence. I rather enjoyed my tromp through Dostoyevsky. I really enjoyed Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories. I recently read Ender's Game: that was really good. (How cliche) The Lord of the Rings series. Seriously, it's brilliant. Harry Potter, it's like crack, except that it's Harry Potter. The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Frankenstein is also very good; I dare say chilling. I have been known to enjoy the poetry of William Carlos Williams: "I have eaten/the plums/that were in/the icebox/and which/you were probably/saving/for breakfast/Forgive me/they were delicious/so sweet/and so cold" Brilliant.
I love my family: Wally, Miriam, Nathan and Kristy. Now I have a niece, but let's be honest here, she's not even two yet, she hasn't been alive long enough to really earn my respect. What has she REALLY done for me? I've mentioned alot of people above and alot of them would fulfill the role of hero, so, read everything above for an idea of who my heroes are. and Bill Murray. And Wes Anderson. and Les Moonvest the homeless man that stands outside of CBS...