about me

Media

Favorite Movies

Hero, 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004
Secretary, 2002
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie), 2001
Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run), 1998
Sliding Doors, 1998
The Fifth Element, 1997
Indy! Indy! Indy!

Favorite Books

Imajica, Clive Barker
By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept, Paul Coelho
The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Margaret George
The Season of Passage, Christoper Pike
Still Life With Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Kurt Vonnegut

Favorite Musicians

Del Amitri
Crowded House, Neil Finn, Tim Finn, and related (ALT, Finn, etc)
Big Country
Grant Lee Phillips/Buffalo
The Beautiful South
Texas
Bel Canto
Better Than Ezra

Favorite TV (current)

American Dad
Battlestar Galactica
Boston Legal
Charmed
Deadwood
Family Guy
Gilmore Girls
Heroes
House
Lost

Favorite TV (cartoon)

Powerpuff Girls
Clone High

Favorite TV (reruns)

Alias
Felicity
Red Dwarf
Six Feet Under

Food

Favorite Drinks

Diet Coke (mmm)
dark microbrews or IPAs (I'm a beer snob)
good reds or whites (I'm trying to become a wine snob)

Favorite Non-Chocolate Candies (Alison loves anything involving chocolate)

Bit O' Honey
Hot Tamales
gummy peach rings

Favorite Weird Things To Eat

sardines on matzah
matzah pancakes
pretzels in white frosting (a rarity)
raw ramen
grilled cheese using mayo to brown the outside instead of butter

Other

Favorite Video Game Publisher

LucasArts. I have an insane love of:
The Secret of Monkey Island I and II
Loom
Indy and the Last Crusade, Indy and the Fate of Atlantis
Day Of The Tentacle
Also, Sierra:
Gabriel Knight I, II, III
Kings Quest (not all of them)
EA:
The Sims (I hang my head in shame)

Favorite Desk Decoration

Bendos
sock monkey
my solar-powered orange smiley guy from Hong Kong:
Mine is holding a flower and sitting in grass instead.
(They're called Hidamari no Tami Sunshine Buddies.)

Favorite Programming Language

Java!

(Yes, that pic is still around...)


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