Reading, reading, watching Japanese animes, playing Sudoku, & my MP3 player....oh, did I mention reading?
:)
Did You Know...
•When I was a kid, the only effective way my parents had of punishing me was by taking away my library card.
•The person who knows me best is probably Tony. We knew each other for more than 7 years before we finally met a couple of years ago. Once.
I love you Tony!!!
•I took swimming lessons as a kid, but didn't actually know how to swim until Aaron taught me a while ago.
•I took piano lessons as a kid, & was in choir for 4 years in middle school & high school, but can't remember shit about playing or reading music.
•When I was in high school, I joined IYS & had pen pals from England, France, Germany, & Greece. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life, but I unfortunately ended up losing touch with all of them after school.
•I love to quote Karen from Will & Grace.
•My family calls me "Monica". As in Monica from FRIENDS.
I strongly disagree.
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Grand Theft Mario
One of my best friends from high school...I kind of lost him along the way....
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Anything and everything...from classical to hip-hop, country to metal...but esp alternative & nu metal.
•Erasure
•Depeche Mode
•New Order
•Information Society
•U2
•The Cure
•Crowded House
•Camouflage
•They Might Be Giants
•REM
•Duran Duran
•Def Leppard
•Red
•Breaking Benjamin
•Linkin Park
•Incubus
•Staind
•Adema
•Papa Roach
•Element Eighty
•Aerosmith
•Switchfoot
•Anberlin
•Muse
•Gorillaz
•Static - X
•Nickelback
•Poets of the Fall
•Muse
•Panic! At The Disco
•Lemon Demon
•Creed
•Fall Out Boy
•Chevelle
•Evanescence
•Matchbox 20
•My Chemical Romance
•30 Seconds to Mars
•Three Days Grace
•Flyleaf
•10 Years
•Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
•Augustana
•Daughtry
•Evans Blue
are among some of my all time faves - some of them not so much when live.
Linkin Park:- What I've Done
No More Kings - Sweep the Leg
I also love Arabic & Japanese music, as well music from other countries, esp new age ethnic fusion.
Abhijit Pohankar :-
A new age artist from India who combines classical Indian music with fusion/new age sounds. He is currently the only Indian artist to play Hindustani classical music on the keyboard. It is Pt Ajay Pohankar (Abhijit's father) whose voice is often heard in most of Abhijit's beautiful compositions.
Piya Bawari
Tum Kya Jano (sorry about the poor quality of
the video)
Vitas :-
A Latvian-born Russian pop singer, songwriter, & composer. Check him out.
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Kiss As Long As Eternity
The Star
The Bird of Happiness
Wow...hmmm....Here's a few :-
•300
•Transformers
•Jet Li movies
•Jackie Chan movies
•American History X
•Pirates of the Caribbean (1 & 2)
•Chocolat
(ooh, chocolate & Johnny Depp together - now that's
the shit!)
•Desperado
•Once Upon A Time In Mexico
•The Mask of Zorro
•The Legend of Zorro
•The 13th Warrior
•Robin Hood - Men In Tights
•The Last Samurai
(despite the fact Tom Cruise is in it)
•The Assignment
•The Boondock Saints
•Batman Begins
•Spiderman 1 & 2
(though to say I would've liked it better if Kirsten
Dunst hadn't been in it would be an understatement -
who the hell cast her as MJ anyway?? Or for that
matter, made her an actor?! Off with their heads!!)
•M. Night Shyamalan movies
•Die Hard
(all 4)
•The Fifth Element
•Armageddon
•The Jackal
•Pulp Fiction
•Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark
•Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
•Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
•Rocky
(1-5)
•Rambo
(1,2, & 3)
•Stargate
•The Sweetest Thing
•The Pink Panther
•Mr. Bean movies
•8 mm
•Bad Boys 1 & 2
•Independence Day
•Hitch
•Van Helsing
•The Bourne Identity
•The Bourne Supremacy
•Finding Forrester
•The Italian Job
•Underworld 1 & 2
•Gone in 60 Seconds
•Blade Trinity
•Van Wilder
•Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
•Drumline
•Remember the Titans
•The Longest Yard
•Dirty Dancing
•The Godfather Trilogy
(esp the 1st)
•Eight Below
•The Fast & the Furious - Tokyo Drift
•Schindler's List
•The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
•My Big Fat Greek Wedding
•Forrest Gump
•Cast Away
•The Green Mile
•You've Got Mail
•Sweet Home Alabama
•Glory Road
•A Beautiful Mind
•Mrs. Doubtfire
•Monsoon Wedding
•Bend It Like Beckham
•The Birdcage
•Its French counterpart La Cage aux Folles
Other International Movies like :-
•Amalie
•Il Postino
•Pan's Labrynth, etc....
I also love watching Hindi & Tamil movies.
