Kairsten

Ohio State University - Columbus, Attended - , Class of , Other

the Base Master of Treachery

books. politics. science. misanthropy.

lord of the rings, godel escher bach (+ all douglas hofstadter), neuromancer (+ all william gibson), sandman (+ all neil gaiman), transmetropolitan (+ all warren ellis, except not some of the superhero stuff), fear and loathing on the campaign trail '72 and everything else written by hunter s. thompson, cryptonomicon (+ the rest of neal stephenson), murakami haruki, his dark materials, darwin's dangerous idea (and all daniel c. dennett), the selfish gene (and all richard dawkins), harry potter, jorge luis borges, discworld, china miville, love and rockets, gabriel garcia marquez, salman rushdie, jeff noon, jeff vandermeer, dune, dave mckean, cory doctorow, jonathan carroll, kelly link, roald dahl, harlan ellison, and so many more that this is actually a pointless exercise.

lord of the rings, ghostbusters, young frankenstein, donnie darko, casablanca, david lynch, stanley kubrick, labyrinth, spirited away, tim burton, neptune, wes anderson, city of lost children, the professional, bram stoker's dracula, apocalypse now, pirates of the caribbean, terry gilliam, ghost world, heathers, drop dead gorgeous, death to smoochy, clueless, harold and maude, mirrormask, march of the penguins, scent of a woman, secretary, suspiria

frostiva, go evol shiki, the rancid yak butter tea party, the paper chase, tom waits, david bowie, bach, brainiac, lovage, pixies, rasputina, the beach boys, ex-girl, the clash, joy division, verdi, fleshies, faith no more, sweetheart, the magnetic fields, phantods, gravy train!!!!, ho-ag, kopaz, the dresden dolls, queen, nick cave and the bad seeds, belle and sebastian, sigur ros, prince, flotation walls, devo, bis, federation x, church of the red museum, dead moon, buzzcocks, blondie, my bloody valentine

adult swim, the simpsons, my so-called life, the daily show, previous seasons of west wing. (guilty pleasures: reruns of Law and Order)

watching the daily show + nethack = "What monster do you want to genocide? [type the name]" "Republicans"



"She read upon waking, sitting on the toilet, stretched out in the backseat of the car. When she went to the movies she took a book with her, to read before the show began, and it was not unusual to find her standing in front of the microwave, with a book in one hand and a fork in the other, heating a cup of noodle soup while she read, say, At Lady Molly's for the third time (she was a sucker for series and linked novels). If there was nothing else she would consume all the magazines and newspapers in the house - reading, to her, was a kind of pyromania - and when these ran out she would reach for insurance brochures, hotel prospectuses and product warranties, advertising circulars, sheets of coupons. Once I had come upon the spectacle of Sara, finished with a volume of C.P. Snow while only partway through one of the long baths she took for her bad back, desperately scanning the label on a bottle of Listerine."

(Apologies to Michael Chabon.)

"If you loved me, you'd all kill yourselves today."