ABOUT ME

I always have something new to talk about, and enjoy hearing people's stories.

Interests

I work as a software developer, but I enjoy discussing politics and world affairs, yoga, writing, history and learning about different languages and cultures.

• writing
• yoga
• politics
• history
• languages
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: So many to list here....reading's probably my favorite pastime...so much so that sometimes i think i chose the wrong career. I was the immigrant kid who had no friends and learned about america through Bukowski and Fante and Dos Passos.

I love almost all 19th century Literature from Russia, particularly Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Lermontov, Chekov and Gogol. French authors like Camus, Celine, Rimbaud and Baudelaire, English Lit like D.H. Lawrence, Dickens, Joyce etc.

Recent: The Tipping Point, Crash (J.G. Ballard), Me Talk Pretty One Day, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, White Noise

I used to read a lot of philosophy, esp. Nietzsche, Horkheimer, Adorno, Marx, Foucault, and a bunch of others I cant remember right now.

Magazines: (Right now I'm addicted to magazines) The Economist, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Wired, BlackBook, Harper's, Tokien, Planet, Planning, XLR8TR, Giant Robot

Film:

Classic: Cassavetes, Bergman, Kurosawa, Paossalini, Fellini, Antonioni, Herzog, Jarmusch

Recent Favorites: Paradise Now, Supertroopers, Zoolander, Come and See, Lepa Sela Lepo Gore, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Grizzly Man, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Donnie Darko.

Sometimes I like to get a big popcorn and soda and buy a ticket for some summer blockbuster.

Childhood faves: National Lampoons Vacation and European Vacation, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Last of the Mohicans, Over the Top, Bladerunner.

TV: Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Entourage, Family Guy, Reno911, the Simpsons, FireFly, BSG, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Wire, Weeds, The Office, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Beverly Hills 90210, My So-Called Life, Party of Five.

Music: Classic Rock then Grunge then Punk Rock then Reggae then Indie Rock then Indie Pop and now everything, but particularly hip hop and electronica.

Right Now: Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Le Tigre, Two Gallants, Interpol, Husker Du, Eric Satie, Pinback, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Dr. Octogon, Deltron, Sisters of Mercy, Architecture in Helsinki, Tom Waits, Legowelt, Gary Numan, Vitalic, Bonnie Prince Billy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Croatia, France, United States