writing, casinos, web design, politics, marketing, TiVo, football, First Fridays, cooking, reading, song lyrics, travel, slacking, metrosexuality, clubbing, movies, good eating, video games, Del Taco, xbox 360, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, roller coasters, current events, branding, blogging, fashion, advantage play, shopping, live music, working out, regime change, wrestling, audiophilia, sushi, photography, swina.com, karma, dirty vodka martinis, wine, good coffee, better tea, warm weather, Las Vegas, sleeping, sexing, art, the National Arboretum, making out, Cirque du Soleil, pandas, talk radio, pop culture, php/mysql, sketch comedy, Democrats, self-deprecating humor, IM, indignant rage, driving (especially joyrides down random roads and across bridges for no reason), mood polarization, harassing my Congressmen, trying to figure out how to get the hell out of Virginia , eating disorders, White Castle (the restaurants themselves - not the frozen ones), porn, houseplants, dogs, video poker, craps, comps, search engine optimization, star-crossed romances, Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf, hating on milk, impulsive stupidity, content management, Grand Theft Auto, postcards, matchbooks, Orlando, Google, section 508, water views, DTS, passive-aggressive self destruction, casino marketing
I'd like to meet:
I've been in Las Vegas for two years now and haven't made a whole lot of friends outside of work. Quality people seem to be hard to find in this town (with one notable exception).
So if you're not easily offended, don't have horrible taste in music, aren't a shitty band trying to get free Myspace publicity, didn't vote for George Bush, change your underpants at least twice a week, won't brew crystal meth in my bathtub, aren't married to Britney Spears Kevin Federline, and won't look at me like I'm insane when I eat horseradish straight, no chaser, then sure, what the hell. Drop me a line.
Seriously, I need to make some Vegas friends.
Hit me up on instant messenger - screen name is JayFensterV1 on both Yahoo and AIM.
Music:
New playlist coming soon - or not.
my top 5 of alltime are Radiohead, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and The Eagles. The order depends on the day.
Other favorites: Tool, the White Stripes, Garbage, REM, Foo Fighters, the Mars Volta, Soul Coughing, Ben Folds Five, U2, Counting Crows, Alice in Chains, Maroon 5, original-lineup INXS, Sarah McLachlan, No Doubt, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age, Rise Against, Avenged Sevenfold, Stabbing Westward, Underworld, Muse, Interpol, Pink Floyd, the Police, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, the Doors, the Beatles, the Clash, Van Halen (Hagar Roth), Frankie Goes to Hollywood, A Perfect Circle, New Order, Duran Duran, Oingo Boingo, Tears for Fears, A-Ha, Ultravox, Lazy Dog, Mark Farina, David Alvarado, Marques Wyatt, Deep Dish, Doc Martin, Danny Tenaglia
Bands I hate: Creed, Metallica, Phish, the Grateful Dead, the Killers
Movies:
Aladdin, American Beauty, American Psycho, Batman, Better Off Dead, City of Lost Children, Clerks, Closer, Die Hard, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Donnie Darko, the Empire Strikes Back, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Field of Dreams, Fight Club, Garden State, Goodfellas, Happiness, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, High Fidelity, Jacob's Ladder, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Kill Bill (Vol. 1 and 2), the Lion King, Major League, the Matrix, Meet the Parents, Memento, Mulholland Drive, Naked Gun, Office Space, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, the Princess Bride, Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Return of the Jedi, Road Trip, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead, Say Anything, Secretary, Shawshank Redemption, Spaceballs, Superbad, Swingers, Toy Story, Trainspotting, 12 Monkeys, Vacation, Zoolander
Television:
The Riches, 30 Rock, Scrubs, The Venture Brothers, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nip/Tuck (about 2/3 of the time, the rest of the time it makes me want to beat my head against the television), The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Sopranos, Reno 911, That 70's Show, Carnivale, Family Guy, Entourage, Robot Chicken, Home Movies, Futurama, Chapelle's Show, Oz, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, Good Eats, Aqua Teen Hungerforce, Real Time with Bill Maher, Mr. Show, Kids in the Hall, Arrested Development, American Casino, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Brak Show, Iron Chef, Iron Chef America, The Best Of..., Best Week Ever, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Great Hotels, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Drawn Together, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Race for the White House with David Gregory, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, This Week with George Stephanopolous, and anything else political.
Books:
Old Stephen King (The Stand, It, the Bachman Books), any Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, the Acid House, Porno) or Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, Less than Zero), Fight Club, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Have a Nice Day, Imperial Hubris, The Bad Guys Won, Fast Food Nation. I devour anything political. Haven't really been much for fiction of late.
These are the blogs that I read on a daily basis.
AmericaBLOG
The Carpetbagger Report
Crooks and Liars
Daily Kos
Eschaton
Informed Comment
Jesus' General
Las Vegas Gleaner
The Left Coaster
MyDD
Sadly, No
The Rude Pundit
Talking Points Memo
Wonkette
Heroes:
Bender Bending Rodriguez. Steve Wynn. Hunter S. Thompson. Keith Olbermann. Bugsy Siegel. George Maloof. Jackie Gaughan. Barack Obama. Frank Sinatra. Chuck Todd. John Romero. That pretzel that almost made Cheney president.
