drawing/painting, joblo.com, www.aintitcool.com, reading, USSU, black licorice, laughing, playing guitar/making songs, swimming, www.andykaufmanlives.com, epiphanies, acting, learning, writing, day/night dreaming, absurdity, the smell of campfires and fresh cut grass, www.johntitor.com, please/thank you, root beer, attempting to levitate, peanutbutterandjellysandwiches, boingboing.net, smiles, improvisation, speaking gibberish, captain/cokes. The Actors Room (its awesome to be in an acting class again, Steve! thanks for the coaching!). check out my youtube stuff if you want: www.youtube.com/curtclendenin
Music
weakerthans, leonard cohen, the beatles, van morrison, guster, pete yorn, grandaddy, radiohead, ben harper, remy zero, the doves, coldplay, neutral milk hotel, gomez, oasis, travis, depeche mode, muse, soul coughing, jeff buckley, elliott smith, marcy playground, phantom planet, u2, romak and the space pirates, jimi hendrix, postal service, deathcab for cutie, arcade fire, ayblemc, crafty
Movies
big lebowski (any coen brothers), eyes wide shut (any stanley kubrick), max neptune and the menacing squid, thestationagent, brazil (any terry gilliam), mulholland dr, INLAND EMPIRE (any david lynch), smashing stereotypes, godfather, waiting for guffman (any christopher guest), evildead/s (any bruce campbell or sam raimi film), rushmore (any wes anderson), dead man (any jim jarmush), swingers, a fine obsession, made, punch drunk love (any paul thomas anderson), adaptation (any spike jonze or charlie kaufman film), jesus' son, duck duck goose, almost famous (any cameron crowe), its a wonderful life, bigfish (any tim burton), easyrider, wakinglife (any richard linklater), buffalo66, basquiat, harmony heights, starwarstrilogy, lost in translation, one flewover the kuckoos nest, crumb, phantom of the carnival, standbyme, amelie (any jean-pierre jeunet), alice in wonderland, akira, princess
mononoke, batman begins, the fountain, wizardofoz, willie wonka and the chocolatefactory (both old and new), farenheit451, invasion of the bodysnatchers, unbreakable (any m night shylaman), storytelling(any todd solondz), planet of the apes, thewall, quadrophenia, help!, the wizard of oz, a hard days night, spice world, killbill, lost in translation, what the bleep do we know?, the secret
Television
carnivale, twin peaks, smallville, undeclared, simpsons, reallybadmovie, fantasy island, LOST, dukes of hazzard, V, knight rider, hardcastle and mccormick, riptide, simon & simon, who's the boss, family ties, letterman, johnny carson, sixmillion dollar man, the beatles cartoon, marty's corner, bullwinkle, the flintstones, the jetsons, thundar the barbarian, a-team, spiderman (the original cartoon), simpsons, fallguy, buck rogers, rat bastard, alfred hitchcock presents, freaks and geeks, desperate housewives, the cosby show, good times, any adult swim, family guy, battlestar galactica, futurama, picture pages, 321contact, UNDERDOG, alf, electric company, mr rogers neighborhood, KIDS INC (sometimes), sesame street, the bozo show, tj hooker, voltron, gi joe, the bionic six, mask, he-man (sometimes), dr. who, twilight zone, one step beyond, night gallery, the star wars Christmas special, the bionic woman, the two star wars specials that were aired on tv, wonderwoman, CHIPS, the greatest american hero, dr.who, superfriends, heroes, scrubs, sometimes spanish stations, liquid television, batman, the monkees, discovery channel, the hulk, star trek (sometimes), national geographic channel, mythbusters, saturday night live, sc tv, any bob hope special, carol burnett, i love lucy, dungeons & dragons, ReallyBadMovie, Out of Hand
Books
mr. vertigo, the martian chronicles (any bradbury), the sun also rises, catcher in the rye, the alchemist, the war of art, trout fishing in america, hollywood, sadness of sex, gashleycrumb tinies, lynch on lynch, ultramarine, on the road, series of unfortunate events, geeklove, stardust, the trial, celestine prophecy, the electric kool aid acid test, a separate reality, the bible
Heroes
my dad and mom and family, my uncle arnie, charles berglund (glenbard north high school theatre teacher), salvador dali, andy warhol and the factory, ed paschke, charles burns, mark ryden, superman, madman, the tick, kerouac and the beats, ray bradbury, craig berger (college of dupage theatre teacher), kesey and the merry pranksters, richard brautigan, raymond carver, robert evans, baz luhrmann and the house of ilona, david lynch, tim burton, terry gilliam, cameron crowe, alfred hitchcock, sheldon patinkin (columbia college chicago theatre teacher and artistic director of second city), wes anderson, richard linklater, rod serling, mr. t, andy kaufman, jimi hendrix, donovan, jimmy stewart. bo and jim from my managers from wendy's, Samantha Light.
"...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." ~kerouac.
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, ILLINOIS
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: theatre
Clubs: graduated with high honors
1996 to 1999
Glenbard North High School
Carol Stream, ILLINOIS
Graduated: 1992
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: art, theatre
About me: serendipity, epiphanies, discoveries, the color blue, kissing, independent bands, acting, laughing, observing people, USSU, writing, freedom, painting/drawing, playing guitar, the smell of campfires, reading, meeting new people, independent films, dreams, going new places, innocence. i intend to be at the forefront of an artistic revolution/resolution.
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Who I'd like to meet: those who frequently use "please/thank you." people who are passionate about a few things. people who say "this neat idea just came to me. would you like to hear it?" people who have philosophies about life. keen observers who can distinguish between facetiousness and seriousness. anyone who can appreciate at least one christopher guest film. people who can have fun wherever they go, even if its driving in the car on the way to the grocery store. people who can appreciate and deliver a healthy dose of absurdity once in awhile. someone to can teach me how to levitate and eventually fly (with and without an airplane). wayne dyer. alan watts. alex grey. andy kaufman. david lynch. barry yourgrau. paul auster. jack nicholson. jimmy stewart. terry gilliam. someone who knows how to time travel and can teach the secret to me. salvador dali. john belushi again. jack kerouac and the beats. wayne dyer. someone to teach me how to turn invisible. ken kesey and the merry pranksters. richard brautigan. jimi hendrix. bruce campbell. wes anderson (and his clan). cameron crowe. carlos castaneda. elliot smith. marilyn monroe. fitzgerald. alan watts. orwell. the beatles. ray bradbury. radiohead. nikola tesla. jesus. bigfoot. a live dinosaur. aliens from space. my mom and dad when they were my age (and my grandparents). the base of all consciousness. [others, and some of the same ones, below]
Waddup Curt! Long time no hear. Just wanted to tell you I met a guy yesterday that looked like you! He even talks like you! And, he said he has a twin brother!! Yah! There's 3 of you out there! lol!!
Hey Curt! I just put up a new website and thought you might be interested in checking it out. I'm designing free TV show graphics for everyone's MySpace profiles and have the first batch up now at www. MyTVtags. com. Check it out:
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