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J S P

It's much easier to ask for forgiveness, than ask for permission.

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorSearching for meaning in nothing and everything.

My Interests

Good conversation, movies that make me laugh or cry uncontrollably, music that makes me dance in my seat, books that give me thoughts & ideas I can't erase, yoga, alone time, travelling to far & distant places, thrift stores, craigslist, my family, downtown LA, eBay, current events, and people with wicked senses of humor.

I'd like to meet:

Doers, not talkers.People with vision.People with hope.People who know how to spell properly.

Music:

Electro/house, Stevie Wonder, the White Stripes, Morcheeba, Dean Martin, the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Tribe Called Quest, Prince, Billie Holiday...

Movies:

Cinema Paradiso, Terms of Endearment, A Woman Under the Influence, The Godfather, Flirting With Disaster, Closer, City of God, Raising Victor Vargas, Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Sixteen Candles, Good Will Hunting, The Lover, House of Sand & Fog, Chicago, Babel, Shopgirl, & Things We Lost in the Fire...

Television:

Real news programs (ones where newscasters wear suits, not tank tops), HDTV, Family Guy, Sopranos, 30 Rock.

Books:

anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Richard Russo, Jeanette Wintersen, Wally Lamb, Nick Hornby, and Anne Lamott...

My Blog

REQUIEM - Kurt Vonnegut

When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, "It is done." People did not like...
Posted by J S P on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:43:00 PST

Rules to live by

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery. 2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent. 3. Give people more than they ...
Posted by J S P on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:02:00 PST

Party people vs. Real people

Real people know what I do for a living. Party people don't care. Party people call me and text me on weekends. Real people have dinner or brunch with me. Party people call me in the middle of t...
Posted by J S P on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:15:00 PST

Quotes to self...

"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation." - Jacob Bronowski"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby"Time is what we ...
Posted by J S P on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:48:00 PST

Are 30s the new decade for mid-life crisis?

Or have I really just made THAT many mistakes??? I feel like I second guess myself constantly. Did I make the right decision? Am I going in the right direction? Where did I go wrong? What am I do...
Posted by J S P on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

November 3rd - Black Wednesday.

In order to improve, we have to be able to acknowledge our failures.  Once again, we find ourselves with a president that won't do that.  George W. Bush refuses to acknowledge his error in r...
Posted by J S P on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

not a hater

*** martha, our phone convo left me w/ the need to expand :) *** I just know what I like and what I appreciate and what I respect. If you don't fit the bill that doesn't mean I "hate" you, that ju...
Posted by J S P on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My people, my people...

To the Stateside Pinoys that need to learn how to be social: Heres what I dont get  why is it that my people, (or is it Asians in general?), are like wolves? Always traveling in packs. Always ...
Posted by J S P on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST