READING, photography, watching things constant in my life change over time (albeit a building changing with seasons or a person close to me), dancing, foreign and indy films, AM Radio, doing insane things and baffling people (social experiments), National Public Radio, Globe Trekker Series, PBS, WTTW11, writing, spades, tennis, cultural studies, languages, linguistics, traveling, history (favorite is colonial America and South America), avocados, lofty ideals and obtaining them, red wine, camping, flirting, being real, making new friends, Cuban food, nature, art, people watching, a well told story, cracking people up, cheese, kids, animals, old people, the country, the city, skyscapes, a media revolution, the midwest, boys, meaningful tattoos, being thoughtful, the internet, road trips, rivers, lakes, streams, global politics, admiring those worthy of admiration, religions, making people smile, sound of wind in trees, quiet time, old buildings, my imagination, the smell of fresh print off the press, fuckin up the system, inspiring people, helping people, the first snowfall, wicked thunderstorms, sunny days in the middle of winter, new notebooks waiting for me to write in, allowing people to be an expression of who they really are, watching clouds drift by, gymnastics (!!!! I miss it so much), stars in the countryside, feel of running across fresh cut grass, maps, foreigners, trains that roar by in the night, closeness, winter snowball fights, running through sprinklers in the summer, learning, being a wild child.
Reguar people with substance. people to take trapeze lessons with. Ummmm...yeah, and kids. their honesty is admirable. I have always wanted to meet a mapmaker. ************************************************************ *** myspace layout *********************************************************
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******************************Dave Brubeck, D. Ellington, J. Coletrane, Ella Fitzgerald, L. Armstrong, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Esthero, Beastie Boys, Marvin Gaye, John "Break It Down" Simmons, Kanye West, Buena Vista Social Club, Tribe Called Quest, Black Crowes, Steely Dan, Darrell Hall & John Oats, Royksopp, Kings of Convenience, The Highway Band, Scissor Sisters, The Police, Norah Jones, M.I.A., Diplo, India Arie,Tu Pac, Fleetwood Mac, The Cure, Tom Petty, Steve Miller Band, D'Angelo, Giles Peterson, Fanny Pack (a new one for me!) Nouvelle Vague, Kings of Convenience, Sade, Stevie Wonder, Johnnie Cash, De La Soul, John Cougar Mellencamp, Musiq Soulchild, Prince, Talib Kweli, Charlie Patton, St. Germain (yummy), Afro-Mystik, Bob Belden, Mos Def, Jodeci, Frank Sinatra, Delta Blues, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Mike Doughty (some real chill magical shit), Dave Matthews Band.
Motorcycle Diaries, Freeway, Bruce Almighty, Spun, Sexo y Lucia, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind; Waking Life; City of God, Fidel Castro; What The Bleep Do We Know; Orpheu, The Dancehall Queen, Ichi The Killer, En Julio, Te Amo, Central Station, Kill Bill, Control Room, Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, Cuban Hip Hop All Stars, classic childhood favorites like The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Willie Wonka, Cloak & Dagger, Modern Girls, The Night of The Comet, European Vacation, Flight of The Navigator. I also really love Woody Allen movies. I just saw Sleeper for the first time on Netflix and it was effing hilarious. Pedro Almodovar is a great director. I've been diggin his Spanish flicks lately. Saw an Iranian film recently and currently have a Syrian film at home. Foreign films have more substance and story, in my opinion.
Six Feet Under by far was my favorite series; Frasier; Seinfeld; That 70's show; Family Guy; History, Discovery & Travel Channel; Futurama, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Globe Trekker (god I am such a dork I get all the Globe Trekker's through Netflix!); Sealab 2021, PBS, Daley Show, The Colbert Report, Reno 911, Late Night with Dave Attel (is this even ON anymore?), Deadwood, Carnivale, Entourage, Aqua Teen Hungerforce, Home Movies. I don't really watch anything religiously except Entourage and Grey's Anatomy but I got rid of cable and tend to watch local televsion (PBS and Chicago Public TV) which is really cool sometimes. I tune in when it's TIME to zone out after a long day of brainpower. I'd rather be reading any day.
The Alchemist, The Kite Runner, Devil in the White City, Culture Jam, The Dictionary, The Thesaurus, Harvest of Empire, Grand Canyon, Homeland, Conversations With God, Bel Canto, Harry Potter, Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong, Reading Lolita in Tehran, In The Name of Salome, Himalayan Dhaba, Davinci Code, If God Were a Manc, Angels & Demons, Illusions, Waiting for Snow in Havana, Snow, Sex Drugs & Coco Puffs, Generation Debt, Queen of The Underworld, A Fine Balance, Foreign Babes in Bejing, Who Needs a Road?, Atlas Shrugged
Steven Colbert. My parents for giving me my modest and humble background and also their kindness in always helping people out and my boss for giving me the perception to allow people to be human and myself for putting myself through college. And Wonder Woman.