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nathaniel

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  • nathaniel

  • 26 / Male
  • Tustin, California, US
  • Last Login: 9/7/2009

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Interests

  • General

    History (specifically of the Mediterranean), Reading and Writing, Computer and other Video Games, Belief Systems, Medieval Saints, Crazies, Eugene V. Debs, Aragon (the kingdom, not the homophonic dragon movie), The Holy Land, Medieval Jews in Spain, Eastern Europe, Immersive Simulations (lol Warren Spector lol), Poetry, Game Design, Interface Design, Fitts' Law, Futility, Loss, The Panopticon, Holiness, Feedback loops, exciting adventures

  • Music

    Neutral Milk Hotel, Eels, They Might Be Giants, Sleater-Kinney, Ben Folds Five, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Dylan (he spits hot fire), Wilco, David Bowie, Queen, Pavement, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Pharaohe Monch, Kanye West, Old Weezer, Randy Newman, Radiohead, Cake, Modest Mouse, Joanna Newsom, John Frusciante, The Mars Volta, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Apollo Sunshine, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Common, Of Montreal, Ema and the Ghosts, A Tribe Called Quest, The Arcade Fire, Beck, Blackalicious, Elliot Smith, The Flaming Lips, Gogol Bordello, The Minibosses, Spoon, The Kinks

  • Movies

    The Andersons: Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums. Touch of Evil, Rome: Open City, Chinatown, Almost anything Studio Ghibli makes, Being John Malkovich, Hitchcock and especially Vertigo, Billy Wilder, M, The Blue Angel, The Last Laugh, Oldboy, Red, Pather Panchali, Citizen Kane, Rashomon, L'Atalante, etc.

  • Television

    I like Seinfeld reruns. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Mr. Show. Arrested Development is rad. The BBC Office. Homicide: Life on the Street.

  • Books

    Cat's Cradle, Lolita, Pale Fire, The Martian Chronicles, Focault's Pendulum. While it is not technically a book, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is probably my favorite poem. I love anything by David Sedaris or Sarah Vowell (especially when read in her truly angelic midwestern twang).

  • Heroes

    Pioneers, Women, Artists (aural and visual), Authors

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Here for: Friends
  • Hometown: Van Nuys, CA
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Religion: Agnostic
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Children: Undecided
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Assistant Producer

Schools

Companies

  • Activision, Inc.

    • Santa Monica, CA US
    • Quality Assurance Tester
    Summers '03 and '04

  • Obsidian Entertainment

    • Santa Ana, CA US
    • Assistant Producer
    May '05 - Present

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About me:

I am a musician and video game developer who lives in Tustin, CA (technically, though in reality it's pretty much Santa Ana). I don't really feel at home in Orange County. I like interfaces of all sorts - technical and cultural, fundamentally they are all about how we communicate with our machines or other people. I love music, history of the Mediterranean, writing and storytelling. I play guitar (and a couple of other instruments), am a vegetarian, and eat at the Gypsy Den very frequently (I would say too frequently, but you can't get too much of some good things).

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Who I'd like to meet:

Pedro The Dagger, the 14th century king of Aragon for whom my profile is named. He was captured by residents of a rebellious coastal town, and eventually signed local rulership concessions to get his ass out of jail. Then, he came back later with his army and cut the document he had signed to pieces with his dagger, for which he earned the appellation punyaleta, or "little dagger". or:

Comments

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  • timbrrr

    May 27 2008 6:05 AM

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  • timbrrr

    May 27 2008 5:59 AM

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  • The Karabal Nightlife

    May 16 2008 1:17 AM

    Hey Nathaniel!
    Hope you can make it to this one - "Let's Independent", this Tuesday night...

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    @ Boardner's
    1652 N.
    Cherokee Avenue
    Hollywood Ca 90028

    Love, Lindz
  • timbrrr

    Feb 2 2008 12:31 AM

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  • The ILLUSTRIOUS RoseRose Mathews

    Dec 31 2007 8:17 PM

    Wishing you a Great 2008!!!!

  • Chris

    Dec 11 2007 6:39 AM

    Stop losing weight, slimmy.
  • The Jesse RevolutionJesse Davis

    Nov 22 2007 7:31 PM

    Happy TOFUrkey Day!
  • Lady Lindsay

    Nov 6 2007 8:05 PM

    We're home.
    Practice Wednesday! 8 good?
  • The ILLUSTRIOUS RoseRose Mathews

    Oct 31 2007 10:34 PM

    Thanks for your Tips! Without them we couldn't afford things like Alchohal and then we would be sad!ha ha ha.

