About Me

  • About Me: "History is a far-off country." (c. pal) "History lives in the imagination of the present." (m. mielencholy) "The imagination is full of strange and wonderful things." (l. carroll) "Imagination is born of illict desires." (a. foille) "I have always had the repulsive desire to be something more than human." (d. bowie)

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Freakazoid, MST3K, Ed Edd and Eddy, Blackadder, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Venture Brothers, the Young Ones, the Mighty Boosh
  • Favorite Channels: Spike, Cartoon Network
  • Favorite Reruns: any Speilburg cartoons
  • Most Addictive Show: Blackadder
  • Favorite Episode: (Venture Bros.) Escape to the House of Mummies Part II
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Flava of Love, I Love New York
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Freakazoid

More About Me

  • Religion: Jewish
  • Heroes: Stephen Tennant, David Bowie, Alcibiadies
  • Interests: I love pirates. I own dozens of books on the history of pirates, and I also think Sam Lord is just fab. I do comics on the history of Western Europe, particularly of the early modern era, currently on the development of psychology. Also, I design and make clothing, and I love corsets.
  • Expertise: "Expertise in art & meditation, writing & manipulation, winning cards & breaking hearts, but never," he said, "at poetry."
  • Occupation: Cartooning
  • Industry: Historical Research
  • Website: http://www.webcomicsnation.com/intrepidcaptain

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Amadeus, MirrorMask, The Deer Hunter, Bloodsport, Ponyo On the Cliffside by the Sea
  • Favorite Actors: Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham-Carter, Christopher Walken, Hugo Weaving, Stephinie Leonidas, Kiera Knightley, David Bowie, Jason Issacs
  • Favorite Directors: Wes Anderson, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
  • Favorite Genre: Drama
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Velvet Goldmine
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Well, there it is." ~Amadeus
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Labyrinth

College

  • School Name: Bennington College
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2011
  • Attended: 2007 - 2011
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): History & Visual Narrative
  • Organizations: Deep 13, the Public Pillow Fight Club, and the Objectivist's Debate Club

Music

  • Favorite Artists: David Bowie, Japan, JUMO, Antique Cafe
  • Favorite Albums: Aladin Sane (Bowie), In Vogue (Japan), Classiks (Cooper)
  • Favorite Genre: rock
  • Favorite Songs: Life on Mars? (Bowie), As the World Falls Down (Bowie), Sebastian (Bowie), Lovers on Main Street (Japan)
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Winter in the Hamptons, Beverly Hills
  • Songs I hate: Elvis just isn't....don't like the voice
  • Guilty Pleasure: thuggy rap, Wierd Al, music videos for bands like 30 Seconds to Mars and the Pink Spiders
  • Songs I repeat the most: Sebastian, No Reason, Hot Ones
  • Band I wish I was in: Japan (if they were still together)

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Japanese
  • Favorite Dishes: eel handroll, thinly sliced lox with capers, deviled eggs and cocktial shrimp
  • Favorite Desserts: marzipan
  • Favorite Drinks: Manhattan Special (espresso soda)
  • Favorite Junk Foods: red bean or peppermint ice cream
  • My Original Recipes: marzipan-filled sugar cookies
  • Favorite Restaurants: Cassis, Osaka, Hudson's, any Ian Schreger restaurant, really
  • Foods I hate: esparagus, ketchup, red meat, chicken, pork, lamb products, UMLP (unidentified Meat-like Products)

Travel

  • Places I love: England, Maine, and the City
  • Places to see before I die: Skellig Michael
  • Dream Vacation: backpacking from Ireland to Saudi Arabia

High School

  • School Name: Huntington High School
  • Status: Student
  • Class of: 2007
  • Attended: 2003 - 2007
  • Sports: fencing
  • Organizations: Drama Club, Fencing, Art Honor Society, English Honor Society, GSA, Video Club

Books

  • Favorite Books: Peter Simple, The Helmet of Navarre, The Great Gatsby, The Little Prince, Atlas Shrugged, The Man Who Was Poe
  • Favorite Authors: Clive Barker, Ayn Rand, Avi
  • Favorite Genres: fantasy, sci-fi, realistic fiction
  • Favorite Quotes: "He who walks through life may not reach his goal the quickest, but he has the advantage of not being out of breath upon his arrival." Captain Frederick Marryat
  • Recent Reads: Invitation to a Beheading, Crime and Punishment

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, Zelda: Orcarina of Time, Soul Caliber II
  • Consoles: Game Cube, Nintendo 64
  • Favorite Characters: Sheik (but I hate Zelda; more then Navi)
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Pac-Man
  • Most Addictive: Lifeblood (real-time action vampire-themed internet game)
  • Proudest Achievements: beat the water temple in one day HAH! (yes it's pathetic)

Style

  • Where I shop: Mum's closet
  • Brands I love: sorry--tags long missing
  • I like to wear: comfortable-colorful-sparkly
  • Can't live without: my over-stimulated imagination
  • Prized Possessions: sight-hearing-touch-smell-taste
  • Guilty Pleasure: solitude on rainy fall mornings with the TV on low and a cup of hot tea in my hand