Angela Bo Bangela

I'd like to meet:

Before I list some of the people I'd like to meet, I'll add this:Tom. Yeah. Mr. Myspace Tom. Because I don't believe in him. Check out this REAL myspace im conversation we had, that I ended up posting as my first blog: Tom and me are tight. No matter how busy he is, he always has time for me.tom is online (06:12 PM on 04/29/07) :":-)"tickyree: I can't figure out how to put my picture on my MySpace pagetom: woo!tickyree: that's not a real responsetom: woo!tickyree: you're not a real persontom: woo!tickyree: you can't be my friend anymoretom: woo!Conspiracy theorists: (although honestly I'm too emotionally tired to meet any right now, thanks... but back to what I was saying)... I have my own conspiracy theory. Wanna hear it? Here it go:My Bic conspiracy theory... bah wadda wadda wah (In Living Color, anyone remember that blues skit? hahaha) I'm posting this now, before someone steals it from me. It is mine, a product of the idle thoughts bouncing around in my head. I've been telling people this for years but haven't thought to publish it until now. What I'm talking about, ladies and gentlemen, is serious business. It is mind-boggling, and life-altering. Really. It will stretch your perceptions to the limit and snap them back again. You will never be the same. What I'm talking about is the Bic conspiracy.Bic, as you know, makes things. Two of the things that they make are lighters and pens. So what? What's the conspiracy? Ah, it is not readily visible, is it? Nothing so innocuous as lighters and pens could be used against the masses to line the pocketbooks of multi-billionnaires. After all, everyone has to make a buck. Why pick on Bic? Just because they're another mega-conglomerate wasting valuable resources to create a disposable culture doesn't mean they're bad. But this isn't just about capitalism or even about environmentalism and the threat of mass-consumerism. What this is about is theft, pure and simple, and brainwashing.I say this because how many of us have had a lighter or pen stolen from us? How many of us have accidentally stolen a lighter or pen from a friend? This isn't just absentmindedness. This is a cold-hearted, well-thought-out plan to rob us all. Here's the proof: lighters and pens are the only two items that people will unconsciously steal. That's right! Think about it. Unless you're talking about a kleptomaniac or someone who is stealing deliberately, these are really the only things people will take without meaning to. If someone borrows a pencil or some matches, they'll give them back, or make a conscious decision to pocket them. But without thinking, without meaning to at all, the most well-intentioned person can walk off with your pen, your lighter.Why is that? What is it about pens and lighters? There is something very comforting and soothing about them. What is it? What is this magic that befuddles our senses? We clutch it lovingly, codependently in our hands. Without knowing we've done so, we slip it into a pocket. The same obliviousness with which we stole it is hanging like a fog over the person we've stolen it from.How can this be? I defy all of you to come up with another item people will unthinkingly take from another person. It is Bic, I'm telling you. They brainwash people into stealing other people's lighters and pens. I know they make disposable razors too, and that may not necessarily fit into my conspiracy theory. Why? Probably because they needed a front. The pen police are coming for me now. Hopefully they won't find me as I'm housesitting. I can hole up here for a long time if I need to. I have everything I need. Oh, wait. Damn. I forgot to pack my razor.Now. People I really want to meet:Chan Marshall, Radiohead, John Richards (that would be John in the Morning on kexp.org), Peter Murphy, Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, Joakim Noah, Matt Hasselbeck, Barack Obama, David Bowie, my ancestors, Iggy Pop, Jeff Mangum, Johnny Depp, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Sheilds, Brian Grant, Thurston Moore, Michael Moore, Dudley Moore, and more...I have met Santa Claus, Loretta Swit, William Christopher, George Burns, Elliott Smith, Graig Markel, Nick Markel, Zera Marvel, Thomas Dolby, Nicolas Harmer, the Minders, the Makers, Joanna Bolme, Alice Donut, !Alaska!, Supernova, the Jesus and Mary Chain (that one probably doesn't count, I just got hurt at the show in Hollywood 1990 and sat backstage and watched the rest of it. I didn't actually *talk* to anyone. But how many of you can say that happened to you? Huh? Thought so.). And others. And all of them were nice. Except Thomas Dolby. But that might have just been me.

Little Halen playing Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT3bAyNmoQ4

This is one of my kids I take care of. Yes, his name is Halen, and yes, he was named after the band. He's a dollbaby....

