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adam roth

Did you just refer to the bird of sound?

About Me



My Interests

cereal, drawing, complaining/venting, science fiction, soy lattes, the wee hours, peanut butter, ffffounding , flickr'ing , and ripening the ripevessel

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Music:

Caribou, The Pastels, Harmonia, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Wendy Carlos, Alain Goraguer, Shirley Collins, Spacemen 3, Moondog, and other late night music.

Movies:

Sexy Beast, Funeral Parade of Roses, Fantastic Planet, The Dark Backwards, Chuck and Buck, The Wicker Man, Little Children, American Movie, Alien...

Television:

Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, HR Pufnstuff, Mr. Show, Nat Geo...

Books:

Be Here Now, The War of Art, The Tripod Trilogy, Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, Acme Novelty, Bukowski's Women, Humanoids titles...

My Blog

I ruined a kids childhood!

My housemate Mime's sister and 10-year-old brother (sweetest kid imaginable) are visiting from Chicago. The three of them decide to stay in and watch a movie on this dreary night. They'd originally pl...
Posted by adam roth on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:35:00 PST

How to prepare for finals

Ribbed Bat (for her pleasure)For those not yet in the know, know now how sadly overdesigned the new batsuit is. What are they doing? I guess they're going for the more realistic take on the dark knigh...
Posted by adam roth on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:03:00 PST

Oh Yeah?

I sold a futon on craigslist that's been taking up space in the back room. Feels good. After helping the guy load it into his car, I get the cash, shake hands, and retreat back to my room. I check my ...
Posted by adam roth on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:33:00 PST

Christ on DNA

A few things:The other night, I didn't get to sleep until about 6 am (long story). As I'm dozing off, I catch this public access sermon from Arkansas. You know the kind - starts with a very low qualit...
Posted by adam roth on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

In a nuttshell, my student life.

I tried to write a film analysis last night. It was due a month ago. I started at 5 pm and ended at 7 am this morning. During that time, I jacked off four times, finished three paragraphs, ate two bow...
Posted by adam roth on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:55:00 PST

Mindiarrhea

Why does cranking out even a short, 3-page essay feel like I'm taking a mammoth, agonizing dump? What is my fucking problem?? Oh also, the next person who greets me with "so what've you been up to?" w...
Posted by adam roth on Fri, 04 May 2007 04:02:00 PST

Cosmic Sodomy

Prior to last night, I didn't think I could feel worse about myself. At the 26th and Alabama party my wallet, cell phone, note pad, and inhaler were stolen. I then find my gutted backpack on the stree...
Posted by adam roth on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:49:00 PST

Earth Stomping

I'm writing weekly blog entries for a class this semester. We're supposed to post "raw", unfettered ideas. Here's one I shit out before class: Consider, for a moment, a hypothetical scenario where a...
Posted by adam roth on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:45:00 PST

Concerning Joe McBride's Faggotry...

Fact: ANY JOSEPH MCBRIDE COURSE IS TANTAMOUNT TO A SEMESTER-LONG PUNCH TO THE CROTCH. Not only does he refuse to give me even the gist of his thoughts on my screenplay outline because of its length,...
Posted by adam roth on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:44:00 PST

Me, You, and Everyone We Know

Anyone who recommended this pile to me, shame on you! What the fuck?! What I was subjected to was a really, really annoyingly self-aware, contrived film consisting not of any coherent plot, but rathe...
Posted by adam roth on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:46:00 PST