Born in
Portland
and raised in Gresham, I've made the metro area my home without
intent to ever leave for good.
I am an
atheist,
and my (lack of) religious beliefs are important to me after being
raised Catholic, then Jewish, and then Jehovah's Witness.
But I'm best described by my passions/obsessions:
Portland: I have a great love and fondness for my city, with all
its beauty, opportunity and forward thinking, laid-back
attitude.
Film: I have a love
for good movies and know too much about movies, especially within
the last 10 to 15 years.
Writing: Though
cliché, my chosen art form is writing, and it is one I have great
passion and skill.
I <3:
-
Stumptown
coffee (3rd and Ash location)
-my
bike
-Portland bridges (esp. the
Steel bridge and the
Hawthorne
bridge)
-
Tri-met
-Politics: I read Ezra Klein and Mathew Yglasius religiously. Also:
Huffington Post. Also: I <3 Rachel Maddow like no other.
I'm going to
PSU to
get my degree in English, and eventually get my Masters to teach
high school level English and writing, as it allows ample time off
and pays reasonably well.
I'm a decent writer. I'm decent at all things school-related. I'm a
good problem solver (my analytical nature).
I have a wealth of knowledge on film, Portland and
politics
Movies:
The directors:
Stanley Kubrick (
2001: A Space
Odyssey,
A Clockwork Orange,
Dr.
Strangelove),
Lars Von Trier (
Dogville,
Dancer in the Dark),
Richard
Linklater (
Before Sunrise,
Before Sunset,
Dazed and
Confused,
Waking Life,
Tape),
David Lynch (
Blue Velvet,
Mulholland Dr.,
Inland Empire),
Jean Pierre
Jeunet (
Amelie,
The
City of Lost Children),
Pedro Almodovar
Recently, been watching a bunch of French New Wave
The movies:
Harold and Maude,
Network,
The Godfather,
Fight Club,
28 Days Later,
Pi,
Requiem for a Dream,
The Dreamers,
Me and You and
Everyone We Know,
There Will be Blood
Music:
Modest
Mouse,
The
Thermals,
Starfucker,
The Mountain Goats,
Neutral
Milk Hotel,
Animal Collective,
Belle and
Sebastian,
The
Shins
Books:
Geek Love
(
Katherine
Dunn), Books by
Chuck Palahniuk,
Kurt Vonnegut,
Charles
Buckowski,
Irvine Welsh (esp.
Marabou Stork
Nightmares). I also like smaller fare like
Dennis Cooper and
Mary Gaitskill, and
if I could get through his writing, I adore the style of
David Foster
Wallace.
Lolita
Television:
Oz,
Weeds,
The Office,
30 Rock,
Curb Your
Enthusiasm
Food: Mainly
coffee,
Mexican,
Thai,
sushi and
pasta,
pho, anything.
Film, writing, Portland, politics, the faulty penal system, the
ridiculous war on drugs, my future
Recently: homework or
Joq's (since I live right near it)