tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30559792007-10-18T18:50:52.085-07:00Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-107182322002-03-13T19:38:00.000-08:002002-05-28T08:26:04.000-07:00<b>Aren't lists fun? (or more recently acquired goods)</b> <br /> <br /><i>Books</i> <br /> <br />The Odyssey" and "The Iliad" (verse translations by Robert Fagles) <br /> <br /><i>Music</i> <br /> <br />"Pray for Mojo" (MU330) <br />"No Self Control" (the Planet Smashers) <br />"The Guest" (Phantom Planet) <br />"Phantom Planet is Missing" (Phantom Planet) <br /> <br /><i>Videos</i> <br /> <br />"Memento" <br />"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" <br />"Rashomon" <br />"The Hidden Fortress" <br />"Six-String Samurai" <br />"Mallrats" <br />"Girl on the Bridge" <br /> <br /><i>Witnessed</i> <br /> <br />Jonathan Richman live <br />ballet in both Salt Lake and DenverSkattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-95760542002-02-10T08:02:00.000-08:002002-02-12T14:46:14.000-08:00<b>Add to that list (updated)</b> <br /> <br /><i>Recently purchased</i> <br /> <br />"Beowulf" (translated by Seamus Heaney) <br />"Public Domain: A Channel Zero Designbook" (written and drawn by Brian Wood) <br />"The Process of Belief" (Bad Religion) <br />"Summerteeth" (Wilco) <br />"Keep It Like a Secret" (Built to Spill) <br /> <br /><i>Recently received</i> <br /> <br />"The Prisoner", episode set 5 <br />"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" <br />"Princess Mononoke" <br />"Holidays on Ice" (David Sedaris) <br />"Mass Romantic" (the New Pornographers) <br />"Against the Grain" (Bad Religion) <br />"Being There" (Wilco) <br />"Perfect From Now On" (Built to Spill) <br />"The Giving Tree", 35th anniversary edition (Shel Silverstein) <br /> <br /><i>Recently saw</i> <br /> <br />"The Mothman Prophecies" <br /> <br /><i>Recently watched</i> <br /> <br />"Made" <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-86270772002-01-12T07:30:00.000-08:002002-01-13T10:53:36.000-08:00<b>More recent milestones</b> <br /> <br /><i>Recently saw</i> <br /> <br />"The Royal Tenenbaums" <br />"Gosford Park" <br /> <br /><i>Recently viewed</i> <br /> <br />"Blue" <br />"The Closet" <br /> <br /><i>Recently purchased</i> <br /> <br />"AM" (Wilco) <br />"Navy Blues" (Sloan) <br />"Mission Control" (Burning Airlines) <br />"Rival Schools United by One Line Drawing" (self-titled) <br />"The Shape of Punk to Come" (Refused) <br />"(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" (Oasis) <br /> <br /><i>Recently accomplished</i> <br /> <br />Became single again. Again.Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-82344232001-12-28T09:58:00.000-08:002001-12-28T09:58:58.756-08:00<b>Another useless list</b> <br /> <br /><i>Recently saw</i> <br /> <br />"Fellowship of the Ring" <br />"Croupier" <br />"The Devil's Backbone" <br /> <br /><i>Currently reading</i> <br /> <br />"White Teeth" <br />"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" <br /> <br /><i>Listening to</i> <br /> <br />Guided by Voices, Built to Spill, Sebadoh, PavementSkattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-75791322001-12-02T08:16:00.000-08:002001-12-02T08:16:52.640-08:00<b>Yet another list of recent events</b> <br /> <br /><i>Watched</i> <br /> <br />"In the Mood for Love" <br />"Airplane" <br />"Young Frankenstein" <br /> <br /><i>Purchased</i> <br /> <br />"White Teeth" <br />"Live" (Built to Spill) <br />"Ill Communcation" (the Beastie Boys) <br />"Check Your Head" (the Beastie Boys) <br /> <br /> <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-71502712001-11-15T11:50:00.000-08:002001-11-16T13:05:03.000-08:00<b>More "recent" stuff</b> <br /> <br /><i>Purchased</i> <br /> <br />"You Can Count on Me" <br />"Best in Show" <br />some comic books <br /> <br /><i>Saw</i> <br /> <br />"Innocence" <br />"The Man Who Wasn't There" <br />"Amelie" <br />"Focus" <br />"The Dreamlife of Angels" <br />"City of Lost Children" <br />"Love and Death" <br />"Rudolph's Shiny New Year" <br /> <br /><i>Ate</i> <br /> <br />Poore Brothers' jalapeno potato chipsSkattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-63590222001-10-15T12:59:00.000-07:002001-10-15T12:59:05.070-07:00<b>Recently seen</b> <br /> <br />"The Girl on the Bridge" <br />"The Widow of St. Pierre" <br />"Time and Tide"Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-63589872001-10-15T12:57:00.000-07:002001-10-15T12:58:03.000-07:00<b>Addicted to</b> <br /> <br />Coffee <br />"The Simpsons" <br />"ER" repeats (and damn <a href="http://members.freespeech.org/cheap/index.html">her</a> for that)Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-61713122001-10-07T10:28:00.000-07:002001-10-07T10:28:00.656-07:00<b>Recently completed</b> <br /> <br /><i>Saw</i> <br /> <br />"Happy Accidents" <br />"The Mexican" <br /> <br /><i>Read</i> <br /> <br />"Box Office Poison"Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-61712692001-10-07T10:26:00.000-07:002001-10-07T10:26:02.953-07:00<b>Started, but not finished</b> <br /> <br />homework <br />"If Chins Could Kill" <br />"The Girl on the Bridge" <br />sleepSkattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-54822252001-09-04T13:42:00.001-07:002001-09-07T14:13:57.000-07:00<b>Recently purchased</b> <br /> <br /><i>Books</i> <br /> <br />"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" (Michael Chabon, author) <br />"Glue" (Irvine Welsh, author) <br />"Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" (Roddy Doyle, author) <br />"Strangehaven, Book 2: The Brotherhood" (Gary Spencer Millidge, writer and illustrator) <br /> <br /><i>Music</i> <br /> <br />"Ancient Melodies for the Future" (Built to Spill) <br />"Each Sold Separately" (Punch the Clown) <br />"The 13th Round" (Thug Murder) <br />"Tiger Army II: The Power of Moonlight" (Tiger Army) <br /> <br /><i>Movies</i> <br /> <br />"The Unbelievable Truth" <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-54822392001-09-04T13:42:00.000-07:002001-09-04T13:42:58.236-07:00<b>Recently seen</b> <br /> <br />"Ghost World" <br />"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-52940842001-08-25T13:23:00.000-07:002001-08-25T13:23:47.553-07:00<b>Favorite comics</b> <br /> <br />"Acme Novelty Library" (Chris Ware) <br />"Amazing Spider-Man" (J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita, Jr.) <br />"Berlin (Jason Lutes) <br />"Bone" (Jeff Smith) <br />"Box Office Poison" (Alex Robinson) <br />"Dork" (Evan Dorkin) <br />"Jetcat Clubhouse" (Jay Stephens) <br />"Kane" (Paul Grist) <br />"King-Cat Comics" (John Porcellino) <br />"New X-Men" (Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely) <br />"Planetary" (Warren Ellis and John Cassaday) <br />"Strangehaven" (Gary Spencer Millidge)Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-52940202001-08-25T13:19:00.000-07:002001-08-25T13:19:13.800-07:00<b>Essential graphic novels</b> <br /> <br />"The Ballad of Dr. Richardson" (Paul Pope) <br />"Cages" (Dave McKean) <br />"Cerebus: Church and State" (Dave Sim) <br />"The Essential Fantastic Four" (Volume 3) (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) <br />"The Essential Spider-Man" (Volume 1) (Stan Lee and Steve Ditko) <br />"From Hell" (Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell) <br />"Goodbye, Chunky Rice" (Craig Thompson) <br />"Hicksville" (Dylan Horrocks) <br />"Jar of Fools" (Jason Lutes) <br />"Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth" (Chris Ware) <br />"The Land of Nod Treasury" (Jay Stephens) <br />"Perfect Example" (John Porcellino) <br />"Preacher: Alamo" (Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon) <br />"Safe Area Gorazde" (Joe Sacco)Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-52939342001-08-25T13:12:00.000-07:002001-08-25T13:12:21.496-07:00<b>Top dining experiences</b> <br /> <br />Alexander's (Mexican; Denver, Colorado) <br />The Blue Nile (Ethiopian; Denver, Colorado) <br />Gordito's (Mexican; Seattle, Washington) <br />The King and I (Thai; Las Vegas, Nevada) <br />Lenito's (Mexican; Provo, Utah) <br />Shanghai Garden (Chinese; Seattle, Washington) <br />Star of India (Indian; Salt Lake City, Utah) <br />Sushi Den (Sushi; Denver, Colorado) <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-52938422001-08-25T13:04:00.000-07:002001-10-15T12:59:46.000-07:00<b>This is me</b> <br /> <br />This picture was taken in July. <img src="http://sc.communities.msn.com/tn/79/82/SkattiesPage/2/12.jpg"> <br />I promise I'm not <i>always</i> this somber. Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-52140572001-08-21T10:08:00.000-07:002001-08-21T10:08:14.480-07:00<b>What I've been up to:</b> <br /> <br />Running <br />Working on a neuropsych assessment report <br />Reading <br />Worrying <br />UpdatingSkattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-52137112001-08-21T09:48:00.000-07:002001-08-21T09:48:08.090-07:00<b>The scoop</b> <br /> <br /><i>Things I'm looking forward to:</i> <br /> <br />MOVIES <br /> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0162346">“Ghost World”</a> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0246544">"The Musketeer"</a> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120737">"Fellowship of the Ring"</a> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078788">“Apocalypse Now, Redux”</a> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0145487">"Spider-Man"</a> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0265666">“The Royal Tenenbaums”</a> <br /> <br />TV <br /> <br /><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0244365">"Enterprise"</a> <br /> <br />BOOKS <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582341656/ref=nwl_gateway/ref=cm_mp_wl/002-5873934-0317635?coliid=IESGST0EAN7FE">“All Families Are Psychotic”, by Douglas Coupland</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1560974311/ref=nwl_gateway/ref=cm_mp_wl/002-5873934-0317635?coliid=I394MDBDH44A1U">“Don’t Call Me Stupid”, by Steven "Ribs" Weissman</a> Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-48530772001-08-01T08:54:00.000-07:002001-08-01T08:54:56.530-07:00<b>Seen/Done/Been there/Read it</b> <br /> <br /><i>Finished reading</i> <br /> <br />"How to Be Good" by Nick Hornby <br />"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers <br /> <br /><i>Now reading</i> <br /> <br />"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman <br /> <br /><i>Seen at the theater or on video</i> <br /> <br />"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" <br />"Made" <br />"Planet of the Apes" (the new one) <br />"A.I." <br /> <br /><i>Visited</i> <br /> <br />Salt Lake City, Utah <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-43919932001-07-05T09:15:00.000-07:002001-07-05T09:15:53.340-07:00<b>More lists</b> <br /> <br /><i>Recently viewed</i> <br /> <br />"The Omega Man" <br />"Amateur" <br />"Metropolitan" <br />"Shrek" <br />"Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me" <br />"Dogma" (the director's cut DVD with all the extra goodies) <br />"Office Space" <br /> <br /><i>Recently purchased cds</i> <br /> <br />BRMC- "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club" <br />Me First and the Gimme Gimmes- "Blow in the Wind" <br />The Lawrence Arms/The Chinkees - (split cd) <br />Citizen Fish- "Life Size" <br /> <br /><i>On the list of stuff to be read</i> <br /> <br />David Foster Wallace- "Infinite Jest" <br />John Horgan- "The End of Science" <br />Nikos Kazantzakis- "Zorba the Greek" <br />Michael Shermer- "Why People Believe Weird Things"Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-41306072001-06-18T16:09:00.000-07:002001-06-18T16:09:53.210-07:00<b>Some o' my favorite things</b> <br /> <br />Movie: "The Seven Samurai" (although this is a really tough call) <br />Director: Hal Hartley <br />Actor: Martin Donovan <br />TV Series (old): "The Prisoner" <br />TV Series (new): "The Simpsons" <br />Cartoon: "Speed Racer" (the original, of course) <br />Book: <i>Life After God</i>, by Douglas Coupland <br />Comic Book: <i>King-Cat Comics</i>, by John Porcellino <br />Musical Artist: Elvis Costello <br />Dish: Smothered spinach and bean burritos, from Alexander's <br />Drink of choice: Pete's Wicked Ale (not the varieties, though) <br />Heroes (no particular order): Noam Chomsky, Dr. Oliver Sacks, Sigmund Freud, Michael Moore <br /> <br /> <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-41256272001-06-18T10:37:00.000-07:002001-06-18T10:37:46.150-07:00<b>Listomania</b> <br /> <br />What I'm reading: <br /> <br />A whole passel of research articles on "theory of mind", high-functioning autism/Asperger Syndrome, gullibility, and victimization of people with developmental disabilities (don't ask) <br /> <br /><i>Machiavellian Intelligence: Social Expertise and the Evolution of Intellect in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans</i> (Richard Byrne and Andrew Whiten, editors) <br /> <br /><i>King-Cat Collection</i> (John Porcellino, writer/illustrator) <br /> <br /><i>Soundtrack: Short Stories 1989-1996</i> (Jessica Abel, writer/illustrator) <br /> <br /><i>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius</i> (Dave Eggers, writer) <br /> <br />What's spinning on the cd player: <br /> <br />just about every cd by the Posies <br />Chixdiggit <br />Citizen Fish <br />Sloan <br />Weezer <br />The (International) Noise Conspiracy <br /> <br />What's been seen lately: <br /> <br />"The Wild Bunch" <br />"Soylent Green" <br />"Cool Hand Luke" <br />"Hard-Boiled" <br />"HardCore Logo" <br /> <br /> <br />Skattieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055979.post-40860772001-06-15T11:29:00.000-07:002001-06-15T11:29:50.863-07:00<b>Things you might want to know about me</b> <br /> <br />(1) I'm liberal, and while I try to be open-minded about, it, I can be argumentative and dogmatic at times. <br />(2) That said, I'm <i>still</i> politically incorrect at times, because everyone needs a sense of humor, right? <br />(3) I adore "The Simpsons", even if I don't think it's been as funny for a few years now <br />(4) I'm useless without my morning coffee <br />(5) I'm a vegetarian, although I recently discovered a taste for sushi (took me long enough) <br />(6) Yes, I <i>do</i> read comics <br />(7) I'm a grad student, hence the grouchiness <br />(8) I love my mountain bike. <i>LOVE</i> it. <br />(9) I have a twin brother <br />(10) If I could eat Mexican food every day, I probably would <br />(11) I'm a toy junkie <br />(12) I'm secretly a computer illiterate (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) <br />(13) I'm a film snob, but I have some peculiar tastes <br />(14) Pretty much the only music I really can't stand is country (although Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline challenge that) <br />(15) I live in Denver, Colorado (which is a damned sight better than my old home), despite the friends left behind <br />(16) I laugh out loud every time I read <i>The Onion</i> (and did I mention that we get a print copy of it here every Thursday?) <br />(17) I'm deadly allergic to sunflower seeds and kiwi <br />(18) I don't consider food to be spicy enough unless it makes me sweat and my nose starts to run <br />(19) I'm fond of listsSkattieboynoreply@blogger.com