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Dalton

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About Me

Others' descriptions that I've found entertaining and accurate: "a scrabble nazi, in a good way ... has more layers than an onion, but smells better" ... "my favorite cancer patient!" (Editor's note: I do not actually have cancer) ... "a very talented young man, and only occasionally a pain in the ass" ... "Beneath your crusty exterior, there lies a crusty interior, too. But inside that you're nice. A sort of double-crusted nice person." And yes, the most noteworthy thing I will have ever achieved in my life was my 3-second appearance in Rushmore.

My Interests

Artistic things (movies, music ... does advertising count? I didn't think so), bars, standing on the border of obsessive-compulsive disorder, impersonating Meatwad/Gollum/Cartman/Woody Allen/other notables, Scrabble/Trivial Pursuit/other ways of showing off useless stuff I know

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who works in this union:

Music:

Afghan Whigs, Aimee Mann, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Catherine Wheel, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Eminem, Interpol, Killers, Modest Mouse, Nine Inch Nails, P.J. Harvey, Portishead, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Stellastarr*, U2

Movies:

All the President's Men, Amelie, Big Lebowski, Dummy, Fight Club, Gattaca, Godfather, Grosse Pointe Blank, Henry Fool, Last Night, Little Miss Sunshine, LOTR, Lost in Translation, Melvin Goes to Dinner, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, Ravenous, Rushmore, Strangers with Candy, Titus, UHF, Unbreakable

Television:

24, Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Black Books, Colbert Report, Daily Show, Family Guy, Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, Friday Night Lights, Heroes, House, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Office, Prison Break, Scrubs, Simpsons, Sports Night, Studio 60

Books:

Aeneid, Chuck Palahniuk, Thomas Harris, Kurt Vonnegut, Alpha Squad 7 -- Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure

Heroes:

Tyler Durden, Stewie Griffin, Beavis, Bob Harris, David Dunn, Gregory House

My Blog

The official unabridged weight-loss story

Wrote this a while ago, but forgot to post it until now. I expect I'll have another lengthy tome in late February for you faithful readers about my upcoming Asia trip....
Posted by Dalton on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:15:00 PST

The official unabridged Rushmore story

As best as I can remember it, anyway. Props to my brother Ross for coming up with the idea for me to write a guest column for his site, hosting the story, and *sigh* Photoshopping me into the poster....
Posted by Dalton on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:52:00 PST

So that's that

Christ, I really should be sleeping right now. But the jackhammering on the street outside says it's not to be.This morning I laid out my final ads on a table in a big room, and this afternoon I go ba...
Posted by Dalton on Tue, 15 May 2007 08:55:00 PST

I give in to top-eighting

But I draw the line at ranking. You'll go alphabetically and you'll like it. Maybe I'll mix it up sometime, go by age, day of introduction, how many charges you've been kind enough not to press, etc. ...
Posted by Dalton on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:39:00 PST

Music + comedy = unwasted spring break?

A couple events I'm considering for this weekend, if my immune system lets me:Thursday: Zach Galifianakis hosts a gig, featuring Badly Drawn Boy, who's done some stuff I dig. (I didn't intend for that...
Posted by Dalton on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:10:00 PST

I bring the funny, another guy brings much more, and the Arcade Fire kicks everyone's ass

Second from last; warning: foul and fowl words. After attempting several times in the past, giving up for a while, then randomly submitting while not entirely sober the other night, one of my Overhear...
Posted by Dalton on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:14:00 PST

Dirty hippies and their instruments of torture

For a couple months my ears have been fucked up, such that occasionally I'll feel/hear the whoosh of my pulsating bloodstream in either of my inner ears. A UT doc diagnosed it as a Eustachian tube pro...
Posted by Dalton on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:27:00 PST

So ... do you like ... stuff?

Well, heck. It's been a while since I've done one of these. Fifty days, in fact. Which is unusual, considering my garrulousness. (Pause for laughter.) So this is what's been happening, in order of imp...
Posted by Dalton on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:55:00 PST

This ... is my BOOM stick!

My costume for tonight is Dr. Gregory House. Clearly the most vital element is a cane. This afternoon I went strolling down the Drag to scour the second-hand shops. I popped into Pangaea, which has lo...
Posted by Dalton on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:31:00 PST

The dork store called. They're all out of me.

Recently returned from seeing Maria Bamford's stand-up. Pretty good, a little rough because she hadn't performed in a while and was testing new material. Afterward I approached her and asked to get th...
Posted by Dalton on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:59:00 PST