Dating Women, Relationship with Women, Friends, Activity Partners

Jul 2003

Farmington, NM

http://profiles.friendster.com/932836

Farmington High School, University of Texas - Austin, Tufts University, University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Attended 2003 - Present, Ph.D., Philosophy

doctoral student

philosophy, indie rock/pop, photography, art, history, political science, technology, theatre, film, chocolate, coffee, rainy days, b-movies, Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelites, Art Deco

The Scarlet Letter, Atlas Shrugged, Crime & Punishment, The Odyssey, Assorted works of, Neil Gaiman, Oscar Wilde, Gogol, Rand, Nietzsche, Lovecraft, Dennett, Gibson, Nozick, Sartre, Sterling, Poe, Philip K. Dick, Jack Chick, Moliere

Queen Christina, Dr Zhivago, Philadelphia Story, Ninotchka, Orlando, High Fidelity, vampire movies, Tim Burton, LOTR, Evil Dead 2, Amelie, O Brother Where Art Thou, Waking Life, Office Space, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, Dark City, Shawshank Redemption, In the Mouth of Madness, Life is Beautiful, Team America

The Cure, Depeche Mode, Magnetic Fields, Lush, Luna, Galaxie 500, Catherine Wheel, Slowdive, Flaming Lips, Underworld, Belle & Sebastian, James, PJ Harvey, Blur, Postal Service, Pixies, Beach Boys, Lloyd Cole, Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Low, Cocteau Twins, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Interpol, The Smiths, Twilight Singers, Modest Mouse, The Rentals, Folk Implosion, The Chills, Sigur Ros, His Name Is Alive, Pulp, Placebo, David Bowie, Ladytron, Yo La Tengo

MST3K, Star Trek, South Park, X-Files, Millennium, Daily Show, Meet the Press, Neon Genesis, Twilight Zone, Battlestar Galactica, Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, Firefly, Dead Like Me

Me in a paragraph or two. Right. Well, I study philosophy on the graduate level, and I minored in history, so of course those are two subjects that rarely ever tire me. A lot of my professional interests are tied up with ethics, and with philosophy of law and philosophy of art. On the latter, I've been getting more interested in art history, and a few movements and artists mentioned in the my interests list below. I'm also sort of obsessed with music, to occasionally (but only occasionally) absurd, High Fidelity levels. And I've been getting into film theory, and subsequently weird, obscure b-movies, indie films, silent films, and other classic movies. For some reason, horror, fantasy and sci-fi tend to be my favorite genres.

Despite not actually owning much technology, I've had a growing interest in it, particularly in computers and multi-media. And I don't get to do it terribly often, but I love downhill skiing and hiking.

I admire people who aren't afraid to have opinions, even when that lands them opposite to my own beliefs. Likewise, it's just as important to be open-minded, and to not take opposing views as personal attacks. (Nothing expresses self-confidence better than an attitude of open-mindedness toward difference.)

Passion about the arts is a plus. Painting, music, writing - everything.