Movies, computers, music, relaxation, herbology but primarily with the one and only Mary Jane, although sweet basil and chocolate mint come a close second and third. I love tech stuff-State of the Art Television, gadgets of all sorts. I love old cars, dogs, velvet, lounging, Brit humor-Monty Python, The Young Ones, etc.Raving, hanging out, antiques, decorating, fine dining, not so fine dining, killing zombies, driving fast, air, water, smiling for no apparent reason, randomly flipping people off, sticking my tongue out at children, blaming all the ills of the world on Bush, complaining, meeting cool interesting people, 30's, 40's, and 50's Pin Up Girl Art/Varga Girl art, World War II Propaganda Art Posters, Almost anything World War II related, Mexican Cultural Events, Art Shows, Documentaries, making fun of the old and the stupid, a good bargain, cocks...there's nothing like a good cock fight..I just like saying cock =), animal prints, buying stuff for my house and then complaining that I need more room for more stuff!Playing with my dogs: Elvis (big fat boxer that looks like a mastiff), Presley (slightly smaller Boxer), Lucy aka Goosey Goo (my Mini Pin), and my precious Winnie da Pooper (my mini doxy) avocados, popcorn, teddy boys (guys with a little extra meat, Lolita fashion, capping contests (my sis and I would go at it for hours-I am still the master!, concerts, shows, undergrounds, loft parties, fingerfoods, rollercoasters, haunted houses, ghosts, cows, sloths, koalas, bears-especially the Charmin Cha, Cha, Cha bear, lions, religious iconography, La Alarma newspaper from Mexico (great place to find a good decapitation picture), B-movies, horror and gore flix, weirdos and freaks of all kinds, nerds, hot chocolate on a cold day, velvet jackets, anxiously waiting to hear what Walter Mercado says about Leos, watching Chespirito, Mexican cinema from the Golden Age of Cinema: Maria Felix, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Capulina, Resortes, Tin Tan, Los Hermanos Valdez-El Loco Valdez, Los Polivoces, La India Maria, Luis Bunuel.ART: Salvador Dali and Remedios Varo
I'd like to meet:
Cool people who are open-minded, a little dirty minded, stimulating and intelligent. NERDS!! (Video game nerds need not apply). I'd like to meet friends of all persuasions and creeds as long as they have a good sense of humor and aren't too full of themselves or racist. I'm not looking to make any kind of romantic connection and I'm not into cyber sex-as I'm not ambidextrous, damn it! I'd like to meet people in the art world-musicians, DJs, film folks, etc. For some reason I seem to click with people in these circles. Cool, intelligent stoners with good jobs that aren't flakes(stop laughing, these people actually do exist-I know they do, I know they do!!******************************Proof that Bush is a Satan Worshipper!
adopt your own virtual pet!
Music:
I love all sorts of music. Since I grew up in the 80's I have a deep love for that music: The Smiths, The Cure,The Ramones, Rick James (Biatch), The Gap Band, Zapp and Roger, Kool and the Gang, Commodores, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Bauhaus, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, New Order, Joy Division, Tears for Fears, Devo, Romeo Void, Soft Cell, Yazoo, Alison Moyet, Cocteau Twins, 10,000 Maniacs, Adam and the Ants, Alien Sex Fiend, Sex Pistols, Big Audio Dynamite, The Clash, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Blondie, B-52's, The Cars, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Thomas Dolby, The Specials, The Selecter, Stray Cats, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode,Flock of Seagulls,GoGos, Dead Can Dance, Eurythmics, Erasure, okay, I can go on forever so I'll stop here on the 80's New wave stuff. Of course any true music fan will include THE BEATLES on their list of artists-I just did. Also included would be The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zepplin, The Doors, Pink Floyd. Then of course on to Rock and or Roll-and that would lead me to Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and of course Elvis Presley-I could go on a whole lot more but why? I also love Swing, and French Chanteuse music, Blues, Classical and all sorts of Electronica-with that I have to give props to the Godfathers of Electronica-Kraftwerk-thank you ya, Krautrockers!
