Downright unnecessary
Words that have been used in reference to me (in jest or otherwise): aloof, cantankerous, crotchety, curmudgeon, diligent, evil, exotic, freak, honest, independent, loser, mean, misanthrope, miserable, short, slutbag whore, sociopath, studious, ugly, weird, whorebag slut
Favorite words/phrases: ass and its variants (badass, dumbass, smartass, asshat, asshole, etc.); BFF; bum; bummer; duh; for crying out loud; for real; freak; holy Christ; jerk; lame; loser; nutbar; nut case; psycho; seriously; wack; wack job; weirdo; word; yikes
Favorite literature: 1984 (George Orwell); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll); The Alienist (Caleb Carr); American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis); Hamlet (Shakespeare); I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb); Le Petit Prince (Antoine de St. Exupéry); Oedipus Rex (Sophocles); Shiloh (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor); To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee); The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin); Words, Words, Words (David Ives); Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë); Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta books; anything by Dave Barry, George Carlin, Roald Dahl, David Sedaris, or Dr. Seuss
Favorite bands/musicians: ABBA; AC/DC; Admiral Twin; Bad Company; The Beach Boys; Ben Folds (Five); Better Than Ezra; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Blood, Sweat, and Tears; Blur; David Bowie; The Brian Setzer Orchestra; Cake; The Cars; Catch 22; Cheap Trick; The Clash; Alice Cooper; Elvis Costello; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Culture Club; The Cure; Bobby Darin; Dead Kennedys; The Divine Comedy; The Doobie Brothers; The Doors; The Drifters; Duran Duran; ELO; The Faint; The Flaming Lips; Foreigner; Connie Francis; Goldfrapp; Green Day; The Hippos; Hot Hot Heat; Janet Jackson; Jethro Tull; Billy Joel; Elton John; Journey; Jude; The Kinks; Led Zeppelin; Less Than Jake; Let's Go Bowling; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Mad Caddies; Madness; Madonna; Me First and the Gimme Gimmes; Mephiskapheles; The Monkees; Alanis Morissette; Moxy Fruvous; Mustard Plug; Nerf Herder; New Kids on the Block; Nine Inch Nails; Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers); The Pilfers; Pink Floyd; Placebo; The Presidents of the United States of America; The Pretenders; Queen; The Ramones; Reel Big Fish; The Rolling Stones; Rx Bandits; Sex Pistols; Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; Sneaker Pimps; The Specials; Squeeze; Squirrel Nut Zippers; Steve Miller Band; Styx; Supertramp; Talking Heads; They Might Be Giants; War; Ween; Weezer; The Who; Stevie Wonder; "Weird Al" Yankovic
Favorite songs: "Fool in the Rain" (Led Zeppelin), "Train in Vain" (The Clash), "Come on Eileen" (Dexy's Midnight Runners), "C'Etait Toi" (Billy Joel), "Tears of a Clown" (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles), "Lucky Ball and Chain" (They Might Be Giants)
Shows I've attended: Howard Jones/Human League/Culture Club @ Radio City, NYC; Elton John @ Madison Square Garden, NYC; Squirrel Nut Zippers/The Count Basie Orchestra/Tony Bennett @ Radio City, NYC; BR5-49/The Brian Setzer Orchestra @ House of Blues, Orlando; Pilfers/Madness @ Irving Plaza, NYC; Catch 22/a bunch of other bands @ Birch Hill, Old Bridge, NJ; The Faint/No Doubt @ Barton Hall, CU; Robert Plant/The Who @ Madison Square Garden, NYC; 30 Seconds from Mars/Incubus @ Barton Hall, CU; Uncle Kracker/Counting Crows @ Barton Hall, CU; Pete Francis/Better Than Ezra @ Irving Plaza, NYC; Tegan and Sara/Ben Folds @ Bailey Hall, CU; The Sun/Sparklehorse/The Flaming Lips @ Roseland Ballroom, NYC; Les Savy Fav/Schneider TM/The Faint @ Irving Plaza, NYC; Ingram Hill/Better Than Ezra @ Irving Plaza, NYC; Ben Lee/They Might Be Giants @ CU; Reel Big Fish/Dashboard Confessional @ Barton Hall, CU; Pat McGee Band/Better Than Ezra @ Irving Plaza, NYC; TV on the Radio/Bauhaus/Nine Inch Nails @ Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas; Scandal/Loverboy/Eddie Money/Rick Springfield @ Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas; Matisyahu/The Flaming Lips @ Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie; Corn Mo/Ben Folds @ Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth; Petty Theft/Mini KISS/Blue Oyster Cult/Cheap Trick @ Fair Park, Dallas; DJ Sammy Jo/Scissor Sisters @ Palladium Ballroom, Dallas; Better Than Ezra @ Wildflower Festival, Richardson, TX; Kristeen Young/Morrissey @ Palladium Ballroom, Dallas; Corn Mo/They Might Be Giants @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC; Doobie Brothers/Steve Miller Band @ Jones Beach Theater, NY; They Might Be Giants @ Beacon Theater, NYC; Ludo/Joe Jack Talcum/The Presidents of the USA @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC; Shy Child/Antipop Consortium/The Faint @ Terminal 5, NYC; Does It Offend You, Yeah?/Nine Inch Nails @ Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ; Tokyo Police Club/Angels and Airwaves/Weezer @ Madison Square Garden, NYC; Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival/Tragedy @ Irving Plaza, NYC; Suburban Legends/Sexy Heroes in Transit/Tragedy/The Aquabats @ School of Rock, South Hackensack, NJ; Oppenheimer/They Might Be Giants @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
Favorite video games: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES), Lode Runner (NES), Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC)
Favorite funny people: Carlos Alazraqui, The Amazing Johnathan, Dave Barry, Lewis Black, George Carlin, Dana Carvey, Al Franken, Jim Gaffigan, Janeane Garofalo, Darrell Hammond, Ralph Harris, Mitch Hedberg, Eddie Izzard, Denis Leary, Kathleen Madigan, Demetri Martin, Conan O'Brien, Paula Poundstone, David Sedaris, Tony Slattery, Jon Stewart, Nick Swardson, Steve Sweeney, Steven Wright
Favorite "Daily Show" correspondents: Vance DeGeneres, Beth Littleford, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell
Favorite "Clue" character: Professor Plum
Favorite "Monopoly" playing piece: battleship
Favorite magazines: Time, Consumer Reports
Favorite candy: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, 3 Musketeers, Sour Patch Kids
Favorite potato chips: Utz Salt & Vinegar
Favorite sandwich: basically anything with turkey in it, especially a turkey BLT
Favorite kind of pizza: Hawaiian
Favorite soda: Mountain Dew
Favorite flavor of tea: Earl Grey
Favorite flavor of Snapple: Snapple Apple
The List: Christian Bale, Michael Ian Black, David Bowie, Billy Boyd, Alice Cooper, Rivers Cuomo, Ivan Dudynsky, Colin Firth, Seth Green, Kevin Griffin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Michael Hall, Taylor Hawkins, James Marsters, Mark McGrath, Ewan McGregor, Dominic Monaghan, Conan O'Brien, Jamie Oliver, Prince William, Trent Reznor, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Michael Rosenbaum, Michael Schoeffling, Hal Sparks, Nick Swardson, Robbie Williams, Gideon Yago