I am a great fan of animated movies :-
•The Little Mermaid
•Finding Nemo
•Mulan, etc....
Hey, you're never too old to enjoy this stuff!
Not really much of a TV watcher & can definitely live w/o it (esp if I have a good book on hand), but whenever I'm in the mood (or find myself in front of a TV), I love to catch:-
•Heroes
•CSIs
(Vegas, Miami, and NY...but esp Miami)
•Stargate SG-1
•Stargate Atlantis
•Mythbusters
•Monk
•Psych
•Burn Notice
•Will & Grace
(I absolutely LOVE Jack & Karen)
•Family Guy
•Venture Bros
•the Boondocks
•Kim Possible
•Ben 10
•Batman Beyond
•Case Closed
•Teen Titans, etc....
I was a great fan of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer...too bad it had to end.
I am also a lover of the old TV shows :-
•I Love Lucy
•Perry Mason
•I Dream of Jeannie
•Bewitched
•Get Smart
•The Munsters
•The Addams Family
I also love old Westerns like:-
•Bonanza
•Gunsmoke
•Rawhide
•The Rifleman
•The Lone Ranger, etc....
My fave channels include:-
•Spike
•Sci-Fi
•TVLND
•Nick
•Disney
•Cartoon Network
•Adult Swim
I absolutely adore Stewie (Family Guy), Brock Samson (Venture Bros), Huey (The Boondocks), & Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible).
Manga & Anime
I am proud to say that I am a Japanese Manga & Anime freak.
I prefer the Japanese subbed Anime, not the English dubbed - with the exception of the Dragonballs (DB/Z/GT) Series.
Favorites include :-
•Blood+
•Naruto
(Shippuden Rocks!!)
•Vampire Knight
•Nabari no Ou
•D. Gray-Man
•Bleach
•Full Metal Alchemist
•Trinity Blood
•Tsubasa Chronicles
•Samurai Champloo
•D.N. Angel
•Prince of Tennis
•Death Note
•Devil May Cry
•InuYasha
(the best part being the eps w/ Sesshomaru, esp after
Rin comes along)
•Soul Eater
•Full Metal Panic
•Hunter x Hunter
•Kenichi
•Claymore
•Ghost In the Shell
•Fushigi Yuugi
•Eureka Seven
•Onegai Sensei
•DB
•DBZ
•DBZ-GT, etc....
Vampire Knight Opening:- "Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi"
("Two Beats & Red Sins") - ON/OFF
Vampire Knight Closing:- "Still Doll" - Kanon Wakeshima
Trinity Blood Opening:- "Dress - Blood Trinity Mix" - Buck-Tick
FMA 2nd Closing:- "Tobira no Muko¯ e" ("To the Other Side
of the Door") - Yellow Generation
Inuyasha 2nd Closing:- "Fukai Mori" (Deep Forest) - DAI
Tsubasa Chronicles 1st Opening: - "Blaze" - Kotani Kinya
Too many to name...
•Jean M. Auel (The Earth's Children Series)
•Barry Eisler (John Rain Series)
•Patricia Cornwall (Scarpetta Series)
•Lemmony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
•Piers Anthony (Xanth Series)
•Tamora Pierce (The Circle Series - Circle of Magic
Quartet, The Circle Opens Quartet, & The Will of
the Empress)
•Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire
Series)
•MaryJanice Davidson (Undead Series)
•Kathy Love (Fangs Series)
•Stephanie Meyer (Twilight Series - Twilight, New Moon,
& Eclipse)
••••••••
•Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
•Dan Brown (Angels & Demons - haven't had time to read
the Da Vinci Code yet.)
•Richard Peck (Are You In the House Alone?)
•Cecelia Ahern (P.S. I love you)
•Lola Douglas (True Confessions of a Hollywoold Starlet
& More Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet)
•Robin McKinley (Beauty)
•Katie MacAlister (Even Vampires Get the Blues, The Last
of the Red-Hot Vampires)
•Patricia Coughlin (Merely Married)
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Books written by:-
•Sydney Sheldon (R.I.P.- you will be sorely missed)
•Jeffrey Archer
•Irving Wallace
•Robert Ludlum
•Frederick Forsyth
•Robin Cook
•Mario Puzo
•Michael Crichton
•Iris Johansen
•John Grisham
•Stephen King
•Christopher Pike
•David (& Leigh - R.I.P) Eddings
•J. K. Rowling
•Sherrilyn Kenyon
•Kerrelyn Sparks
•Nora Roberts
•Judith McNaught
•Julie Garwood
•Johanna Lindsay
•Miranda Lee
•Shana Abé
& more....
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Childhood Faves:-
•Judy Blume (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.)
•Betty Ren Wright (The Dollhouse Murders)
•Elizabeth Winthrop (The Castle in the Attic )
Our Troops...God bless them.