TURN ONS: pretty girls. art. gushers fruit snacks. obscure pop bands. 70's and 80's new york city drug kingpins. vintage headwear [not like hats, but leather football and vintage army helmets]. lady tunes. cranberry juice. fashion as an art form. hip-hop beats with no hi-hats. vans slip-ons with no socks. clever writers and speakers. oishi rolls. ambient punk bands. enthusiasm. classic, obscure american cartoons. ice cream sandwiches. flashy adverbs. tight jackets and skinny jeans. analyzing different types of personalities. reverberated guitars and delay pedals. sleep. alternative music magazines. seven-inch vinyl. carson ellis.
TURN OFFS: racism. sexism. homophobia. elitism. ironic appreciation. entitlement complexes. the playing of amplified acoustic guitars on studio records. high-waisted pants. celebutantes, socialites, or anyone in general who is famous for no reason. bad lyrics. cute girls who wear too much makeup. ringtone rappers. negative criticism without valid reasoning. lack of ambition. people born after 1970 who don't write their own songs. rhinestones. tardiness. jeans with no back pockets. people unwilling to see the other side of the coin. the guy who gets the girl at the end of the movie. adidas sneakers. non-compassion. divorce. snidely whiplash [although his mustache is pretty rad].
Music
perpetual favorites: the mountain goats are my favorite band. fresh cherries from yakima [but i'm a little biased]. radiohead. radiohead. radiohead. nirvana. tv on the radio. the microphones. no age. kanye west. the thermals. the decemberists. silver jews. grizzly bear. sunset rubdown. mf doom. emily haines. the velvet underground. jay-z. pavement. royce the 5'9". jesus and mary chain. the national. ghostface killah. yeah yeah yeahs. death cab for cutie. daniel johnston. sonic youth. the strokes. modest mouse. cormega. pixies. j. dilla. neutral milk hotel. wu-tang clan. smog. interpol. my bloody valentine. elliott smith. the white stripes.
i told ceanne to never ask me if i've seen any one particular movie, because the answer's probably "no." for some reason, i never actively seek out movies. however, if it has anything to do with drug dealers or organized crime [or a combination of both], count me in. with that said, i can safely say that napoleon dynamite and the back to the future trilogy are my favorite movies of all-time.
Television
i'm fascinated with cheesy reality television shows; they're like post-modern social experiments. if you think about it, the most inventive method of displaying the ills of society is reality TV. but i don't own a television and haven't in almost two years.
Books
currently reading: downtown owl.
favorites:adverbs. high fidelity. the picture of dorian gray. street players. fight club. chuck klosterman IV. sex, drugs and cocoa puffs. what matters most is how well you walk through the fire. me talk pretty one day. betting on the muse. dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers.
Heroes
"people should be their own goddamn heroes."
-joe strummer
martin douglas martin, esquire's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
high point, north carolina
Body type:
6' 1" / Slim / Slender
Ethnicity:
Black / African descent
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Undecided
Education:
Some college
Occupation:
geek-chic troubadour
martin douglas martin, esquire's Schools
Stadium
Tacoma, WA
Graduated: 2001
Student status: Alumni
1999 to 2001
Lucy Ragsdale High
Jamestown, NC
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: band nerd.
1997 to 1998
martin douglas martin, esquire thinks he gots a new muse. Posted at 11:18 AM Mar 30 view more
creative, intellegent people. DIY, art-junkie weirdos. but if you're not, that's okay, too. speedy gonzales: the fastest mouse in all of mexico. suicide girls. lots of them. people who aren't afraid to make fun of themselves. a girl who looks exactly like maggie gyllenhaal and dresses exactly like olive oyl. the ghosts of poets who've drank themselves to death. people who would think going out to eat in bunny costumes would be fun. a beautiful girl who can juggle knives. someone who would like to sign fresh cherries from yakima to their boutique indie label. anyone whose ringtone is the breeders' cover of "happiness is a warm gun." a young woman who owns a copy of "nuclear physics for dummies." people who are masters of the art of sarcasm, but who aren't afraid to not be cynical. armchair existentialists, bedroom poets, jewish lawyers, and no-name artists. someone who knows how to tune a ukulele.
oh, and annie clark, because she's cute, waifish, and can melt your fucking face with a guitar. and honestly, what guy doesn't love that?
martin douglas martin, esquire's Friend Space (Top 12)
holy fuck, what a review. madeline jogged my booze soaked brain. i remember you at colin's house. we didn't chat but a smile&wave and then you went and wrote the nicest damn thing you could about us. she said you were from seattle. were you just visiting or can we buy you a drink? THANK YOU.
I'm doing really well, just super busy with class, work, finding a new job, interviewing for my social work internship, etc. So many things on my plate but it's better to keep busy rather than be bored I guess!
