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About Me

Sometimes ideas, like men, jump up and say 'hello.' They introduce themselves, these ideas, with words. Are they words? These ideas speak so strangely. All that we see in this world is based on someone's ideas. Some ideas are destructive, some are constructive. Some ideas can arrive in the form of a dream. I can say it again: some ideas arrive in the form of a dream.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Fate.

Music:

What's lately been infiltrating my eardrums:
Jawbreaker, Cursive, Billy Idol, Ima Robot, Lauren Hill, The Roots, The Beta Band, Coco Rosie, The Stares.

Movies:

Recently viewed:

The Sea Inside - Or possibly "out to sea" as it's translated in the poem. Now, my español isn't exactly top notch, but whoever translated this film must have been a little "out to sea," themselves. Either way, Martha Nussbaum, Professor Talbott, and Dr Kevorkian would be pleased with Ramón Sampedro's achievement.

Inland Empire - I'd do anything for David Lynch. Except practice transcendental meditation.

Bubble - I don't know what was worse: the senseless plot, the painful soundtrack, or the boring dialogue (that's what you get for hiring a bunch of no-names from the midwest to ad lib a shitty screenplay).

The White Shiek - what a fruity fellow.

Nights of Cabiria - this one of Fellini's got my heart going. It's because I have a soft spot for prostitutes.

last life in the universe - what a waste of time. he should've just killed himself in the beginning and saved me a couple hours.

Television:

Can burn in hell. And fast -- before I get addicted to yet another crappy sitcom whose theme song will haunt my being.

Books:

Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer), The Life Before Us (Romain Gary), A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass), and most everything Nabokov.

Currently reading:
Which Rights Should Be Universal (William Talbott); God bless you, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr)

Heroes:

The Quail. What a piece of work.