See "about me." Also, see "Encyclopedia Britannica."
Music
Current obsessions= Céu, Imogen Heap, and Neung Phak. Also: Van Morrison, They Might Be Giants, Gorillaz, Camille, Mozart's Requiem, Whipped Cream and Other Delights Rewhipped, Rasputina, Cake, Kansas, Hildegard Von Bingen, Sting (to those who think he's no longer cool: if you are still as cool as he is in your mid 50's, you'll have some room to speak), Verve Remixed, Warren Zevon, Innocence Mission, Brahm's Reqiuem, Brooks Williams, Smash Mouth, David Gray, Eva Cassidy, Garbage, Huey Lewis, Johnny Cash, King's X, Sinead Lohan, and, last but certainly not least, Weird Al Yankovic (all bow).
Local Bands: Moon Gypsies, Awsome Car Funmaker, German Art Students, the Buffali, The Gomers, Amy Curl (no relation... well, at lest not any longer), Gothsicles.
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Movies
City of Lost Children. To Catch a Thief. Fifth Element. Wings of Desire. Gladiator. Harvey. Batman Begins (finally, thank you God). Dark City. The Big Sleep. Labyrinth. The Thin Man. Hudson Hawk. Underworld. The Station Agent. Anything with Jennifer Connelly. Anything with Grace Kelly. Anything with Cary Grant. Anything with Russell Crowe. (the latter two because I want to be them, the first two because I want to be, um, with them). And, last but not least, UHF (all bow).
Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Wild Wild West (purge the atrocious Will Smith movie version of this 60's TV show from your mind). Greatest American Hero. Six Feet Under. Dead Like Me. (Note all of these things are on DVD) The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (Yaaay iTunes! Jon Stewart for the cable-less). Heroes. History Detectives. Whatever late night talk show is on if I'm not out and I don't feel like going to bed. And, last but certainly not least, Al TV and the short lived Weird Al Show (all bow).
Books
That Hideous Strength and anything else by C. S. Lewis. Good Omens and anything else by Neil Gaimen. The Greater Trumps and anything else by Charles Williams. How the Irish Saved Civilization and anything else by Thomas Cahill. Tolkein, of course. Foucoult's Pendulum -and- The Name of the Rose. Born in Blood -and- Dungeon, Fire, and Sword. Dune. the His Dark Materials trilogy. Ender's Game and the sequels, as well as the Alvin Maker books. the Historian. the Players Handbook, the Dungeon Masters Guide, and the Monster Manual. the Book of Common Prayer. In poetry: any of the romantic poets, especially Coleridge, Billy Collins, Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Shakespeare. Unfortunately, Weird Al has not written a book.
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell! Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
C. S. Lewis. Neil Gaiman. Charles Williams. King James I of England and VI of Scotland (a much maligned monarch). Jim Wallace. The Amazing Gonzo. Jacques de Moley. People who use their turn signals. And, last but not least, Weird Al Yankovic (all bow).
Die Toten Hosen - 10 kleine Jägermeister
It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong. -William Strunk, Jr.
About me: I am both a particle and a wave. The things which allow me to go on despite my indeterminate state include: Inklings. Knights Templar. Good beer. Gorillaz. Cats, dogs, and other animals we pretend we own. Charles Williams. Macintosh (the Apple, not the apple). Dungeons and Dragons. Anglican spirituality. Really good beer (Lake Louie rules and sad, sad tidings to those of you who love beer and do not live in central Wisconsin). The OED. NPR. iPod as a means of feeding audiobook addiction. Intense physical intimacy that you can still taste on your tongue the next day. Thomas Cahill. My cat is cuter than your cat. Sarah Vowell and Tina Fey are the sexiest women alive--except for whatever woman I'm talking to at the moment. Everyone should call Van Morrison "Uncle Van" and stop listening to anything he's recorded since some yet to be determined point in the 1980's. No, really, my cat has been scientifically proven to be the cutest cat in the known universe. If beatification existed in the church of the mind, Jim Henson would be a saint. The only thing better than learning is teaching, and the only thing better than teaching is learning. Paradox is an essential part of the mind of a person who is both sane and paying attention. The best poetry the romantic poets ever wrote was about how they could no longer write poetry. Dancing is best done with eyes closed and a sixth sense among the flailing bodies on the dace floor that allows them to avoid collision. The soul is here for its own joy, the mind for loving a true love... mysteries are not meant to be solved, the eye goes blind when it only wants to see why. I plagiarized that last bit.
Is Graveyard Book the one with the poem? If you own it, can I borrow it when your done? I know I haven't finished the other one...but...ummm...Gaiman's easier to read than DFW. And I need to find my stupid bifocals. Maybe he'll win the Pulitzer one day. Not sure about the Nobel but that'd be awfully cool. Or maybe you'll win it with your mad writing skills.
What book is that in? I like it. It's good advice for real life too. maybe i'll listen to it again in a minute because i'm off to hang out with sandman....I'll need his poem.
new album: "journey through an electric garden" will be released on 27/10/08 it will be available as a digital release only on juno records.. again thank u all for the kind comments and messages hope this album will do a little better then the first one...
I read so much faster than I could listen that I don't usually do the audio book thing (nice when moving long distances though), but it is good to hear that they did Soon I Will Be Invincible right. I will tell some of my non-reading pals to encourage them to digest it somehow. Thanks :-)
haha...that would be awesome if it were part of the new POS system, but i was updating it from my laptop. i brought it to work. you'll also find me updating it from my phone, as i have a smart phone.
