Beliz

I like: travelling anywhere and everywhere, the remoter the better;

the social side of archaeology; watching Bollywood movies with frustratingly twisted plots and getting hooked on badly dubbed South American soap operas; hearing, too often , what isn't said just as clearly as what is; cutting corners; Spanish words; people watching whilst smoking Shisha on Edgeware Road - surrounded by tons of idle Arab men; the Rustas of Rigly-Road-Market; pita bread with humous; everything home-made; cinnamon in everything sweet; gigling at Mus's subliminal pranks; being shy around lovely men; avoiding people I know; fearless people...how?; conversations lasting to the early hours; waking up rediculously early and feeling like I own the world for the while everyone remains asleep; napping; stumbling on live music; discovering quirky cafes; foraging for anything vintage; haggling; watching mum win all haggling matches; roaming exhibitions; cycling like a maniac; sweating it out in squash; baking; knitting; learning; not reading your bulletins; painting...and more recently: flying...

I'd like to meet:

Geniuses...they're quite rare so anyone wise and/or knowledgeable will also do...men who are completely oblivious to how appealing they are...true old-fashioned gentlemen...the non-conceited...Chomsky sympathizers...

Music:

Ennio Morricone (Genius!), Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Jon Brion, Ray LaMontagne, Rufus W., Audio Slave, The Killers, Interpol, Paolo Nutini, Sade, Tori Amos, Manu Chao, Bob and Damien Marley, The Roots, Niyaz, BaBa ZuLa, Ludovico Einaudi, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Ismael Lo, Khaled, Feudel, Rachid Taa, Cheb Mami, Daddy Yankee, Rebekah Del Rio, Elvis Crespo, Robi Draco Rosa, Gypsy Kings, Caetano Veloso, Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan, Kardes Turkuler, Sezen Aksu.

Movies:

When alone: Les Enfants du Paradis, Il Postino, Breakfast at Tiffanys, All About My Mother, Only You, Strawberry & Chocolate, Shakespeare in Love, La Dolce Vita, Al Yazmalim - Selvi Boylum; With company: Life Aquatic, Belleville rendez-vous, Life of Brian and anything new; When in need of inspiration: Bandit Queen, Against All Odds; When totally confused: Memories of underdevelopment, I heart Huckabies, Syriana, Cherry tree, Apocalypse now.

Television:

Too addictive! Must not watch

Books:

Anything existentialist (trying to understand the absurdity of life); the mythologies of Homer; the philosophy's of Erich Fromm, with a pinch of Freud (too much and you're doomed), the poetry of Neruda (a man in love with all), Seamus Heaney, Yilmaz Odabasi and Nazim Hikmet; the commentaries of John Fiske, Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky and many others at Znet.com; the comics of Neil Gaimen; world classics like Marquez, Allende, Orhan Pamuk, Harper Lee, Joseph Heller, Cervantes, Oscar Wilde; others like Janet Fitch, Zoe Valdes, Cezmi Ersoz, Murathan Mungan...

Heroes:

The better known: Simone de Beauvoir, Dom. Helder Camera, Noam Chomsky, Hector of Troy, revolutionaries, muay thai fighters...and the lesser known, highly driven yet totally chilled brother of mine and an admiringly inspirational and angelic natured Brazillian...Click here to learn what's happening in Darfur, Sudan

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