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Nelson

SAM searches for sanity in Ivy institution

About Me

I just moved to NYC after 3 years of grad school. Just entered my thirties. Just started re-writing my profile. Learning how to get out of my own way, directing plays, and having a blast on this great new adventure. Chapter 5 of the Nelson Saga: New York.

My Interests

sports, theatre, movies, people, ideas, art, comics, photography, learning to play a musical instrument (guitar), yoga, self defense.

I'd like to meet:

people who rock out.people who drink whiskey.people who love art and thought.people who think about love and art.

Music:

too many to list, but mostly classic rock, house, hip-hop, r & b, jazz - well, i guess everything but country...

Movies:

american beauty, in the mood for love, fallen angels, casablanca, y tu mama tambien, seven samurai, city of god, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,

Television:

grey's, 24, sopranos, six feet under, entourage

Books:

This Side of Pardise, The Empty Space, Catcher in the Rye, Tender is the Night, Great Gatsby, other completely ridiculous melodramatic shit

Heroes:

my family, my friends, and prolly some other famous idiots I can't remember

My Blog

This is for my homies..and that gangsta lean

I just turned 31 a few days ago. 30 was a pretty hard year.I graduated from Yale with my MFA. Barely. Scrapped and clawed, and through the grace of Gordon Rogoff, Liz Diamond, David Chambers, Vicki No...
Posted by Nelson on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:27:00 PST

One last quote

one last quote, from david aldridge in the phila. inquirer. mr. aldridge's article is about the senseless death of african american men, but his closing is powerful and moved me.yesterday was several ...
Posted by Nelson on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:06:00 PST

Quotes and Life

It's been a while, but here are a few thoughts and quotes that have struck me lately. Maybe it's because I've had to write a few artistic statements recently, and it has left me back in the space of t...
Posted by Nelson on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:00:00 PST

Out of sorts and in my world

Feeling a little out of sorts today.The job hunt is going better. I think something will come up soon, feels just around the corner.But it's me, I think. I am having some stress dealing with the house...
Posted by Nelson on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PST

Why do the Eagles suck this year?

Ok, so I'm a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan. And we're not very good this year. Granted, for the past 7 years we've only had two bad ones, but this one is very bad b/c our starting QB is healthy (so...
Posted by Nelson on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:27:00 PST