Transplanted small-town mid-westerner trying to make my way in the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles and hopefully meeting some interesting people along the way.

I work in the entertainment industry, technically. I'm a data analyst in residuals at one of the big entertainment unions. But I aspire to become proficient enough at Java to become a software developer.

I'm 6'3" and people out here are so comparatively short.

Movies: Barton Fink, Apocalypse Now, GoodFellas, Psycho, Nixon, Zodiac, The Tree of Life, Brazil, Naked Lunch, Cries and Whispers, The 400 Blows, Touch of Evil, Dead Ringers, Interiors, The Battle of Algiers, Barry Lyndon - basically put on any Bergman, Hitchcock, Truffaut, Scorsese, Kubrick, Coen Bros or Cronenberg film and I am happy.

Music: The Smiths, The Clash, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Joy Division/New Order, Radiohead, Philip Glass, Howard Shore, Blondie, Iggy Pop and many more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FI8d36w_ijw

Books: Anything by McCarthy, Burroughs, Ballard, Kafka. Blood and Money, I Heard You Paint Houses, Cosmopolis, My Antonia, The Trial, The Selfish Gene, Trauma. Blood Meridian is probably my all-time favorite.

1.) My laptop and G5
2.) DVDs
3.) Books
4.) Soy Milk
5.) Sleeping in on weekends
I'll leave it at 5...

Anything technology-related, usually. Lately I've been wondering if this year's draft actually helped the Cleveland Browns.

Either watching a movie, or having a drink with friends. Sometimes I like to spend it reading, though, I cannot lie. Karaoke is always a strong possibility too.

Some days I'd like to be Morrissey.

You are a passionate appreciator of David Cronenberg's body of work. There are so few of us out there.