Friends

Jul 2003

The N.B.

Abercrombie & Fitch (where I gained lifelong friends AND an eating disorder)

http://profiles.friendster.com/926397

UW-Parkside, Harvard Medical School, Northwestern School of Journalism, M.I.T. (Impressive, hmm?)

University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Attended 2000 - Present, Class of 2005, Bachelor's Degree, Avoiding Reality

Neurosurgeon, Novelist, Student, Unemployed

MUSIC, my friends, my blanket, my bed, sleeping, sushi, piercings, mohawks, indie flicks, The Onion, Diesel, Kate Spade, animals, my pets, art, writing, entertainment journalism, Chicago, NYC & music.

Catcher in the Rye, On The Road, The Bell Jar, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, anything by David Sedaris, Rilke, Salinger, Charles Bukowski, Faulkner, Voltaire, Bret Easton Ellis, e.e. cummings.

Garden State, Sideways, Napoleon Dynamite, Dummy, Old School, Laurel Canyon, thirteen, Swimming Pool, American Beauty, Rules of Attraction, Cruel Intentions, Fight Club, Gia, Royal Tenenbaums, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Donnie Darko, Office Space, Caddyshack, Best In Show, Wall Street, Wet Hot American Summer, The Wedding Singer, Last American Virgin, Lost In Translation, Igby Goes Down, Secretary, Ghost World, Happiness, Kissing Jessica Stein, Annie Hall, High Fidelity, 24 Hour Party People, The Shape of Things, Shattered Glass, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, House of Yes, Go, Valley Girl, The Shape of Things, Mean Girls, Mr. and Mrs. Smith & Amelie.

80s, Pete Yorn, Pixies, Interpol, Damien Rice, Arcade Fire, Doves, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, the Smiths, Distillers, the Strokes, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Secret Machines, Portishead, David Bowie, Muse, Kill Hannah, Dashboard Confessional, David Gray, the Killers, Jets to Brazil, My Bloody Valentine, Ryan Adams, Leona Naess, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, the Cars, U2, Joy Division, New Order, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Hot Hot Heat, Carolina, Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Shins, Raveonettes, Peaches, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bright Eyes, Idlewild, Grandaddy, the Libertines, Stellastarr, White Stripes, the Cure, Blondie, Pretenders, New York Dolls, Talking Heads, the Faint, Neutral Milk Hotel, Blonde Redhead, the Sea & Cake, Stereolab, Kings of Convenience, the Notwist, Copeland, Stars, Bravery, Rilo Kiley, Fiery Furnaces, Rachael Yamagata, Iron & Wine, Mercury Rev, Air, Massive Attack, & much, much more.

SEINFELD, Family Guy, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sex & the City, Chappelle's Show, Subterranean, Strangers w/ Candy, Larry Sanders Show, Mr.Show, The State, Reno 911! the L Word.

Love music, writing, poetry, going to shows, argyle sweaters, taking naps, denim jackets, Kirin/Amstel Light, Audrey Tautou films, NYC, thunderstorms, mojo pins, autumn, summer, FCUK, Urban Outfitters, writing, fiction, music, reading US Weekly, Blender, Spin, RS, Q, Maxim & Jane. I like to buy lots of things too. "Suddenly I'm A Nerd" --Atomic Records Guy. "My headphones/They saved my life." "For those about to rock/We salute you." "In a dark time, the eye begins to see" --Roethke

Pete Yorn, Parker Posey, Angelina Jolie. I met Brandon Flowers this summer at Lollapalooza. A bit too flirty though. Eventually I had to say, 'Look, Brandon, you have a show to do. Let's part ways. I promise I'll call you.'
People w/ character, skinny musicians, tortured souls or anyone who is fantastic-looking & doesn't take life too seriously. And preferably someone w/ an edge, so that I can attain one of my own.