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Tom of the Dead

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About Me

I consider myself an ordinary person, although those closest to me beg to differ. I have not yet done anything extraordinary, but they seem to think that being there is enough. I want to be a filmmaker, not for the sake of fame but because I would like to make a reasonable contribution to an industry that has meant a great deal to me. Please leave me alone if your intent is to get me to join some porn site, or to "earn money" by participating in surveys, or if you're a narrow minded individual, etc... My primary interest is to keep in contact with my friends, and meet people with similar interests.

My Interests

MOVIES (watching and making), music, reading, writing (when time allows), traveling, spending time with my friends and family. Haunted places and thunderstorms (at the same time if possible).

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who shares my passion for the good things in life. Sweet Transvestite

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Music:

It depends on my mood, I can listen to almost anything. Charlie Parker, Django Rheinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Johnson, The Byrds, Cream, The Beatles, CCR, Velvet Underground, Nick Drake, Queen, David Bowie, Elton John, T-Rex, Otis Redding, Al Green, Jimi, Janis, and Jim, The Clash, Crass, Black Flag, Gary Numan(and Tubeway Army), Bauhaus, New Order, Howard Jones, Thomas Dolby, Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo or otherwise), Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Iggy Pop, Mr. Bungle, INXS, Love and Rockets, Suicidal Tendencies, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Faith No More, Soundgarden, STP, Ben Folds Five, They Might Be Giants, Live,de La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Ween, NIN, Prick, Soul Coughing, Massive Attack, Garbage, P.J Harvey, Juno Reactor, Chemical Brothers, Atari Teenage Riot, Portishead, The Eels, Leather Strip, The Killers, Jet, White Stripes, Carter USM, Radiohead, Dropkick Murphys, The Cranberries, The Beastie Boys, The Cult, Soulfly, Mushroomhead, ...I could keep going but I think one could see there is no real pattern I ... like what I like. However I do have a list of artists that I would be more than happy to load on to an old school bus and roll off a cliff to their fiery, screaming deaths (Yeah, I'm talking about you Bolton!). Can't stand pop, or country, or gangsta crap...er rap, or christian rock.Black Flag - TV Party

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Movies:

Jaws, Rear Window (Hitchcock was the man), The Big Sleep (w/ Bogart), The Haunting(1963 version), Breathless (Godard not Gere), Cabinet of Dr, Caligari, Bottle Rocket, Trainspotting, Victor/Victoria, Run Lola Run,Vanishing Point, Arsenic and Old Lace, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Wait Until Dark, The Deer Hunter, The Graduate, The French Connection, The Departed, M (w/Peter Lorre),The 'Burbs, Se7en, Millers Crossing (and the Coen brothers in general), Devil's Backbone, Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, Out of the Past, Gilda, Caddyshack, Living in Oblivion, Man Bites Dog, Swimming With Sharks, Love and Death (and most other Woody Allen films), Clerks, Reservoir Dogs (Q is awesome), Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Shaun of the Dead (fuck-a-doodle-doo), It Happened One Night, Seven Samurai (and others by Kurosawa), El Mariachi, Michael Moore ..aries, Say Anything(and other Cusack classics), Some Like It Hot, Some Kind of Wonderful (gotta give credit to John Hughes), Bad Taste, Eraserhead, Kelly's Heroes, The Changeling, Big Trouble in Little China, Lucas' Holy Trilogy, Lucas' Unholy Trilogy, Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy...I could keep going...for days if necessary since there are so many to list...or have you had enough? I know I have (he says with a wink).

Television:

Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and most other Britcoms...and Sharkweek. Earl, Randy, and "the List". Hyde, Foreman and the other burnouts in Red and Kitty's basement, The Office (I love Pam). Reality TV is quite a load of vomitous tripe... I mean where is the reality? Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and yes even you George ...I wish you had never left. Please give the writers what they want and deserve.Gavin eats a fish
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Books:

The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, Naked Lunch by William Burroughs, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, assorted tales by Lovecraft, assorted tales and poems by Poe, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, ...and Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, Legend of Hell House by Richard Matheson, Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, Jaws and Shark Trouble by Peter Benchley

Heroes:

Lloyd Dobler or anyone who isn't afraid to take a chance in life and in love... even if they fail they can say they took a chance (you know... a dare to be great situation). Say Anything

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My Blog

What the hell is happening!?

Today I awoke to a new day. Got up had my coffee and faced the day with this new found enthusiasm that I have been enjoying. I looked on my porch for my newspaper, but it wasn't there. No big deal. if...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:53:00 PST

Nice to be noticed.

On Saturday night the crew of CATV 5 were witness to another defeat of the IPFW Men's Volleyball team, this time at the hands of Penn State. Although they did show some fight especially in the last ga...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:21:00 PST

Lost my cool

I lost my cool again today while shooting. I didn’t want to, but I’m tired and have little time to recover between all the shoots and work over the last 2 weeks. I realize that other peopl...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PST

The wait is over, and the news from Boston is...

Unfortunately my film was not accepted for screening at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. I don’t really know if my film had a snowball’s chance in hell of being screened or even wi...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:27:00 PST

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

I was pretty happy when I got off of work today. We had just gotten some movies in I've been wanting to see. However once I get home and get settled in for the evening my brain began to twitch like a ...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:02:00 PST

You Never Would Have Guessed

...that you are such my bitch, HA! I knew you would read this. I tricked you, HA! Nope it's not a blog about anything particularly personal, important, or insightful. It's just a childish antic that m...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:15:00 PST

LOVE...wait, its not what you think.

LOVE Pronunciation: ..--l?v.. Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English l--of dear, Latin lub--re, lib--re to pleaseDate:...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:05:00 PST

The Valentines Day Rant

Yeah...you all knew it was coming, so here it is. It's a week away, but I can't wait. Valentines Day has traditionally been a day when men would go out and spend money on flowers, candy, jewelry, and ...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:50:00 PST

Thanks for using me to teach your children caution.

The other day whilst at a local shopping establishment I witnessed a young boy playfully avoiding the grasp of his mother. He ran half way up the aisle I was in and stopped and began to giggle as if h...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:57:00 PST

CANNOT FUCKING SLEEP!!!

This is so fucked! I cannot sleep, and I have to open this morning. Maybe I'm amped from the game today. I kinda have to be to make it through the double headers. However, 10 minutes after I got on th...
Posted by Tom of the Dead on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:54:00 PST