Brian Mahon

Fairview Elementary, Auburn Middle School, Edward Little High School

New York University, Attended 2007 - Present, Class of 2010, Master's Degree, Childhood Education
Boston University, Attended 1997 - 2001, Class of 2001, Bachelor's Degree, Philosophy & Poli. Sci.

College Admin.

Funny things, Red Sox, writing, Crumping, Canada, boobs, maturity, irony, various newpapers, The New Yorker, Sharpie markers, wiffleball, Modern Art, Ancient Wisdom, Private Karaoke (one time, like back when I was 19, I did all those things at once)

Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Grapes of Wrath (I cried when that women breast feeds the old man...SPOILER ALERT!), A Walk in the Woods, all four or five things by JD Salinger, anything by Tom Wolfe, The BFG, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Empire Falls, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Confederacy of Dunces, Wake Up, Sir! (one of the three funniest books I've ever read), currently reading What is the What? by Eggers

Rushmore, Election, The Graduate (only school-related satires, apparently), anything directed by Wes Anderson or written by Charlie Kaufman, I've seen The Goonies more than any other movie by a long shot, The Jerk, Wet Hot American Summer, Three Kings, 8 1/2, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Resevoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Sin City, Kung Fu Hustle, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Hudsucker Proxy, Big Lebowski, Garden State, Squid & The Whale was good

Wilco, Radiohead, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, Manitoba/Caribou, Beck, Van Morrison, Modest Mouse, Silver Jews, Pavement, The Shins, David Bowie, The Slip, Blur, Badly Drawn Boy, Flaming Lips, Beta Band, Black Keys, Phish, Beatles, Kinks, Tom Petty, Tapes 'n Tapes, TV on the Radio, Curtis Mayfield, Pharrell Williams, Johnny Cash, Weezer, Michael Jackson, Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis, Built to Spill, Nirvana, The Band, Stooges, Velvet Underground, Television, Bill Withers, Beirut, Jens Lekman, Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers, Flying Burrito Brothers, XTC, Kid Koala, My Morning Jacket, Electric Light Orchestra, Stevie Wonder, Fiery Furnaces, Madvillain, The Unicorns (R.I.P.), Islands, Architecture in Helsinki, Animal Collective, Summer Hymns, Automator/Handsome Boy, Gorillaz, Hieroglyphics, Kanye, The Books, Sufjan Stevens, Danielson, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Can, Os Mutantes, Four Tet, Aa, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Cold War Kids, "Normal" Al Yankovic

Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, The Office, The Office, Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, David Letterman, American Idol, Upright Citizens Brigade, The State, Nature, Baseball Tonight, In The Papers on NY1

Virgo

-I'm someone you want to know.
-I'm a New Englander in a New Yorker's apartment.
-I live on the border of Spanish Harlem and the Upper East Side. Depending on who I'm talking to, I play up one or the other.
-Every Friday night I go crumping up at Skate Key in the Bronx...I'm getting real real good at it
-I used to be in a sketch comedy group called the Incontinentals. We were wicked funny in college. Then we all moved to NYC and became jaded. I think I'm still funny though. Hilarious in fact.
-I love combining two words into one, for example if I'm ever talking about car elevators (which don't really exist) I'll call it a carlvator. If I'm talking about a black actor, I'll call him a blacktor. I do this all the time, if you don't find it funny, stay the fuck out of my life.
-I'm a member of a union. And I love it!
-I take a multi-vitamin everyday except on weekends when I really let loose.
-I enjoy music (listening/singing). It annoys my co-workers when I sing, so I do that quite a bit. My voice has been described as both "pretty" (friends/loved ones) and "horrific" (co-workers). If anyone knows of a rock band that needs a singer I'm willing and able.
-I'm part Irish but I'm mostly French-Canadian. My name is real Irish though.
-I'm part nice but I'm mostly super-nice. My ass is real nice though.
-I have a lucky streak: on St. Patrick's Day I found $240 on the street. I bought a Playstation Part 2. Once I won $500 on the internet and I bought a plane ticket to DisneyWorld!
-I'm frightened of pigeons, yet fascinated by carrier pigeons. I also love those dogs with miniature wooden barrells under their necks...those Beethoven dogs..you know, they're herding dogs. ST. BERNARDS!!! What're those barrels for anyway?
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