laughing at my own jokes. travelling...to warm climates and europe if i had my way. politics. snowboarding. scootering. hip hop. persimmons. pondering evolution. gloomy bears..uglydolls..and domo kun. poker. drinking coffee and reading. finding the best jukeboxes in the city. cee-lo. stratego. art..currently digging banksy, sam flores, jeremy fish, and luke chueh. happy hour. rooting for my dodgers. bbqing and guacamole. sushi. my fish tank. watching lots of italian soccer with the hubby.
my grandparents, rev. al sharpton, iron chef morimoto, stephen hawking, aung sun suu kyi, al gore, warren buffett, charles darwin, and roberto baggio
currently in my itunes library: the clash, johnny cash. murder city devils. daft punk! the 101ers. dj shadow. slick rick. coheed. flogging molly. hank williams sr. manchester orchestra. the shins. band of horses. silversun pickups. minor threat. street dogs. black flag. built to spill. duran duran. 7 seconds. gang of four. thievery corporation. stiff little fingers. ted leo. social d. dustin kensrue. cansei de ser sexy. the pogues. ibrahim ferrer. cafe tacuba. neil halstead. magnetic fields. belle and sebastian. pete rock. oasis. scarface. a tribe called quest. the postal service. quannum spectrum. peanut butter wolf jukebox 45s. n.w.a. bill withers. beastie boys. flaming lips. jelly roll morton. fugazi. x. edith piaf. public enemy. the evens. sparta. stan getz. miles davis. eric b and rakim. james brown. brother ali. pete bjorn and john. tom waits. willie nelson. bob dylan. toots & the maytals. the polysics. paolo conte. piebald. the ramones. the beatles. buju banton. dead boys. hot snakes. drive like jehu. dillinger. the specials. marvin gaye. black star. buddy holly. desmond dekker. john lee hooker. sondre lerche. none more black. emiliana torrini. woody guthrie. 7 seconds. shellac. fly pan am. and whatever wendy sends me when she's bored.
willy wonka and the chocolate and factory is hands down the greatest movie ever made. lock, stock and 2 smoking barrels. amores perros. casino. the yakuza papers. motorcycle diaries. wedding crashers. city of god. coming to america. bowling for columbine. the untouchables, being john malkovich. westway to the world. au revoir les enfants. delicatessen. an inconvenient truth. the general. kiss kiss bang bang. cars. the departed. the UP series. rude boy.
the daily show. the food network. cnn. national geographic. surgery shows on TLC. history channel. dodgers games. italian serie A and english premier league soccer.
Which literature classic are you?
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four. You are the classic warning against the threat of totalitarianism. To you, politics and philosophy are inseparable, authorities suck and the reality might not exist outside our imaginations.
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right now, i'm reading my italian book diligently. i also love me some roald dahl short stories. the great gatsby, fahrenheit 451, zinn's people's history of the united states, soul on ice by eldridge cleaver, che guevara by jon lee anderson, amsterdam by ian macewan...the miracle of mindfulness by thich nhat hanh...a riot of our own: night & day with the clash by johnny green, anything by nelson george and william s burroughs, and killing rage by eamon collins
my parents, joe strummer, the dalai lama, jon stewart, howard zinn, henry david thoreau, jack boyle..and of course anderson cooper