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IMDb Listing

Jonathan Harford — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:46:53 +0000

Gingerbreed is the first IMDb-listed film I’ve done. As such, I am now in the IMDb!

Though the Oracle of Bacon has not yet updated their own database to reflect this, I have done some research and determined my Bacon Number to be 3.

It’s A Bitch!

Jonathan Harford — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:12:54 +0000

Unconnected Things I Learned In Oaxaca, Mexico

Jonathan Harford — Sun, 14 May 2006 23:23:08 +0000

I’m back! Leah, my VSLF, has put a delightful selection of photographs on Flickr. Also, here is a terribly droll video of the first time she intentionally ate insects.

Unconnected Things I Learned In Oaxaca, Mexico:

Very few people smoke
Many young women wear sassy English-language t-shirts. A selection
- You Really Don’t Impress Me
- I Need More Fun
- Lovely Angels Dream Girl
- Spend All Your $$$ On Me
- Turn Me On
- I’m An Angel (not to be confused with another shirt we saw, “Soy Una Angel”)
- I ♥ Oral Sex
- I Need More Vacations
- Hardcore (with an icon of an applecore)
- ALL THAT and a bag of chips
- Blah, blah, blah. NOBODY IS LISTENING TO YOU
- I Never Give Out My Number On The First Day Of School
- I Got Out Of Bed; What More Do You Want?
- New Model Army (funny because thirteen-odd years ago it was one of Leah’s favorite bands)
- Hey Yo We’re Not Those Kids Darling
If putting salsa on bread & butter is wrong, I don’t want to be right
Unless specified, dishes at a restaurant will be brought to your table at a fairly staggered order (e.g. if A & B each order an appetizer and a main dish it will not be unusual for A to receive his main dish, then, five minutes later receive his appetizer, both before B receives anything)
Jack Skellington is surprisingly popular — but as Leah pointed out, the movie’s very Dia de los Muertos

Oaxaca

Jonathan Harford — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:00:10 +0000

Today my woman and I are flying off to Oaxaca for some west and wewaxation! I’ll be back on the 13^th.

MTV2’s Sexy Champions

Jonathan Harford — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:52:18 +0000

I got an email last night from the members of successful geniune NYC band Dynasty, who played soon-to-be-successful fake suburban band “The Sexy Champions” in an MTV2 commercial (for On The Rise — popups ahoy!) I was in late last year. They’ve put up a site (sexychampions.com, of course) at which one can watch said commercial.

I’m a little disappointed at how it turned out, ’cause I came up with all kinds of things to say as my indie-rock-nerd character:

I’ve played this CD of your bootlegs so many times, I’ve practically worn out my CD player. But listen: I’ve got a friend who’s playing downtown tonight at Reilly’s. I really think you guys should stop by and check it out. He’s got a real â€œSexy Championsâ€ kind of sound. Maybe you could even play a set. Would you mind… signing this for me? No? Well, do you think I could interview you for my blog? I’ve got this indie music blog. It would just take five minutes. I’ve got my notepad in my bag. I’d really like to introduce Sexy Champions to the blogosphere.

…and you don’t get to hear any of them, ’cause I end up just being in the background.

Dynasty is/are very nice people. I like their song, “Hypnotized”

The New Yorkers, 2006-03-28

Jonathan Harford — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:08:46 +0000

It wasn’t public access, they made a point of saying. It was proper UHF, complete with interstitial commercials. My interview was live, at 12:30 AM. Here it is:

I got what I needed to get done:

Tell a story about my colon and a snowboarding videogame â˜‘
Get told by the host, â€œyeah, you’re weird.â€ â˜‘
Curse my similarly-named nemesis â˜‘
Pimp Mingle and my website. â˜‘
Compare a student film I did (if only in name) to upcoming smash hit Snakes on a Plane â˜‘
Do my Kermit the Frog voice â˜‘
Get invited back â˜‘ (to bring a tape of me singing Hit Me Baby One More Time)

You may note that (until I unintentionally corrected them) they captioned me with my nemesis’ name.

Zero-Tolerance Policy

Jonathan Harford — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:14:11 +0000

I went to a work schmoozy thing last night, and what did my nametag say? That’s right:

Jonathan Hartford

My whole life it’s never bothered me that much, and now it drives me crazy. I shall never allow it again*.

* Though when the girl at the nametag counter handed me mine she was so overworked yet friendly I couldn’t bring myself to be petty. But from now on, pettiness shall be my middle name!