Im a sociable, self-employed contradiction.
commercial design, judging popular culture, meeting people, the bar industry, advertising psychology, nightlife, matinees by myself, progressive politics, carolina basketball, symmetry, t-shirts and hoodies, airmax, fall weather, taking the scenic route, music in the shower, beer in the shower, chicken wings, moist towlettes (aka wet-naps lol), airports, talking with cab drivers, taking shots, sleeping in, writing concise emails, contemporary american history, album artwork, liner notes, dry-erase boards, etc
the inventor of moist towlettes.
generally: chill downtempo, atmospheric drum&bass, ignorant club, soulful house, early 90s alternative, mid 90s underground hiphop/radio r&b, 80s hair, classic soul. NC-based: the old ceremony, foreign exchange, mosadi music. DJs: merlin, son of sam, keith.
strange brew, gattaca, big fish, scanners, seven, weekend at bernie's, die hard, bottlerocket, rushmore, the royal tennenbaums, starwars IV-VI, my cousin vinny, heat, cool hand luke, oceans eleven, out of sight, fight club, dr. strangelove, full metal jacket, lost in translation, ghostbusters, raiders of the lost ark, american vacation, kingpin, pi, office space, election, american psycho, high fidelity, sin city, capote, good night and good luck, me you and everyone we know, garden state, the first half of sexy beast, the matador, waiting, rent, CQ, snakes on a motherfucking plane
cable news: I like keith olbermann and the funny guys - jon stewart and stephen colbert, but I settle for much worse during the daylight hours. c-span is underrated, especially the shows you'd think are the most boring like book-TV and prime minister's question & answer time. lately I watch a lot of gameshows with my girlfriend including wheel of fortune, jeopardy, deal or no deal and cashcab.
recently read: live from new york, naked, a confederacy of dunces, ender's game; against all enemies, politics in war and peace, the kite runner, nickeled and dimed on not getting by in america.
this is some of my work: