Dave
"Esoteric, Random and Annoying"

Male
37 years old
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States



Last Login: 7/3/2008
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    Dave's Interests
GeneralTalking, Drinking wine, Reading, Writing, Hiking, Dogs, Traveling, Laughing, Revolutions, Interstellar Fugitive Lifestyles, Ruins, Myths, Spaceships, Prisons, Caves, Elephants
MusicBeck, Johnny Cash, the Returnables, Caetano Veloso, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Velocity Girl, Violent Femmes, Wilco, Old 97s, the Replacements, Sarah Harmer, the Embarrassment, Poster Children, Bluegrass, Bloodshot Records, Country Music, the New Pornographers, David Bowie, Tom Waits, the Police, R.E.M., the Cure, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, Prince, Talking Heads, the Ramones, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Hayes Carll, Jimmie Rodgers, Roger Miller, Aimee Mann, Funkadelic, Hank Williams, Jimmy Martin, Funk, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case, Mucca Pazza, the Mekons, Dance Hall Crashers, Robbie Fulks, Split Lip Rayfield, Samba, Tom Petty
MoviesRushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, Say Anything, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, Serenity, The Godfather, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple, Adaptation, Ghostbusters, Lost in Translation, Pirates of the Caribbean, Walk the Line, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, There's Something About Mary, His Girl Friday, A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, Shadow of a Doubt, Out of the Past, Kiss Me Deadly, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Killer, Hard Boiled, God of Gamblers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Swordsman II, Fon Sai Yuk, Once Upon a Time in China, Fists of Fury, Enter the Dragon, Rumble in the Bronx, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Fourth Dimension, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, A Fistfull of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Wild Bunch, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, All About My Mother, Belle Epoque, L.A. Confidential, The Princess Bride, Unforgiven
TelevisionFarscape, Veronica Mars, The Amazing Race, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Arrested Development, Dragnet, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Firefly, Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz, Greg the Bunny, Fawlty Towers, Coupling, The Office, Twin Peaks, Carnivale
BooksOne Hundred Years of Solitude, Kelly Link, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Hopscotch, Borges, Angela Carter, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, William Faulkner, Don Quixote, Mark Twain, Jeff Ford, Doug Lain, Carol Emshwiller, James Tiptree Jr., Isak Dinesen, Knut Hamsun, Warren Ellis, Dickens, Tolstoy, Tim Powers, Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Cecil Castellucci, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Holly Black, Tolkien, Mervyn Peake, Theodore Sturgeon, Cordwainer Smith, Alfred Bester, Bradbury, Terry Bisson, J.D. Salinger, Bruce Jay Friedman, Thomas Heller, Ring Lardner, Karen Joy Fowler, Nicola Griffith, Gloria Naylor, Catch-22, Snorri Sturluson, Homer, Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner
HeroesBruce Lee, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Joss Whedon, the Coen Brothers, Torii Hunter, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, George Saunders, Paul Wellstone
Groups: The Yeti's Birthday PartyBuffalito WranglersRED ALERT Star Trek Chat Group!

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     Dave's Details
Status:Single
Here for:Friends
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:St. Paul, Minnesota
Body type:5' 11" / Average
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Religion:Agnostic
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Smoke / Drink:No / Yes
Children:Someday
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:Writer/Student/Librarian

   Dave's Schools
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,Illinois
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Library Science
 

2004 to 2006
Henry Sibley Sr.
West St. Paul,Minnesota
Graduated: 1989
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
 

1985 to 1989

   Dave's Networking
Publishing - Writer - Novelist
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Surrealism, Magical Realism: Weird Shit.



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About me:
I Blog. I write stories like this one and this one and this one and this one and this one and some other ones.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:David J. Schwartz
Birthday:September 22, 1970
Birthplace:St. Paul, Minnesota
Current Location:Chicago, Illinois
Eye Color:Blue/Green
Hair Color:Dark Blonde
Height:5' 11"
Right Handed or Left Handed:Right
Your Heritage:Norwegian/German/Irish/Mutt
The Shoes You Wore Today:Grinders
Your Weakness:Spaceships
Your Fears:Enclosed Spaces
Your Perfect Pizza:Broccoli and Mushroom - Deep Dish!
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:Sell my first novel
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:BRB
Thoughts First Waking Up:Um. More sleep?
Your Best Physical Feature:You tell me
Your Bedtime:Late
Your Most Missed Memory:American Politics. Nixon to Clinton. Lose it.
Pepsi or Coke:Nope.
MacDonalds or Burger King:Nuh-uh.
Single or Group Dates:What's a date?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:Hot tea.
Chocolate or Vanilla:Surprise me.
Cappuccino or Coffee:Yuck!
Do you Smoke:No
Do you Swear:Yes
Do you Sing:Badly
Do you Shower Daily:Yes, except on the days when I don't.
Have you Been in Love:Yes
Do you want to go to College:Been there. Done that.
Do you believe in yourself:Yes, but not in you. Solipsism isn't just a philosophy. It's a lifestyle.
Do you get Motion Sickness:Only in cases of turbulence or Tilt-a-Whirls.
Do you think you are Attractive:Why? Are you saying I'm not? It's the hair, isn't it? Oh god. No one will ever love me . . .
Are you a Health Freak:Not so much.
Do you get along with your Parents:Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms:That night I ran naked into the darkness with the lightning flashing above me and the warm rain steamed off my skin and I was trying to find you but you were gone and when I woke up the ships had all sunk in the storm, their masts poking up out of the harbor like reeds out of a pond but the bodies of the drowned were never found, so I know that you are still alive somewhere.
Do you play an Instrument:Badly
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:Yes
In the past month have you Smoked:No
In the past month have you been on Drugs:No
In the past month have you gone on a Date:No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:Yikes!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:Sadly, no.
In the past month have you been on Stage:No
In the past month have you been Dumped:No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:Ideas
Ever been Drunk:Yes
Ever been called a Tease:No
Ever been Beaten up:Not physically
Ever Shoplifted:Not much
How do you want to Die:Never, thanks.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:Smarter
What country would you most like to Visit:Kenya
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:Open
Favourite Hair Color:Cerulean
Short or Long Hair:Short
Height:Green
Weight:Gravity
Best Clothing Style:Naked
Number of Drugs I have taken:Didn't count
Number of CDs I own:Can't count
Number of Piercings:Final countdown
Number of Tattoos:Just the Count (from Sesame Street)
Number of things in my Past I Regret:Too many to count

Who I'd like to meet:
You.

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richard





Jun 1 2008 2:48 PM

Hey Dave, I'm worth $665!
Click here to find out how much YOU are worth!




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D. H. Dublin, a.k.a. Jon McGoran





May 30 2008 2:31 PM

Just wanted to give you a heads up that my latest forensic crime thriller, Freezer
Burn
, is coming out June 3! It will be available in bookstores everywhere next week, and it’s available for preorder on Amazon right now! I'll be doing a bunch of events in and around Philadelphia. For details, see my profile.
Thanks for the friendship!

Writing as D. H. Dublin, Jon McGoran is author of Blood Poison and Body Trace from Penguin Books.
Look for Freezer
Burn,
in bookstores everywhere, June 3, 2008.
Morpheus Tales


Is Online


May 16 2008 6:36 AM

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D. H. Dublin, a.k.a. Jon McGoran





May 15 2008 5:24 PM

Join me this Sunday, 7 -9 p.m.
for an online chat at www. writerschatroom. com,
where I'll be chatting about writing, publishing, my books, and pretty much anything else you'd care to discuss.


Hope to see you there!!

Writing as D. H. Dublin, Jon McGoran is author of Blood
Poison
and Body Trace from Penguin Books.
Look for Look for Freezer
Burn,
coming June 2008.
The Heaven Seventies (JULY 24 @ BOTTOM LOUNGE)





May 9 2008 5:19 PM

Listen to our new single, "In the Morning Light", and comment back!

        
     listen on myspace      ----      download the mp3


Phil Christie





May 3 2008 11:01 PM

Thanks so much for adding us as a friend! ......I hope you enjoy the songs and watch for our new CD "Rearview Mirror" coming this June! Cheers, Phil


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The Shout House Dueling Pianos - Mpls





Apr 23 2008 4:13 PM

THANKS FOR THE ADD!


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Anthony Neil Smith





Mar 25 2008 7:27 AM

Hope you guys enjoyed the trip out to Marshall. It was a fun reading. Watch out for Bird Flu Isle, though.
Steve Whiteaker





Jan 21 2008 10:13 AM

Thanks for checking out my music. New stuff coming soon.
Portrait Of Passion





Jan 2 2008 10:17 PM

Cool! Glad you're here. Visit often and please let your soccer-addicted friends know about us. All the best to you this New Year!
Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts





Dec 28 2007 4:56 AM

Nikki





Nov 29 2007 12:31 PM

Hi Dave
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Barb





Oct 31 2007 8:28 PM

Hello you! Glad to see your face!

I understand the throwing of things. It's as bad as season seven of Buffy, but dragged on forEVER. So awful.
Red Shuttleworth





Sep 18 2007 8:26 AM

Many Thanks.

Charge the Front End.

Red
Huxwhukw





Sep 4 2007 5:30 PM

Thanks for befriending me. I enjoy random, annoying, and esoteric people. Hoorah, looks like you are the complete package!
Warmly,
Wayne
Huxwhukw





Sep 4 2007 5:30 PM

Thanks for befriending me. I enjoy random, annoying, and esoteric people. Hoorah, looks like you are the complete package!
Warmly,
Wayne
Serenity





Aug 27 2007 1:53 AM

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Jesse





Aug 21 2007 4:56 PM

Just want to say . . .

Myspace Layouts
Myspace Layouts


I look forward to reading your work.

Peace.
roach





Aug 20 2007 9:43 PM

Hey Dave! Just wanted to let you know you're missed by the group. How's the writing going?
Serenity





Aug 4 2007 9:06 AM


Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts





Jul 4 2007 12:19 AM

Thanks for the add, Dave.

I just read your essay in "Brothers & Beasts" (the publisher sent me a review copy of the manuscript), and it's absolutely terrific. Bravo!

-- Terri Windling
Anthony Neil Smith





Jun 19 2007 5:58 AM

Thanks for the add. Congrats on the book sale. Sounds like a good one. Hope it does well.
Al Rio Art





Jun 18 2007 9:52 PM

Yo Dave!
Thanks for being an Al Rio fan!
Please join us at the Comic Art Community!
Cheers,
Terry - Al Rio Art
Farrago's Wainscot