Barton Bishop

Male, 31, In a Relationship
Interested In: Friends, Activity Partners
Member Since: Sep 2003
Location: Astoria, NY
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Barton's URL:
http://profiles.friendster.com/2172797

"I'm stoked, having reached a place where I can finally spell judgment without having to check. There's no e between the..."

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Schools (Other):
Rollins, NYU
Occupation:
shoving words into the flapping mouths of cartoons
Hobbies and Interests:
I have some favorite books, some favorite movies, some favorite music, some favorite TV shows that I guess I could list, but... oh, wait....
Favorite Books:
World According to Garp. Kav and Clay. Most Vonnegut. Unbearable Lightness of Being. The Missing Piece. The Dirt by Motley Crue. Wonder Boys. The Girl in the Flammable Skirt. The Power of Myth. Am I allowed to say Lolita?
Favorite Movies:
Sideways. My Life As A Dog. LOTR. Manhattan and Annie Hall. Master and Commander.
Favorite Music:
Currently in rotation - Devendra Banhart, My Morning Jacket, Leonna Naess, The Arcade Fire, Holly Golightly, new Death Cab, New Pornographers, old Ennio Morricone soundtracks, Early Rod Stewart, Whiskeytown, The Exploding Hearts (R.I.P., we hardly knew ye), Tom Waits, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, The Beatles (always), and on and on
Favorite TV Shows:
The Office (British one). Sopranos. Deadwood. The Shield. The O.C. Anything involving Man in some sort of competition with Beast.
Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius
About Me:
I'm stoked, having reached a place where I can finally
spell judgment without having to check. There's no e
between the g and the m. I know this now. I will never look
back.
So there's that.
I make a mean mix CD. (Damn the playlist, physical media lives on!!) Get one from me, and you'll never be the same.
I recently fixated on the fact that someone told me I fixated on things. And I did so without any hint of irony.
Who I Want to Meet:
She has hair the color of an antique oak desk and she works at a hip little record store (by day (more on this later)). But everyone there picks on her, cause she's the only employee who openly caves in to her Neil Diamond craving, and she can't see why ANYone would like Bright Eyes. She has superpowers. She fights crime at night. She...

We're supposed to be talking about girls and dates and stuff here,right?

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Kara
Posted
Having seen that Beetle has only 8 testimonials I took it upon myself to bump it up to 9ish. HOT DAMN! I miss you.

Shannon
Posted
The great writers always give the advice "write what you know." Bart takes these words to heart, so be careful what you say around him; it may end up in one of his plays. ;) But seriously, Bart is a terrific writer and I am so proud to have produced and acted in one of his plays.

Bart is hysterically funny and has a great heart, so you can never stay mad at him... even if you want to! Dammit.

p.s.- you got the deep part right, but they're blue, not brown. ;)

Marcos
Posted
In the many years that I've know Barton, I must say that the thing that has impressed me most about my good friend, is his tremendous weight loss. When we were in college, Bart had a terrible addiction to eskimo pies. By his sophomore year he had gained a whopping 95 pounds (which put him up to a grand total of 417). Thank god for Gastic bypass and Hot Yoga (which Bart thrives on). It melted the fat away, and made us the bestest of buds.

Daniel
Posted
I remember walking throught the theater dept. building one day to drop off my paper on the great Jewish musical comedies of late 1930's eastern Europe when I saw Barton urinating on the hairy back of our department chair. "If I ever catch you and your mongloid pool boy sixty-nining in my car again, I'm gonna rape you in your cornhole so hard, that hot man milk is gonna' spray out of your dirty whore mouth for a week!" said Barton. He then took a 9 inch, glass phallus out of his pocket and shoved it in the crying man's mouth. He ordered him to bob up and down on it until he returned, and walked out of the room.
I met Bart in the hallway and asked him what had happened. He said there was nothing to worry about, and that he and the dept. chair were simply rehearsing their new act for the college variety show. "That's one hell of an act." I said " What do you call it?" Bart turned to me, smiled and said "I call it, The Aristocrats."

Arthur-Sam
Posted
Barton believes that it takes a strong
heart to cry... but a stronger heart to say
why.

Matthew
Posted
Barton, Bartoon, Bartman, The Bishop...

Barton and I were roommates in Rollins
College, and he has remained one of
my best friends. I'd lay down in traffic for
the guy...on a sidewalk. (boom chic) I'd
take a beating with a bat for him-- a
wiffle ball bat-- But it's the sentiment that
counts.

I would also say he's one of the most
talented writers of dialogue that I have
ever met. As a matter of fact, it's time
the world knows everything that has
come out of my mouth for the last 8
years was first penned by Barton
Bishop. He is one my top staff writers.
So I would like to thank Bart for helping
me get into grad school, for winning
over my girlfriend, and for giving me
such witty things to say. Next season,
we should work on my movie career.

I love you, man. This Buds for you.

~Matty J.

Erica
Posted
barton rejected my first testimonial because
he thought it made him sound like a
pedophile. so i would like to start this by
saying, barton is in no way a pedophile. new
york without barton is like carrot cake
without icing. it might be fine. it might be
nutricious. but is it good? do you crave it?
no way, jose.

Lynn
Posted
Bart is one of my oldest living friends. Well, I mean I
guess I have had one of the longest on-going
frienships in my life with Bart. There are many
things to be said about him- freakishly witty,
smart, and my favorite, neurotic. It is what makes
him the next Woody Allen. Except that he probably
won't marry his adopted daughter. And, my fave
Bartism- I know what the significance of this
fucking picture is! It is all about where you come
from . . .

Kara
Posted
Barton's a real stand-up guy. He
didn't even hit me when he found out
little Morita's daddy was Peter
Cetera. Anyhow, it's all good now and
we're livin' LARGE off of our 1/13 of
the royalties of "You're the
Inspiration".

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