Andrew Svec
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Higher Education, Communications and Public Relations |
| Location | Burien (Seattle), Washington, United States |
| Introduction | Friends don't disagree that my taste in music and films mostly tends to run toward "quirky and mildly obscure...but in a GOOD way!" I'm a loyal friend, a closet artist, the son of a farmer, a Czech or Bohunk (whichever/both), and a gardener, among other things. |
| Interests | music, art, hiking, weightlifting, beer, comic books, The Venture Brothers, Sci Fi, barstool philosophy, Paul Klee, Georgia O'Keefe, John Singer Sargent, mid-century modernism, dadaism, horticulture, astronomy, etymology, geology, cartography |
| Favorite movies | Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The Accidental Tourist, American Beauty, Fight Club, Gladiator, Lars and the Real Girl, Garden State, Lost in Translation, The Royal Tenenbaums, Sideways, Cabin Boy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hellboy, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek (2009) |
| Favorite music | the Shins, Blitzen Trapper, Travis, eels, Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven, Bob Mould, Andrew Bird, Peter Bjorn and John, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, Okkervil River, Hello Dragon, Starlight Mints, British Sea Power, the Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, the Long Winters, the Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals, the Futureheads, Phantom Planet, Nada Surf, Snow Patrol, the Rosebuds, Caesars, Idlewild, Beck, Midlake, the Stills, Grandaddy, Winterpills, Greg Laswell, Franz Ferdinand, New Order, Ryan Adams, Old 97's, Lindsey Buckingham, Sam Phillips, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, Crowded House, E.L.O., R.E.M., U2, the Beatles |
| Favorite books | The Paradox of Choice, Walden, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, nonfiction |