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booyalab

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How I came to live in Lawrence

I worked for Geological Survey and went to Kansas. I couldn't stay there, I just couldn't. I don't like to explain myself.

Favorite Web sites

http://www.reason.com
http://www.m-w.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.allmusic.com
http://www.metacritic.org
others

Favorite music

That depends on my mood...

Some favorites right this second:

Interpol
Field Music
Super Furry Animals
The Orb
Ulrich Schnauss
Tangerine Dream
Kraftwerk
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Spacemen 3
Alice in Chains
The Chameleons UK
Nina Simone

Favorite books

Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell

The Courage to Write - Ralph Keyes

Clear and Simple As the Truth: Writing Classic Prose - Francis Noel Thomas and Mark Turner

Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students - James Elkins

Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence

Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles - Thomas Sowell

Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell

Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold! - Jeanne Martinet ( most hilarious book ever)

anything by Edward Gorey

Favorite TV shows

South Park
Mad Men (I was against the idea at first, it seemed too stylized and self-indulgent, but it's addicting...like a 60s Entourage)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Peep Show
The Office UK
Extras
Spaced

Favorite movies

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Rear Window
Closer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Spirited Away
Cocaine Cowboys
Heat
Ratatouille
Art School Confidential
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