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Arik

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  • Arik

  • 33 / Male
  • Los Angeles, California, US
  • Last Login: 7/1/2009

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Interests

  • General

    ..rabble rousing, raising hell, quiet nights at home...

    I love live music, stand up comedy, pop culture (especially 80s), cooking, camping, sports, tattoos (5 and counting).

    I kick ass at "Name That Tune." I listen to more talk radio than is probably healthy (NPR, Adam Carolla, Howard Stern, Rachel Maddow, Boers & Bernstein, Steve Dahl, Phil Hendrie). Also into podcasts (Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, SModcast).

    What else? I love the beach, movies, playing guitar, skating, staying up all night talking and debating, texting while driving...

  • Music

    ..I collect cover songs -- especially punk and metal covers of 80s pop songs.

    Sevendust, Metallica (laugh all you want, but I've been to concerts where 'Enter Sandman' pumped through the loudspeakers while roadies set up gets more applause than the headlining band), My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage, Sam Cooke, Coheed & Cambria, Veruca Salt (the Nina years), Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, The Jackson 5, Kittie, Soundgarden, Skunk Anansie, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ben Folds, Fiona Apple, Marilyn Manson, The Monkees, Alice in Chains, Pantera, 90s Gangsta Rap, Dave Ellis, Brian Sharpe...

    I was raised on Eagles, Zeppelin and Elton John (thanks mom and dad!)

    My favorite song of all time is "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" by The Gap Band. There's no explaining it, I've tried to understand it. This song just fucking rocks...

    My go-to karaoke song is "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News (where I rap Dre's verse from "California Love" over the guitar solo -- brings the house down every time).

  • Movies

    ..(not in order, just off the top of my head): THE DARK KNIGHT, Braveheart, The Usual Suspects, Psycho (original), A Few Good Men, The American President, Scream, Die Hard, Ponette, Se7en, The Ring, City of Lost Children, Miller's Crossing, Brick, Full Metal Jacket, Angel Heart, Bonnie & Clyde, Double Indemnity, Searching for Bobby Fisher, Beverly Hills Cop I & II, Basic Instinct, Hoosiers, Sin City, This Is Spinal Tap, The Serpent and the Rainbow...

  • Television

    ..Dexter, Arrested Development, The Sopranos, The West Wing, Sports Night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cheers, The Biggest Loser, Mythbusters, The Larry Sanders Show, Battlestar Galactica (the new one), How I Met Your Mother, Frisky Dingo...

  • Books

    ..My World and Welcome to It by James Thurber, Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman, others...

  • Heroes

    ..Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino, David Mamet, Adam Carolla, Joss Whedon, Rod Serling, Tina Fey, Penn Jillette, Stephen King, Joe Eszterhas, James Randi, Lawrence O'Donnell, Jane Espenson, Stan Lee, William Goldman, Aaron Spelling, Dave Barry, David E. Kelley, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Steven J. Cannell, Glen A. Larson, David Chase, Norman Lear, Mitchell Hurwitz, Melissa Rosenberg, J.J. Abrams, Sam Simon, Conan O'Brien, Wes Craven, James Thurber.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends
  • Hometown: Chicago, IL
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Height: 5' 10"
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Religion: Atheist
  • Zodiac Sign: Pisces
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Occupation: raconteur

Schools

  • Florida State University

    • Tallahassee,Florida
    • Graduated: 1997
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Bachelor's Degree
    • Major: Theatre
    • Minor: English, Humanties
    1994 to 1997

  • Springfield High School

    • Springfield,Illinois
    • Graduated: 1994
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: High School Diploma
    • Clubs: National Honor Society, Scholastic Bowl, Literary Magazine Editor, Seven & the Senators (show choir), Mock Trial Team, National Merit Scholar
    1991 to 1994

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About me:

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"Arik is a screenwriter and playwright from Chicago, where he cut he his teeth producing underground theatre in a dilapidated store-front called 'The Space,' and where his plays developed a loyal cult following. He has been called 'the best legit playwright Chicago has seen since David Mamet,' and 'one of the smartest playwrights working in Chicago,' by critics there. His plays have also been produced in New York and Los Angeles. After a childhood of writing and drawing comics, acting on stage and creating slasher flicks on a camcorder, Arik attended Florida State University on a National Merit scholarship, where he studied theatre. Now based in L.A., he continues to pursue various spec writing projects." (from the press kit of my movie SYMPATHY)

SYMPATHY, the film I wrote and produced, screened at Mann's Chinese Theatre last fall, and recently sold to HBO Central Europe, and landed a video distribution deal with a company in Bucharest. So tell all your Romanian friends to check it out!

My IMDB page (no bullshit)

Friends mean everything to me.

My favorite food is kung pao chicken.

You can read my humor column HERE.

If I wasn't a writer I'd want to be a homicide detective.

I love the smell of used bookstores.

I'm an avid fan of the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cubs.

Played concert piano at age 4.

THE CHATTERBOX, the radio show I created and hosted, is on an extended hiatus, but you can still listen to highlights on our myspace page.

Let's see, what else about me? I love people watching... I take the hottest showers you've ever heard of... I've been known to burst into song for no apparent reason.

Nobody has more fun than I do. Some come close, but I haven't met the person who enjoys life more than I do.

Who I'd like to meet:

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Friend Space (Top 4)

Arik has 474 friends.
  1. Dave Ellis
  2. BobBob Fisher
  3. Brian Sharpe
  4. gina

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