Interests: deserts, mountains, animals, evolutionary biology, sailing, musical instruments, the Sea of Cortez, vintage British and Italian motorcycles, coral reefs, highways, Mexico, Alaska, roller derby, playing dress-up, backpacking, biking, arts and crafts, steampunk, making things out of concrete, old educational filmstrips, obsolete gadgets that still work, architecture, carpentry, cabaret, Eastern Europe, old fashioned carnivals, downhill skiing as fast as humanly possible, and causing a public spectacle.
God Bless the Ace Cafe:
I made these sugar calaveras in 2005 for Dia de los Muertos, and made 400 in 2006 for the women of Juarez.
I'd like to meet:
Anyone as marvelously insane as Fitzcarraldo
And/or, someone like "One"
People of integrity who mean what they say and take responsibility for their actions. Hilarious evil geniuses who will build things with me and join me for spontaneous road trips to Alaska or Mexico. New friends who don't hang out every single night in bars (or at home) getting hammered. Aspiring kiteboarders, dog mushers, globe-circumnavigators, revolutionaries... bring it on.
I also hang out with anyone who wears furry animal hats, with ears. If you don't have one, I might be convinced to make one for you.
Music:
Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Steve Jordan, Townes van Zandt, Rasputina, Ace Frehley, Old Alice Cooper, The Pogues, Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, David Bowie, Butch Hancock, Queen, The Cars, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Jacques Brel, Slade, Early Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Manu Chao, John Prine, Steve Earle, Laurie Anderson, Brian Dewan, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Kate Bush, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, Cafe Quijano, Stereototal, Cinderella, Devo, Amanda's Dirty Secret, The Beatles, Les Negresses Vertes, Reggaeton, Manuel De Falla, Mississippi John Hurt, Kurt Weill, Los Tigres del Norte, Balinese kecak, Eastern European folk music, Woody Woodmansey's U-boat, and the Riverbottom Nightmare Band.
Movies:
City of Lost Children, Boondock Saints, Fitzcarraldo, The Shining, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Wickerman, The Proposition, Casshern, The Black Stallion, The World's Fastest Indian, The Motorcycle Diaries, Yellow Submarine, Hero, David Byrne's True Stories, The Rescuers, The Breakfast Club, 2001, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Dark Crystal, Jan Svankmajer films, Christopher Walken films, Werner Herzog films, Martin Scorsese films, Flash Gordon, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wiz, the original "Flight of the Phoenix", Paul Newman in "The Hustler", Johnny Depp in "Crybaby", and of course, the G.I. Joe Public Service Announcements by Eric Fensler
Television:
I haven't had a television since 1995.
Books:
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, Rand McNally's Road Atlas of the United States, Canada, & Mexico, The Grapes of Wrath, The Incredibly Sad Tale of Innocent Erindira and her Heartless Grandmother, Lonesome Dove, The Iditarod Classics, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, Amphigorey I through III, old illustrated Zoology texts, all Jared Diamond, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack London, John Steinbeck, and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, the Triumph Bonneville T-140V Service Manual, and any books on Texas History.
Heroes:
Baroness Eloise Bosquet von Wagner.
Kanai Sensei.
My dad.
Heckle and Jeckle
Little Shot (pictured here with Big Shot)
The Austin Roadrunners
El Parche!!!
My mother the pagan she-elk
Evel Fukkin' Knievel, RIP
Bonnie Collide.
The beautiful Ben Orr, R.I.P.
(spitting image of my first high school boyfriend...)
The two other Hellbreakers!
These fellas
And... ever notice the resemblance? (Travis, Crockett, Bowie...)
Skeletons who go bowling on the Day of the Dead
The righteous Alexyss Tylor!
Any Rollergirls who are "over it" already
The Continental.
Friends who find the hidden liquor stash at the hideout in Mexico
The 179 who stepped over the line
The "Read a Book" Foundation, LOL:
About Me:
Orientation: Straight
Hometown: San Carlos, Sonora (MX)
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Education: Post-Graduate
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