The Substitute

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About me

Industry Arts
Location CA, United States
Interests Writing, theatre, history, psychology, phillosophy, reading, photography, sports, coffeehouse conversations, walking, talking, late nights, sun rises on the east coast, sunsets on the west coast, playing fetch with my cat. He kinda rocks.
Favorite Movies Shawshank Redemption, Robin Hood Men In Tights, Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Fried Green Tomatoes, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Unfaithful, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Braveheart, Princess Bride, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, American Beauty, Trainspotting, Candy, Bad Lieutenant, Iron Man, Juno, Enchanted, Volver, Live Free Die Hard, Cry Baby, Almost Famous, Death to Smoochy, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Run Lola Run, The Labyrinth, The Sandlot, Hocus Pocus, The Cure, Fraggle Rock, Top Gun, Angels In America, The Goonies, Shrek, Shrek 2 (LOVE the satire), A Walk to Remember (no matter how bad it really is...that is why I like it), The Notebook, Empire Records, Pirates of the Caribbean, Saved, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, De-Lovely, Fever Pitch, Moulin Rouge, Meet Joe Black, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Wall-E, Wedding Crashers, Batman (ALL, no matter how much I can't stand some of the acting), Behind the Red Door, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, Once, Mrs. Winterbourne... Oh and of course, CLASSIC Disney. Though Emperor's New Groove is my favorite!
Favorite Music Things you will find on my iPod: Ace of Base, Paul Simon, The Clash, The Eagles, Sting, The Who, The Verve, Green Day, Squeeze, Billy Joel, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Vertical Herizon, Social Distortion, Linkin Park, Led Zeppelin, Evanescence, Guster, Hellogoodbye, Iron and Wine, Oasis, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, My Chemical Romance, Matchbook Romance, The Starting Line, Say Anything, Snow Patrol, The Used, Wakefield, Wilco, Foo Fighters, Ben Folds, Finch, Fall Out Boy, The Click Five, Coheed and Cambria, Brand New, The Bravery, The Calling, Maroon 5, Jimmy Eat World, Hoobastank, Ryan Cabrera, Sum 41, Blink 182, Switchfoot, Lost Profits, Go Fish, Fish, Death Cab..., Funeral for a Friend, Jason Mraz, Josh Radin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Most classical artists, Simple Plan, Pink Floyd, U2, Paul Simon, Watashi Wa, Relient K, Jamie Cullum, Slaid Cleaves, Bright Eyes, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Journey, Gin Blossoms, James Taylor, Matt Nathanson, The Postal Service, REM, Rufus Wainwright, Story of the Year, Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard, The Cure, Frank Zappa, Nirvana, Rancid, Orgy, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Black Flag, The Shins, Statistics, Freezepop, The Stills, Motion City Soundtrack, David Bowie, Pixies, The Cinematics, Amy Winehouse, BWO, Blue October, Minor Threat, The Black Ghosts, The Killers, Backstreet Boys, Jocelyn Brown, Jay-Z and various Showtunes (mainly things written by Stephen Sondheim and Jason Robert Brown), ... just to name a few
Favorite Books ANYTHING that has been written by Sarah Kane, The Book Theif, The Book of Lost Things, August: Osage County, Thirteen Reasons Why, The Lightening Theif [series], The Twilight Saga, 1984, The City of Ember [series], Bones of the Moon, Animal Farm, Talk Radio, The Overwhelming, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, Bastard Out of Carolina, Density of Souls, The Snow Garden, Tales of the City, Night Listener, Wicked, Confessions of the Ugly Stepsister, Shawshank Redemption, The Invention of Love, Tao Te Ching, Great Expectations, The Mastery of Love, Memories of Midnight, Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, The Informers, Glamorama, Lunar Park...