Saxophone, writing, disc golf, videogames, reading, good tv & movies, music
MOVIES
The Usual Suspects, Waking Life, American Beauty, Wayne's World, Anchorman, Harold & Kumar Go To Whitecastle, The Matrix, I Heart Huckabees, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Ltd.
MUSIC
This list could go on WAY too long so I'll keep it short. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Death Cab For Cutie, Massive Attack, Wilco, Jimmy Eat World, Greenday, Jay-Z, Danger Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Polyphonic Spree, Primus, Bright Eyes, Motion City Soundtrack, Arcade Fire, Heatmiser, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens.
BOOKS
And Then There Were None (and a ton of others by Agatha Christie), The Golden Compass books, Sherlock Holmes stories, Harry Potter, America: The Book, Freakonomics, Ender's Game books, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Dune, assorted philosophers and existentialists.
Appreciation of the things that are beautiful about life, awareness of the things that aren't so great. An open mind. Laughing at jokes you ought to feel guilty about. All things nerdy =).
TURN OFFS
Totally self-centered people, most mainstream rap and country, religious fundamentalists. Cole slaw, the velcro ripping sound, commercials. Most reality tv. The man. Feeling bad about life.
ABOUT ME
I've got a vlog at http://www.youtube.com/user/QuixoticBlues check it out if you'd like!
I love almost all kinds of music, especially blues, funk, indie & alt & classic rock, trip hop, ska, punk, lots of others! Playing saxophone is a big passion. I empathize with people so I get along with lots of types of people. At the same time I'm afraid of being judged so I get nervous around people, even though I know it doesn't make sense. I guess I have a bit of conflict between wanting to blend in to avoid attention, and wanting to truly be myself and not just be another cog in the machine. I really want to talk to you, don't be shy!
I am always trying to put on a happy face and personality around people because I don't want them to know how bad I feel. Sometimes I just want to scream for help, or maybe just to scream. I don't though, bottling it up is something I'm very good at... Actually I almost never act sad around others because who wants to be around someone like that? So it gets tiring to be cheerful for too long and I need to be alone so I can take down the facade.
I don't want to make you think I'm a mopey person, though. Often I feel there is more beauty and connectedness in life than I will ever comprehend. It's just that other times, I feel like it doesn't matter much, there's no point, woe-is-me, that kinda deal. Hah I think making light of it helps me out a bit.
