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A Bittersweet Life...

hiya

About Me

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My Interests

Movies, books, fashion, history, politics, economics, music, traveling, world cultures, discipline, work ethic, art, design, minimalism, vintage, European and Asian art and culture...

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

I'll listen to anything if it's good enough. My favorites are: Bach, Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Mozart, Tchaikofsky, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss, Gustav Holst, Coldplay, Radiohead, Trainspotting Soundtrack, Blur, Oasis, Keane, U2, Rammstein, Billy Idol, David Bowie, Elastica, Supergrass, The Beatles, Portishead, The Cranberries, Pink Floyd, Underworld, Orbital, Travis, The Rolling Stones, Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Billy Holiday, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Patsy Cline, The Beach Boys, The Corrs, Marlene Dietrich, Zarah Leander, Stan Getz, Erik Satie, George Gerswin, Koop, Paris Combo, Peggy Lee, Celtic music, Paul Oakenfold, Sander Kleinenberg, Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Schiller, Marcus Schultz, ATB, Nick Warren, BT, Spacegirl, Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, various Trance/electronica artists, Teresa Teng, Joey Yung, Kelly Chen, Loveaholic, various Sountracks, esp. KOREAN!!! ... Like I mentioned, I'll listen to just about anything though lately I've been leaning toward classical and trance - a little bit of the old and the new.

Movies:

*Most recently, anything from Takeshi Miike and Kim Ki-duk - I like Indie and foreign films, esp. Korean, Japanese, European. A handful of my favorites are Roma, Amracord, The Virgin Suicides, The Constant Gardener, Miyazaki Films, Beau Travail, Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl, Audition, Oldboy, Brasco, The Bird People of China, The Last Picture Show, The Woman in the Dunes, A Friend like Harry, Taxi Driver, Manhatten, The Third Man, Run Lola Run, Burnt By the Sun, Swing Kids, Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, A Tale of Two Sisters, Schindler's List, 8 1/2, Annie Hall, City Lights, Modern Times, Manhattan, Shane, Night of the Hunter, Wild Strawberries, Trainspotting, The Virgin Spring, The Sound of Music, The Man with the Movie Camera, Das Boot, Psycho, Vertigo, Touch of Evil, Gaslight, The Lady from Shanghai, Citizen Kane, Picnic at Hanging Rock, 7 Samurai, Rashomon, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Piano, Snatch, 2001, Raise the Red Lantern, My Sassy Girl, Feathers in the Wind, The Shinning, The Talented Mr. Ripley; anything by Alfred Hitchcock, Orsen Welles, Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurasawa, Park Chanwook, and Francois Truffaut.... I like a lot of the classics probably as much as I do anything contemporary. Basically I'll watch anything if it looks good regardless of when it was made. I enjoy foreign films and dramas mostly, but it also depends on the film and the mood I'm in. I love watching movies though it's been a while since I've seen one that's really captured my thoughts. ..src=http://www.jamesbowman.net/images/publications/photos/ 1428/xiuxiu.jpg..src=http://www.sloreactor.com/forum/uploads /post-708-1114724834.jpg ..src=http://www.treccani.it/iteronline/interventi/zoom/torn atore/zoom/fellini.jpg ..src=http://www.elkablog.blogger.com.br/oldboy.jpg ..

Television:

I'm not home enough to watch anything consistently, nor is there any television series that really interests me that greatly other than occasional history shows. Usually I prefer watching movies anyway. Here are some television shows (and channels) that I do find myself watching when I do turn on the television:Fashion trance, various music videos, history channel, style network, The Daily Show, Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, Next, The News (CNN), the Dobbs report, Economic News....

Books:

The Good Earth, All Creatures Great and Small, The Grapes of Wrath, Crime and Punishment, Ethan Frome, Steppenwolf, Beneath the Wheel, The Human Comedy, Brave New World, 1984, Angela's Ashes, Tis, The Stranger, The Sun Also Rises, The Run Diaries..... Most recently.... The World is Flat, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, The European Dream, and How Soccer Explains the World.

My Blog

Top 10 Places I'd like to Visit

Top 10 Places I'd like to Visit: (though not necessarily in this order):Italy - Do you know anyone who wouldn't want to visit Italy?Japan - Incredible cities, interesting culture (both old and new)......
Posted by A Bittersweet Life... on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:26:00 PST