About Me

  • About Me: Professional man-child seeks cowardly exit from proper and respectable adult life. Fails utterly.

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Finnegan
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • Religion: Chinese Buddhism, Science
  • Heroes: Moriyama Daido, Araki Nobuyoshi, Sigmund Freud
  • Interests: photography, writing, graphic design, squirrels
  • Expertise: writing (believe it or not!), The Dark Art of Psychology
  • Occupation: Assistant Editor
  • Industry: Publishing

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Kill Bill, The Quiet American, Lawrence of Arabia, The English Patient, Rushmore, Adaptation, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Thin Red Line, Apocalypse Now, Sexy Beast, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Napoleon Dynamite, Before Sunset, Aliens, Tony Takitani
  • Favorite Actors: Jarrad Skinner, Ralph Feinnes
  • Favorite Directors: Wong Kar-wai
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Lost in Translation, The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Jackie Chan

High School

  • School Name: Stuyvesant High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1999
  • Attended: 1995 - 1999

College

  • School Name: New York University
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2003
  • Attended: 1999 - 2003
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Psychology, Computer Science
  • Greek: ΑΦΩ
  • Organizations: Psi Chi

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Halo 2, Civilization IV
  • Consoles: NES, N64, Game Boy Micro, Xbox, GameCube
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Gauntlet
  • Most Addictive: Civilization IV, Knights of the Old Republic
  • Proudest Achievements: Stopping midway during a game of "Civilization IV"

Travel

  • Places I love: Taipei
  • Places I've been: Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, Paris, loads of places east of the Mississippi, southern California, Toronto, Montreal
  • Places to see before I die: That white light
  • Dream Vacation: Photographic and culinary expedition of Asia

Television

  • Favorite Shows: MacGyver, Gargoyles (the original series), Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Sopranos, 24, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica
  • Favorite Channels: Food Network, HBO
  • Most Addictive Show: 24
  • Characters you relate to: Shinji Ikari

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Bach, Moby, The Smashing Pumpkins, Puffy Ami Yumi, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Japanese
  • Favorite Dishes: Salmon nigiri sushi roll
  • Favorite Desserts: Vanilla milkshake
  • Favorite Drinks: Coffee
  • Best meal ever: Mom-prepared Thanksgiving dinner
  • My Original Recipes: Awesome Scrambled Eggs (TM)
  • Favorite Restaurants: Joe's Bestburger, Zaroka, Yama
  • Foods I hate: Humans (too chewy)

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Grapes of Wrath, Dune, The Lovely Bones, Harry Potter, Lucky Wander Boy, The Illiad, Cathedral
  • Favorite Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Carver, Jared Diamond
  • Recent Reads: The Year of Magical Thinking

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    • Name: Nicholas
    • Country: United States
    • Metro: New York City
    • Gender: Male
    • Member Since: 8/28/2004

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