Riding and cavorting with bikers and other shifty characters, LA/NY Times crosswords, language, Secretariat (my very first love), el dÃa de los muertos, weird-looking dogs (especially weenie dogs), old cemeteries, axolotls, my MacBook Pro 17" (geek geek geek, innit?), Freeport Cult, the 8-4, graff & street art, stickers, my angelic children (AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THEM), pupusas (try one), psychic mediumship, firearms/shooting, genealogy, holding Filthy's cat Meth-Head Marvin like a baaaaaby.
SECRETARIAT
I'd like to meet:
NOT Oprah, that's for sure. She pisses me off. I'd like to meet LEONARD PELTIER today, ON THE OUTSIDE, because it is an absolute CRIME that our government has had him in federal prison for over 30 years. Watch "Incident at Oglala" to learn more about his case.
I'd also like to meet everyday people who inspire me, make me laugh, teach me something or give me a new way of looking at old things. I'd also like to meet the person who made this MySpace layout so that I could ask her/him to please change it to "Whom I'd like to meet."
Music:
De La Soul, The Dramatics, 70's soul and funk, the Vaughans, Allman Brothers, The Band, War, Tower of Power, Mary J. Blige, The Cure, Etta James, Patsy Cline, Malo, Cake, The Doors, Robbie Robertson, Fixed Idea, Nelly Furtado, Delinquent Habits, Mac Dre, Link Wray, BB King, Sublime, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Iz, Poncho Sanchez, mariachi, "Un bel di vedremo" from Madama Butterfly, Johnny Cash, The Federation
Movies:
SO MANY, I'M A MOVIE FREAK: High Fidelity, Easy Rider, Raging Bull, American Movie, Raising Arizona, Being John Malkovich, Dazed and Confused, Powwow Highway, Sling Blade, Clerks, Trees Lounge, Fight Club, The Salton Sea, Ghost World, Sin City, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Smoke Signals, Friday, State Fair (1945), Frequency, Office Space, Groundhog Day, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, all Coen Brothers films and the Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, especially The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Television:
Sopranos, Weeds, Deadwood, Entourage, Medium, Monk, Queer as Folk, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Ab Fab, Keeping Up Appearances, Arrested Development, Scrubs, Family Guy, Lucky Louie, Six Feet Under, Colbert Report
Books:
Grapes of Wrath, Down and Out in Paris and London, Fast Food Nation, Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, And the Band Played On, All Quiet on the Western Front, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Perfect Vehicle, My Sister Life, Into the Wild
Heroes:
Esperanza (my super strong, courageous mamacita who Fought the Good Fight against Alzheimer's disease), Gatalina (my smart and
smart-ass, takes-no-shit hermana), Teresita (my smart, teeny-tiny-takes-no-shit hermana), Yvette (my B-Town cuzzo and one of my best friends), Filthy (for so many reasons), Chica (for staying true to her self), and the NYFD 343 (because they ran up the stairs, all the while sending everyone else down to safety.) Love and besos to you all.
MY MOTHER AS A STUDENT, EL CHUCO, TEJAS
MY MOTHER GREW UP IN EL SEGUNDO BARRIO IN EL PASO, TEXAS. NOW DEVELOPERS WANT TO TEAR DOWN THE BARRIO & PUT UP A WAL-MART. REZIZTE!
"GEE MALA, WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?"
WHAT THE HELL ELSE WOULD IT BE?