I must say though that my favorite in the electronica genre is HOUSE MUSIC-it isn't just a genre-it's a feeling that you get deep down in your soul-almost religious in nature-HOUSE MUSIC saved my life. In my darkest hour (I was diagnosed and survived Uterine cancer-take that you nasty cancer!!) and House music lifted my spirits, made my tired, chemo therapy-ridden body get up and dance- so a big thumbs up goes to Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy-the pioneers of House Music! Many a DJ saved my life but I must give it up to Doc Martin-who also survived cancer!! He spins the music that MOVES ME!Other bands I admire: Iggy and the Stooges, Love and Rockets, The Hives, Peter Murphy, Afghan Whigs, Lemonheads, X, And they will know us by the trail of the dead, Filter, Interpol, Franz Fernidad, Public Enemy, Lords of Acid, Kool Herc and the Herculoids, Parliament, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, The Rev Horton Heat, Killing Joke, The Cure, Madness, Prince, White Stripes, Beck, Twilight Singers, PJ Harvey, Trio Los Panchos, Pedro Infante, Perez Prado,
Nightmares on Wax, Daft Punk, International Noise Conspiracy, Cold Play, Radiohead, UNKLE, Portishead, Lamb, Elvis Costello, Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Bessie Smith, Count Bassie, Cab Calloway (I met him one in Glendale, CA-such a sweet man and was astonished that a 12 year old (I was 12 at the time) knew who the hell he was), Artie Shaw, Vince Guaraldi, Steve Miller Band, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Blur, Jeff Buckley, The Clash, The Damned, Foo Fighters, Jimi Hendrix, Leftfield, Chemical Brothers, Bob Marley, Oasis, Lou Reed, Sisters of Mercy, Sonic Youth, Stone Roses, Stranglers, XTC, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, the Surfaris, The Ventures, The Beach Boys, Gene Vincent, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Antonio Jobim, Gilberto Gil, Air, Banco de Gaia, Basement Jaxx, Beta Band, Bjork, Sugarcubes, Cake, Camper Van Beethoven, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Craig Armstrong, Dandy Warhols, Dead Kennedys, Deep Forrest, DJ Food, Felix da House Cat, DJ Shadow, Scritti Pollitti, Trash Can Sinatras, Fila Brazilia, Flaming Lips, Fluke, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Guided By Voices, Happy Mondays, Herbalizer, Incubus, Inspiral Carpets, Jamiroquai, Mark Farina, Marcus Wyatt, Miguel Migs, Kinky, Le Tigre, Peaches, Smokey Robinson, Omni Trio, Julian Cope, Kate Bush, Kitchens of Distinction, KMFDM, Mogwai, Modest Mouse, The Smiths, Mu-ziq, My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, Virgin Prunes, Fields of the Nephilim, Ned's Automic Dustbin, NWA, Oingo Boingo, Orb, Pixies, Tenacious D (Jack Black is a Stone Cold Fox), Cat Power, The Sea and the Cake, Kings of Convenience, Pizzicato Five, Primus, Roni Size, Run DMC, Santana, Sex Gang Children, Sigur Ros, Soft Cell, Stereo Lab, Stranglers, Strokes, Style Council, The Jam, Sublime, Suicidal Tendencies, Swans, The The, Three O'Clock, Underworld, Wagon Christ, Cabaret Voltaire, Weezer, Van Halen, Utah Saints, Tori Amos, Tones on Tail, Thievery Corporation, Ruby, Royksopp, Wings, They Might Be Giants, Los Lobos, Legendary Pink Dots, Gus Gus, Madonna, Nine Inch Nails, Dimitri From Paris, St. Germain, Fat Boy Slim, Cafe Tacuba, Aterciopelados, Caifanes, Jaguares, Victimas del Doctor Cerebro, Cri Cri (Cri Cri ROCKS!) Mana, Los Amigos Invicibles, Control Machete, Maldita Vecindad, Soda Stereo, Los Enanitos Verdes, Hombres G, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Ozomatli, Miguel Mateos, Miguel Bose, Heroes Del Silencio, Plastilina Mosh, Haircut 100, Berlin, Split Enz, Charlatans UK, Level 42, William Orbit, Outkast, Del La Soul, Mos Def, Wu Tang Clan, Ol Dirty Bastard (RIP), Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Common, Dilated Peoples, Tricky, Massive Attack, Tosca, A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Gil Scott, Stetsasonic, Jungle Brothers, The Pharcyde, The Roots, Dr. Octagon, Heiroglyphics, Jurrasic 5, KRS-One, Lauryn Hill, Ludacris, Salt n Peppa, Missy Elliot, Prince Paul, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, World Famous Beat Junkies, Slick Rick, Kurtis Blow, Armand van Helden, Carl