Mary Forrest

Oliver H. Perry Elementary, Binictican Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Harry S. Truman Elementary, Guam Adventist Academy, Academy of Our Lady of Guam, Nile C. Kinnick High School

Cornell University, Attended - , Class of , Other

Writer/Windbag

comedy, improv, writing, Lomo, road trips, kind words, violin, self-portraits, hot dogs, cartoons, photo, superheroes, textbook romance, Technicolor, Star Trek, the arcane, Japan, martinis, justice, ketchup, nostalgia, shallow philosophizing over deep drinks

David Sedaris, Edward Gorey, Michael Chabon, S.J. Perelman, Tom Robbins, Updike, Tolkien, Vonnegut, James Joyce, Dave Eggers, Calef Brown, Ursula LeGuin, Julia Kristeva, Mushroom Planet books, Donna Tartt, Josephus, The Little Princess, Bukowski, Douglas Adams

Lawrence of Arabia, Mary Poppins, Empire Strikes Back, Amelie, Rushmore, Woody Allen, Albert Brooks, After the Fox, A Clockwork Orange, Wonder Man, Phantom Tollbooth, Wizard of Oz, Hudsucker Proxy, Muppet movies, have you seen that movie where Jason Bateman is dying of cancer and C. Thomas Howell and Jonathan Silverman go on a road trip with him? -- movies other than that one, Tampopo, Tommy Boy, epic fantasies, Cool Hand Luke, How to Draw a Bunny, Kurosawa, A Christmas Story, movies with really artsy sex scenes or where someone dies of cancer (often Debra Winger), Indiana Jones, Edward Scissorhands, various retellings of Peter Pan, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Fassbinder, Tarkovsky, Star Trek, Groundhog Day, Sunshine Boys, A Guide for the Married Man, Studio Ghibli, other movies or filmmakers who will make me sound really awesome and cool

J-Pop, Duran, Pixies, Lou Reed, J5, film music, Sigur Ros, David Byrne, Air, Muse, Elliott Smith, Aphex Twin, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wondermints, Spoon, Ultra-Lounge, Pixies, Rachmaninoff, David Sylvian, Neil Finn, Radiohead, Ludwig Van, Elvis Costello, Magnetic Fields, Cocteau Twins, Mendelssohn, I once said "Portishead makes me want to fuck" and made someone really uncomfortable, Pinback, William Shatner, Calexico, Shins, ABBA, fat people in bars singing old standards, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Beatles, Pink Floyd, White Stripes, Queen, Bowie, Mel Torme, old Reader's Digest record collections purchased for no more than one dollar per disc, Jackie Gleason at the keys, a number of requiem masses, Sound of Music, West Side Story, Gershwin, Starlight Mints, Cat Power, I like to sing Bon Jovi songs in karaoke bars, Dead Milkmen, My Fair Lady, Depeche Mode, AC/DC, Louis Prima

Venture Brothers, Arrested Development, Da Ali G Show, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Six Feet Under, Deep Space Nine, Python, Kids, Letterman, Daily Show, Spongebob, I Dream of Jeannie, Mr. Show, MGM Parade, Magnum P.I., South Park, The Office, Columbo, West Wing reruns

Taurus

I am half-Chinese, but I often wish I was half-Japanese.

I have good manners. But I also say truly horrible things.

My official religion is multi-tasking. I also worship massage therapy. And complaining.

I can hold my liquor most of the time. And when I can't, the results are SPECTACULAR.

I can navigate Disneyland without a map.

I am also this: www.maryforrest.com

Cool cats who like live music. People with high comedy standards. Late-night junk food-eaters. Someone who says "so long" instead of "goodbye." Inspirers. Political operatives. People whose opinions should matter to me. People I can impress but not too easily. Antidote-holders. Goat-getters. Traffic-stoppers. Someone who can get me into Club 33. An assortment of geniuses, many of whom are well-schooled in the social graces.