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Jason

who really knows me at all

About Me

taciturn, indecisive, seemingly passionless, signals jokes or satire with hand gestures (after being advised to do so on two separate, unrelated occasions), likes reading, has yet to form opinions on many important topics, has nice handwriting

My Interests

reading, music, writing, Russian, languages, reading things again, watching things again, memory, epilepsy, the relationship between religion/spirituality and art, love, forgiveness, grammar, mysticism, slowness

I'd like to meet:

Phaedra

Music:

Low, Julie Doiron, The Microphones, Enon, Old Time Relijun, Danielson Famile, Bedhead, Okkervil River, Beat Happening, Akron/Family, Brainiac, Animal, Neutral Milk Hotel, mclusky, M. Ward, Mountain Goats, Jandek, Lee Hazlewood

Movies:

Andrei Rublev, Pi, The Big Lebowski, Dogville, The Return, The Crucible, Rushmore, Jandek on Corwood, Low in Europe, Tarkovsky's Mirror, Diary of a Country Priest

Books:

The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Immortality, East of Eden, The Sound and the Fury, Other Electricities, Kierkegaard

Heroes:

Dostoevsky, Alan Sparhawk, Calvin Johnson, Soren Kierkegaard, Phil Elvrum, T.M., J.F., C.M., Dan Smith, Andrei Tarkovsky

My Blog

Vacation

I'm pretty sure this vacation was the best vacation I've ever had.Thank you to all those who helped make it so great!
Posted by Jason on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:16:00 PST

Alone with Solaris

Last winter, I purchased a used copy of Tarkovsky's Solaris at Reckless. Of his films, I'd only seen Andrei Rublev (also purchased blindly), but I guess that was enough (along with some glowing recom...
Posted by Jason on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:33:00 PST

Spring Cleaning

I'm looking forward to spring cleaning this year. I feel like I may be a little late, but spring's been a bit late in coming to Chicago. I'm excited about scrubbing and sorting and airing things out. ...
Posted by Jason on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:37:00 PST

Reading for Happiness

I recently finished Joseph Frank's masterly biography of Dostoevsky and had a surprisingly difficult time deciding what to read next. After a few days of thinking it over, I decided on reading some Di...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:38:00 PST

Not Better

I guess I was wrong when I thought I was getting better. I still feel pretty sick. Ryan's gone on his two-week Berlin vacation and it's lonelier here than I thought it'd be. At least his cat is here -...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:38:00 PST

Becoming a Monk

I feel like I've been in a stupor the past few days.  Mostly (if not completely) self-induced, but it's still not been much fun.  And I'm not sure if my phone is really working anymore....
Posted by Jason on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:35:00 PST

Nashville and Emily Dickinson

I've been back in Chicago now for a few days after my vacation in Nashville.  I spent most of the time there hanging out in coffee shops reading about Dostoevsky's time in a Siberian prison. ...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:13:00 PST

Wise Words

Some months ago a good friend told me that I just need to apply myself to something.  I've been thinking a lot about that.  And I think she's right on.
Posted by Jason on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:08:00 PST

The Brothers Karamazov

Thank God for Dostoevsky and The Brothers Karamazov!
Posted by Jason on Wed, 10 May 2006 12:33:00 PST

Kierkegaard

I've been reading a book that I think might be life-changing.
Posted by Jason on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:13:00 PST