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michelle

A problem

About Me

I am of the inherently lost. I suffer from delusions of grandeur with pitfalls of self-loathing -- the classic psychological cocktail. Yet, I know how to ''enjoy and exploit these symptoms'' with the best of them.

My Interests

General art-faggie things and latest obsessions include: Arabic, Winston Churchill, Chinese Gordon, Bette Midler, Peter Sellars, Peter O'toole (love the old Playboy online interviews), painting, cycling, Eames, falconry, sheep ranching, dancing at sleazy bars in Dubai...

I'd like to meet:

Borat. Bruno. Anyone. If you like Terry Richardson photography, we will get along just fine.

Music:

M.I.A., Badu, JT, Prince, Outkast, Old Bette Midler, Willie, Serge Gainsbourg, Bessie Smith, Bob Wills, Django, Miles, Bowie, All of The Hanks, Richard Thompson, Rai, Watson, Monroe, Velvet Underground, Stan Getz, Caetano Veloso, Mano Negra, Gil Scott Heron, Doug Sahm, Ziad Rahbani, The Shins, Bjork, (despise Belle and Sebestian), Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Townes, Waylon, The Roots....

Movies:

White, Meatballs, Breaking Away, Trucker, Brother's Keeper, West Beirut, Delicatessen, Jackass, Rushmore, Big Lebowski, The Rose, Star Wars, Tennenbaums, Steel Magnolias, Jack Black movies, Office Space, Best of Show, Honeysuckle Rose, Husbands and Wives, American Splendor

Television:

Chappelle, Jackass, Ali G, Six Feet Under, Will and Grace, Larry David creations, Good Times (where are those god damn re-runs?), Colonial House, Frontline, Daily Show, etc. Anything! I live in the Mideast man -- I am starved for culture-vulture crap.

Books:

Vice Guide to Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-roll, Seasons of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih), Super Fudge, Loitering with Intent, Cairo, THWOSG, Atomised, anything Kundera, Me Talk Pretty One day, The Last Lion, HotHead Piason the Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist (relax, it's a comic book!)

Heroes:

Some are on my blog. http://mitchysbigups.blogspot.com/MLK Jr., Azmi Bishara, Zayed, Danny Perasa, Hanan Ashrawi, Ghassan Andoni, Neta Golan, Franti, Gil Scott Heron, Gusty Pollock, Ghandi, Pema Chodron. (I can go on forever.)