watching TV, reading obscure comics, screenplays, children's books and other interesting novels, bidding on weird shit on eBay, self-analyzing into an early grave
Music
Warren Zevon, The Ramones, Garbage, The Jam, AC/DC, The Beach Boys (PET SOUNDS era), Brendon Small, The Cars, David Bowie, The Cure, Loudon Wainwright III, The Clash, ELO, Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground, weird 80s crap...more later
Movies
Wes Anderson's films (esp. Rushmore on Criterion DVD), The Squid and the Whale, Good Night and Good Luck, Pan's Labyrinth, Alfonson Cuaron's films, pretty much anything Judd Apatow, Brazil (Criterion), The Monster Squad, The Neverending Story, Go, Election, The Iron Giant, Robocop (Criterion), Michael Powell's films, Harold and Kumar, Citizen Kane, The Dark Crystal, Robert Rodriguez's part of Grdindhouse plus the fake trailers, Trey Parker's films, Rock N' Roll High School, Black Stallion, The Limey, The Incredibles, Say Anything, Almost Famous (Untitled cut), Story of Ricky, Patton (first 10 minutes), most of Billy Wilder's stuff, esp. Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17 and Sabrina
Television
30 Rock, Arrested Development, Freakazoid, Veronica Mars, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Sons & Daughters, Titus, Scrubs, The Office, Red Dwarf, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Galaxy High, The Simpsons (Seasons 3-8), South Park, Home Movies, Batman: The Animated Series (Fox episodes), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Boondocks, Duckman, Get a Life, Cupid, EZ Streets, Profit, Jim Henson's the Storyteller, Sledge Hammer, Duck Tales, Gummi Bears, Married...With Children, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Remember WENN, Wiseguy, Remington Steele, Murder One (first season), Crime Story, The Singing Detective, I, Claudius, Soap, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Seasons 1-3)
Books
Tapping the Source, The Killer Inside Me, The Coming of Conan, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, The Wind in the Willows, King Dork, His Dark Materials, Harlan Ellison's Watching, The Demolished Man, The Illustrated Man, The Trumpet of the Swan, Half Magic, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, No Coins, Please, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, About a Boy, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, All Quiet on the Western Front, Impossible Things, Gordon Korman's early novels (esp. No Coins, Please, I Want to Go Home! and Who is Bugs Potter?)
Heroes
Grant Morrison, Harlan Ellison, my dad on rare occasions, and anyone who takes the time to edit my work.
North Carolina State University At Raleigh
Raleigh,North Carolina
Graduated: 2002
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Minor: Film Studies/Creative Writing
Clubs: Technician
1998 to 2002
Needham Broughton High
Raleigh,North Carolina
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Hi-Times, Junior Classical League, Honors Society
I write for a wide variety of publications and web sites, including Newsarama.com, the biggest comic book site on the Internet (two million unique hits per month! Yeah!) and the Independent Weekly, an award-winning paper in Durham, NC.
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Hullo Zack!!! Long time no see. Let's go to a screening together sometime soon. Are you doing the breakup movie with Sara Bell? I might go see that. =)
I just had thoughts that reminded me of you. I heard the video film was good (35mm highlander so you don't get confused what I'm talking about). How is stuff?
