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Forrest

we treat mishaps like sinking ships

About Me


i'm starting to really understand who i am as a person, you know? my place in the world, kinda stuff. i know that there's still a lot more to learn, but i'm finally feeling comfortable in my own skin. i can tell you so far that i'm musically and artistically driven, with a weakness for politics and social studies. i consider myself a slight film buff, an amateur (amateur, guys) musician, mediocre poet, and i have been known to play a few video games now and then to murder some time. i guess you can say i have my pen dipped in many wells. (don't be dirty)
my screen name is: my tender storm

My Interests

i write bad poetry and show it off. i live my life through song lyrics and movie quotes. i'm constantly searching for someone who wants to play catch. i think i have a problem with iTunes and overspending. i like to dabble in photography (digital and film), the background you see now is probably a picture i've taken. i type in all lowercase, but write in all uppercase. i'm addicted to the food network. i play guitar (horribly). i'm too critical of myself. i'm afraid of bugs. i curse a lot, too fucking much, in fact. i say the word "burp" when i burp. i sometimes dance in the kitchen when i KNOW no one is going to see, but i'm always paranoid that someone will. also, my compulsion to sing always outweighs my knowledge that i can't

I'd like to meet:


"they're all basically the same.. so i don't ask names anymore"
-Death Cab For Cutie

"it would be nice to think that since i was 14, times have changed. relationships have become more sophisticated. females less cruel. skins thicker. instincts more developed. there seems to be an element of that afternoon in everything that's happened to me since. all my romantic stories are a scrambled version of that first one."
-Rob Gordon

i'm good for now, thanks though.
Death Cab For Cutie

Music:

you really wanna know what i listen to? it'll blow your mind.. actually, you'd probably make fun of me for it. (or if you want me to burn CD's from these artists for you, i totally will) essentially, here's my playlist (in order, alphabetical): AFI, Alkaline Trio, A Static Lullaby, Bad Religion, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Beth Orton, Bob Dylan, Brand New, Bright Eyes, Circa Survive, cKy, Coheed & Cambria, Coldplay, Damien Rice, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab For Cutie, Deftones, Dropkick Murphy's, Dredg, Dustin Kensrue, Elliott Smith, Elvis Presley, Emery, From Autumn To Ashes, Funeral For A Friend, From First To Last, Finch, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters, Get Up Kids, Gorillaz, Green Day, Hepcat, HIM, Incubus, Inkwell, James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Cole, Jens Lekman, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Jonah Matranga (including Far, Gratitude and onelinedrawing), Leonard Cohen, Lisa Hannigan, Lovage, Mineral, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, MSI, Nekromantix, Nick Drake, NIN, Nirvana, Otis Redding, Pearl Jam, Pete Yorn, Pink Floyd, Poison The Well, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Rasputina, Ray Charles, Ray LaMontagne, Reggie & The Full Effect, RHCP, Rilo Kiley, Rise Against, RJD2, Rocky Votolato, Saint Rorschach, Saosin, Sigur Ros, Simon & Garf, Smashing Pumpkins, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Straylight Run, Sublime, Team Sleep, Tenacious D, all the "the ____" bands: The Beatles, The Blood Brothers, The Color Turning, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Distillers, The Faint, The Fray, The Juliana Theory, The Killers, The Postal Service, The Rentals, The Shins, The Velvet Underground, Thom Yorke, Thrice, Thursday, Tiger Army, Tool, Underoath, Veruca Salt, Waiting For Autumn, Weezer, Wolfmother.. phew.

Movies:

the indie in me
Dogville

  • City of God

  • The Virgin Suicides
  • Winter Passing

  • Goodbye Lenin
  • The Edukators

  • the kid in me
    Robin Hood
  • The Last Starfighter

  • The Fox & The Hound
    The Great Mouse Detective
    Toy Story (1 & 2) the stoner in me
    Dazed & Confused
    8 1/2
    Napoleon Dynamite
    Drop Dead Fred
    Being John Malkovich
  • Strange Brew

  • Little Nicky
    Batman (1966)
    the guy in me
  • Band of Brothers

  • Goodfellas
    Casino
    Requiem For a Dream
    Cool Hand Luke
    Donnie Darko
    Backdraft
    Suicide Kings
  • Shaun of the Dead
    Fight Club
    Four Rooms
    Blood In Blood Out
    The Boondock Saints

  • Saw
    Blow
    Batman (1989)
    Any Given Sunday the girl in me
  • Garden State
    The Princess Bride
    Say Anything
    Sleepless in Seattle
    Swing Kids
    Amelie

  • Big Fish
    The Notebook
    Chasing Amy
    Miss Congeniality
    the trilogy of trilogies
    Indiana Jones
    Back to the Future
  • Star Wars
  • Television:

    Battle-goddamn-star Galactica, Lost, Scrubs, Stella, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, ATHF, Robot Chicken, the Brak show, Law & Order (SVU and CI), The Office, Heroes, The Sopranos, Deadwood, House

    Books:

    the perks of being a wallflower, johnny cash's autobiography - Cash - by johnny cash, american gods, the da vinci code, the celestine prophecy, skipping towards gomorrah, neverwhere, any and all harry potter, god's debris, sleepers, long way down, high fidelity

    My Blog

    she's going to read this.

    i got the e-mail a couple nights ago. she finally got back to me after three days of seemingly ignoring me. all it did was explain what i already knew, but it was still nice to get at least something....
    Posted by Forrest Black on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:14:00 PST

    revisited

    september 19th, 2005when you use my first name in a sentencei can't help but feel solidified against these cold sheetsthat warm within minutesas if making this more meaningfuland full of potentialand ...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:08:00 PST

    this one actually made me laugh out loud..

    ...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:39:00 PST

    poetry? nooo.. surely not.

    surveying the room his accurate glancesaccidentally brush past narcotic danceson dancefloor of white he calls out her name in the dark her whisper embraceshis wits, his senses, his delicate place...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:58:00 PST

    3AM with work at 8. sleep? blog.

    i've been trying to read more.  with a job at a bookstore, it's hard to NOT want to read more, really.  when i was in the navy, i read a lot, because..  well, there's not much else to d...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:52:00 PST

    i blog surveys.

    DO YOU SNORE?:i do sometimes. fiercely.LOVER OR A FIGHTER?:i'm a lover, holmes.WHAT'S YOUR WORST FEAR?:prison.AS A KID, WERE YOU A LEGO BUILDER?:of course i was! (still am)WHAT DO YOU THINK OF "REALIT...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:08:00 PST

    boredom will do this to a man

    it's before noon, and i'm fussing with this iGoogle what not thinga-ma-bob, and there's the "are you smarter than a 5th grader" game..  so, i play it, cuz i'm a sucker for trivia (and i'm li...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:06:00 PST

    just maybe..

    lately i've been tinkering with the idea of writing short stories.  a couple friends of mine have mentioned writing, and suddenly i've found myself inspired.  when i was a little kid, my gra...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Fri, 18 May 2007 02:31:00 PST

    Nekromantix at Club Congress!

    here's a little psychobilly to get you just as pumped as i am! Nekromantix - Gargoyles Over Copenhagen Horrorpops - Ghouls...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:01:00 PST

    Funeral For A Friend

    alright, so i have to go see Funeral For A Friend this summer..  who wants to go??  they're actually playing shows on the west coast, and they'll be in phoenix on july 11th, so let's go!if you've neve...
    Posted by Forrest Black on Fri, 11 May 2007 01:32:00 PST