Currently? ASPERGERS, AUTISM, TOURETTES, (not by choice, but out of necessity) Going green..solar energy, sustainable resources, recycling, SUNSCREEN........dont ask.....Reading ,writing, "The Portable Dread" Brighton C. Bennington is brilliant...Music, philosophy, history, art, travel, food, culture, tattoos and Pink Hair. Anything DIFFERENT or unique...Music, DRUMS, Drumming AND DRUMMERS, Bass guitar & bassists........those are the heartbeat of the music. My husband, kids & family. My friends. Yoga, meditating, I love live music. Punk shows, metal, music music music....whatever, Dance..choreography, ballet tap....etc. accupuncture, homeopathic medicine, herbology, the occult. Theology. I'm into growing organic vegetables. I love cooking and i'm good at it. It is oddly soothing. (yah, dont faint from shock) Good Vegan food that doesn't taste like soap. Love Mexican food. Cuban food, Love persian food. When I'm hungry in L.A., "Chez Nous" in Studio City and The "California Canteen" on Cahuenga is fierce!!!!! And the "Vegan Plate" on Ventura Blvd. Theres a little hole in the wall sushi place that isnt too bad on Hollywood Blvd. Weird people fascinate me. I'm not interested in being a Stepford wife clone of Leave it to beaver. I enjoy interacting with people who have talent and or something unique to say. People who wear their art , and live it Inspire me. I am interested in: Recycling. Painting, Photography, Floral design, Landscape design. Exposing truths, and finding out what makes people tick. Psychological profiling, Forensic science, history.
Changing education policy and law to benefit special ed children's needs, lobbying to rewrite laws at the congressional level, to give the teachers the proper training tools and materials to teach, and keep the school districts from screwing the kids out of education. Making sure the state is doing it's job to oversee it all. (that's the funniest and the most depressing thing I've ever heard. Look at my blog page) There is no oversight or monitoring of spending. Our "blue ribbon school district" is a crock. We're rated 47th! I am a fan of making progress. A step in the right direction is better than nothing at all.
I like to shake things up and keep people guessing. Keeps em on their toes.
I'd like to meet:
More people who love art (mine or anybody elses) and understand the sense of humor in it. People who do art because they have to, like a compulsion, people who need to play or hear music or they'll die otherwise....Artists who arent pretentious. People who can take a compliment without thinking I want something from them. Anyone new and different, nice people, not "know it alls".......I love special ed kids. Open minded people who can enrich my life and expand my knowledge of the world and the people in it. Freaks like me. Freaks like you, Anyone over 30 with hot pink hair, nipple rings and full body tattoos. Plain Janes and dorks too. Women who aren't bitches, or haters. New friends. Not so much meet, but pick their brains for a while list: Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Mose Tolliver,Andy Warhol, Freida Kahlo, Buddha, Mr Rodgers, Monet, Picasso, Salvador Dahli, Degas, Randy Rhoades.
The jerk who invented panty hose, (what was he thinking?) Henry Rollins, Casey Chaos, Nina Simone and Anyone who has been interesting or made an artistic impression on me. Robert Downey Jr. Edward Norton, Tim Burton
Music:
Recently, I listen to alot of: AMEN, Pogues, KORN, 80's metal, Ministry. Death metal, crust grindcore, gore goth, blah blah blah......Lots. Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello and the Anthology of American Folk Music compiled by Harry Smith is stuck in my brain. .Old stuff. real old. Metallica, Ride the Lightning, and Load. Van Halen. (Old school). Jan and Lorraine......(my best friend's mom and her hippie lover)The Ink Spots cause my dad loved them, The Smith's, Seal, Zeppelin, Violent Femmes, type o neg, chimara, other crap from the Jagermeister tour I cant remember. Odetta. My best friend's mom wrote a gold album for her. My friend told Odetta she had bad breath. She was 4 at the time. Addicts, Hit the switch, Ramones, Silence. Flogging Molly, I love Dave King's voice. Whatever's on-.......this includes: Sevendust,, Elvis Costello, metallica, Blondie, Kiss, Beatles, Doors, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits........alot of Misfits , Dead Kennedys, Frank Sinatra, Black Flag, Henry Rollins, Perfect Circle, Tool, Chicago, Green Day, The Addicts, Public enemy ,Sublime, HorrorPops, Deftones, Flogging Molly, Oxymoron, Tiger Army, Maiden, Amerikan Made, Throw Rag, Caliban, Goatsnake, Gather, Minor Threat, Funeral Dress, Aquabats, Circle Jerks, Joe Jackson, Dave Matthews, Sublime, NOFX, Social Distortion, NIN, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, The Melvins, Sham 69 ,The Mamas and the Papas, Bjork, The Replacements, Box Car Racer , Blink 182 ,Violent Society, Violent Femmes, Caualties, Toxic Narcotic,The Opposition, Lower Class Brats, Death