About Me

From the Department of State website

"Majority rule is a means for organizing government and deciding public issues; it is not another road to oppression. Just as no self-appointed group has the right to oppress others, so no majority, even in a democracy, should take away the basic rights and freedoms of a minority group or individual.

Minorities -- whether as a result of ethnic background, religious belief, geographic location, income level, or simply as the losers in elections or political debate -- enjoy guaranteed basic human rights that no government, and no majority, elected or not, should remove."

I think 52.5% of voters in California forgot what liberty, equality, and democracy mean when they went to the polls.

My Interests

Film and film byproducts.

I'd like to meet:

I don't know. I don't like meeting my heroes; it always turns out as a disappointment. If I met Joss Whedon, he'd probably have that same "Oh, a fan! Thank you, get the fuck out of my face now" demeanor that all geniuses tend to have.

Music:

I'm expanding my interests. Someone recently helped me expand my music collection; but it turns out that he hates Nirvana and the Foo Fighters! How could I have accepted such a faustian gift?

Movies:

Blarg.

Television:

Television is my field, but there are too many shows to count.

Books:

Beasts of No Nation, Uzodinma Iweala
The Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri

Heroes:

I don't know. I think I'd be disappointed if I met my heroes.

My Blog

Votin Woes - or - Electoral Dysfunction

Notes from the Political Life of President TaylorSo I stayed up all last night writing a paper, and finished at 7 o'clock this morning. I sat there wondering what to do; I considered watching the Dail...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:28:00 PST

Sashimi

Events from the Life of President TaylorI went to the seafood butcher block at Albertson's and asked if they had sashimi-grade tuna. The butcher stared at me blankly, then said as if to correct me "Yo...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:28:00 PST

Attendance

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorDoes anybody else realize that the presence of an "Attendance/Participation" grade is really evidence that attending the class would not otherwise be necessar...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:32:00 PST

Crickets

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorDoes anyone else think Rickety Crickets is hot? You know what I'm saying....
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:41:00 PST

I Really Need You Tonight

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorIt's really hard to sing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on Karaoke Revolution without cursing. I accidentally slipped "fuck" in there once, and it cost me my bo...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:02:00 PST

Neil Patrick Harris

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorNeil Patrick Harris was never hot to me until Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Maybe it's just the mad supervillain bent on social change and world domination ...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:21:00 PST

A (Slightly Longer) Snippet of a Short Story

Okay, so I'm in Intermediate Fiction Writing this semester. We have to write two short stories for class, and I started writing the second one today. (The first was already universally hated and dispo...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:06:00 PST

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorI can't tell whether its too good to pirate, or too good not to pirate....
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:51:00 PST

Popular (update)

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorPeople who used to be popular, and then it became popular not to like them, but who will soon be popular again:Tim KringRobin WilliamsDane CookTim Kring is of...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:42:00 PST

Feelings

Thoughts from the Desk of President TaylorThere's no worse pain in the world than unrequited love. I can barely stand to watch Sam on True Blood, and I'm having quite a bit of trouble watching Dr. Hor...
Posted by Way to Vote No on Prop 8, Californians on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:00 PST