INTERESTS:
logic
thought
knowledge
reality
observation
dissecting
perspective
common sense
culture
etiquette
ethics
manners
respect
thinly veiled sarcasm
humor
quotes
creativity
anything vintage
World War II
ancient history & civilizations
human behavior
documentaries
Victorian Era
modern art
architecture
organizing
multitasking
shopping
The Truth
baked goods
gelato
cheese
creme brule
fine cuisine
sleeping
but most of all ... Jesus Juice.
The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
"Atisha" - Atisa Dipamkara Shrijnana (982 - 1054 CE)
I'D LIKE TO MEET:
... unpretentious humble people, as well as people with positive energy and substance!
If you THRIVE on OFFENDING others, have NEGATIVE INTENT, or are DISRESPECTFUL and DEMEANING, then I'm NOT the friend for YOU.
Although, I can't bring myself to believe that anyone truly embraces these negative characteristics.
Some people blindly bestow these qualities upon themselves.
All in all, you are just a product of your environment and you can change, if you set your mind to it!
Self-inflicting misery is unattractive; overcome it!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most brightens us. You are a child of God. You’re playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won’t feel insecure around you.We are born to manifest the glory of God that is within us, not just in some of us. It is in all of us. And if we let our own light shine we consciously give other people permission to do the same. And as we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.â€~Nelson Mandela
MUSIC:
deep, funky, soulful, underground house
Also,
bossa
electro/pop/rock
indie
jazz
turntablism
afro-latin rhythms
dancehall
reggae
dub
soul
ska
classic rock/punk
real hip hop
etc.
To name a few:
Artic Monkey
Band of Horses
Bauhaus
The Beatles
Benny Benassi
Bjork
Bloc Party
Blondie
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bronski Beat
Cabaret Voltaire
Camera Obscura
Cassius
ColdPlay
The Cure
Dead Milkmen
Daft Punk
David Bowie
Death from above 1979
Depeche Mode
Devo
Dragonette
Eartha Kitt
Echo and The Bunnymen
Elefant
The Faint
Felix Da Housecat
Fiona Apple
Fischerspooner
Human League
Frankie Knuckles
Franz Ferdinand
Goldfrapp
Gravy Train
Green Velvet
Grooverider
GusGus
Human League
Iggy Pop
Interpol
John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Joy Division
The Kinks
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
Le Tigre
Lou Reed
Madonna
Ministry
Mstrkrft
Modest Mouse
Moving Units
Mylo
New Order
Nico
Nina Hagen
Nina Simon
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Pixies
The Police
The Presets
Radiohead
The Ramones
The Rapture
Rex the Dog
Roxy Music
Royksopp
Siouxsie
Sonic Youth
The Stone Roses
Suicide
Talk Talk
Thin White Duke
Velvet Underground
The White Stripes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yoko Ono
MOVIES:
Amadeus
Apocolypto
Aviator
American Beauty
Amores Perros
Almost Famous
Age of the Innocence
Amistad
American History X
Basquiat
Birdcage
Blow
Before Night Falls
Being John Malkovich
Braveheart
Benny & Joon
Big Fish
Beetle Juice
Black Snake Moan
Buffalo ‘66
Babel
Bad Education
Before Night Falls
Boiler Room
Boys Don't Cry
Bronx Tale
Backdraft
Cold Mountain
Crimen del padre Amaro
Carlito's Way
Casualties of War
Catch Me If You Can
Casino
Cape Fear
Cronicas
Coccoon
Corpse Bride
Chronicles of Narnia
Cider House Rules
Constant Gardener
Chasing Amy
Devil's Rejects
Dead Poet's Society
Death to Smoochy
Darkman
Domino
Dead Man Walking
Driving Miss Daisy
Desperado
Dances with Wolves
Deer Hunter
Departed
English Patient
Edward Scissorhands
Ed Wood
Elizabethown
El Mariachi
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Finding Neverland
Frida
Forrest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
From Dusk Til Dawn
Fight Club
Full Metal Jacket
Gangs of New York
Girl Interrupted
Gia
Good Will Hunting
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Grindhouse
Harold & Maude
House of Sand & Fog
Heat
Hackers
I Heart Huckabees
I Am Sam
In Her Shoes
Interview with a Vampire
Importance of Being Earnest
Illusionist
Jackie Brown
Joe Dirt
Kids
Kinsey
Lorenzo's Oil
Little Miss Sunshine
Lucky Number Slevin
Last of the Mohicans
Lean on Me
Life is Beautiful
Lost in Translation
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Legends of the Fall
Last Days of Disco
Life of David Gale
Ladies in Lavender
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Mississippi Burning
Malena
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Million Dollar Baby
Machinist
Monster
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
Man on the Moon
Marie Antoinette
Men of Honor
Meet the Fockers
Maria Full of Grace
Mystic River
Meet Joe Black
Man Without a Face
Man Who Cried
Motorcycle Diaries
Milagro Beanfield War
North County
Ninth Gate
Natural Born Killers
Open Range
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Office Space
Pianists
Pulp Fiction
Producers
Passion of Christ
People vs. Larry Flynt
Patch Adams
Power of One
Pay It Forward
Primal Fear
Pollock
Philadelphia
Poolhall Junkies
Party Monster
Proof
Prestige
Quinceanera
Quills
Rosemary's Baby
A River Runs Through It
Red Dragon
Requiem for a Dream
Rain Man
Raging Bull
Royal Tenenbaums
Rounders
Raging Bull
Remains of the Day
Reservoir Dogs
Run Lola Run
Schindler's List
Sin City
Shawshank Redemption
Squid & the Whale
Sideways
Score
Six Degrees of Separation
Stepford Wives
Sleepy Hollow
Se7en
Scarface
Suicide Kings
Swingers
Spun
Saving Private Ryan
SubUrbia
Snatch
12 Monkeys
Training Day
Terminal
Traffic
Trainspotting
Taxi Driver
Tea with Mussolini
Usual Suspects
Unforgiven
Vampyros Lesbos
Virgin Suicides
World's Fastest Indian
Wag the Dog
Wonderland
What Dreams May Come
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Wedding Crashers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
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BOOKS:
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;so I love you because I know no other way that this:
where I does not exist, nor you,so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep."
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)
HEROES:
Heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consquences. If you can accomplish that, you are my hero!