By Death, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, Creeping death, Fear, Skinny Puppy, AFI, Linkin Park, That blind opera guy,I forget his name, sings in Italian, Oingo Boingo, Ozomatli, Mozart, Chopin, Johnny Cash, Bach, Apocolyptica, Kotton Mouth Kings, Some Primus,HEPCAT!!!!! Cannibal corpse Portishead,Sonic Youth, Bumbklatt, Gluttony, Rush, Life crisis, The Skulls, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Gipsy Kings, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Foods, Zeppelin, The Clash, Foo Fighters, The first "Hole" album, Some of Roger Water's solo stuff,Dave Navarro (all projects), Peter Gabriel's "Birdy" Janes Addiction (old Stuff), Old Grungy shit like Alice in Chains,Pearl Jam, Sound Garden,(sometimes), Old metal like Motley Crue before Vince Neil had a face lift, I still like them. (how come Nikki Six & Tommy Lee aren't geezers? They should be dead already with all of the drugs????????)Brides of Destruction, Fastway, Dokken, W.A.S.P., Pantera, Green Jelly, Megadeth, Scorpions, Skid Row, and weird shit like Jazz, Miles Davis..Crust.......etc........Big Band and Swing (there are too many more to list) Ozzy: Sabbath to Randy Rhoades era.the mars volta is interesting, my kids love the killers, (my chemical romance makes me wanna hit people) I guess theres so much music that I couldnt fit it all here, but I am inspired every day to listen to new and different, as well as familiar." The one,and only, The legendary: Pat Magrath......" (wink) (wink) I love you Patty cakes. Hope to see you again soon. P.S. You owe me a latte......And of course, Randy. R.I.P.
Movies:
Uh....to name a few, Falling from Grace ......documentaries. Proof, ..devils rejects, deathproof, the longest yard, the pacifier..(vinnie baby) The Boondock Saints, The Departed..Borat....coach carter....some documentary about how the whole war in iraq is based on lies and bullshit. Thanks George.....Foreign Films with subtitles..........I love Pee Wee's play house. (not really a movie, but fun to watch all episodes. He's a crazy bastard.....Willy Wonka....both versions........Lords of dog town.....cheesy black and white classics, Shirley temple, Pulp Fiction, The King and I, Fight CLub, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Encino man, Bio Dome, Son In Law, She Devil, Barefoot in the Park, Pecker, The Taming Of the Shrew, Shreck, Shreck 2, Finding Nemo, Little giants, cause my kids are suddenly obsessed with sports, Rocky Horror, Shirley Maclaine movies, old musicals like There's no Buisness Like Show Buisness, or Follow the Fleet. Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelley are the bomb, and Jerry Lewis, with Dean Martin in "Artists and Models" A friend of mine was actually in that movie. Doris Day films are good too, as are Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Donald O'Connor, Elizabeth Taylor and Old Katherine Hepburn. Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, and gypsy. 80's movies like 16 Candles, the Breakfast Club, Betsy's wedding, Trading Places. Totally dumb, but fun to watch. Polish wedding was cute too.
I am A gay guy's dream movie date. Documentaries are probably my fave lately. I liked Running with scissors and Shop Girl.
I also Loved Party Monster...what a pleasant surprise. Gory, yet hillarious.
Television:
Oh my god! SHAMELESS!!!!!!!!! the funniest thing i've seen in a long time. reading rules, but tv's ok...sometimes anyway... Weeds.....Californication, cooking shows, dexter, Travel channel, history channel, national geographic channel, discovery channel... Man VS Wild. I like it when he takes his shirt off, and doesnt talk. . I liked Grey's Anatomy, but it's gotten stupid. I'm over 24. I love tivo, I hate commercials. Detest television news media spin doctors..................
IFC and Sundance channel have interesting shows.Henry Rollins' show was cool when I could catch it. HENRY!!!!!!!Big love is kinda weird, kinda cool. Skate Maps and first hand is something I watch with my boys.
Books:
whatever's fun at the moment. A composite of laws..IDEA 2006 (gag) , The incredible years. HEROIN DIARIES (OH MY GOD HOW INSANE!!!!!!!!) Anthony Bourdain "Nasty Bits", " "The natural way to draw." Nicolaides,"Jambalaya",Tiesh Homeopathic medicine guides , more crap I cant remember.I like magazines, News, newsletters and blogs. I'm a blog junkie. I read whatever inspires me at the moment.
Heroes:
My Dad, My Kids, they're everything to me. My self motivated over ambitious driven husband.....People smarter than me, people who can fill in the blanks and think outside of the box. People who challenge me. People who "get" me. People with the guts to say what theyre thinking.
And people who make good vegan food. Artists and musicians, Mc Yummy,and talented people who draw pretty pictures on skin. Steevie and Greg, Also people who can make cool imaginative clothes. Mich~ I'm into bright, bold and different or dark and dangerous. Special ed kids. Especially the ones with that fire inside that most people miss.
