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Ali-Baba [واللصوص والاربعين]

It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.

About Me



in germany from aug 04 to aug 05, learned german to a certain extent and also took some graphic design classes. i also tried to see as much as possible.. while there i went through Ireland, Holland, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, and Poland. went back home for a few months, then back to germany oct 05-jan06, to take some classes. now, im back in cali.

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"If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever."
George Orwell, 1984

Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.
-Joseph Stalin

"Liebe ist wie eine Blume; auch die schönste stirbt."
-Till Lindemann

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
-Wayne Dyer

My Interests

arabic food
art
beer, especially Mexican beer
DeutscheDemokratischeRepublik
graphic design
history
left-politics
mexican food & candy
music
peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
photography
persian food
soviet union
street art
thunderstorms
traveling
typography
vodka

I'd like to meet:



Zach de la Rocha's speech at Coachella 2007

Music:



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Movies:

Amelie
Amores Perros
Cidade de Deus (City of God)

The Corporation
Dancer in the Dark
Dave Chapelle: Killing Them Softly
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Garden State
The Gods Must be Crazy
Goodbye Lenin
Hotel Rwanda
Innocent Voices
Labyrinth
Mars Attacks
Motorcycle Diaries
Napolean Dynamite
Nightmare before Xmas
Office Space
Run Lola Run
Science of Sleep
SLC Punk
Snatch
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Trainspotting
Wedding Singer
Y tu Mama Tambien

Television:

Da Ali G Show
The Daily Show
Family Guy

Books:

The Black Panthers Speak
Blood Diamonds
The CIA's Greatest Hits
El Diario del Che en Bolivia
First World, Ha Ha Ha!
Guerrila Warfare
The Motorcycle Diaries

Heroes:

Ernesto Guevara
Camilo Cienfuegos
Emiliano Zapata
y los Zapatistas de hoy y ayer
Jose Martí
Simon Bolivar
also Mexican muralists/artists:
Frida Kahlo
Diego Rivera
David Siqueiros

My Blog

hospital bills

you know what grinds my gears? hospitals..how in the hell do they think they can charge so fucking much for so few services?!?i got food poisoning a few weeks ago. nothing to bad in terms of things ex...
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:36:00 PST

Photo Albums

I just finished posting my favorite pictures from the time i was in Europe from '04-'06.take a look. theyre in my pics section.more Mexico pictures will soon follow.
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:04:00 PST

puppies

my dog chico and his one-night-stand made babies recently. here's some pics of our pick of the litter:...
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:19:00 PST

CSS! CSS! CSS!

just saw CSS at the henry fonda theater in hollywood and it was fucking GREAT!CSS! CSS! CSS!
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:41:00 PST

woooooo!!!!!

hooray!i scored the production artist/designer assistant position at Vans Shoe Co for the summer!!!!this calls for a celebration..
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Wed, 23 May 2007 05:06:00 PST

Arnold!

oh, that silly arnold..
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:24:00 PST

iRack

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Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:44:00 PST

l'Amour..

Die Liebe ist ein wildes TierSie atmet dich sie sucht nach dirnistet auf gebrochenen Herzengeht auf Jagd bei Kuss und KerzenSaugt sich fest an deinem LippenGraebt sich Gaenge durch die RippenLaesst si...
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:07:00 PST

come to our benefit party

if you're in LA, come to this little shindig/party/gettogether/fandango
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:46:00 PST

Sept28.2006

there was a big protest on century bl near LAX. it was in support of the hotel workers from the various hotels all along this street. basically its about unionization, better treatment, and so forth. ...
Posted by Ali-Baba [und.die.40.Räuber] on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:05:00 PST