Craig, Q-Bert, Grooverider, Ed Rush, Adam F, Metalheadz, Prodigy, LTJ Bukem (Godfather of Ambient Jungle/D&B), Frankie Knuckles, Ian Pooley, Neuyorican Soul, Klause Schulze, Paul Oakenfold, Mateo & Matos, LFO, Joey Beltram, Masters At Work, Junior Vasquez, Donna Summer, RZA, Giorgio Moroder, Little Louie Vega, DJ Sneak, Josh Wink, Ulrich Schnauss, Rinocerose, Nortec Collective, Lemonjelly, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Roy Davis Jr., Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Rakim, Moby, Curtis Mayfield, The Freshmaka, Jazzanova, Beanfield, Alex Gopher, United Future Organization, Todd Terry, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Rae & Christian,T. Rex, Weezer, Ween, Ursula Rucker, Fisherspooner, Etta James, Billie Holiday, The Shins, Motorhead, AC/DC, Utah Saints, KISS, Mouse on Mars, Ray Charles, Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Pulp, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Belle & Sebastian, Doves, Future Sound od London, Tim "Love" Lee, Talking Heads, Poncho Sanches, WAR, Tierra, El Chicano (Yeah, I like my Barrio Blues-y que?!) Money Mark, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Nitzer Ebb, The Cardigans (old stuff), Jesus and Mary Chain, The 5, 6, 7, 8s, Shonen Knife ( I dig Japanese Girl Groups they so rock, The Mexican Institute of Sound, Tom Waits, LCD Soundsystem, The Fields, Digitalism, Data Rock, Mexican House Music (2 great tastes that taste great together, baby!)
Also I have to include my sister's band here-give her some props-Digital Betty-go check out their MySpace site or check them out live!
Movies:
Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut-It'll make you think twice about 9/11
Check out this documentary kids. I'm no conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination but this movie made me think twice about what the mainstream media is feeding us about 9/11. I hope it does the same for you. I'ts a little long so watch it in spurts if you have to.
SUPER BAD!! La Strada, Eyes without a Face, The Bicycle Thief, Los Olvidados, The Exterminating Angel, The 400 Blows, Jules & Jim, La Dolce Vita, The Seventh Seal, Beauty & The Beast, Orpheus, Nicotina (Just saw this..I highly recommend it-the golden age of Mexican Cinema is back!!) Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou-just saw it and loved it..subtle but memorable) and The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson work in progress coming out in 2006), The Incredibles, The Godfather 1 and 2, Good Fellas, Casino, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle ( I jsut saw this on DVD..it has the best love scene with a giant bag of weed I have ever seen! Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Better Off Dead, Revenge of the Nerds, Big Picture, Full Metal Jacket, Meet the Fockers..just saw it and loved it! Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ( I can't wait for the new one featuring Johnny Depp), Young Frankenstein, History of the World Part I, Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, The Muppet Movie, Big Fish, Mars Attacks!, Beetle Juice, Christmas Story, Blow, Raising Arizona, O, Brother Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Cape Fear, Bringing out the Dead, The King of Comedy, Taxi Driver, Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams, Still Smoking, 7 Samurai, Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and 2, El Mariachi, Dusk til Dawn, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amorres Perros, Napolean Dynamite (love, love, love this movie-you idiot!), Basket Case 1-3, Ginger Snaps 1-3 (Awesome movies about gothic sisters who turn into werewolves-it's just like Paula and me..awwww), The Howling, American Werewolf in London, Dawn of the Dead, Zombies, Bubba Ho Tep (A senior citizen killing mummy, A black guy who thinks he's JFK and Bruce Campbell as an old Elvis Presley-this movie so rocks!), Friday the 13th, The Exorcist, Phantasm, Sleep Away Camp, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead (Bruce Campbell is GOD!), Club Dread, Super Troopers, Cronos, The Crow, Dead Zone, Fight Club, Halloween, Hellraiser, House of 1000 Corpses, Last House on the Left, Idle