film, music, art, writing, literature, poetry, short stories, photography, conversation, mining the social psyche, playing, running, sweating, adventures, leaves, travel, cold rain, daring myself, vertical objects that break up the horizon, the re-takeover of suburban land by egrets, design, science, observation, storytelling. fan of the samurai, t-shirts, thrift stores, the ocean. working on any type of craft and building on it. Currently: getting ready to move to NYC (looking for an apartment and roommate), trying to make sense of a math equation that doesn't add up (my financial situation and going back to school very soon), working last jobs to make extra cash, trying to soak in miami and spend time with friends and family before i go.
pictures with streaks of light in them, giacometti sculpture animations, spanish conquistadors, wild-eyed punk rockers, people like soft-baked bread. cupcakes. with fancy icing and not. people not scared of getting dirty. let's sing as we roller-coaster over the cliff
new order, bjork, the magnetic fields, the smiths, the beatles, brian eno, the velvet underground, belle and sebastian, bebel gilberto, cesaria evora, yo la tengo, radiohead, portishead, múm, lali puna, the pixies, depeche mode, omd, slowdive, cocteau twins, aphex twin, plaid, godspeed, silver mount zion, cat power, kings of convenience, pj harvey, the dirty three, tortoise, ennio morricone, explosions in the sky, fela kuti, four tet, stereolab, hope sandoval, the beach boys, saturday looks good to me, the microphones, mirah, wilco, massive attack, modest mouse, the kinks, old motown, phil spector, oldies, manchester, big band, old country, dub, bossa, brazilia, college rock, indiepop, classic rock, lo-fi, bossa, more thoughtful electronica, old school booty music, anything that inspires travel in time and space, strange talk shows on the am and sometimes listening to radiostations where i can't understand what they are saying.currently: the tough alliance, suburban kids with biblical names (whats up with those scandis), the raincoats, and i must say i have i have a smiths fever lately for some reason.
2001, cinema paradiso, in the mood for love, my life as a dog, children of heaven, the white ballon, trainspotting, rear window, the 400 blows, breathless, 28 days later, la cienaga, buffalo 66, the seven samurai, rashomon, the decalogue, shallow grave, some like it hot, spaghetti westerns, stranger than paradise, mystery train, the professional, annie hall, todo sobre mi madre, playtime, the saddest music in the world, kill bill one, la niña santa, santa sangre, morvern callar, punch drunk love, the royal tanenbaums. a few recent picks: the puffy chair, grindhouse (good fun). current: i just saw "suddenly, last summer" elizabeth taylor was a hottie before she became a makeup counter dragon lady.
put your head in it and wear it like a helmet. i must say that i am in mild withdrawal after a recent "top chef" marathon though.
"the stranger" by camus, "on love" by alain de buiton, "siddhartha" by hesse. fan of the short story: roald dahl, chekhov, guy de maupaussant, mark twain. hemingway, james baldwin, paul auster, italo calvino. i sometimes refer to these people: deborah tannen, desmond morris, joseph campbell. currently: "special topics in calamity physics" by marisha pessl (so far good tho kind of chick-litish). up next: "middlesex" by eugenides.
jesus, buddha, my parents, albert einstein, richard feynman, brother eugene, joseph campbell, desmond morris, sigmund freud, carl jung, those monks that set themselves on fire, anyone making bold moves.