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Fin's Interests
General
1. I was born in Burlington, Vermont—the Green Mountain State 2. Now I’m stuck in crappy Miami, FLA 3. I am an only child. 4. No, I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. 5. My parents got divorced after we moved. 6. My dad works for a giant ad agency, making up sentences he called “copy.” If you’ve ever read the back of a cereal box, it’s possible Dad wrote the crap about starting your day with a smile. 7. He keeps notebooks full of stupid phrases like “clusters of wholesome, hearty bran” 8. My mama couldn’t wait to ditch Vermont. She bought a Sun Box lamp to banish the winter blues. 9. I am a Capricorn. 10. I can fold my tongue in half and wiggle my ears 11. at the same time. 12. I count things obsessively—my footsteps, my breath, my heartbeats 13. For me, all numbers have colors. They stretch hot to cold like planets in the solar system. 14. I live in the ‘burbs…Kendall, the land of flat, manicured lawns and kiddy pools 15. When I lived in Vermont, I never met Champ, the Lake Champlain monster 16. I hate the aquarium-taste of the ocean and the way it stings my eyes. 17. I hardly ever go to the beach 18. except at night 19. I am currently first chair clarinet in my school Honors Band 20. My mama eats tuna from the can like a cat. 21. My dad used to cook all our meals. He taught me the definition of al dente pasta (“If it sticks to the wall, it’s done”). 22. Mama watches the Food Network and the Weather Channel all day…but she doesn’t cook or go anywhere. 23. I was on Paxil for a while 24. It made me more depressed 25. I used to wear my hair long, but it tangled too easily. 26. Now it’s ice-skater short 27. I’m allergic to jewelry. 28. I only wear pearl earrings coated in clear nail polish. (to keep my earlobes from puffing). 29. I love black jeans. 30. I wish I grew up in the 1980s. 31. My favorite movies are from that decade—Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller, Labyrinth, Goonies 32. I suffer from insomnia 33.When I can’t sleep, I channel-surf for hours 34.I also keep a Walkman under my pillow 35. I can’t afford an Ipod 36. I don’t really want one either. 37. I make mix tapes on cassette 38. I tried Saint John’s Wort and it did nothing for me. 39. I'm taking GNC daily vitamins for women. It has lots of weird stuff in it like bee pollen, whatever that's for. 40. Dad wanted to name me Noel since I was born on Christmas Eve. 41. That night, it snowed. 42. Like the snow, Dad says I was a surprise. 43. I know exactly what he means. 44. I like to eat Honey Nut Cheerios for dinner. 45. Sometimes I laugh when people get mad at me. 46. I really wanted to be a veterinarian 47. But I can’t stand to see animals in pain. 48. I am legally blind without my contacts. 49. I never wore braces. 50. But I still have one baby tooth that never fell out. 51. I believe in Chaos theory. 52. I kick ass at Galaga. 53. I am an Interpol fan 54. the band, not the international police 55. I have a major crush on Carlos D (but it’s not like I’m Goth or anything) 56. The subway is a porno. 57. You won’t find many parks in Miami. 58. Except the ones that charge admission. 59. I still climb trees 60. I will never grow up. …to be continued…
Music
the Smiths, The Go! Team, the Cure, the Decemberists, the Pixies, the Killers (bands with "the" in the title)...Interpol, Arcade Fire, Postal Service, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, the Velvet Underground, any classic rock that my mom blasts in the car...fischerspooner, David Bowie when he wore makeup...
Movies
Labyrinth, Amelie, the Dark Crystal, Breakfast Club, Lord of the Rings, Garden State, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Last Unicorn, Kill Bill, Napolean Dynamite, Spirited Away, Ella Enchanted, Ferris Bueller's Day Off...basically i looove anything from the 1980s!
Television
MTV sux but sometimes I find myself watching those True Life documentaries(Whatever happened to showing music videos?) Viva La Bam/Jackass...whatever. I'm more of a channel-surfer. I can't watch anything for too long without getting bored.
Books
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Zoe Trope, Fat Kid Rules the World, Gingerbread, Sloppy Firsts, Sarah Dessen, Blake Nelson, Brave New Girl, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and, of course, The Catcher in the Rye (though the people who say that's their favorite book are usually very annoying)
so what, i'm not a top friend anymore?... oh yeah, that's right, i never really was... oh, the emo of it all...
was it all a dream... was it just a dream...
the irony is so many called you "my fin" when i passed along your link as someone worth reading...
i hope they are laughing too...
so now what?... and what about thayer?... come on, tie this up right or keep it going (sure i'm challenging ya, what are friends for? :)
and while you're at it, come sign my book, i didn't know there were signed copies available when i bought it online... and thanks for playing with my head, it keeps the boredom out :)
the fools will be angry the fans will applaud (and the perverts will all run away)... reality does that, we're even, we're odd, and hopefully smiling today... so now will you come out to play?...
I'd really love to know what's on your favorite mix tapes... do they have special purposes like mine do/did?...
from the random odd facts file: Bee Pollen is one of the most balanced foods in nature, more balanced than bananas or honey, even :)
I have hundreds of mix tapes on cassette in storage in a land far far away... I miss them... I used to use them like therapy... they kept me sane... you can do the math...
reading your words over the years, I've come to like your dad... he should bring you and your mix tapes on vacation up here so we could all run around and have fun...
and listen to each other...
in the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep... reading random thoughts and leaving random statements behind... I channel surf on the web, as you know, and I am reminding myself to visit your channel more often...
don't worry...I have two books coming out next year...one is called Theif and it's a sequal to Tommorrow, Maybe...the other is a zombie horror book. And I'm working on book right now for the following year...so there's plenty on the way :)
Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, breaking in, evading security, getting out and escaping with the goods, he was captured only two blocks away when his Econoline van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied:
"I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."
agreed...i believe everyone should write letters from time to time...they mean sooo much more that way...i miss receiving letters and cards myself...have a good week!
