ben

Langley High, Attended 1990 - 1994, Class of 1994

Syracuse University, Attended 1994 - 1998, Class of 1998, Bachelor's Degree, film/drama

International writing sensation

second city, the thrilling adventure and supernatural suspense hour, the paul f tompkins show, hollywood hell house that time

words, also pictures.

carter beats the devil, stark's parker books, chabon's the best, lethem, eggers and his literati posse, stahl, leyner. moon palace and the non-metaphysical detective auster, travels with charley, chandler. thompson, hornby, irving...

ghostbusters, jaws, crimes & misdemeanors, strangelove, brick, bridge on the river kwai, real life, broadcast news, kicking & screaming (baumbach, not ferrell), godfather, fight club, singing in the rain, once upon a time in the west. trainspotting, charade, hudsucker proxy, iron giant, stuff w/zombies, jurassic park

tom waits, okgo, ozomatli, bubblegum pop (everything from the archies classical period to the spice girls new wave), ben folds, eels, polyphonic spree, dan bern, bishop allen, billy bragg + wilco, m doughty, cut chemist, bowie, elvis costello, rufus wainright, glam, the pixies, the clash, belle & sebastian, chin music

all departed: buffy, freaks and geeks, west wing, sports night, spaced, the office.

you want my self-summary? can you handle it? shit, my self-summary is down for whatever.

it's down for taking off without notice, maybe going to portland. it's down for some fresh fruit from the farmer's market, it's down for sneaking red wine into a movie theatre and for drunken back row make-outs. it's down for an anti-war rally, it's down for an anti-peace rally. it could go either way, you don't need to make a strong argument, as long as the weather is nice.

my self-summary is down for taking care of your baby for an evening so you two can have a night to yourselves. my self-summary is down for dabbling in hallucinogenics and just looking at the night sky. it's down for laying its scene at universal city walk, mocking tourists, yogurt stands, and the valley before going to the hot topic buying a ghostbusters t shirt it'll never wear.

my self-summary is so open-minded it'd make you shit. my self-summary is a big brother and works for several non-profits. my self-summary got drunk one night and punched a biker's girlfriend before getting its ass kicked. my self-summary isn't proud of its relationship with its uncle, who raised my self-summary alone. my self-summary could beat up your self-summary. my self-summary smells like bubble bath on weekends. my self-summary makes a mean seven layer dip and will bring it to your next party. my self-summary wishes it could make a living debunking things like houdini did.

my self-summary was a wake and bake kind of guy until, one morning, it looked in the mirror and didn't like what it saw. my self-summary's been working out. my self-summary is thinking about you right now. my self-summary's been thinking about you a lot lately. my self-summary has been trying to find the right words to express how it feels. my self-summary has been rolling ideas around its brain like i ching. my self-summary thinks it's finally time. here goes. my self-summary is down to tell you...it loves you.

you, but i'd never admit it. not in a million years. unless you just stopped beating around the bush for one damn second.
your dad is the vice president, your dad's the duke of earl, yeah you're for me.