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Gabriel

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About Me

Interested in music and film, history, current events, people, and politics ... perpetually working passionately on a potpourri of projects ... kind, generous, outgoing, gregarious - yet contemplative and introspective ... understanding, willing to compromise (but not my morals) willing to admit that I'm wrong (always a possibility), longing to learn any and all things, wanting to help at all times (but less on sundays) - I like chocolate and sushi (though not together) and apparently parenthetical statements ... and ...'s ... I take pleasure in learning from people - particularly children and their unfettered ways.

My Interests

Music - Movies - People - Problem Solving - Laughter

I'd like to meet:

Prince, Noam Chomsky, and the Dalai Lama. embed enableJavascript="false" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/pics/BigR edButton.swf"

Music:

I find something I like in most music - Rock: Beatles, Zep, Bjork, Radiohead, Amiee Mann, Wilco, Joni, Spoon, Steely Dan, Tom Waits, Pedro the Lion, Jimi Hendrix, Jackson 5, Nirvana, Staple Singers - Jazz: Miles to Chet to Mingus to Jaco to Chick to Herbie to Pat - Classical: Mozart to Debussy - Rap: Eminem to Dre to NWA ... and so on.

Movies:

Indiana Jones, Memento, Raging Bull, LOTR, Godfather, Goodfellas, The Fugitive, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Die Hard, The Matrix (just the first one), Network, Spinal Tap, Apocalypse Now, The Sure Thing, Star Wars, Me you and everyone we know, The Princess Bride, State and Main, True Romance, Hustle and Flow, The Untouchables, Rear Window, Old School, Lost in Translation, The Usual Suspects, The Horse Whisperer, Three days of the Condore, Ronin, Almost Famous, Jerry Mcguire, Sophie's Choice, Close Encounters, Good will Hunting, Taxi Driver, Some like it Hot, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, ... I own over a thousand DVD's - so it's hard to narrow it down - I like anything that is well shot - well acted - and well written.

Television:

Arrested Development =(, The Office (BBC), The West Wing (Seasons 1-4), The Sopranos, Lost, CSI, 24, Deadwood, The Daily Show, Curb your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, Real Time, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Meet the Press, most anything that is well written.

Books:

Too many to list ... lately I've been reading a lot of nonfiction.

Heroes:

Both my parents, lots of people named Jimmy, and anyone whose pursuing their dreams with a passion and/or/while helping others. Also a standing 'O' for the Police and Fire people ... and all those who work with sanitation or in the sewer system (that can't be fun). They should get everything for free (especially deodorant and scented candles).

My Blog

Notes from Rwanda...

Ten days into it, we've been all over Rwanda shooting, documenting, and witnessing. Yesterday we went to Butare where there is a genocide memorial. Nested in nature too beautiful to describe, lies a m...
Posted by Gabriel on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:35:00 PST

Crestroy

We pulse. We create. We judge. We eat. We sleep. We lie. We intoxicate. We gossip. We love. We feel sorry for ourselves. We relate. We debate. We do as little as we can get away with. We think. We fuc...
Posted by Gabriel on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:10:00 PST

What it is

One year ago was a time of hope and promise in America. One year ago The democrats had an opportunity to regain control of the white house and the senate, and therefore the Supreme Court. One year ago...
Posted by Gabriel on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 04:10:00 PST

Nothings Something

Today I have nothing to write about except for nothing. Nothing is defined as - void, no amount - zero. But even in defining nothing we are saying something about it - which seems to diminish the magn...
Posted by Gabriel on Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:41:00 PST

More About Me

I'm a lucky man. I have a healthy smart and supportive family, I love what I do, I have great friends, I have a great home complete with a professional recording studio - and I'm learning new things a...
Posted by Gabriel on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:29:00 PST

Rulling Class Morons

Why do so many of our leaders appear to be such morons? Because that's what wins elections. I am an avid reader of the newspaper and watcher of cspan, and let me say, as if you didn't know, most ...
Posted by Gabriel on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:39:00 PST

The Wronger

Working with friends can be difficult. It rarely starts that way ... or you'd choose someone else to work with in the first place. It is true, however, that almost without fail, at some point there wi...
Posted by Gabriel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Let them sleep.

(in a tone of irony) Blog? Is that B-log or Blo-g? I hope it's the latter. In any event, I've been in Cleveland Ohio for a few weeks now working to get JFK elected. Truth be told, the people who I m...
Posted by Gabriel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

School

I love school. I love learning. I love students. I love hot female students who are willing to give me the time of day. I love education in general. However; I dislike the fact that school, learni...
Posted by Gabriel on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 05:52:00 PST