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I'm a 22-year-old college graduate. I majored in English, so my plan is to work crap jobs to support my writing habit until I get discovered or I'm crushed by society's savage indifference to my dreams. (I've read a lot of naturalism in the last year.) My favorite authors are Sherwood Anderson, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jose Saramago, and Flannery O'Connor. I also read a lot of science fiction/fantasy when I was younger, for which I do not apologize or make excuses. I watch a lot of movies, too. My favorite directors are Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson, P.T. Anderson, Wim Wenders, and Krzysztof Kieslowski. I've been listening to Arcade Fire, The Shins, and Andrew Bird recently. I like girls but have never been on a date with one (apparently I don't know how to choose, or I just haven't met the right one yet--hoping it's the latter). I try to love God but that doesn't always work very well.
- Location:
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United States
- Primary occupation:
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Unemployed writer
- Dream occupation:
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Self-sufficient writer
- Hometown:
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Warsaw, IN
- Schools attended:
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Grace College
- I like:
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reading, writing, movies, sports, conversations about things that matter, looking at life from angles other people don't see
- Favorite writers:
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Sherwood Anderson, Jonathan Safran Foer, Flannery O'Connor, Jose Saramago, Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams
- Favorite books:
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Winesburg Ohio, The Cave, Wise Blood, The Violent Bear It Away, Everthing is Illuminated, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Favorite newspapers:
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Chicago Tribune, New York Times
- Favorite magazines:
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Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Books and Culture, Christianity Today, McSweeney's, Image Journal
- Favorite music:
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Dreek Webb, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Modest Mouse, Gnarls Barkley
- Favorite movies:
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The Fisher King, The United States of Leland, Wings of Desire, Three Colors: Blue, A Simple Plan, Mean Creek, The Prestige
- Favorite TV shows:
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Lost, 24, House, The Office, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Simpsons, Family Guy
- Favorite quote:
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When what is true looks more like a knife, it looks like you're killing me, but you're saving my life. --Derek Webb
- Gender:
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Male
- Religion:
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Christian