Mel

Fast facts

• At the movies I like

  Blood, death, destruction, car chases and tremendous explosions or expensive costumes.

• Last movie seen

  Juno. Boo freakn' hoo.

• Music I listen to

  Punk, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, punk, The Stooges, The Clash, David Bowie, Super Furry Animals, The Pogues, Flogging Molly, the Stones...way too much, and that's not even getting to the country/bluegrass side of things...

• Best album right now

  DIG LAZARUS, DIG!

• Favorite author

  John Gardner, James Lee Burke, Graham Greene, A.S. Byatt, among others too many to mention.

• Last book read

  The Enchantress of Florence, but I didn't finish it (evil librarians!)

• Best game right now

  Russian Roulette with a 9mm

• Software I use

  Cashmere panties

• Hardware I use

  Nickleplated .9 mm Beretta with laser sights.

• If I won 1 million dollars, I would:

  Retire to a remote chalet in the French Alps and become an evil mastermind.

• If I were a super hero I would:

  Retire to a remote chalet in the French Alps and become a super-evil mastermind. With lasers and dobermans, or perhaps lasers mounted on dobermans.

• I wish I could:

  That's like admitting you have a defect, isn't it? I can do ANYTHING, bitches.

• Favorite travel destination:

  Sewers of Paris.

• On my vacation, I...:

  Hunted inhuman troglodytes in the Venezuelan bat caves armed only with a pair of slightly used nunchuks.

• Favorite sports team:

  Any bloodsport, especially involving musketeers in puffy shirts.

• I'm passionate about:

  Money and power, or maybe power and THEN money. Can't decide.

• Food I like:

  Red meat

• I don't like:

  bindlestiffs, paregorics, neuralgia, schistosomiosis, trichinosis, and athletic mascots.

Blog posts

• The Hanson Brothers.
• Music Criticism at its finest.
• Amis/Theroux: The literary slash your momma warned you about.
• Cassiel's Song.
• Dammit.
• Fear and Loathing in Distraction.

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