I like hiking, biking, going to the movies, sharing good conversation over a meal, reading books, Sunday drives in the country, road trips, traveling to foreign lands.
I'd like to meet:
Dream people I'd like to meet: Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Dan Rather, Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Young, Betty Ford, and the man of my dreams, Gael Garcia Bernal, the Mexican actor in Babel. Don't think I have ever seen a man more beautiful in my life.:)
On this site, I'd like to blog and meet folks who are interested in engaging in a free exchange of ideas on a variety of topics. Music, books, politics, travel, etc.
I was encouraged to get a myspace account by friends who enjoy reading my emails. So I am trying this out.
Music:
I like most music played on KCRW public radio in Santa Monica (89.9 on your radio dial and streaming on line at kcrwmusic.com)
I like the new Camera Obscura song, "Lets Get Out of this Country."
Movies:
Recent movies I have seen and loved are Blood Diamonds, Babel, Volver, Little Children, and The Holiday.Some old favorites are Traffic...actually like all Steven Soderbergh films. Also just loved Thelma and Louise, Out of Africa, White Palace,The Fisherking, Pulp Fiction, Crash (the one with Matt Dillon), Fight Club, and last, but not least, Mi Familia. Just love this movie, all the actors, and the man who wrote and directed it, Gregory Nava. That stone cold fox, Jimmy Smits, is in this film. There is a scene with Jimmy without a shirt. So sexy. I think I could love him forever.:)
Some Indie favorites are the old Hal Hartley films, especially loved Trust. Other Indies I enjoyed were Amores Perros, Magnolia, Cinema Paradiso, Orlando, Blood Simple, Sex Lies and Video Tapes, Lost in Translation.
Television:
I like watching Six Feet Under, The Daily Show, Weeds, Law and Order SVU, Roseanne, and C-Span.
Books:
Love all of Kurt Vonnegut's books. Also love books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Barbara Kingsolver, Carlos Fuentes, J.D. Salinger, John Irving, Hanif Kureishi, Saul Bellow, Doris Lessing, Harper Lee, Herbert Marcuse, Dostoevsky, Camus, Flaubert, Zola, Celine, Orwell, et al. Too many to list.
Heroes:
All the people trying to make the world a better place. And that includes parents trying to raise good children, teachers, doctors, nurses, human rights workers, social workers, environmentalist, et al.
Famous heroes would be Martin Luther King Jr., Salvador Allende, Che Guevara, Hugo Chavez, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, Imad Moustapha (Syrian Ambassador in U.S.A.), and Cesar Chavez
