Everything. Particularly that which helps me understand me and you. All of you. Nature and the universe. Understanding is at the heart of everything wonderful. ____________________________________________________________ _________________ Also those things that in some way vibe you ... music, laughter, great food, good stories, the right group of people, the right substances in the right context, and such.
Jimi Hendrix who died on my birthday. Guess it wasn't meant to be. ____________________________________________________________ _________________Wouldn't mind meeting some cool people who are alive and kicking in NYC now. Particularly those who are spiritual or scientific. People who like getting into deep philosophical discussions regarding simple everyday occurences (which sometimes include dumb conversations about absolutely nothing). Those who like dancing (not ballroom). Anyone who has a car and likes escaping the city to go hiking. ____________________________________________________________ _________________ And George Bush so I can shake his hand, tell him he's doing a great job, and see if he really is stupid enough to not understand sarcasm. It would explain a lot about how he managed to develop such retarded opinions. ____________________________________________________________ _________________ (Ok Jimi died on my bday 5 years before I was born so it wasn't even a near miss.)
Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Mark Farina, Miles Davis, Adam Freeland, PFunk, Ella Fitzgerald, Pink Floyd, Jurassic 5, Tenacious D, and many many more. These are some favorites that come to mind.
All Kurasowa, Melvin goes to dinner, Roger Doger, Boondock Saints, The Secretary, Eternal sunshine on the spotless mind/adaptation/being john malkovich, All Stanley Kubrick including Barry Lyndon which doesn't get enough props, Trois Coulers - esp Rouge, Being There, Day For Night, all Bunuel, His Girl Friday, Igby goes down, City of God, Fist Full of Dollars, Grave of the Fireflies, Harold and Maude, House of Yes, Intolerable Cruelty, Network, Billy Wilder flix esp Sunset Boulevard, Gosford Park, Rules of the Game, Sex and Lucia, Talk to Her, Children of Paradise, Cinema Paradiso, Chushingura, Spirited Away, this could go on forever ... I like lots of movies. I try to avoid movies I don't like, but I increasingly get the feeling they outnumber the good ones. Thanks be to Netflix for helping me find the diamonds in the rough.
I have netflix instead of television - but television is better on DVD anyways. There wasn't enough worthwhile on the tube anymore. Family Guy, 24, Coupling (British version), Chapelle Show, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Stranger in a Strange Land, Ender's Game, Arcadia, Diamond Age, The Illuminatus Trilogy, Steppenwolf, Lost Horizon, the structure and function of scientific revolutions, and numerous other books some potentially more than those that jumped to mind.
CH Waddington, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, and, of course, Superman the hero of all heros. ____________________________________________________________ _________________ An idea or character is a perfectly acceptable as a hero to me. To be a real hero in the real world is tough and no one can be those heroes of your dreams. Which of course makes the real ones that much more dear.