Hands, Leprechaun, Maniac, Memento, Pi, Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker, Matrix, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nosferatu, Night of the Living Dead, Seven, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Sixth Sense, Spider Man, Texas Chainsaw Masacre, The Craft, Office Space (one of my all time faves), Party Girl (Parker Posey freakin' rocks!), Hollywood Shuffle, Princess Bride, Three Kings, Swingers, Kingpin, Happy Gilmore, Punch Drunk Love, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface, Enter the Dragon, Fists of Fury, Citizen Kane, Austin Powers (all 3), The Shawshank Redemption, SLC Punk, Amelie, Welcome to the Doll House, 24 Hour Party People, Drop Dead Fred, All John Waters: Mondo Trasho, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Polyester, Hairspray, Crybaby, Serial Mom, Pecker, Something Wild, Donnie Darko, A Clockwork Orange, Tons of Roger Corman movies-some of my faves: The Undead, Hot Car Girl, The Brain Eaters, Bucket of Blood, Attack of the Giant Leeches, House of Usher ( I really love this one), Pit and the Pendulum, The Premature Burial, Tales of Terror, The Raven-*(I had a crush on Vincent Price when I was a little girl-tall, thin, spooky guy-how could I not think he was hot when I was 7?!),The Haunting, The Haunted Palace, Dementia 13, Bloody Mama, Big Bad Mama, Death Race 2000, Eat My Dust!, Deathsport, Piranha, The Bees, Rock n' Roll High School, Humanoids from the Deep, Chopping Mall, Munchies, Emmanuelle (yeah, so, what-I like some soft core porn!), Vampirella, ,(Russ Meyer rocks): Faster Pussy Cat Kill, Kill, The Naked Camera, Mondo Topless, Supervixens, Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Rumble Fish, The Outsiders, Peggy Sue Got Married, Back to the Future1 and 2, Being John Malkovitz, Mi Vida Loca, Toy Story 1 & 2, All of the Faces of Death Series, all of the Mondo Bizarro series, Adaptation, Anything with Jonathan Winters in it-I love him-funniest man ever!, 50 First Dates, The Hot Chick, The Waterboy, Deuce Bigalow, Outside Providence, Ghost World, Stand and Deliver, Airplane! (1 and 2), Mi Familia, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (I can watch this movie again and again), Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Breakfast Club, The Naked Gun, Summer School, Best In Show, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, School of Rock, Shallow Hal, High Fidelity, True Romance (one of my all time faves), Orange County, Saving Silverman, One Crazy Summer, The Grifters, The Sure Thing, (can you tell I love John Cusack?) Grosse Point Blank, Say Anything, Jack the Bear, Throw Momma from the Train, Johnny Dangerously (This movie farkin rocks, you iceholes!), Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Zelig, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Life of Brian, And Now for Something Completely Different, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Ruttles ( another one of my faves), Twelve Monkeys, The Fisher King, Time Bandits, Explorers, Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Gattaca, Training Day, Father of the Bride, Parenthood (a total fave), LA Story, The Jerk (another fave), Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Three Amigos (are you noticing a plethora of Steve Martin flix?), Mixed Nuts, Little Shop of Horrors, Novocaine, The Lonely Guy, The Man with Two Brains (one of my top 5 pix), Bowfinger, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (a classic), National Lampoon's European Vacation, National Lampoon's Vacation, Loser, Clueless, A Night at the Roxbury, Gung Ho, Mr. Mom, She's Having A Baby (another favorite), My Life, Multiplicity (a fave)-okay I have this sweet spot for Michael Keaton, Jackie Brown, Election, About Schmidt, Legally Blonde, Fear, Freeway, Cruel Intentions, SFW, Fletch, Caddyshack, Modern Problems, What About Bob?, Scrooged, Ghost Busters, Tootsie, Stripes, Groundhog Day, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Radio Flyer (a fave), Big ( another fave), Splash, Catch Me if You Can, Road to Perdition, Bruce Almighty, Along Came Polly, Meet the Parents, Me, Myself and Irene, Liar, Liar, Cable Guy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Once Bitten, Earth Girls are Easy, Dumb and Dumber, Dodgeball, Duplex, Envy, Zoolander, Permanent