Politics, singing/wailing at a karaoke bar, playing basketball, "lifting weights", running, playing video games, being a dork, checking out the latest strongbad email on homestarrunner.com, watching movies, drinking good beer, backpacking with a friend or two and reading nonfiction books and magazine articles about politics and/or our society
I'd like to meet:
people who can carry on a conversation about a wide variety of topics without sounding like a pretentious know-it-all....people who like to run in the hills east of UC Berkeley......
Music:
(in no particular order) Bob Dylan, A Tribe Called Quest, Josh Ritter, Iron&Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Get Up Kids, Bruce Springsteen, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan (yes, i realize i said Bob Dylan twice), Bob Marley, Weezer, Counting Crows, Mars Ill, Tom Petty, Black Star, Blackalicious, LL Cool J, Eminem, Modest Mouse, Gin Blossoms, Nirvana, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Everclear, Beck, Beastie Boys, early 311, Nelly Furtado, Brighteyes, The Killers, The Police, REM, Prince, Johnny Cash, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Jimmy Eat World, The Juliana Theory, Ben Folds, David Bowie, They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Tenacious D, Tristan Prettyman, Sarah McLachlan...
Movies:
Little Miss Sunshine,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Big Lebowski, Ghost Dog, I Heart Huckabees, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, Best In Show, The Royal Tenenbaums, Groundhog Day, Bulworth, Bladerunner, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Easy Rider, The Deerhunter, The Thin Red Line, Team America, Baseketball, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Clockwork Orange, Anchorman, Spiderman (1&2), Batman Begins, The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Trainspotting, Super Troopers, Erin Brockovich, A Civil Action, Gandhi, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine....more to come.
Television:
Scrubs (thanks Natalie!), The Daily Show, The new Battlestar Galactica, The Colbert Report, Arrested Development (RIP), The Simpsons, Charlie Rose, The 4400, Family Guy, Medium, Jack and Bobby (RIP), West Wing and C-Span
Books:
i hate to read...but sometimes i'm tempted to read this one...just kidding. i like to read. a lot. it's what i do. i liked this book a lot and recently a friend reminded me of that....if you'd like to know other books i've enjoyed, just ask
Heroes:
Mom, Gandhi, MLK, Paul Wellstone, Cesar Chavez, Saul Alinsky, Denis Kucinich, Michael Moore, Lance Armstrong....
