"No theory is too false, no fable too absurd, no superstition too degrading for acceptance when it has become imbedded in common belief. Men will submit themselves to torture and to death, mothers will immolate their children, at the bidding of beliefs they thus accept." [Henry George, Social Problems]
I'd like to meet:
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical, naked ... " I'm looking for people who are haunted by this madness - who are charting their course amidst the mysteries of time, and I am open and welcoming to any individual who is like-minded in that sense. I am captivated by people who are decisive, controversial, opinionated, and know exactly what they want and how to get it. I find mystique to be the most alluring characteristic that a woman can have. I am a passionate person, and I would be most drawn to those who share this trait - people with strong convictions about anything and everything. I suppose I'm something of a romantic, but don't confuse me with one who wears their heart on their sleeve. I have hope for a fantastic future, and I will not settle. I agree with Mr. Nat King Cole when he said "When I fall in love it will be forever, or I'll never fall in love."
Music:
Today my iPod is playing (this list has a tendency to change without notice): MGMT, Brand New, Bright Eyes, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Cold War Kids, Jimmy Eat World, Editors, Joy Division, The Dandy Warhols, Hot Hot Heat, The Bravery, The National, Arcade Fire, The Teddybears, Mika, The Knife, Muse, Blue October, Au Revoir Simone, Gorillaz, The Faint, Bloc Party, The Fray, The Rapture, Arctic Monkeys, The Shins, Brazilian Girls, Malcolm Middleton, Iron & Wine, Silversun Pickups, Mickey Avalon, Angels & Airwaves, Thievery Corporation, Ladytron, Client, Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, Portishead, Morcheeba, DeVotchKa, Mogwai, Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, Radiohead, Mecury Rev, Shiny Toy Guns, The Killers, Bjork, Peaches, Transplants, Frou Frou, Guster, Coldplay, Pasha Massive, Zero 7, The Honorary Title, Augustana, Klaxons, Throw Me The Statue, Blonde Redhead, TV on The Radio, The New Pornographers, Of Montreal, Winterkids, Low, Damero, Rachel Yamagata, Azure Ray, Kasabian, Handsome Boy Modeling School, The Roots, The Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., DJ Shadow, Kate Nash, Poe, Massive Attack, AIR, Morcheeba, The Pharcyde, Jenny Owen Youngs, The Polyphonic Spree, and I will always love Dido.
Movies:
The Godfather (I,II,III), Almost Famous, Blow, Scarface, Apocalypse Now, Crash, Goodfellas, Fear & Loathing, Casino, Raging Bull, Traffic, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Heat, Lord Of War, American Psycho, Donnie Darko, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Magnolia, The Graduate, A Street Car Named Desire, Boogie Nights, The Squid & The Whale, Wedding Crashers, The Last of the Mohicans, Garden State, Big Fish, Igby Goes Down, Dead Poets Society, Taxi Driver, Forest Gump, and True Romance.
Television:
TV is a distraction that I'd rather not pay for.
Books:
I write books ... see below for influences.
Heroes:
Jesus (I have a few questions), Plato, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, JD Salinger, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Carl Gustav Jung, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jack Kerouac, Andy Warhol, Henry David Thoreau, Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, William Shakespeare, Hunter S. Thompson, Wes Anderson, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Serge Gainsbourg, Stevie Wonder, Leonard Cohen, Oliver Stone, and Tennessee Williams.
