Location: Tdot
Member Since: August 26, 2009

Nerdiest Obsession: Canadian politics and public policy

Wastes too much time on: reading my Google Reader feed 

Favourite female nerd: Naomi Klein

Favourite male nerd: Henry Rollins

Secretly collects: leaflets from fringe political parties

Hates with a fiery passion: the meat and oil industries

Nerdy line that makes you swoon: “Did you see the last episode of Battlestar Galactica?”

Top 5 sites visited daily: Craigslist (http://toronto.craigslist.org), A Softer World (http://www.asofterworld.com/), CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/), Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com/), Twitter (http://twitter.com/loretta_jean)

Top 5 things everyone should check out ASAP:
1) Parliamentary question period on CPAC – comedy gold 

2) Goin’ Steady 1950s-60s dance parties @ The Boat (www.myspace.com/goinsteady), 

3) Elvis movies – pure cheese! 

4) Dave McKean’s Vertigo Tarot deck 

5) Avocado and brie sandwiches

Comics

Fave TPB(s): Tank Girl, Sandman Vol. 6 “Fables and Reflections”, Ghost World
Fave single issue: Uncanny X-Men #390 – so freaking sad!
Fave character(s): Tank Girl, Rogue (X-Men), Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim)
Fave storyline(s): a short-lived Vertigo comic called Dead Enders that I really enjoy
Fave 'verse(s): Buffy-verse
Fave artist/inker(s): Dave McKean
First comic book ever read: Catwoman # 1 (the mid-90s run)
Currently reading: Scott Pilgrim
Fave comic news site: http://comics.ign.com/ IGN
Fave writer(s): Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, Bryan Lee O’Malley

Movies

Fave film(s): Blade Runner, Star Wars, Sunset Boulevard, Evil Dead II , Wizard of Oz, Withnail & I, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pretty in Pink, Ghost World, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Fave director(s): Wes Anderson
Fave actor(s)/actress(es): Bill Murray / Uma Thurman
Most inspiring film(s): Kill Bill
Biggest cinematic letdown: X-3
First film ever seen: Little Mermaid
Last film you watched: Sid and Nancy (for about the billionth time)
Fave News Site(s): Ain’t It Cool News

Politics

Favourite issue to debate: environmental policy and climate change
Political hero(es): Olivia Chow, Simone de Beauvoir, The Dalai Lama
Favourite political satirist: Stephen Colbert
Favourite buzz issue: marijuana decriminalization
Best political book in the last 5 years: Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of ace Relations in Canada by Sunera Thobani
Favourite political scandal: Belinda Stronach vs. Peter McKay
Favourite NGO: Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org/)
Favourite organization of the United Nations: UNEP (The United Nations Environmental Programme) [http://www.unep.org/] or Security Council ( http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/)
Favourite news site(s): Rabble.ca