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About Me

THINGS I LIKE:1. Lists (ha!) 2. Stand-up comedy (Bill Hicks, Sarah Silverman, Eddie Izzard, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Louis CK, Dave Chapelle, Kathleen Madigan, and Todd Barry are among my favorites) 3. Music (played semi-professionally for about 15 years). my favorites are Ani Difranco, Pearl Jam, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Counting Crows, Tori Amos, Sarge, Fugazzi, Peter Gabriel, The Police, etc. 4. My job (I work for an internationally well-known non-profit) 5. Ultimate frisbee (I'm borderline psychotic about this), basketball (watching and playing), swimming, running 6. Spontaneous trips 7. Politics (I get up early on Sundays to watch on the political shows) 8. Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Office, Lost, Smallville, Heroes, Psych, Southpark, 30 Rock 9. NPR, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me 10. "Your mom" jokesNOT SO MUCH:1. Clubs 2. Bars (unless it is to see a really good band) 3. FOX "News" 4. George W. Bush 5. Easily offended people 6. Bible-thumpers who are unwilling to listen to other points of view 7. George W. Bush (yes, I know I already listed him, but I REALLY hate that guy)

My Interests

stand-up comedy, habitat for humanity, ultimate frisbee, swimming, basketball, hiking, camping, politics (hard-core liberal), music (used to play professionally), community activism, wow, I sound boring.

Music:

ani difranco, pearl jam, rage against the machine, tool, peter gabriel, poe, counting crows (before they starting selling fucking coca-cola), black cat bone, 10 foot pole (old-school), the cure, fiona apple, nelly mckay, fugazi, guns n' roses (that's right, i said guns n' fucking roses), mike doughty, sarge, tori amos,

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Letterman, The Office (both versions), My Name is Earl, Scrubs, That 70's Show (RIP), Simpsons, Extreme Home Makeover (yeah, I know I'm a dork), Arrested Development, Lucky Louie, Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Books:

Because they don't have a section for it, I'm changing this to "Stand-up Comics:" Bill Hicks, Eddie Izzard, Chris Rock, Kathleen Madigan, Sarah Silverman, Todd Barry, Mitch Hedberg, Al Franken, Bill Cosby, David Cross, David Sedaris (ok, he's an author, but he's really funny), Jim Gaffigan, Lewis Black, Patton Oswalt,

Heroes:

ani difranco, bill hicks, jimmy carter.