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Alex

There are three types of people in this world. Those who can count... and those who can't.

About Me

Born in Colorado, raised in Florida. Went to a film school that left me broke. Realized any career in film would entail me moving out west, lest I want to work on a reality show or corporate video. Now I work developing content for an online retailer.

My Interests

Reading, writing, arithmatic, watching films, browsing the net, collecting mundane and useless things, video games, trivia contests, learning new things everyday

I'd like to meet:

Women and... no, that's pretty much it.

Music:

They Might Be Giants, The Beatles, Rilo Kiley, Rasputina, Coldplay, Weezer, Radiohead, Pilots VS Aeroplanes, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Delgados, Frank Sinatra, Death Cab for Cutie, Michael Leviton, Spoon, Fiona Apple, Rob Zombie, The Pillows, Iggy Pop, The Pixies, Rocco DeLuca & The Burden

Movies:

Charade, Chungking Express, The Fifth Element, Psycho, Lost In Translation, Evil Dead Series, Raiders of the Lost Ark, King Kong, Garden State, The Professional, Star Wars, Duel, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Oldboy, Halloween, Hard Boiled, Serenity, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Shaun of the Dead

Television:

Lost, Veronica Mars, Bones, House, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, 24, Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Alias, The Shield, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Robot Chicken, Eureka 7, Torchwood, Spaced, The F Word, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

Books:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy, Slaughterhouse-Five, K-Pax, Fight Club, Survivor, The Mist, Have a Nice Day!, The Prydain Chronicles, Breakfast of Champions, Brave New World, World War Z

Heroes:

Spider-Man

My Blog

I’m so tired, my mind is on the blink...

Oh, what a fun 12 hours it has been. I went out to a local bar/club last night for dancing (a subject I must discuss in greater detail at a later time), and lost track of time staying out WAY too late...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:26:00 PST

Tipping is not a city in China

I'm a frugal guy. Or at least I try to be, because when I become an impulse buyer, I tend to buy a lot. If anyone needs proof of this, just look at my DVD collection. Thus, I need to save money. One o...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:00:00 PST

A Couple Dos and Donts for Universal Studios

Today I went and checked out Universal Studios here in Orlando, FL. Mainly because I wanted to refresh myself on what the top score I had on Men In Black Alien Attack (295K. WOO!). After dealing with ...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:54:00 PST

Run, Fatboy, Run!

So, I'm getting entered to run a marathon...Fuck, how the hell did that happen!?!For those that know me well, I lost my father back in 2001 to leukemia. So in tribute to him, my 53 year old mother has...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

Winner and STILL Champion...

There are a great many things that I simply can't do well.Talk to women. Climb a flight of stairs. Complex origami, just to name a few.But there is one thing I've found I'm actually pretty good at.Tet...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:48:00 PST

I WANT MY JUICEBOX!!

So after riding high from my meeting with Kristen Bell, I was invited to a dinner party out at an Olive Garden. You know, for some high quality Italian food. It was a usual gaggle of friends and old a...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:30:00 PST

Seeing Mars

I love Kristen Bell.Star of the CWs Veronica Mars, I've been a huge fan of hers ever since I started watching the show. So to my amazement I discovered that she was going to be attending the FX Show h...
Posted by Alex on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:45:00 PST

PS-eh

So I took a trip down to the local Best Buy this week to satisfy my crack habit. (Duck Tales Vol. 2 AND Gummi Bears Volume 1: $40. Chance to realize that some shows you liked as a kid still hold up: P...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:46:00 PST

A Trip to the Dentist

No this is not an in depth discussion of epsisode 21 of the first season of Veronica Mars (however that is a damn good show, I encourage all of you reading this to check it out when it premeires this ...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:52:00 PST

A Night at the Cinema

So I went to the movies the other night. Small number of people in the audience, no more than 15 I would say in a auditorium that seats over 10 times that much. Yet the majority for some reason decide...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:02:00 PST