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John Miller
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Age: 24 Occupation: Stock and options trader; DissectingPopCulture's creator, editor, designer, and Grand Poobah. Education: Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia (2005). Movies: The Big Lebowski; Jaws; 2001: A Space Odessey; Monty Python flicks; Full Metal Jacket; Rounders; Cool Hand Luke; Austin Powers; Dumb and Dumber; Ace Ventura; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Cinema Paradiso; Do the Right Thing; Forest Gump; A Clockwork Orange; Team America: World Police; South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut; Taxi Driver; The Godfather flicks; the Star Wars flicks (sans Episodes 1 & 2); Blow; Pulp Fiction; The Graduate; Unforgiven; Rain Man; Anchorman, The Departed. Music: The Beatles; Bob Marley; Frank Zappa; The Rolling Stones; Bob Dylan; Jimi Hendrix; Steely Dan; Phish; 2Pac; Notorious B.I.G.; The Doors; Jay-Z; Ice Cube; Dr. Dre; Snoop; Led Zepplin; Ludacris; James Taylor; Louis Armstrong; Miles Davis; B.B. King; Pink Floyd; Janis Joplin; CCR; Billie Holiday; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Neil Young; Outkast; James Brown; Aretha Franklin; Jack Johnson; Nirvana; 311. TV: South Park, The Simpsons, Chapelle's Show, Mad Money, The Office, PTI, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Late Night w/ Conan, The Colbert Report, 24, The Sopranos, Scrubs. Sports: NBA, NFL, MLB, college football, college basketball, Missouri Tigers basketball and football, Kansas City Royals and Chiefs, boxing, golf, tennis, table tennis, UFC, the Olympics. Books: SIDDHARTHA by Herman Hesse; ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell; MY LOSING SEASON by Pat Conroy; DROP CITY by T.C. Boyle; FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson; Carlos Castaneda's don Juan series. Wrestlers: Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, The Rock, Chris Benoit, Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, Christian Cage, Mick Foley, Homicide. Games: Texas hold'em poker, chess, Madden and NCAA Football, sports video games in general, Zelda, Metroid, Metal Gear, Halo, Perfect Dark/Goldeneye, Tekken/Soul Calibur. Other interests: The stock market, gadgets, film and video production, bar hopping, smart and funny people. |
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