Location: Brampton
Member Since: August 26, 2009

Nerdiest Obsession: Music

Wastes too much time on: Watching bad movies, looking for old videos on YouTube

Favourite female nerd: Enid from Ghost World and Lindsay from Freaks and Geeks

Favourite male nerd: Geez, I have to choose one? Ron Mael of Sparks (but I'm partial to Nardwuar the Human Serviette) 

Secretly collects: Movie and concert ticket stubs

Hates with a fiery passion: the American Idol-ization of the world

Nerdy line that makes you swoon: "She mentioned Kant and I was shocked, so shocked/Where I come from none of the girls have such foul tongues" ("Hasta Manana, Monsieur" by Sparks)

Top 5 sites visited daily: Popshifter.com, Facebook, MySpace, LiveJournal, Twitter

Top 5 things everyone should check out ASAP: Popshifter.com, Redd Kross, Sparks, Jason Falkner, Roger Manning

Anything else to add? I used to have a CROOOW personalized license plate. Then I had a CURTWLD one. Now I don't even own a car!

Books

Fave book(s): A Heroine of the World, Breakfast On Pluto, Cat's Eye, Concrete Island, Glamorama, History of the American Film Industry, I Am Legend, Lolita, One Hand Clapping, Please Kill Me, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Til We Have Faces, To Kill a Mockingbird,
Fave author(s): Lester Bangs, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy, Tanith Lee
Most disappointing "based on the novel" film: I refuse to see the newest I Am Legend.
Books you'd love to see made into a film: Serenade by James M. Cain
Most impactful book/author: Lester Bangs/Tanith Lee
First book you ever read: I started reading when I was four, so I can't answer that correctly. But the first book I ever read over and over was Pollyanna.
First book that made you really like reading: Again, too many to mention, but A Wrinkle in Time was a particular fave.
Currently reading: I recently finished Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. I'm not a RHCP fan; I just love rock bios.

Movies

Fave film(s): 28 Days Later, American Psycho, Batman Begins, Blade Runner, Boys Don't Cry, Breakfast on Pluto, Carrie, Deathdream, Fantastic Planet, Fight Club, Ghostbusters, Gilda, Grease, Grease II, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, La Jetée, Le Samouraï, Let's Scare
Fave director(s): Allison Anders, Frank Capra, David Fincher, Todd Haynes, Alfred Hitchcock, Neil Jordan, Fritz Lang, David Markey, FW Murnau, Chris Nolan, George Romero
Fave actor(s)/actress(es): Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Alain Delon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, Ewan McGregor, Julianne Moore, Cillian Murphy, Edward Norton, James Spader, Sigourney Weaver, Allison Anders, Luis Buñuel, Frank Capra, David Fincher, Todd Haynes, Alfred Hit
Most inspiring film(s): Breakfast on Pluto, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ghost World, Velvet Goldmine
Biggest cinematic letdown: Anything touched by Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer
First film ever seen: The Other Side of the Mountain
Last film you watched: El Zorro with Alain Delon

Music

Fave band(s): Adam Ant, Cheap Trick, Duran Duran, Japan, Pulp, Queen, Redd Kross, Sparks, JG Thirlwell
Fave musician(s): See above plus Marc Bolan, Jason Falkner, John Lennon, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., John McGeoch, Pat Smear
Fave album(s): Gimme a break! Like I could choose from the zillions I love. Right now I'm loving The Latest, the newest Cheap Trick album.
Best band/concert to see live: Cheap Trick, El Vez, Redd Kross, Tricky Woo
Worst band/concert to see live: I was pretty unimpressed with The Breeders in 2001.
First concert: Adam Ant, 1983.
Currently hooked on: Tinted Windows
Fave music news site: WFMU's Beware of the Blog