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chris

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About Me

Part Dr. Doolittle, part Atticus Finch.Naturally curious & periodically aloof; mostly calm & reserved; forever a linguaphile and wannabe polyglot; scrutinizer of accents, mannerisms & individuality; endlessly fascinated & amused by anything quirky; fan of British comedy; enjoys sleep; vegetarian; devoted [or addicted?] to NPR; prolific creator of cd mixes & compilations; textbook Cancer & Netflix junkie.Some of my mixes can be found here: www.whalefish.org

My Interests

running, earl grey tea, laughing, nostalgia

Music:

idm, ambient, chill out, bitpop/chiptunes, techno, breaks, glitch, dub, shoegazer, indie rock

Movies:

The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Witness for the Prosecution, Waiting for Guffman, Wickerman, A Man for All Season, Kicking & Screaming, Watership Down, Antonia's Line, Nói, Delicatessan, Real Genius, Some Kind of Wonderful, Whale Rider, Mr. Jealousy, My Neighbor Totoro, Sleepy Hollow; 1970s-80s 16mm nature documentaries; Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman, Charlie the Lonesome Cougar

Television:

Mr. Show, The Brak Show, The League of Gentlemen, The Fast Show, Family Guy, Conan O'Brien, The Soup, The Colbert Report, The Office [BBC ver.], Rumpole of the Bailey, All Creatures Great & Small

Books:

Great Expectations, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cache Lake Country, A Stillness at Appomattox; Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees & Other Creatures Unique to the Republic; histories by Gordon Wood, Barbara Tuchman & Bruce Catton; Van Doren's Benjamin Franklin, McCullough's Truman, Longitude, The Art of Cross Examination, Webster's Dictionary, Vegan With a Vengeance, Veganomicon, The Week Magazine