  • The ILLUSTRIOUS RoseRose Mathews

    Oct 31 2007 4:02 AM

    Happy Halloween!

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    PS...I like how all the Gypsy Den Waitresses are in your top friends! ha ha! That's Rad!
  • Thin White Duchess

    Oct 23 2007 7:20 AM

    Hope you're doing better, honey.

    Life has been crazy on this end, as per usual. When you're doing better (and hopefully when ash isn't falling from the sky) we should gather for coffee and updates.

    -L
  • BrockBrock Heinz

    Oct 23 2007 6:28 AM

    When I had my tonsils out, I threw myself a Rudy Ray Moore film festival.
    Although that might sound awesome, I wouldn't recommend it if you've depleted your pain medication.
    Maybe you could do something more constructive with all that time, like learn to beat Portal by sense of smell?
  • nightfur

    Oct 18 2007 8:47 PM

    You're invited to the FREE Nightfur show on 10/23/07! Come get our new album "She Lives" - better than a Macy's gift card.


    9PM
    10/23
    FREE
    Boardners
    1652 N.
    Cherokee
    1/2 block south of Hollywood Blvd.


    www.myspace.com/letsindependent
    www.radiofreesilverlake.com

  • Lady Lindsay

    Oct 18 2007 2:41 AM

    How's the recovery going? I hope you're feeling alright! I want us to come visit this week, I'll have to try and get away from mid-terms for awhile and come see ya.
  • adam boy

    Oct 17 2007 4:57 AM

    I just got back from the office party. It was great! Super music, hot girls, and lots of fun. Sorry Nathaniel, only people with tonsils were invited.


    I hope you are having fun at home, playing wow or something! Hope to have you back soon. It's crazy at work without nchapilicious.
    ;)
  • The ILLUSTRIOUS RoseRose Mathews

    Oct 17 2007 2:50 AM

    I hope your tonsils or lack thereof heal tremendously fast and I hope your drug induced stage brings about dramatic Life Altering Revelations! You can still come in for a Blended Chai though....or maybe some soup!
  • PaigePaige Meyer

    Oct 12 2007 4:54 AM

    Pale Fire, huh? Deep, man. Deep.
  • PaigePaige Meyer

    Oct 12 2007 4:38 AM

    dearest enchanter...why did you change your name? Did the Germans make you do it?
  • jasonJason Brown

    Oct 10 2007 9:45 PM

    how's the Nord n' Tele?
  • JoshuaJosh Sawyer

    Oct 5 2007 9:13 PM

    2007-08-30 18:19:10 Last week I dropped my Uhaul truck off at Stonegate Self Storage. There was an older man working behind the counter and though he clearly saw me enter, he said nothing for quite some time, just sat there, chewing with his mouth closed but never swallowing. Finally, I said, "I'm returning a Uhaul Truck..." He looked up, very slowly, and asked for my name. When I gave it to him, he said, "Is that German or something? "It is," I informed him. He stood up with a very mean expression on his face and said, "Germans killed my mother." I tried to explain that I could hardly be blamed for something that happened to his mother. He was an old man, after all, and his mother had probably died long before I was ever born. "I'm afraid I need to charge you a late fee," he said. "But I brought the truck back 2 hours early!" I protested. "Explain that to my dead mother," he said with the most evil look I've ever seen on anyone's face. I didn't know what to say. I tried to talk to some reason with him, but the old man wouldn't have it. Eventually, an older woman came into the office. She started sniffing the air (swear to God, this is exactly what happened) and finally said, "Do I smell a German?" The old man nodded eagerly. "Smells kind of like an old smelly sock, don't it?" he added. She nodded her head and said, "An old smelly sock with shit in it." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'm not making this up! It was the most incredibly thing that has ever happened to me! My advise is don't rent from these people if you're German, else you'll get charged a late fee.
    —MrHofstadt
  • Chris

    Sep 26 2007 4:13 AM

    Anthony took my comment on your pic all the way to Bank of Good Pictures
  • Thin White Duchess

    Aug 13 2007 7:12 AM

    Fuck yes you win! <3
    How do you like it?
  • Courtney

    Jun 23 2007 11:03 PM

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    i think you two have been spending a little too much time together....
  • BrockBrock Heinz

    Jun 5 2007 6:50 AM

    Are you going to do the rock&roll thing south of LA any time soon? Preferably inside my gated community, a.k.
    a Orange County?
  • dandan grayson

    Jun 3 2007 3:32 AM

    wooooooooo!!!!