I am a writer living in Brooklyn, New York. I am inquisitive, amused, witty and smart (or at least, I like to think so). I am perpetually sitting in front of a screen of some sort.

Always Asian, Film Geek, Nerd Enthusiast, and NPR Junkie. That's Rudie!

How are you?

I am also a pop culture and movie blogger, screenwriter, novelist, and freelance word making guy.

Writing, being opinionated, smiling, hanging out, catching trains on time, and overtipping my bartenders.

Is probably my beard, then the smile under my beard. Not many Asian men can grow a fully realized beard. My boy-ish charm?

Books:
Catcher In The Rye, Perks of Being a Wallflower, South of The Border/West of The Sun, The Giving Tree, and High Fidelity.

Movies:
Magnolia, Rushmore, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Network, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight. My weakness is the Criterion Collection. *swoon*

TV Shows:
Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, Sports Night, Mad Men, The Walking Dead, and Community

Music:
Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Belle & Sebastian, Morrissey, The Smiths, Ryan Adams, Panda Bear, Nirvana, Clem Snide, Fiona Apple, and Neko Case

Food:
Vegan, Vegetarian, Mexican, Indian, and Ethiopian

-Wool cap
-Coffee
-Family & Friends (same thing, I know)
-Keys
-NRP, Slate, and other high-minded, culture critic, liberal news outlets
-Glasses

Having something interesting to write about...

Usually at a movie theater, then a bar in Brooklyn meeting friends, something like that....

I am the Asian Jason Schwartzman...

You like movies, have really strong opinions, excellent taste, nerdy things, and coffee in the evening, come and say "hi!"...