Too many to list, but I know them when I encounter them. But since you asked...here's a small sampling: Film, Beat Literature, the Kennedy Assassination, Ink (as in tattoos,) Pin-Ups, 70s movies, Politics, Astrology, Photography, Music, the Ocean, Magnolias, Greek Mythology, Astronomy, Law, Gender Studies, Controversy, Ballroom Dance, Fate, Destiny, anything Retro, Pop Culture...and see, the list just goes on and on and on...
I'd like to meet:
" The only ones for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" -Jack Kerouac...In other words: People who aren't afraid of getting burned, no matter how hot or numerous the flames. People who will risk everything at the insistence of their hearts. People who know who they are, what they want, and when faced with a challenge, no matter how great, will accept it, and run with it..."Thus though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run." -Andrew Marvell...People who find themselves completely consumed by inspiration and creativity, and who will not stop until they are truly "spent." People who understand that a smile is a facial expression denoting genuine joy; not a necessity simply to placate others. People who recognize that a job is a job; it is not necessarily "who you are." People who "get" me. People who don't feel the need to mask their true identities behind carefully manufactured profiles in attempts to gain more friends. People who would rather be anything but a hypocrite. Men who aren't afraid to occasionally defy the tenets of their socially-prescribed masculinity, but who still have a few "typically" male characteristics left about them. Someone as intense as I am, who is not a stalker. Someone who understands the importance of a "slow dance." Oh yeah, and Paul Thomas Anderson--he's the cat's meow. In all honesty, if by some happenstance, I should request you for a "friend," it is because something in your profile piqued my curiosity and got under my skin. In the same vein, if I don't "add" you, it is because something didn't. It is as simple and complicated as that....
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Music:
Janes Addiction, R.E.M., and the Doors are my three favorite bands of all time. Red Hot Chili Peppers is a runner- up only because of the disappointing "One Hot Minute." I'd also be remiss if I neglected to mention my adoration for The Smiths, The Cure, classic U2, almost anything from the year 1983, the Jackson 5, Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Cash, Lucero(Oh you tattoo-covered, beer slingin', whiskey-slammin' musical genius/rebels from Memphis...how I do love thee...,) Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, and Bob Dylan...to name a few.
Movies:
Paul Thomas Anderson, Todd Solondz, and Charlie Kaufman are gods of the film industry! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind altered my existence.
Television:
I must confess I know way too much about 90210, Dawson's Creek, and the Brady Bunch. I'm strangely addicted to Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and certain Adult Swim Cartoons. Oh yeah, and MTV and Vh-1 reality shows keep sucking me into their addictive vortexes. And "The Magic Garden"--man, I really miss that show...(and if you grew up in the NY Tri-State area, then you will know what I'm talking about)..."There are no locks on Storybox...on Storybox...." And now, I finally have proof that the show REALLY did exist!
Silence and I, do NOT get along well, so... pretty much, my television is always on except when its sleep timer intervenes.
Books:
Writers who have changed my life: Jack Kerouac, Bret Easton Ellis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Anais Nin, James Fetzer, Tennessee Williams, Sylvia Plath, Seuss, Bemelmans, and certainly not to be forgotten...Michael Moore.
Heroes:
Anyone who is courageous enough to put themselves out there at the risk of criticism, ridicule, and/or praise from others.
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