watching TV, reading obscure comics, screenplays, children's books and other interesting novels, bidding on weird shit on eBay, self-analyzing into an early grave
I'd like to meet:
Really, really, really cool people who like things I like and/or know cool things I might like, and who enjoy talking about them at length.
Also, people who have seen my writing on different web sites and want to tell me how awesome it is.
Music:
Warren Zevon, The Ramones, Garbage, The Jam, AC/DC, The Beach Boys (PET SOUNDS era), Brendon Small, The Cars, David Bowie, The Cure, Loudon Wainwright III, The Clash, ELO, Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground, weird 80s crap...more later
Movies:
Wes Anderson's films (esp. Rushmore on Criterion DVD), The Squid and the Whale, Good Night and Good Luck, Pan's Labyrinth, Alfonson Cuaron's films, pretty much anything Judd Apatow, Brazil (Criterion), The Monster Squad, The Neverending Story, Go, Election, The Iron Giant, Robocop (Criterion), Michael Powell's films, Harold and Kumar, Citizen Kane, The Dark Crystal, Robert Rodriguez's part of Grdindhouse plus the fake trailers, Trey Parker's films, Rock N' Roll High School, Black Stallion, The Limey, The Incredibles, Say Anything, Almost Famous (Untitled cut), Story of Ricky, Patton (first 10 minutes), most of Billy Wilder's stuff, esp. Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17 and Sabrina
Television:
30 Rock, Arrested Development, Freakazoid, Veronica Mars, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Sons & Daughters, Titus, Scrubs, The Office, Red Dwarf, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Galaxy High, The Simpsons (Seasons 3-8), South Park, Home Movies, Batman: The Animated Series (Fox episodes), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Boondocks, Duckman, Get a Life, Cupid, EZ Streets, Profit, Jim Henson's the Storyteller, Sledge Hammer, Duck Tales, Gummi Bears, Married...With Children, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Remember WENN, Wiseguy, Remington Steele, Murder One (first season), Crime Story, The Singing Detective, I, Claudius, Soap, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Seasons 1-3)
Books:
Tapping the Source, The Killer Inside Me, The Coming of Conan, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, The Wind in the Willows, King Dork, His Dark Materials, Harlan Ellison's Watching, The Demolished Man, The Illustrated Man, The Trumpet of the Swan, Half Magic, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, No Coins, Please, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, About a Boy, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, All Quiet on the Western Front, Impossible Things, Gordon Korman's early novels (esp. No Coins, Please, I Want to Go Home! and Who is Bugs Potter?)
Heroes:
Grant Morrison, Harlan Ellison, my dad on rare occasions, and anyone who takes the time to edit my work.
