Trapeze, improv comedy, travel, film (attended the Cannes Film Festivals from '99-'03), buffalo wings, indian-mexican-japanese food, philosophy of time, unknowables, life-altering moments, Tel Aviv.test
Music
White stripes, The Raconteurs, REM, The Police, The Doors, S&G, Gary Jules, Old Madonna, Old Michael Jackson, Tenacious D, Nirvana, Dan Bern, Tool, Rage, Pearl Jam, Audioslave, Franz Ferdinand, Frankie (as in Sinatra), soundtracks
Movies
Vertigo, The Graduate, Marathon Man, Casino, Austin Powers, Blue Crush, Back to the Future, Planet of the Apes, Taxi Driver, Spice World, Dr. Strangelove, anything with attractive people doing stupid things, On the Waterfront (much better than Streetcar Named Desire), Rebel Without A Cause, Big Lebowski, Usual Suspects, Radio Days, Bananas, Cradle Will Rock..
Television
Beauty and the Geek, Seinfeld, Sports Night, all non-dating reality TV, Dead Like Me, Curb, La Femme Nikita, Quantum Leap, cable news, Ben Stiller show, Mr. Show, Bill Maher, anything on between 3am and 6am, Survivor All Stars, classic MTV
Books
Einstein's Dreams, Lost in the Funhouse, Nothing Sacred, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Will Know Our Velocity, What Should I Do With My Life?, Faster, Women (or anything else by Bukowsky), Encyclopedia of Mythology, Warrior
About me: "When the doors of perception are cleansed, things will appear as they truly are, infinite."
I moved to Israel in December 2003 to devote the next few years of my life to the Zionist dream. I served in the Israel Defense Forces' Homefront Command and am now a soldier in the reserve army. I speak fluent Hebrew and am a surprisingly good shot with an M-16 (for someone who never touched a gun in his life). I have been keeping a journal with my deep thoughts for years at JacobShwirtz.com. Come on, I dare you to dare me. Below is a silly video I did while at my last job (I no longer work at Answers.com) -
Where in Israel is Jacob?
It's your birthday! Go crazy! Party like a rock star! Or just sit around in your underwear and watch TV (if you choose the latter, you should totally make that your profile picture!)
Operation "Get Gisselle to Israel" when do we commence? notice the rhymation sequence of my name and the name of the holyland...one can truly conspire...Ha! I'm so done with work...You got $$$ coming btw...it was a dirty job- but thank goodness for kneepads. How are you and the gal?
Nueva Jork was splendidful...hee...How are you? Gaurav says I may not be able to come to Israel on company dime...so I guess that means I have to schlep myself there...how much is cheapest ticket?
I'll be visting Israel for a couple of weeks next month, so I'm getting in touch with people there to see what will be happening. Maybe we could get a cup of coffee or a beer?
So I put you on my top friends and this is what I get for it?? All the tea, nana, and juice in the world cannot eradicate negligence of such proportion! ;p
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