Midnight, Mystery Men, The Usual Suspects (a fave), X-Men 1 &2, Flirting With Disaster, Boondock Saints (a fave), The Incredible Shrinking Woman ( a fave), Old School, Less Than Zero, Something's Gotto Give, Terms of Endearment, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Easy Rider, 5 Easy Pieces, Studs Lonigan, Carnal Knowledge, Broadcast News, As Good As It Gets, Interview with A Vampire, Jerry Maguire, Touch of Evil, The Omen 1 & 2, Easy Money, Back to School, Leon: The Professional, Midnight Express, Midnight Cowboy,Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Mystery Train, Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Half Baked, Pootey Tang, Culture Clash: Bowl of Beings, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, A Day Without a Mexican, Star Maps, American Me, Sid and Nancy
Television:
HEROES! Yes, I am a nerd and a half, but that is the best thing that has happened to TV in quite some time and it's 100X better than LOST! FAMILY GUY and THE SIMPSONS (OF COURSE!!) The Sarah Silverman Program,
......Wonder Showzen (best freakin' show on earth, crackas!), Robot Chicken (Best damned 15 minutes ever spent, apart from sex), The Office, Pushing Daisies, My Name is Earl, Weeds, Extras, The Daily Show, Desperate Housewives..I've watched since the first episode-I'm hooked! Father of the Pride, The Little Rascals (although thanks to dumb ass Bill Cosby now future generations will not be able to see them anymore), Honeymooners, Kroft Superstars, Fraggle Rock, H.R. PuffnStuff, Freaks and Geeks, Scrubs, Ugly Betty, Ali G, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real Sex, Pimp My Ride, Trading Spaces, Malcolm in the Middle, Chappelle's Show, South Park, Wanda Does It, The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, Futurama, El Chavo Del Ocho, Chespirito, Chapulin Colorado, Los Polivoces,
La Carabina De Ambrosio
Land of the Lost,
Almost anything on The Discovery channel(s)-I have like 9 of them, Almost anything on the History Channel, I love documentaries or anything I can learn from-60 Minutes, Primetime Live, 20/20, Anything on Court TV-except actual court cases-Anything to do with Forensics, Howard Stern (although I really miss the channel 9 show), I Love Lucy, What's Happenin', Good Times, Sanford and Son, Chico and the Man, George Lopez, Twilight Zone, Family Dog, Pinky and the Brain, Amazing Stories, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Three's Company, Square Pegs, La Carabina De Ambrosio, Different Strokes, The Facts of Life, Seinfeld, Too Close for Comfort, Perfect Strangers, The Incredible Hulk, The Jack Parr Show (Tonight Show w/Jack Parr), Arrested Development, Trading Spouses,
Books:
1984, Animal Farm, Metamorphosis, The Brothers Karamazov, Don Quixote de la Mancha, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, Inferno, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Prince, Gulliver's Travels, Modest Proposal, Great Expectations, Hard Times, Beyond Good and Evil, The AntiChrist, The Party, Paradise Lost, Anything by Edgar Allan Poe (Short stories and prose) Anything by Dorothy Parker (short stories and prose), The Canterbury Tales, The Oldman and the Sea, Farewell to Arms, Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, The Pearl, East of Eden (love Steinbeck), Catcher in the Rye, Anything by Anne Rice that has vampires or witches as the protaganists), America The Book, any kind of haunted house stories or urban legends, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Charlie and the Chocalate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, Rinkitink in Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, fitness magazines, Maxxim, Stuff (I always like to know what guys are into). movie and music magazines.
Heroes:
Bobby Godfrey (RIP), Mel Rodriguez (RIP), my mom-she can kick Wonder Woman's ass!, My little sister-she is the cool wonder twin-Wonder twin powers activate! Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay), Albert Schweitzer, Che Guevarra, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Benito Juarez, Padre Miguel Hidalgo, St. Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc, Horatio Alger, San Martin de Porres, Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Rodney Dangerfield