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About Me

The tuba is the only instrument with the ability to duplicate the sound of a distress signal.
I watch sad movies when I'm happy, and happy movies when I'm sad.

My Interests

subtitles. petting zoos. astronomy. Jean Reno flicks. time travel. sushi. postcards. classical music. antiques. train stations. polynesia. rooftops. weinerdogs. video games. cartoons with canned laughter. The Criterion Collection. rock and/or roll. Star Wars. the obligatory 80s. new book smell. old book smell. eating cereal.

I'd like to meet:

Conan O'Brien. Jack Black. Tom Servo.

Music:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Belle and Sebastian. Vince Guaraldi. Cinerama. Johnny Cash. Dimitri from Paris. Ween. The Smiths. Frank Sinatra. Stereolab. Mum. The Clash. Blondie. The Pixies. Ladytron. Wu Tang Clan. Smashing Pumpkins. Fugazi. Danny Elfman. Tuxedomoon. GWAR. Cake. The Cure. Andrew WK. Misfits. The Dead Milkmen. Tool. Raymond Scott. Stereototal. Portishead. Billie Holiday. Gorillaz. Eric Serra. Sahara Hotnights. Anthrax. Stevie Wonder. Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Vol 2. BjÃ¶rk. numerous composers.

Movies:

Lost in Translation. Leon. Little Miss Sunshine. The Science of Sleep. Edward Scissorhands. The Life Aquatic. The Chronicles of Narnia. School of Rock. The Last Samurai. Four Brothers. Palindromes. Garden State. Battle Royale. Noi. Gleaming the Cube. The City of Lost Children. Donnie Darko. Grave of the Fireflies. House of Sand and Fog. Punch Drunk Love. You Can Count On Me. Saw. The Fifth Element. Dancer in the Dark. Napoleon Dynamite. Birth. Gummo. Wet Hot American Summer. Kill Bill. Welcome to the Dollhouse. Winged Migration. The Lord of the Rings. select Batman films. Besson, Burton, Miyazaki, Hitchcock, Jeunet, Solondz, Apatow.

Television:

Lost, The King of Queens, Freaks and Geeks, Dharma and Greg, Mr. Bean, Conan, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mission Hill, The Andy Milonakis Show, Degrassi, Futurama, Sifl and Olly, 24, and the ever reliable Seinfeld.

Books:

Naoko. Harry Potter. Anthem. The Lord of the Rings. Handbook for the Recently Deceased. The Science Book. Timeline. This Book Will Change Your Life. The Living End. Story of the Eye. We the Living. The Amityville Horror. The Giving Tree. Adbusters. assorted Star Wars books/graphic novels. anything about time travel, the universe, quantum technology, and the like. assorted plays and short stories.

Heroes:

Felix Unger. A.W.K. Johnny 5. Asia Wong. Steve Oedekerk. Captain Ranger Cordell Walker. Treebeard.

My Blog

Star Wars

Yahoo! Answers has recently become a new obsession. Someone posed this interesting question about Star Wars, and I posted a thesis on their ass! Needless to say, it was voted best answer. Dwight Schru...
Posted by Brett on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:15:00 PST

Buenas tardes, amigo.

Buenas tardes amigoHola, my good friendCinco de Mayo's on TuesdayAnd I hoped we'd see each other againYou killed my brother last winterYou shot him three times in the backIn the night I still hear mam...
Posted by Brett on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:10:00 PST

rabbit hole

Today, Little Miss Sunshine gave me that great feeling that a lot of indie-type comedies give me. Kind of Tenenbaumian. With such a wondeful, feel-good ending, I was choked up while smiling with such ...
Posted by Brett on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:38:00 PST

Valerie Morel in 'American Songwriter'

This is my sister.
Posted by Brett on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:34:00 PST

Mr. Brett's Most Hated List

FRUIT:I can't think of any fruits I don't like.CANDY:Black licorice. "There's a party in my mouth and everybody's throwing up."BEVERAGE:I'm not a beer drinker. But of what I DO drink, I didn't care fo...
Posted by Brett on Wed, 24 May 2006 07:48:00 PST

chapstick

Flashback 2002. They say scent is the strongest of memories.On a completely unrelated topic, here are some freakin' fantastic websites that are enough to get the creative juices flowing.Billy Harvey M...
Posted by Brett on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:18:00 PST

A word on friend requests.

To those of you who have never spoken to me; you, who attempt to add me as a part of your popularity contests without so much as a hello. You have driven me to block all requests except for those of y...
Posted by Brett on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:00:00 PST

Ohio plates.

Amanda Frank. You uninsured gal from Cleveland. I found you on this wonderfully small world of myspace. You hit my car. You owe me five hundred dollars. Should I demand it from you or should I call th...
Posted by Brett on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:29:00 PST

Tell me what you think.

Johari Window.
Posted by Brett on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:21:00 PST

Pissing off the hobos.

On my way to picking up some friends to go to some superbowl party, (PuppyBowl was way more exciting), I noticed the local bag lady crouching down near her shopping cart full of crap as if she were tr...
Posted by Brett on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:10:00 PST