religion & philosophy, hinduism, india, ancient mesoamerica, death, dogs, music, movies, art (& art history)i
someone who shares my Kerouac-ian dreams... oh and my beautiful indian soulmate wherever she may be...and i wouldn't mind a night with eva mendes either... HA. =)
my heart beats hip-hop. my blood runs soul. my hips move reggae. but my lungs will forever breath rock & roll. =)The list goes on forever but here are the most prevalant: Incubus. Nas. M.I.A. Billie Holiday. Foo Fighters. Coltrane. Hendrix. Amel Larrieux. Fiona Apple. Aerosmith. Gym Class Heroes/Bernie Allen. Amy Winehouse etc. etc... and i'm slowly falling hard for the whole electronica/hip-hop movement (Santogold. Amanda Blank. Paserock. BBC Soundsystem...)and boy am i a sucker for them lol...I've got so many talented musician friends and i love it. They keep me remembering what real music is. Mucho Mucho Love To: Dynamix. Woodland Creatures. Panic!. Terrordome. Impakt (haha wishful thinking.) Turbz. Akir & Southpaw. D-Rey. Tod Duarte Band. Joe B. J.Goff. Sunny Black. Esso. Uninvited Guests. Izzo. IllSpokinn.
SHOWTIME. SHOWTIME. SHOWTIME. haha me & brandon in ten years... i'd sell my soul to david duchovny =P General Hospital, Sleeper Cell, Heroes, The L Word, House, Top Model, Entourage, Law & Order:SVU, Prison Break, Family Guy, Boondocks, the Tudors, random History Channel & Discovery Channel shit... HGTV when i'm with my mom haha... ANIMANIACS, X-FILES & BUFFY FOREVER!!!
Storming Heaven by Jay Stevens is responsible for making me the person I am today (and if you ever read it you will be truly disturbed by that statement haha), The Long Road by Jack Kerouac, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Paradise by Toni Morrison, The Call of the Wild by Jack London (classic!), The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and a whole list of short stories that have influenced me... other than that my fav authors are Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Anne Rice, David Sedaris, Joyce Carol Oates, Salman Rushdie, blah blah blah i read a lot...
i spent my childhood idolizing my brother and not much has changed haha. but it's only because he's the smartest person i know and i can only dream that one day my brilliance will be doubled so that i can equate to him. plus he shows me that it is possible to survive this world being completely nuts lol... combined, he and my sister-in-law pretty much have everything that i want out of life relationship-wise... they're basically my inspiration (and they make beautiful children!) angelina jolie (fucking DUH). jack kerouac. the mayans. james baldwin. dr. bill cosby. queen latifah. ossie davis & ruby dee. harry belafonte. the beat poets. zooey deschanel. dorothy dandridge. drew barrymore. banksy. M.I.A.!!!!! pretty much anyone in this world who made it doing their own damn thing... and grumpy bear lol