Fergal
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | College Literature/Writing Instructor |
| Location | San Diego, California, United States |
| Introduction | I live in San Diego, California. The weather's really nice here. Where I grew up, in Derry, the rain is more regular than the milkman. That's reason enough. |
| Interests | Hiking on the trails around San Diego, especially Cabrillo National Monument and the tide pools on Point Loma; Hiking in Yosemite National Park; Taking Astanga Yoga at Yoganic Studio in Hillcrest; Eating at the various local Mexican Restaurants; Swimming in the ocean after work each day; hanging around the Apple Store in Fashion Valley; Visiting my brothers and sister in Ireland, as well as my cousins and dozens of relatives; |
| Favorite movies | Volver, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, The Hours, Wallace and Grommit, Creature Comforts, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Graduate, Rosemary's Baby, Bagdad Cafe, In the Name of the Father, Cal, The Secret of Roan Inish, Local Hero, That Sinking Feeling. |
| Favorite music | Arcade Fire, Val Doonican, The Andy Stewart (particularly the Hogmanay Shows), Cilla Black, Lulu, Richard Thompson, Death Cab for Cutie, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin, Clannad, Sia, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, Gene Pitney, Radiohead, U2, The Tannahill Weavers, The Boys of the Lough, Phil Cunningham, Silly Wizard, King Rat, Cappercallie, The Undertones, The Fray, Johnny Doherty, Josef Locke. |
| Favorite books | Samuel Beckett's "Stories and Texts for Nothing"; James Joyce's "Ulysses" and "Dubliners"; Philip Roth's "The Human Stain", and "The Plot Against America, " Everything by Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor. |
Your bow is not broken but you've run out of arrows. How can you fake being a bard?
I'd hold them under my wee magnifying glass in the brilliant Southern Californian sun, the same way I boil my porridge every morning.