Music:

Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Peter Murphy, Dalis Car, Daniel Ash, Love and Rockets, Neutral Milk Hotel, Graig Markel, Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Built to Spill, My Bloody Valentine, the Shins, Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, 764-HERO, Cat Power, Pavement, Bad Religion, Pixies, the Cure, Flipper, the Coup, the Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Ben Harper, Minor Threat, Death Cab for Cutie, the Smiths, the Black Heart Procession, Radiohead, Beta Band, Silversun Pickups, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah!, Circle Jerks, Crass, Black Flag, Fear, Iron and Wine (ha! Love that juxtaposition!), Sex Pistols, Low, Smog, the New Year, Jimi Hendrix, Morphine, Pink Floyd, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Sunset Valley, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, Alice Donut, Starflyer 59, Swervedriver, Ride, REM, Spoon, Bright Eyes, Desaparacidos, things that drone, Pleeseeasaur, the roommates, music that has backward messages, hidden tracks, weird album covers (Bright Eyes' "Cassadaga" currently has the best album cover ever made), Joy Division, and a whole bunch of other things I can't think of that are indie and shoegaze and just really cool, I promise.

Movies:

I love horror movies, particularly vampire movies. It is my goal to see every vampire movie ever made. Favorite vampire movies include Nosferatu, Dracula (Bela, of course), Interview with the Vampire, The Queen of the Damned, the Hunger, and so many more which I mainly have on videocassette in boxes somewhere in the basement. Other favorite movies include Donnie Darko, Office Space, Friday, Meet the Parents/Fockers, Analyze This/That, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, School of Rock, the Unbelievable Truth, the Big Lebowski, Fargo, Parenthood, On Native Soil, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Up in Smoke, Gone With the Wind, Mutiny on the Bounty, Elizabeth, From Hell, Benny & Joon, Harold & Maude, the Ref, the Rocky Horror Picture Show (live, of course, at the Rialto in Pasadena), the Others, Being John Malkovich, all the Harry Potter movies, all the Pirates of the Carribean movies, pretty much anything Johnny Depp has ever done, most of Will Smith's movies, the Wizard of Oz, all of Coen Bro & Jim Jarmusch that I've ever seen, Cleopatra, the Clash of the Titans, the Sound of Music, What Dreams May Come, Dead Poets Society, Star Wars, A Series of Unfortunate Events, horror flicks and comedies in general, and other moving pictures.

Television:

The 11 o'clock news, reruns of sitcoms, NFL football. Favorite shows include M*A*S*H, the BBC's the Office, Absolutely Fabulous, Bewitched, Sanford & Son, Taxi, the Land of the Lost, the Young Ones, the Osbournes, Good Times, What's Happening, Roseanne, All in the Family, Chico and the Man, Diver Dan, the Honeymooners, King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond, Supernanny, Nanny 911, and all those funniest home video shows. I'm a sucker for those shows. Like those ones where something happens and the people jump, you know, because they're scared. Or like, when there's kids and animals that do cute things. Oh yeah, and falling down. That's the best. And cartoons! Oh,yeah, baby. South Park, SpongeBob Squarepants, everything from when I was a kid like Tom and Jerry, Warner Bros., the Smurfs, Pac-Man, Inspector Gadget. Wow. I used to love Inspector Gadget. I'd walk home as fast as I could from elementary school, stopping to get some cinnamon chips from Jack in the Box, and make it home just in time to dance around to the theme song... Go, Gadget, Go! This portion of my profile will self destruct in ten seconds....

Books:

