Shahin Ismail-Beigi

clark university, saddleback college, laguna hills high school, los alisos intermediate, gates elementary

Clark University, Attended 1999 - 2004, Class of 2004, Bachelor's Degree, English & Film

teacher,record store, freelance writer, zine maker

art classes, circles of two or more people talking all night, cuddle circles, procastinators, self-explainers, recapitulators, and general sympathizers. and pez distributors and cig smokin "quitters""

having hands through hair, writing down lots of words (sometimes full of sound and fury, sometimes signifying nothing), not forgetting all the beautiful moments and people that are "of me" in this life, bicycling, taking photos with 110s for 9+ years, train rides to nowhere zen new jersey (or elsewhere)

all my friends are going to be strangers, stranger music, all rick moody, if on a winter's night a traveller, cahiers du cinema: 1950's, i'll be your mirror, russell banks, donald hall, others' journals, lost letters, hedayat, hicks, tribes, & dirty realists

too many, but: sherman's march, say anything, rushmore, the cruise, the fisher king, all the real girls, vivre sa vie, henry fool, my own private idaho, almost famous, scarecrow, the falcon & snowman, the sweet hereafter, strozseck, jesus' son

wilco, kronos quartet, simon and garfunkel, gillian welch, karate, bjork, will oldham, soundtracks, lullaby for the working class, calexico, erin mckeown, modest mouse, x, the who, sparklehorse, bastille, bob dylan, thelonious monk, old 97's, van morrison, R.EM.

wonder years, sunday morning, sessions at w. 54th, family ties, thirtysomething, inside the actor's studio, talking heads with things to say

i am a version of someone you've met before: i wear
converse, have hoodies, don't finish books, talk too much,
hope to meet the most refreshing stranger 4 days a week,
and i like rainy days. but if you dig and/or see beyond
these typical maladies, i might be worth your time. i like
to hear stories. i play violin. and i have this free time. so i'm starting this journal/zine called The Ugly Couch. So Damn Relevant. (it has a friendster profile!)

Rickie Lee Jones: "I am not conquered. And that's
the most political statement a human being can make."
another way to find me (AIM): sibsee. Also, i'm trying to
find danny deck. he left without saying goodbye.