Michael Lasley

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Half-hearted Ph.D. student
Introduction I have a couple of useless college degrees and am working on a third. Grew up in Arkansas but found my way to Syracuse NY and after 4 years, I can no longer handle temperatures over 75. I've been "working" on a novel for roughly 5 years and have completed 8 or 9 pages.
Interests Reading (mostly) and writing., I used to play sports but I'm too fragile now., Playing tractors with my nephews.
Favorite Movies Old School, 28 Days Later, Big Fish, The Gangs of NY, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Raging Bull, The Godfather, Jaws, Fletch
Favorite Music Radiohead, Counting Crows, U2, Dean Martin, Rufus Wainwright, Damien Rice, Billie Holiday, Brian Eno
Favorite Books Love in the Time of Cholera, The Grapes of Wrath, Wonder When You'll Miss Me, Into the Wild, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, The Long Walk, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dubliners, Middlesex, Flesh in the Age of Reason, The Royal Family, Infinite Jest (or it will be when I finish it)