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Pura Vida

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

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My Interests

  • music photography wine literature law computing philosophy RPGs and FPGs writing
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    Music:

    Genres I enjoy include and are not limited to: Space Rock, Cocktail, Shoegaze, Britpop, IDM, Dream pop, Indie, Post-punk, Experimental, Twee, Lounge, Industrial, Madchester, Skatepunk, Noise, Electro, Shibuya- Kei, Kraut, New Wave, Mod, Synth- pop, French rock, German rock, Japanese rock, Death metal, Scandanavian metal, Psychedelia, Surf, Lo-fi, Gangsta rap, Crunk, Dirty south, Backpack hip hop, Underground hip hop, Political hip hop, Quiet Storm [SIKE!!!], Trip hop, Disco house, Ambient Dub, DRILL'N'BASS, Electronica, Gothic, Avant Garde Jazz, Kabuki, Noh, Gypsie, Bossa Nova, Samba, Rhumba, Dub, Andaluse, Belly Dance, Turntablism, Tango, Mambo, Falmenco, Lebanese, Egyptian, Bhangra, Gamelan, Balinese, Marriachi, RENEGADE DANCEHALL, Glitch, Hindi, Go-Go [not the singing, just the beats], Blaxploitation, Soul, 60's & 70's R&B.Some record labels that have gotten me through it all include: 4AD, Mute, Sire/ Reprise, Cherry Red, CREATION, Duo-phonic, NUDE, Beggars Banquet, K Records, Thrill Jockey, Merge, Kill Rock Stars... to name a few.

    Movies:

    My favorite movie director of all time is Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Runner-up is Pedro Almodovar. Some other directors I enjoy are: Robert Altman, Wes Anderson, Anthony Asquith, Ingmar Bergman, Luis Buñuel, Marcel Camus, John Cassavetes, Jean Cocteau, David Cronenberg, Federico Fellini, Pietro Germi, Jean-Luc Goddard, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Masaki Kobayashi, Stanley Kubrick, AKIRA KUROSAWA!, Fritz Lang, Mike Leigh, Richard Linklater, John Lurie, LOUIS MALLE, Roman Polanski, Lars Von Trier, Orson Wells, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Trufaut, TAKASHI MIIKE, Sophia Coppola, F.F. Coppola, Irwin S. Yeaworth, Andrei Tarkovsky, etc...

    Television:

    Keeping Up Appearances, The Young Ones, Adventures of Pete & Pete, Outer Limits, Tales From the Crypt, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Twilight Zone, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Oz, Arrested Development, Absolutely Fabulous, House of Style with Cindy Crawford, Hex, The Office [British Version], Intervention, 120 Minutes, Liquid Television, Top of the Pops, Lonely Planet, Antiques Roadshow, The Naked Chef

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    My Blog

    all you TURDS are wrong.

    i don't know where i was, or with whom i was arguing with, but you know who you are... you tried to tell me that it's orange juice jones who sings "the rain", but it's ORAN. NOT ORANGE. someone,...
    Posted by Rhonda on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:53:00 PST