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About Me

A few dance lessons with James Waring and who knows? Maybe something will happen.

I write things: Best Non-Fiction ,

My Interests

Accordion, Books, Cokes, D. Day-Lewis, Embarrassment, Family, Funny Bits, History, Jonestown, Linguistics, Maps, Morning Musume, Oneida, Peter Sellers, Public Transit Systems, Reading, Sad Bits, Savants, Scrabble, Space, Typewriters, Ukulele, Vladimir Nabokov, Writing, Yakkin' it up, Yukkin' it up.

I'd like to meet:

"Finally, in conclusion, just let me say this."

Music:

T. Petty & the H. Breakers.

Movies:

"This shit life...we must chuck some things. We must chuck them...in this shit life. There's always looking after."

Television:

Degrassi Junior High, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, I'm Alan Partridge, Look Around You, The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, The Office (BBC), Peep Show, Snuff Box, Spaced.

Books:

Adams, Ames, Chabon, Chomsky, Delillo, Eggers, Fante, Foster-Wallace, Franken, Gogol, Joyce, Kafka, Keillor, Kundera, Mitchell, Nabokov, Portis, Safran-Foer, Salinger, Schulz (I was told that I should specify that I mean Bruno, not Charles), Sedaris, Toole, Voltaire, Vonnegut, Xenakis. Poets: Berman, Byron, Kooser.

Heroes:

Anyone who has a piece of the aggro crag, mega aggro crag, or super aggro crag. Also, my mother. Also, Mitchell & Webb.

My Blog

Preferably Where I Wont Have To Talk To Or Look At More Than Five People A Day.

I feel like my ovaries are trying to fight their way out of my body. I feel like they're not interested in sticking around. I feel like a Saves the Day song (yeah, Sean, I know I just said that to you...
Posted by big time stuff on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:55:00 PST

I Feared That My Hand Would Get Stuck In Some Sort of Black Hole of Denim.

Today has been one of those Saturdays. I feel that usually, when people precede something with "one of those..." it means something bad. Not me. I'm a trailblazer, and the trail that I'm currently bla...
Posted by big time stuff on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:57:00 PST

It Should Be On The Cover Of A Box Of Cookies, Or Miniature Marshmellows.

This morning on the way to work, I put my iPod on shuffle and vowed to myself that I wouldn't touch it. I find myself listening to the same songs over and over again and there are so many other good s...
Posted by big time stuff on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:24:00 PST

Im Not A Real Enough Adult To Make An Appointment With A Brain Doctor.

Do you ever find yourself doing extensive research of Sean Lennon on a Wednesday afternoon? No? Me neither. His girlfriend is really pretty. He's pretty pretty as well. I was thinking today that it's ...
Posted by big time stuff on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:40:00 PST

My Novel Is More Akin To The Idea Of An Ok Lasagna With No Italian Qualities.

I know. So many blogs, lately. It was one of my resolutions this year to write more, so I'm clearly doing the easiest form of writing, which is blogging. Blogging is like the ramen noodle of writing. ...
Posted by big time stuff on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

I’m Going To Write In This Every Day. I’ll Start Tomorrow.

It's an extremely slow day here at Jonathan Adler, folks. Extremely slow. So slow that I the photos you are about to see (ok...let's be honest...we all look at the photos first) are of something that ...
Posted by big time stuff on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:00 PST

I Flipped Her Off; Really Secretly; With My Hand in My Pocket

Last Sunday I sought refuge from the FUCKING DISGUSTING COLD in Angelika Theatre. There was nothing playing that I really wanted to see, but I was in one of those weird periods of time that I will cal...
Posted by big time stuff on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:01:00 PST

Obligatory Conversation with Awkward Acquaintances

You know what sucks about being an adult? Plunging a toilet. It's something you never really have to do when you're a kid, unless your parents are weird and awful, or you're a plumber's apprentice. I ...
Posted by big time stuff on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:57:00 PST

The Band Bertot Should Be Reimbursed by Their Booking Agent...Maybe?

My sister and Megan are still sleeping and despite my only having slept for two hours or so before going to work this morning for two hours or so, I remain awake. The apartment is quiet. Even Jackson ...
Posted by big time stuff on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:46:00 PST

Pretty Much Anyone Into Landmarks Can Go To The General Society Landmark Building.

I was late for work on Thursday and Friday and started the morning feeling crabby and tired. Now that it's Saturday, of course I was up by 7:30, and I woke with a smile. It's becoming increasingly cle...
Posted by big time stuff on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:00:00 PST