Food (I'll eat anything prepared by a human being and probably enjoy it). Drink (more, please). My pals. My family, especially my nieces (slowly they trickle away from the Bay...).
Damn, what else? Running (not jogging). "Writing." Comic books -- no, not the crap -- I'm talking Watchmen, Planetary, Y: The Last Man, 100 Bullets, Sandman and so on. Music, books, movies and HBO shows. My Mac. AP Styleguide. Oh, I'm the editor of Fark.com, which is what the Internet is meant to be.
And flossing. But there's no social club for that.
Music
Jebus, here goes -- in alpha order, the incomplete list of music I've been in love with:
ALPHAVILLE, The Arcade Fire, Archers of Loaf, ArnoCorps!, Asobi Seksu, At The Drive-In, Atom and His Package, Beirut, Beulah, BLOC PARTY, Bon Jovi, Broken Social Scene, Catherine Wheel, The Church, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cornershop, Death Cab (in small doses), Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Editors, Electric Six, Eminem, Erasure (first two albums), Explosions in the Sky, The Flaming Lips, The Get Up Kids (the first album only, but I played it to death), Giants of Science, The Go! Team, Gorilla Biscuits, Grandaddy, Guided by Voices, Iron On (young band out of Australia -- a sweet, naive pop sound), James, Jimmy Eat World (older), Journey, Kitchens of Distinction, Lifetime, Low, Madonna, Marillion (older), Metroschifter, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, NEW ORDER, Nirvana, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, PAVEMENT, Piebald, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Preston School of Industry, Prince, The Promise Ring, Psychedelic Furs, Radiohead, Rick Springfield (I can't help it, he was so cool when I was in second grade...), RUSH (hush, you), Saves the Day (early), Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Sparklehorse, Squeeze, Stephen Malkmus, Sufjan Stevens, Sugar, Sun Kil Moon, Sunset Rubdown, TV on the Radio, The Voom Blooms, The Weakerthans, Weezer, Wolf Parade, Yaz...
I want more. Tell me about the stuff you like. Now!
Movies
Rushmore, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Magnolia, Star Wars, Napoleon Dynamite, Pulp Fiction, This Is Spinal Tap, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Friday Nig the Angry Inch, Dumb and Dumber, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Maht Lights, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Billy Madison, Space Balls, City of God, Mall Rats, Kingpin... more, you whores, but my fingers are tired...
Television
Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Lost, Twin Peaks, Firefly, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiam, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Coupling, Arrested Development, Sifl and Ollie, Home Movies, The West Wing. Erm. I dunno. Stuff.
Books
Now reading "Only Revolutions," Mark Danielewski, author of "House of Leaves" (see below). "Confusing" is an understatement. Reading straight thru without trying to decode the first time around.
Just finished "Team of Rivals," a history of Lincoln and his cabinet -- great read. I love it when a book editor can actually edit. Recently finished "A General Theory of Love" -- starts strong, ends weak, but a great argument of what love is.
"House of Leaves" (it messes with me still, though now I feel I'm "getting" it).
Most Douglas Coupland, especially "Hey Nostradamus!" (his best) and "Microserfs." The Sparrow, Who Wrote the Bible?, Mason & Dixon, Catch-22, Perfume, I Claudius, Babbit, In Cold Blood, Blink, Chronicles of Narnia, The Wisdom of Crowds, Galapagos, A Short History of Progress, Lord of the Rings, Barbara Tuchman histories, Perfume, The Wisdom of Crowds, American Psycho...
Completely overrated New York Times Business Bestsellers: "Freakanomics," which isn't really a book, just a collection of "isn't this strange?" stories. "The Long Tail," which was originally an article and was expanded into a book, and it shows -- do yourself a favor and just read the article, get the idea (which is compelling), and don't waste your time or money.
Books whose readers I have no sympathy for. That Robert Jordan crap. "Harry Potter and the Infantilization of Modern Civilization." Those 33 1/3 books.
Heroes
Superman v. Batman -- erm, sorry, I go for Superman every time. Ask me why and I'll bore you to tears.
Brent's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking, Dating, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Santa Clara, CA
Body type:
5' 10" / Athletic
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:
Taurus
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Undecided
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Copywriter
Brent's Schools
University Of California-San Diego
La Jolla,California
Graduated: 1996
Student status: Alumni
Major: Literature, Emphasis on Writing
Minor: Classical Studies
Clubs: UCSD Guardian (school paper)
About me: People, hear me: I AM A GOLDEN GOD! Bereft of immortality, omnipotence and neato X-ray vision, sure. But I retain my know-it-allness and wicked sense of humor that mere mortals oft not understand and, and, and...
Well, I laugh at my own jokes, anyway.
Ah, lame. Prevarication: I am you. I'll work on this later.
Also, I am addicted to flossing. Johnson & Johnson Dentotape, no less -- I'm hardcore.
TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF "WHAT'S IN BRENT'S MESSENGER BAG?" Let's see: My iPod (always), a two-week-old copy of the New Yorker (always behind), a book entitled "A General Theory of Love" (a must-read, by the way)...
...and what appears to be the dessicated, much masticated remains of some now-anonymous gummy candy, apparently secreted into a sidepocket by one of my lovely yet impish nieces.
No doubt intended as a gift.
They will pay. Pay dearly. Ohhhh, how they will pay. MUAH HA HA HA! Ahem.
Who I'd like to meet: You, perhaps?
You, maybe?
You, mayhaps?
In other words, be fucking appealing, amusing, attractive. AKA, interest me, laugh with or at me, be hot as all get-out or easy on the eyes. I want you to want to go out and have a good time. And know what I mean when I say "Man alive!" And be real. And be female. Yes, let's clarify this point.
Actually, "Man alive!" is not a requirement.
I dunno who I want to meet. I just want to be interested.
So, please don't be a goth in her 20s who thinks I should be punished, because frankly, that's boring. And whorecam girls needn't bother, I never click. Well, only once in a great while. Okay, EVERY time -- and I totally pay for your "services," too. (That's me being sarcastic, thanks.)
Reason Facebook is superior to Myspace besides "duh": Ability to delete one's previous comments. Okay, it's not the same as being able to "unring bells." But it's close. -ish. Right?
Are you going to see either Beirut or R.E.M./The National in May?? I just got myself a ticket to go alone to both shows. You should go!! The R.E.M. show is in Berkeley :)
