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Tom

hermitosis

About Me

I'm a freelance writer with a heart of gold and no medical insurance. I'm currently writing about movies (mostly horror) for AMC and bar reviews for New York Magazine. Between my job and my kung fu training, I only have so much time to devote to video games. I enjoy really shabby craft projects involving Mod Podge or pinking shears. I want to learn to play an instrument but can't seem to progress beyond kalimba and castanets.

My Sites:

My Interests

Magic, Monsters, Kung Fu, Snakes, Plants, Lights, Knives, Meditation, Bicycles, Bones, Reading, Writing, Rough-house.

I'd like to meet:

"It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses."

Currently accepting correspondance from knowns and unknowns.

Music:

Bjork, Joanna Newsom, M.I.A., Nina Simone, Grandaddy, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Jill Sobule, Kanye West, B-52's, Flaming Lips, Yoko Ono, Meat Loaf, Antony and the Johnsons, Cranberries, Elliott Smith, Ghostface Killah, Yma Sumac, Schubert, Zombies, Philip Glass, Of Montreal, Kronos Quartet, Jimmy Scott, Laurie Anderson

Movies:



Television:


"Life is wise to deceive us... for had it told us from the start what it had in store for us, we would refuse to be born."

Vince drew me as a character in his storybook:

"We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it."

My Blog

My new Tarot website

In case you haven't noticed (and how could you, it's only been a couple weeks!)  my Tarot site has taken off.  Which is to say, I have one, and it's going places.The site is http://arcanalog...
Posted by Tom on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:26:00 PST

Teeth-related Interviews

I had my wisdom teeth out last week-- and took the opportunity to interview my oral surgeon about his favorite scary movies.  You should look there, but also at the extended interview, which has ...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:47:00 PST

Blog Reborn

A lot's changed in the last few months.I don't have any illusions about how many people actually read my blog at http://hermitosis.com.  I'd hoped to create a bridge between my professional and p...
Posted by Tom on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:28:00 PST

Weekly Recap II

Robots, Goosebumps, and The Thing...
Posted by Tom on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:32:00 PST

Bad Reviews...

...are my favorite reviews....
Posted by Tom on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:04:00 PST

Geophagia

AIM IM with Vince 9:10 AM   Help need dream interp.   Go.   I am on a schoolbus taking a trip with friends. The driver lets us know that there is a change of plans, we will be st...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:31:00 PST

THE KICKER

Reality mocks itself. Tonight I was honored to get to go see a doctor for the first time as an independently insured person.  I have been grimly rationing my contact lenses to last until this mom...
Posted by Tom on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:00:00 PST

New Mysteries

From New Mysteries of Paris by Barry Gifford:One morning Nadja awoke and could not see out of her right eye.  She sent a pneu asking me to meet her at the Cafe des Oisceaux that afternoon.  ...
Posted by Tom on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:08:00 PST

On Deja Vu and Dreams

Constant deja vu this week, arising over so many minor events.   Eating olives and sheep's-milk cheese on crackers at my desk at work.  Handing someone a cluster of magnets.  Stand...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:45:00 PST

I Dreamed I Was Awake

Last night I had only been laying in bed for a few minutes before a strange shadow passed over me, and I realized comfortably that I was only seconds from falling asleep.  However, instead of my...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST