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"My ambition is to be the first human being to
hibernate clear through a season. And then do it again."
More about Alex
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College/University:
Wesleyan University, Attended 1997 - 2001, Class of 2001, Other
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Occupation:
junior grade comma checker (former peon)
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Hobbies and Interests:
comics, This American Life, books and movies of all kinds, role-playing nostalgia.
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Favorite Books:
Ulysses, Brilliant Orange, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, The Crying of Lot 49
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Favorite Movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, WKW films, Goonies, Willow, Real Genius, Spirited Away, Devil's on the Doorstep, Infernal Affairs, My Wife is a Gangster
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Favorite Music:
Iron and Wine, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Jeff Buckley, Amon Tobin, The Cure, Marisa Monte, White Stripes, Sigur Ros, if you have something good send it my way
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Favorite TV Shows:
something with Bill Moyers
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About Me:
My ambition is to be the first human being to
hibernate clear through a season. And then do it again.
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Who I Want to Meet:
Anybody, at least once.
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may call him muskrat, but he certainly
is no peon. Don't listen to what his
profile says. He is in charge of the
whole operation. Just ask the Imp he
keeps in CT.
he asks is total world domination and a
half-mile radius death wave, and he's a
happy guy.
muskrat!
was when I was the ripe old age of
about 12 and he was 11. His febrile
imagination had somehow convinced me
to swear fealty to him in exchange for
a stake in the new world order he
would construct once total dominion
was his.
Thankfully, he has kept me a part of
his machinations ever since.
friend since back in '97 when we
moved clear across the tri-state area
from NJ and met up in CT. And now
we've ended up in that in-between
state of NY. If you ever feel like
driving to Nova Scotia, eating fondue
or taking a hike, he's the friend for
you.
should be called Su-donyms. (Drums,
cymbals.) You might attribute this
affinity for the false front to his
dissociative personality disorder, but
I know it's to avoid the eye of Kitara
and the dark gods. Alex, always up
for a plate of Otik's spiced
potatoes. He will repair the world.
you need and a wise-ass remark. he's got his
own sense of cool, second to none.
Underneath it all there is much more
than a layer of protective fat and tough
meat. Alex has ingeniously learned over
the years how to crack open crabs and
oysters with a rock while floating on
his backside, and how to use his small
size and agility to escape ferocious
predators. After a period of time, if
Alex becomes used to you, he may allow
to to slowly approach and scratch him
gently behind his ears and stroke his
furry maw.
tolerate my flakiness, save me from
acedemic peril (twice!), always be d to
go out for dinner and listen to me
bitch, understand why it is important
to go to toys r us and check racial
progress through kids action figures,
commiserate, support and love openly.
i hope when alex finds this person,
he'll give him my phone number.