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About Me

I found out on the Tyra Banks Show that I'm going to die at age 72. I'm 27 right now, so as this is the inverse age of my projected death year, I'm doing some preemptive soul-searching to figure out how best to spend my fewer-than-two-thirds of remaining lifespan. But hey, it's been a good ride so far, you know?

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My Interests

the 2008 elections, theatre, museums and visual art, music, cab savs, learning about stuff I hadn't thought to learn about, travel, really great writing, and linguistics. and going salsa dancing and hanging out with friends at parties.

I'd like to meet:

Let's go ahead and meet because I have a feeling I already like you. But just please don't say "I'm sorry but that was so random" or "You are so weird!" or "Has anyone ever told you that you look like that girl from Spiderman?" and things will work out smoothly.

Music:

I put on CD's when I'm doing the dishes: lately it's either Gnarls Barkley or French cafe music. A late bloomer, I am just now discovering the awesomeness of The Clash.

Movies:

Recent favorites: Helvetica, Dreamgirls, Ratatouille, Proof, Tristram Shandy, The Queen, and the Nader documentary, and my all-time favorites include Being John Malkovich, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Election. And of course Rainbow Around the Sun.

Television:

Cash Cab, Mythbusters, Pimp My Ride

Books:

My 20 most recent: The Prophet; Eat, Pray, Love; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; War and Peace; I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence; The Tin Drum; The Kite Runner; Life of Pi; The God Delusion; Me Talk Pretty One Day; Ghost Light; Wanderlust; The Professor and the Madman; Why Do You Speak As You Do?; Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation; Prep; Zero; The Underminer; Love in the Time of Cholera; The Tipping Point. Currently reading: Salt; Kafka on the Shore.

Heroes:

Amys Poehler and Sedaris

My Blog

Tourists Should Be More Discerning

I don't subscribe to the general notion that tourists suck. New York will always be a city full of tourists, and I appreciate the impact they have on the economy. Whenever I hear someone moaning and...
Posted by Jamie B. on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:39:00 PST

I Never Win Anything

Have you noticed that whenever someone wins something, they usually say, "Oh, my god, I never win anything!"? I think that's odd because if everyone says that, then that would imply that no one is wi...
Posted by Jamie B. on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:39:00 PST

A Quotidien Heartbreak

A few weeks ago when my shift was over at the Museum Cafe, I was rolling silverware in napkins for use on the patio. We have to do this out of the sight of the restaurant, so we do it in it the hallw...
Posted by Jamie B. on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:08:00 PST

Birthday Gift

In the spring of my fourth grade year, I received what was to become one of my best birthday gifts to date. It was given to me by a classmate whose visionary mother didn't see a problem with spending...
Posted by Jamie B. on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:26:00 PST

Moral Question

I live in an apartment building. Often, when I enter or leave the building, someone's friend (presumably) is standing there waiting to get it. I almost always let them in, because it seems like a ni...
Posted by Jamie B. on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:00:00 PST

My Hippie Anthem

"Layover in Chicago"Whizzing by PicassosAnd the Discount Mega Mall"Othello done Kabuki"Reads a poster on the wallToothless scrawls my likenessWhich, impatient, I ignoreI wonder what I'm gonna useMy la...
Posted by Jamie B. on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:50:00 PST

A Time for Mourning

Let it be known that the inventor of instant ramen, Momofuku Ando, died Friday at the age of 96. Bachelors and college students across the globe are mourning his loss with their every bite. Here is ...
Posted by Jamie B. on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:50:00 PST

Best Christmas Lyrics

Honorable mention:from "We Three Kings""Westward leading, still proceeding" (Awarded for functional rigidity, it effectively illustrates the kings' persistence.)Third place:from "Jingle Bell Rock""Mix...
Posted by Jamie B. on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:03:00 PST

The Great Truth

I know many of us are searching for the Great Truth, as is one friend, who recently cried thus:"There's just no time for nonsense anymore people.We need to get to the brass tax hereand stop dilly dall...
Posted by Jamie B. on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:41:00 PST

Jamie's Air Travel Tips

I've done quite a bit of flying over the past several years, so I feltit was time to share the knowledge I've accrued through experience. While airline regulations have gotten silly, your flying exper...
Posted by Jamie B. on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:19:00 PST