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"I'm a Bronx boy in self-exile in northern Indiana, chasing
the Holy Grail of a Writing Job That Pays. Currently, I am
a..."
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Schools (Other):
Goshen College, Bronx High School of Science, P.S. 76
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College/University:
Goshen College, Attended 1995 - 1999, Class of 1999, Bachelor's Degree, Communication/Bible and religion
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Occupation:
newspaper reporter
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Affiliations:
Association of Young Journalists
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Hobbies and Interests:
poetry, other writing, music, radio (listening and DJing), movies, spectator sports, fantasy sports games, religious/political discussion, taking my car in for repairs
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Favorite Books:
Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle", Annie Lamott, Daniel Quinn, Richard Wright, William Matthews (the poet), and a diverse selection of poetry
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Favorite Movies:
Fargo, Citizen Kane, Magnolia, Requiem for a Dream, The Shawshank Redemption, High Fidelity, Amelie, The Paper
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Favorite Music:
R.E.M., Vigilantes of Love, Over the Rhine, Radiohead, U2, Greg Brown, Bad Religion, Peter Mulvey, Ani DiFranco, Beck, Talking Heads, Soul Coughing, They Might Be Giants, Rilo Kiley, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, www.globeradio.org, www.kexp.org, www.radioparadise.com
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Favorite TV Shows:
Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Late Show with David Letterman, Curb Your Enthusiasm
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About Me:
I'm a Bronx boy in self-exile in northern Indiana, chasing
the Holy Grail of a Writing Job That Pays. Currently, I am
a newspaper reporter for the Elkhart Truth, covering a
city of 30,000. It's not that glamorous - I have to go to
something called the board of public works and safety
50 times a year.
Outside my job, I write poetry and toy with several other
genres. I travel to Chicago whenst I can to fill up on
concerts and premium draught beer. I also do a weekly
folk-music radio show and have done so for like six
years. I love long moonlight walks, where I can often shakedown
somebody for beer money. I am currently infatuated
with Wanda Sykes and mistakenly believe I could be a
standup comedian.
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Who I Want to Meet:
People dedicated to spreading creativity and beauty in
this land. Singer/songwriters. Poets. Community
activists. Sagitarians. People who wander bookstores
with mochas in their hand. People who are the only
ones with their last name in the phone book. The guy
who stole a video camera from me eight years ago.
Samuel Adams. Michael Stipe. Natalie Merchant. My
muse. My long-lost wealthy and dying uncle. You if
you're still reading this.
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Thomas is the best friend a woman
could have. :) He's funny, sexy ad a
great listener. Plus he makes great mix
cds.
influence my tastes in music as we
brought radicalism to the masses on our
WGCS radio show. Also he can do a
mean poetic rant while walking the
streets of NYC.
beatnik my sister and I know! He made
me a great CD! Right now he's reading
this and thinking, "What's she doing
with all those exclamiation points?
She knows better than that!"
genuinely lovely man, with a
wonderfully simple heart and a click-
clacking brain that seems always to be
spouting poetry or something of the
sort. Anyway, I've had too much rum,
but you know what I mean.
knowledge: of folk music, of what makes a
good news story, of random-ass pop-culture
references, of what kinds of things are funny.
Thomas is a character that you have to
swallow whole -- not because he's too big to
fit in your mouth or because he tastes narsty
(either of which could be true as I've never had
the, um, pleasure of eating Thomas), but
rather because to disassemble Thomas into
his component parts would be to deny the
world the very thing which makes Thomas
such a great person to be around. Besides, I
suspect he's got a bit too much gristle for my
palate; I prefer eating my friends from
Archbold or Lancaster. I think it must be the
Bronx.
laugh becomes the stara gruff,
unashamed, tilted-head New Yorker guffaw
that will scandalize the wrong kind of
Hoosier. Thomas is a song best sung loud
and out-of-tune, in the car with the windows
rolled down. His unwavering loyalty leads
his friends to wonder, on occasion, whether
he wouldn't be even cooler as a puppy. But
then he opens his mouth and unleashes
such bold flatteries, frank wisdom and
eloquent nonsense, we wouldn't want to
trade his conversation for mere barking.
maybe a talking puppy.