James
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | librarian |
| Location | frederick, maryland |
| Interests | movies, red velvet cupcakes, sweaters, collecting pressed pennies, carrying handkerchiefs, NPR, old school tattoos (especially on girls), sending postcards, the south, reading the sunday paper and playing footsie with my lady, receiving handmade gifts, patsy cline, great words like akimbo or dang or pantaloons, venti 2% no-water chai, eyeglasses, having manners and being polite, the LL cool J / Kool Moe Dee feud, turning the last page of a book, holding hands, peace and quiet, pancakes, making lists, the marimba, quick wit, when mom and dad laugh, mashed potatoes, listening to records, red wine, going to shows even though i'm an old man, being scared of the dentist, vacations that revolve almost entirely around food |
| Favorite movies | badlands, a woman under the influence, the taking of pelham one two three, all that heaven allows, lenny, night of the hunter, black narcissus, midnight cowboy, tender mercies, dog day afternoon, the man who shot liberty valance, the last picture show, all the real girls, mystery train, bullitt, the party, down by law, jules et jim, jeremiah johnson, marathon man, my life without me, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the apartment, paper moon, bonnie and clyde, coal miner's daughter, rushmore, dogville, city of god, sullivan's travels, the man who came to dinner, royal tenenbaums, breathless, the parallax view, network, north by northwest, cat on a hot tin roof, band of outsiders, five easy pieces, the conversation, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, hud, an affair to remember, vertigo, being there, the women, the ox-bow incident, ghost world, orlando, requiem for a dream, raising arizona, the professional, fight club, bridge on the river kwai, the qatsi trilogy, once upon a time in the west, medium cool, the king of marvin gardens, who's afraid of virginia woolf, vision quest, johnny guitar, sexy beast, the philadelphia story, manhattan, the godfather, snatch, the day of the jackal, reservoir dogs, butterfield 8, bring me the head of alfredo garcia, amelie, the big red one, the battle of algiers, bad day at black rock, the proposition, elmer gantry, the pawnbroker, the killers, a face in the crowd, the misfits |
| Favorite music | aislers set, arcade fire, beach boys, beatles, belle and sebastian, bjork, camera obscura, neko case, johnny cash, the clientele, patsy cline, elvis costello, cocteau twins, the cure, blossom dearie, the decemberists, nick drake, marvin gaye, astrud gilberto, al green, vince guaraldi, merle haggard, heavenly, billie holiday, buddy holly, elton john (early stuff), george jones, the kinks, ladytron, the mamas and the papas, curtis mayfield, the meters, octoroon jihad, wilson pickett, the pixies, elvis presley, prince, public enemy (early stuff), radiohead, otis redding, rolling stones (early stuff), the roots, sade, simon and garfunkel, sleater-kinney, elliott smith, the smiths, dusty springfield, stereolab, velvet underground, the white stripes, hank williams, versus, yo la tengo, the zombies |
| Favorite books | the heart is a lonely hunter, the violent bear it away, joe, white teeth, interpreter of maladies, survivor, the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, father and son, choke, travels with charlie, last report on the miracles at little no horse, middlesex, delta of venus, blindness, plainsong, my antonia, the feast of love, wise blood, an invisible sign of my own |