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Jacob

Mommy don't turn me over to the feds

About Me

El Volcan de tus Deseos

My Interests



I'd like to meet:

Various Cloudeaters

Movies:

Vengo, Gadjo Dilo, La Lengua de las Mariposas(it made me cry), Barton Fink, La Comunidad, Control Room, Blues Brothers, Black Cat White Cat, Underground, Torrente 1 and 2, Abre los Ojos, Big Lebowski, Glengarry Glen Ross, Everything is Illuminated, Hable Con Ella, The Corporation, Bowling For Columbine, Pootie Tang

Television:

boondocks, simpsons, futurama, star trek(all of them except voyager), pasapalabra, futbol, hockey night in canada, chappelle's show,da ali g show, jeopardy

Books:

Currently reading:
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response by Peter Balakian
Last books read: The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process by Clayton E. Swisher
When News Lies by Danny Schechter
Welcome to the Terrordome by Dave Zirin
2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon by Robert Fisk
Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
Food Inc. by Peter Pringle
A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
The Twentieth Century A People's History by Howard Zinn
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Inside the Red Zone: A Veteran For Peace Reports from Iraq by Mike Ferner
Baghdad Sketches by Freya Stark
Fidel and Religion conversations with Frei Betto
The Diary of Che Guevara by Che Guevara
Redemption by Tariq Ali
And my all-time favorite:
The Khooba In My Kooba: Assyrian Recipes by Johnny Aziza,

Heroes:



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Zidane's Last Goal with Real Madrid

My Blog

We must stop this!

I think this could be a wedge issue in the next election ...
Posted by Jacob on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:16:00 PST

I broke my Gucci glasses

My sister has gotten me hooked on designer sunglasses in the last couple of years and so now I am really pissed that I cracked the lens on my nice Gucci fold up sunglasses that she got me. For those ...
Posted by Jacob on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:40:00 PST

my celebrity look-alikes

I uploaded a couple of images to this facial recognition website that tells you what celebrities you look like. Apparently I'm kind of girly looking. But at least good looking girly. Judging by the...
Posted by Jacob on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:19:00 PST

Who's your Soul Mate?

I took this personality profile to find my soul mate, yeah. So they gave me all this information but no soul mate. What the hell. Anyway here are the results. Does this sound like me? Advanced ...
Posted by Jacob on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:47:00 PST

Filming on the side of the road: a tale of two cities

Well I am in Spain right now awaiting the premiere of my film Two Toledos. I was immediately reminded why I love this country when I got here yesterday. Everyone is a little bit anarchistic. They p...
Posted by Jacob on Fri, 26 May 2006 01:08:00 PST