Just read Great Expectations by the ever-amazing Dickens. It was wonderful but I don't agree it was his best. I liked Oliver Twist better. Anyway I'm not likely to forget Pip soon. And someone shoot me if I end up like Miss Havisham! Before that, The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. I liked it a lot. A complete work of fiction, it nevertheless charmed me, bringing Edward Tudor to vivid life as a passionate boy with a strong sense of justice and entitlement, as opposed to the sickly, bullied boy I've always read of him being. I think everyone should read Dickens' A Christmas Carol. We all know the story inside out, but reading it really beats all the movie versions. Here's one I recommend: Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog. I was stunned; it was amazing. Before that, I read Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream and fell in love with his gentle, descriptive prosse. Reading about what his characters were drinking (and himself too, I'm sure) made me crazy with booze-cravings. I seem to be reading a lot of Dickens novels and just inherited a bunch more. I love them! People are surprised when I tell them Dostoyevsky was an easy read. After Faulkner, anything is... but I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment and I recommend it. I'm looking forward to reading the Brothers Karamazov. Recently read Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray. It was fantastic. I've read criticism that there was no plot, but no, there's a plot. And that it was immoral... no. It wasn't. I recommend it. Ok... I struggled through William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom! and I have to say... I probably won't read another Faulkner novel as long as I live. I can't believe how many run-on sentences and paranthetical asides within asides there were. It took me 200 pages to figure out HOW to read Faulkner. The story itself was great but should have been written by Margaret Mitchell or Toni Morrison. Loved Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities...French Revolution, La Guillotine, sinister knitting, wrongful imprisonment, grave-robbing... how does it get better than that?! Such a good book it's easy to forgive that it all comes together like a made-for-TV action movie of the week. Seriously, this is a recommendation. Before that, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, by Tom Robbins. What can I say? Tom Robbins isn't for everyone. He's kind of creepy and makes you feel like Chester the Molester slipped you a date-rape drug. Still, you keep going back... It took awhile because I misplaced it, but I finished Closing Time, Joseph Heller's brilliant sequel to Catch-22. Seeing what finally became of Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder, Sammy Singer and Lew Rabinowitz was as whimsical, satirical, ironic and caustic as their earlier adventures were. I loved it.I have also been reading the North America's Forgotten Past series about Native American nations. I've read this series by W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear for years, and have always enjoyed it. Not just for the historical research and the decent fiction, but for the constant reminder that life is comprised of joy and suffering, and that honor in life is to be found within. There is a preciousness inherent in all living beings, and in remaining true to oneself. There is a spirituality to be found in everything, and I do enjoy losing myself in this series.I quite enjoyed the masterpiece Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke. It's her first novel, published in 2004. I started it over a year ago and put it down. It wasn't the fault of the story. I actually misplaced it. The only complaint I had of it at the time was the pace was rather slow, like Austen. I love Victorian literature and have no problem with the pace. I just didn't understand I was about to be treated to a modern author who wrote in that fashion. The book is about magic in England. It would be very easy to think of it as "another Harry Potter imitation" but that would do it a terrible disservice. This story is completely unique. Set in the early 1800s, there are two very different magicians who find themselves and their loved ones and acquaintances caught up in a complicated entanglement with an ancient fairy. The magic in the book is much more eerie and mysterious than what happens in Harry Potter. The drama that plays out is no less enthralling and the humor in it is subtle and sophisticated-- quite in keeping with her Victorian style. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.I really enjoyed Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. It was brilliant. The characters were so vivid, and the plot so intriguing, and it was so mysterious and exciting... no wonder classic literature is what it is-- these have ALWAYS been good books!!! Check it out!As soon as it came out, I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is the best book I've read in ages, and I am so glad I had this experience with it. I can't spoil it for anyone, but if one doesn't recognize this entire series to be one of the rare literary gems we chance across once in a lifetime, more's the pity.Before Harry Potter, I read Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire. It was great! At first it was hard to get used to the idea of Oz denizens cussing and fucking. I don't do either one. Before that, Scarlett, by Alexandra Ripley. Awesome! It carried on the spirit of Margaret Mitchell's novel, as vibrant and captivating as the original. Before that, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Loved it. What a sad thing to lose him last year. I think I'll update this with every book I read. Meantime, well-loved favorites include Catch-22 (Joseph Heller), Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell), 1984 (George Orwell), Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), The Vampire Chronicles (Anne Rice), Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, Jean M. Auel, the Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling), Meredith Peirce's brilliant trilogy: The Darkangel, A Gathering of Gargoyles, and the Pearl of the Soul of the World. I absolutely adore that trilogy! Also love historical fiction, Victorian/Edwardian classical literature, vampires, biographies, and other things with words.

Heroes:

Brett Favre, Daisaku Ikeda, Josei Toda, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Nichiren Daishonin, Matt Hasselbeck, my mom, my dad, my therapist, the members of the Soka Gakkai International, Barack Obama, Brian Grant, Lofa Tatupu, the entire roster of the 2005 Seattle Seahawks, the current roster of the Seattle Seahawks, anyone who sacks Eli Manning, anyone who stops Randy Moss, (sure made Super Bowl XLII a pain in the ass for me-- had to root for the defense no matter who had the ball), on any given Sunday anyone who beats the Redskins or the Patriots. Tony Romo when he bobbled the snap. In general, emergency workers. Finally, and always, THE 12th MAN baby!!!!

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