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Hill City

This is a fight with myself...

About Me

Hill City smiles at old Russian women in his neighborhood.

My Interests

hilcityfoto.com Digital filmmaking, writing, honest music, parables, allegory, iced green tea, corn bread, reading, racism and other "exclusivity syndromes", documentaries, trying to redeem reality tv, comedy, improv, things that other Christians won't touch, Christopher Guest mocumentaries, all kinds of music, modern language, sushi, Cape Town, St. Kitts, Nikon D70, DVX100, FCP, Thrift Stores, waiting to see how long I'll have this long behind beard, watching the lakers' demise, toilet paper, amharic, Constant Comment, short films, corn bread, redundancy, disgustingly hard hip hop beats, drive guitars mixed with hip hop, Acid BEFORE the Sony buyout, black filmmakers, HHH, hypocrites, ties, interesting eyeglasses frames, shallow lists, country griddle cakes, food in general, hard cider in moderation, ancient greek philosophy in moderation, things that people hate, things that other Christians won't touch, photoshop, DVD studio pro, chocolate chip cookies, the Philadelphia Christian Hip Hop Movement, walking on the grass, walking places, riding underground trains in moderation, Canadians in moderation, debate in moderation, oxtails, ting, freakin johnny cake, peardrella, out-door barbecueing, taking pictures in culture shops, people who feel themselves but aren't always feeling themselves. Honesty, but not Honest Tea. That stuff is horrible.

I'd like to meet:

I think, today, I'd like to have a sit-down with Jeff Goldblum. And the man (or woman) who invented the comma. God, I love me some commas.

Music:

Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Matt Kearney, MuteMath, Lampmode Records, shai linne, pigeon john, DJ Allstar, Flora Purim, Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Some Kanye, Kem Kemistry, Bob Dylan, Black Star, Brooks-Lytle, Ruth Naomi Floyd, Sup the Chemist, Moby, Arlo Guthrie, COLDPLAY, Yo-Yo Ma, 3 Dog Night, Ani Defranco --the person-not so much the music-, Carole King, Over The Rhine, J-Silas, P.O.D., Take 6, Jackie Tohn, Tim Brindle, Yohanis Afework, The Old Mos Def, Some G-Love and Special Sauce, Dan Kalai...this is just today

Movies:

Togetherness, Mercy Streets, Dogma, Station Agent, Love Sex and Eating the Bones, Bunuel and his cronies, Young and Strange, Signs, The Cross and the Switchblade, NXNW, The Fugitive, Spotless Mind, The Usual Suspects, America Brown, Acts of Worship, LOTR, The Village, Gattaca, The Three Amigos, Zoolander...I can't do this...there're too many. The Last Hurrah for Chivalry, Violent Cop, In the Mood for Love, Xala -- kinda wack., City of God, Black Orpheus, Gotcha!, Sirens --dunno why, Pete's Dragon, The Point, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Since Otar Left, Meteor Man, The Legend of Billie Jean, Space Explorers, Flight of the Navigator, Man With a Movie Camera ---token, I hate it.

Television:

Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, Doby Gillis, Get Smart, LOST, The Cosby Show, Green Acres, Welcome Back Kotter, Star Trek The Next Generation, Benjamin Sisko and His Space Station Follies, The Monkees, The Office, Grey's, Sesame Street Scrubs, Laugh-In, Duck Tales, Silver Hawks, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Tail Spin (gotta love all aircraft called condors), Today's Special, Pinwheel, 3-2-1-Contact!, Zoobilee Zoo, Carebears, Three's Company, Family Ties, Step By Step, Boy Meets World, Sledgehammer!, Sliders, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Praise The Lord, Silk Stalkings, Who's Line is it Anyway, Dr. Katz, Double Dare, TMNT,

Books:

I have a book-buying habit...No One Belongs Here More Than You, The Idiot, The Abolition of Man, Day of The Locust, The Dream Life of Balso Snell, Psalm 119, Cassavetes on Cassavetes, Crime and Punishment, Dayworld...those are all at least 40 years old. Recommend something contemporary!

Heroes:

Jesus the maaaaaaaaan. I'm in awe of what "Jesus the God" did, but "Jesus the Man" was on some other type yiiiiish (my inner DJ just censored me), and I want to want to want to be like him.

My Blog

The Easiest Job on Earth, Ever.

And I manage to mess it up.No, I'm not talking about taking fotos at a club.(which I did manage to fumble recently)I'm talking about Love.It's like the scene in Wanted where he realizes who he is, and...
Posted by Hill City on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:20:00 PST

Grab your balls and scream: this is me

I am not a hippo.I am green.I am tall.My shadow is my companion.The sun shines on me, but there's darkness behind me.Today I prayed:"Dear God, make my Jekyll stronger."And then I pulled out my sword a...
Posted by Hill City on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:00 PST

If you REALLY consider yourself my friend...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remind me that I have a bleeping TRAFFIC COURT DATE for some E-TARDED red light camera thing from FEBRUARY.They GOT me. Pictures and all. Me in why white 88' SAAB with my beard a...
Posted by Hill City on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:01:00 PST

She wont want me to shower.

((((Dear readers, I'm kind of cheating on you with tumblr. http://hillcity.tumblr.com))))My armpits smell like man. I used to fantasize about a woman who loved my man smell. We'd wake up together and...
Posted by Hill City on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:25:00 PST

Skulduggery

I'm going to need you to keep up, because you're already falling behind.This story was supposed to start with: "Chenel cracked his fingers."But that happened ages ago.Now he's wiping his upper lip.(af...
Posted by Hill City on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:20:00 PST

How else can I say it?

My life is a video game that God desperately wants to beat.And he won't cheat.
Posted by Hill City on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:01:00 PST

A poem for YOU

Read it aloud. It's quite delightful on the tongue. And despite how long it is, it reads quickly, and you'll have fun along the way."Love is a Fish Declared"I have had to declare love.love is a fish.l...
Posted by Hill City on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:33:00 PST

Hey Gorgeous, Im tryna get your attention!

I hurry across the street. My head is down.I need a haircut.I’m thinking about how little I’m worth.I’m wondering what I can buy to make me feel better.I think about how ugly I am.I ...
Posted by Hill City on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:19:00 PST

I can’t believe I ate the WHOLE THING!!!

Lies.Yes I can. I always do.A 7 Oz canister of Trader Joe’s Hummus has NEVER been a match for me.Chunky Olive.Mmmmm.And the band played on.A.
Posted by Hill City on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:18:00 PST

Ivy League in Room 3

They called each other ’Harvard’ and ’Brown’. These were their respective first choices when they’d sent off college applications three years ago. Ironically enough, they...
Posted by Hill City on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:32:00 PST