Hockey, Synthetic Hair, Tuomo Ruutu, Raffi Torres, Music, Art of all kinds, Movies, Promoting Bands, Travel, History, Sociology, International Relations, Politics, Life, Rain, Forests, Meteorology, The Art Institute of Chicago, Astronomy, Industrial Rock!, Animals, my dog merlin, www.adopt-a-pet-inc.org, www.orphansofthestorm.org, Poker, Beer, Martinis, Wine (Niagara needs more exposure!) Salsa, Merengue, Tango, Normandy Apple Cider, Canola Flowers, Makeup/Cosmetics in general (GOD Sephora breaks me,) writing (poetry, short stories, children's stories, articles) Photography (mostly urban/architectural) and being on large ships.
Dead or Alive (the following people, not the band): Chris Cornell, Tuomo Ruutu, Raffi Torres, Simon Bolivar, Jaz Coleman, Residente Calle 13, Alex Angulo, Jordi Molla, Alex de la Iglesia, Dave Navarro, Eddie Vedder, Fidel (boy would that be an interesting conversation...), Don Cherry, NORE, Adam Munro, Benicio Del Toro, Javier Bardem, Bigas Luna, Domingo Sarmiento (another interesting conversation,) and zombies. Mmmmm, brains.
Ministry, Pigface, Soundgarden, Metallica, Killing Joke, Calle 13, Pearl Jam, Skinny Puppy, Tweaker, Ohgr, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Kill Hannah, Aphasia/Lye, The Birthday Massacre, Stabbing Westward, Compay Segundo, SOAD, Evil Mothers, Camille Saint-Saens, Die Warzau, Bach, KMFDM, STP, 1000 Homo DJs, Tego Caledron, Astrid Gilberto, Nick Cave, Tchaikovsky, Rammstein, Comando Tiburon, Machines of Loving Grace, Snake River Conspiracy, Project .44, Jupiter Blue, Juan Luis Guerra, Shakira, Sister Machine Gun, Grim Faeries, REVOLTING COCKS, Ibrahim Ferrer, Poe, Pig, Tool, Venue, Das Ich, Decoded Feedback, Joy Division, Chemlab, Orishas, Julio Voltio, Bizet, Project Pitchfork, Damage Manual, Depeche Mode, Alice in Chains, Sisters of Mercy, Celia Cruz, Arturo Sandoval, Rachmaninoff, Nina Simone, Verdi, Rimsky-Korsikov, GoatHorn, Primal Fear, Jim Marcus, I, Parasite
CITY OF GOD, Carandiru,Tsotsi, The House of the Spirits, Blue Velvet (Pabst Blue Ribbon!), Celestial Clockwork, Nirgendwo in Afrika, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Platoon, I Kina Spieser de Hunde, Dias de Santiago, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Azucar Amarga, Indochine, Eraserhead, Pirates of the Carribean, Mulholland Drive, Christmas Vacation, Hotel Rwanda, Burnt Money, Amantes del Circulo Polar, Wayne's World, Apocalypse Now, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Velvet Goldmine, Twin Peakes, Muerte de un Ciclista, EL DIA DE LA BESTIA, Historias del Kronen, Carne Tremula, Huevos de Oro, Singles, Memorias del Subdesarollo, JAMON, JAMON!
Project Runway, Top Chef, CSI: Miami, Que Dice La Gente, Alias, Boston Legal, Queer as Folk, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Amazing Race, Hockey Night in Canada! (Grapes is the man,) Jeopardy, Daily Show, Passions, Twin Peakes, Corner Gas, Colbert Report, Conan O'Brian, Simpsons, Degrassi!
Cien Anos de Soledad and Cronica de Una Muerte Anunciada by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. House of Leaves by MZD. Heart of Darkness. Poetry collections of Pablo Neruda. La Amortajada by Maria Luisa Bombal, Los Recuerdos del Porvenir by Elena Garro.
Ogre, Pablo Neruda, Pedro Almodovar, Julio Medem, Chris Cornell, Jose Marti, Jose Manuel Cubas (the first one), My Family, Brian Norcross, Raffi Torres, Herr Koller, Elena Garro, Jaz Coleman.