Lawrence A. Kurfiss

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Construction
Occupation Unemployable
Location Chiang Mai, World, Thailand
Introduction Unemployable, redundant, unrepentant, outa style antique WhiteGuy, gone East, on the Road to Shambala.
Interests Writing, traveling, learning to love.
Favorite Movies High Sierra, Godfather 1/2/3, Apocalypse Now, The Getaway (McQueen version, of course), Straight Time, High Noon, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Glengarry Glen Ross, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Last Detail, American Splendor, Car Wash, Shaft (Damn Right!), Gun Crazy, Elevator to the Gallows, The Conversation, I Never Sang for My Father, Mystery Train, I Spit on Your Grave, Blow, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There, District Nine, Barry Lyndon (Yeah, ya got prob wit dat?), The last Picture Show, Yojimbo, many many many more.
Favorite Music 30's, 40's, 50's Jazz & Pop, Rockabilly, Soul/Motown, Folk, World, esp. India, Baroque/Classical, more more more.
Favorite Books American Pastoral, (anything Philip Roth), Sometimes a Great Notion, The Assistant, The Journal of Albion Moonlight, Catch-22, Good Time, Bad Times, Sister Carrie or any Drieser, Anything Bukowski, Anything Raymond Carver. The "Flashman" series. The "Bangkok" series by John Burdette. So many I can't recall immediately. However, a lot of the Great Books I think I have read, were read only in their Classic Comics version, which were wonderful. Beautifully rendered "Les Miserables", 400+ pages of text, reduced to 50 pages. text plus graphics. Non-fiction: General History, Sociology/Social Psychology, Pop Crap about Hollywood, Photo books.