Age: To put it in political terms, my birthday falls in the administration of that peanut-lovin guy, Jimmy Carter.

Siblings?: Yup.

What the did you study?: Communications and Political Science. All my education allows me to ask the following -- are William Hague (former UK Tory leader) and actor Ed Harris twins?

It scares you, doesn't it?

Vices: caffeine, caffeine, caffeine, caffeine, caffeine. I have the jitters.

Favorite Books: Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity," Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential."

Favorite Films:

Every Bond film except Never Say Never Again (horrid!). Self professed 007 junkie. Heathers, Strangers On a Train, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, Grosse Pointe Blank, Since You've Been Gone, Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, L.A. Confidential, Real Genius, There's Something About Mary, Very Bad Things, The Matrix, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Fight Club, Chicken Run, The Last Days Of Disco, The Bourne Indentity.

Some of my favorite discs:

Saint Etienne - Good Humor (coincidentally, my favourite album of 1998), Sound of Water (favourite album of 2000), Interlude (favourite disc of 2001), Finisterre

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister, the Boy With the Arab Strap, Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Pesant

Hooverphonic - Blue Wonder Power Milk

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Sleeper - the It Girl, Pleased To Meet You

Ivy - Apartment Life

Kenickie - At The Club

Garbage - Version 2.0 (Garbage + "the World Is Not Enough" = Pure Bliss)

Portishead - Portishead, PNYC

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead, Singles

Radiohead - OK Computer, The Bends

Blur - Parklife, The Great Escape

Morrissey - Your Arsenal, Malajusted, My Early Burglary Years

Gene - Olympian, Drawn To The Deep End

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen, Naked Baby Photos

The Saint - Soundtrack

Echobelly - On, Pantyhose & Roses (bootleg)

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Ed Harcourt - Be Here Monsters

Doesn't Believe In:

Living without coffee

Living without CNN

The redheaded guy on CNBC.

Favorite Pastimes:

Sarcasm

Caffeine consumption

Making fun of the redheaded guy on CNBC.

LOMO!

Television

Gilmore Girls

The Daily Show

ALIAS.

Will & Grace

Ab Fab

A Cook's Tour

ALIAS.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Late Show w/ David Letterman

ALIAS.

Loves:

Excellent Online, the home for Anglophiles stuck in the U.S.

Diet Coke

The 11th Hour

The two Steves: Steven Patrick Morrissey, Steve Jobs

coffee. Have you gotten the point yet?

The BBC and NPR crossovers

Modern Humorist

Hates:

MATCHBOX 20. I will forever be dumbfounded why people love this disposable, unoriginal band.

parking.

Cereal

Dell Computers and Michael Dell in general.

 

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