Friends, Activity Partners

May 2003

Mayberry, NC

I don't recall, Senator, but nothing improper takes place there.

http://profiles.friendster.com/johnlasater

Duke (undergrad, majored in Taking Back The Night), UNC (law school)

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Attended 2001 - 2004, Class of 2004, Other, Law
Duke University, Attended 1994 - 1998, Class of 1998, Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

I can has bar admission in ur jurisdikshun!

Obama '08 (I bought the t-shirt, proselytize, and donate, but I want to get more involved), ACLU (hire me?)

Languages and linguistics, Sushi, Irn-Bru; musical instruments, home recording, lactose-free milk (though I aspire to remain tolerant of lactose and just about everything/everyone else), travel, recycling, conservation, fuel-efficiency, exercise, meditation (i.e. walking around NYC with my headphones on); Canadians, Australians, Brits - really anyone with a cool accent from the Commonwealth Realms, entheogens, Alexander Shulgin, authenticity, NPR, non-fiction, analyzing myself, trying to be a better person.

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Cash by Johnny Cash, The Lord of the Rings, Jane Austen

Junebug, I Heart Huckabees, Mysterious Skin, Before Sunset, Red/White/Blue by Kieslowski, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Empire Strikes Back, Manhattan, Run Lola Run, Pulp Fiction, Dazed and Confused, American Beauty, Contact, Dr. Strangelove, North By Northwest, The Times of Harvey Milk, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, The Shawshank Redemption, The Big Lebowski, The Lord of the Rings

Some favorites: Prince, BJORK, The Beatles, JONI MITCHELL, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, Bloc Party, XTC, Mahler, Daft Punk, Squeeze, Bruce Cockburn, STEVIE WONDER, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Sigur Ros, Paul Simon, Pet Shop Boys, Radiohead, Robyn Hitchcock, The Sundays, Neil Finn, Elvis Costello, Nick Drake, Ryan Adams, Al Green, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Fountains of Wayne, Rufus Wainwright, ABBA, Erykah Badu, Outkast, Ivy, Jimi Hendrix, Death Cab For Cutie, The Books, STEELY DAN, Josh Rouse, PJ Harvey, Randy Newman, The Smiths, Kate Bush, Marvin Gaye, Wilco, Cat Stevens, Elton John pre-Carter Administration, Dr. Dre, Dusty Springfield, Jackson Browne, Brian Wilson, Imogen Heap, The Smiths, Bob Marley, The New Pornographers, Liz Phair (but not anymore), The Fugees, Kanye West, David Bowie, Brandi Carlile, Gillian Welch, Robyn Hitchcock, Hem, Suzanne Vega, anything produced by Eno, singer-songwriters, electronica, power pop, alt-country, neo-soul, and did I mention PRINCE?

The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Ugly Betty, BSG, The McLaughlin Group (guilty pleasure), Behind The Music (guilty pleasure), Bill Moyers, NewsHour, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Heroes

Aries

My name is John. I play the guitar, and sometimes I play the fool. Since age 8 or so, I've wanted to make the world a more compassionate, just, and humane place. So, after dragging my feet for many years, I became a lawyer (?)

After a couple of lengthy stays on a futon in Brooklyn (thanks Erik!), I finally moved to New York City in the spring of 2007. My plan is to stay here for several years. I believe am assimilating nicely. I know my way around Manhattan pretty well, at least above Houston street, though I don't yet know the other boroughs so well. Who wants to show me Jackson Heights?

I hardly know anyone in NYC; it would be great if I could meet some new people....

Lefty, consciousness-raising artists and activists. People who will challenge, teach, and/or inspire me. I think that's what I came here to find.

Also, I'd be thrilled to meet a guy who is kind, thoughtful, authentic, inquisitive, creative, and fairly comfortable in his own skin. It would be great if this guy enjoyed holding my hand in parks and movie theaters and also had a smile that could routinely make my heart skip a beat or two.

Lastly, I'd love to meet that fellow who stood in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square. If I learned Chinese, would he teach me to be brave?