music, film, food, books, art, travel, fashion......I collect folkart from all over the world, tiki, religious artifacts, and anything that I think is unique. I am interested in world religion, warm tropical places, sideshows and carnie culture, geishas and Japanese culture, Latin American history and cultures, the arts and cultures of India, tattoos/body modification and their origins. Artists I admire are Frida, Lucien Freud, Klimt, Picasso, the Starn Brothers, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jose Posada, Utamaro, Mark Ryden, Hasui, Amano, O'Keefe, Sally Mann, Egon Schiele, Francis Bacon....oh, the list is very long indeed. I am an avid reader of any and everything from comic books to cookbooks. I study languages as a hobby, but I am master of only one: english. I like strolling thru museums, playing at the zoo, eating GOOD food, drinking with friends, dancing until I can't breathe, and doing anything creative.
People to........mentally spar with, to quote movies with, to have late night conversations with, to speak spanish with, to speak japanese with, to travel with. People who are.....loyal, open, honest, easy going, drama free.
everything! .....thievery corporation, New Order, ladytron, scratchmassive, goldfrapp, groove armada, deep dish, bittersweet, hooverphonic, massive attack, tricky, the soviettes, bjork, lcd soundsystem, the ramones, apoptygma berserk, brazilian girls, van she, roderigo y gabriella, the bravery, the killers, yeah yeah yeahs, the pogues, flogging molly, david bowie, cop shoot cop, firewater, the old ceremony, blonde redhead, peter gabriel, kmfdm, peter murphy, eurythmics, she wants revenge, covenant, vnv nation, pj harvey, siouxsie, Tool, A Perfect Circle, go-gos, sigur ros, mum, bloc party, m-83, fat boy slim, nightmares on wax, bob marley, toots and the maytals, my morning jacket, everything but the girl, depeche mode, erasure, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, inxs, rem, bob marley, zero 7, buddha bar series, frequent flyer series, los lobos, edith piaf, nina simone, billie holiday, Louie Armstrong, Big Bad Voodoo daddy, Squirrel nut Zippers and bunches of other stuff I can't think of. My tastes range from indie rock, house, downtempo, old skool metal, 80's and industrial. So what do I listen to more often then not???? Downtempo, 80's and indie rock. I am a recovering goth industrial girl who also has a taste for reggae.
YES, Frida, Lost in Translation, Water, Run Lola Run, Blade Runner, Dune, Spirited Away, Whale Rider, Secretary, Kill Bill, Shopgirl, The Lover, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Constantine, Children of Men, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, High Fidelity, Pretty in Pink, Liquid Sky, Aliens, Garden State, Monsoon Wedding, Swingers, Say Anything, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Kama Sutra, Kwaidan, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, City of Lost Children, Oceans 11, Old Boy, V for Vendetta, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Quay Brothers, Naked Lunch, Coffee and Cigarettes, Orlando....I am a movie freak. I own about 200 dvds........
lost, miami ink, veronica mars, fosters home for imaginary friends, samurai jack, rome, carnivale, six feet under, buffy, friends, anything on the food network, any kind of decorating show, crafters coast to coast, sex in the city....I do have bad taste in tv, I admit it.
authors: Neil Gaimen, Paulo Coelho, Francesca Block, Amy Tan, Laura Joh Roland, Gail Tsukiyama, Kelley Armstrong, Mark Twain......books: the 20th wife, the red tent, moloka'i, she's come undone, kushiel series, bordertown series, skin, a song of exile, the good earth, to kill a mockingbird, memoirs of a geisha, geek love, kissing the virgin's mouth, the river ki.....graphic novels: sandman, fables, lucifer, kabuki, details, lost at sea, stardust, tankgirl.......
Madonna and Frida Kahlo