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Samareno

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About Me

Your typical sarcastic, corduroy-wearing, wannabe activist, thrill-seeking, vainglorious, politically independent, Scrabble-playing, Asian american male with socialist tendencies. We're a dime a dozen.and if you're so inclined, you can read my yelp reviews here: http://maypletonin.yelp.com


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My Interests

stretching, successful pranks, strong decaf, sci-fi, schipperkes, snowboarding, sensating, strip scrabble, swimming, standup comedy, sleep, shaggin' flies, spatzel, sweet potatoes, scrums, sock puppets, strawberry agua frescas, soul-searching, salsa and chips, solo artists, slow food, starry nights, sweetspots, s'mores, soul food, sushi, shin-deep powder, sabbaticals, skechers, sinigang, solitude, seared ahi, samurais, samosas, shabu, scones, salmon, shiraz, stolen shots, sizzling sisig, saag paneer, sukiyaki, slow dancing, spartans, samarenos, sticky rice, fish tacos, international films, local bands, rubik's cubes, corduroy pants, history, North Africa, Mali and Timbuktu, traveling, netflixing, Yelping, motorcycles, fogless summer days, barbecues, politics, geopolitics, meercats, microbrews, the whole month of November, greyhounds, jukeboxes, drunken karoake

I'd like to meet:

Satyajit Ray, Akira Kurosawa, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, Chan Wook Park, Amy Goodman, Aaron McGruder, Sanaa Lathan, Salma Hayek, Parminder Nagra, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Black Thought, Common, Mira Nair, Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Thom Hartmann, Greg Palast, Barack Obama, JK Rowling, Russ Feingold, Martin Gore, Audrey Tautou, Damon Albarn (un-inebriated), Ming Tsai, Takeshi Kitano, Paz Vega, Zhang Ziyi, Jessica Hagedorn, Paul Wellstone (RIP), Molly Ivins (RIP), Bernie Ward, Bobby Seale, Saul Williams, Roberto Clemente, Stan Lee, Mixmaster Mike, Dan the Automator, Edisen Chen, Ernest Dickerson, the guys/techgeeks at Lib Tech

Music:

Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Jean Grae, DeLaSoul, The Roots, Common, The Coup, 2Pac, Dilated Peoples, DNA Crew (these guys are siiiiiiiiiiiic), Kanye West, Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, Public Enemy, Lifesavas, Tribe Called Quest, Quasimoto, Styles of Beyond, Dead Prez, Visionaries, Sole, People Under the Stairs, Organized Konfusion, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Jill Scott, Floetry, Lyrics Born, Fort Minor, Linkin Park, Goapele, Erykah Badu, Zap Mama, The Cure, Julie Plug, Native Elements, Mango Kingz, One Groove, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Moonpools and Caterpillars, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Aretha Franklin, Ozomatli, Kinky, 10,000 Maniacs, PJ Harvey, Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple, Remy Ongala, Muse, Stevie Wonder, Paris, MIA, Prodigy, Stone Roses, Ladytron, Oasis, Psychadelic Furs, the Smiths, the Pixies, Chapterhouse, Sweet Trip, Prince, Bob Marley, Smashing Pumpkins, Guitar Wolf, Gorillaz, Lush, Bjork, Beautiful South, Trash Can Sinatras, Blur, Maxwell, Wilco, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Dhamaal, Radiohead, She Wants Revenge, Evive, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Explosions in the Sky, NineInchNails, New Order, The Stills, Tears For Fears, Erasure, David Gray, Cornershop, Sarah McLachlan, Rage Against the Machine, Loquat, Mud, stellastarr, Ocean Blue, Damone, minipop, Damien Rice, Arcade Fire, Snow Patrol, Bis, Cibo Matto, drum 'n bass, reggae/dancehall, bhangra, and anything I can hum a tune to whilst me and my board pound and punish the powder.

Movies:

Eat Drink Man Woman, The Commitments, The Terrorist, Lumumba, High Fidelity, Bull Durham, Lord of the Rings, Do the Right Thing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Motorcycle Diaries, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, V for Vendetta, House of Flying Daggers, Iron Monkey, Emperor and the Assassin, Big Night, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Pather Pachali, Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding, Seven Samurai, Out of Sight, Almost Famous, Scratch, Musa the Warrior, Heavenly Creatures, Cabin Fever, Godfather I and II, The Devil's Backbone, City of God, Roxanne, The Sure Thing, The Wedding Banquet, Stander, love jones, The Best Man, Serenity, Croupier, Infernal Affairs, Shiri, Tae Guk Gi, Hellboy, Clerks, Master and Commander, Before Sunset, Three Kings, Dead Man, Trainspotting, Shaun of the Dead, The Last Starfighter, Dragonslayer, The Fifth Element, Good Will Hunting, City of Lost Children, The Wanderers, The Warriors, Kiss of the Dragon, An Affair of Love, Fight Club, Grand Illusion, Rear Window, Vertical Ray of the Sun, The Bourne Identity,The Rapture, OngBak-Thai Warrior,The Matrix, Waking the Dead, The Lover, eXistenZ, Blowout, Garden State, Changing Lanes, Glory, Cool Hand Luke, Paths of Glory, Robot Stories, Dopamine,Insomnia (Skjoldbjaerg), Being John Malkovich, The Quiet Earth, Miracle Mile, Dick Ho, Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Sex and the City, The Wire, Lost, Chapelle's Show, BBC TV, Bay Area Backroads ('sup Mike!), Warriors and Giants games, Six Feet Under, Globetrekker, Boondocks, Rome, CurrentTV

Books:

American Born Chinese by Gene Yang, Lies My Teacher Told Me, Confession of Max Tivoli, Coyote-Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad, Dispatches From the Cold, Fade to Clear, The Calligrapher, Underkill, America is in the Heart, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, High Fidelity, A Chef's Tour, Catfish and Mandala, The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and the Scandalous Fall of Enron, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, The Namesake, An Unexpected Light, In The Pond, Fast Food Nation, Moneyball, When the Elephants Dance, Crescent, The Kite Runner, The Corrections, You Shall Know Our Velocity, A People's History of the United States of America, Strangers From a Different Shore, the Powers graphic novels, The Romantics, Things Fall Apart, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes, Birth of a Nation by Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks, anything on Pauline Kael, Dark Star Safari, Genghis Khan by Jack Weatherford

Heroes:

my parents, democrats with spine, such as: Barbara Lee, Russ Feingold, and Dennis Kucinich. also--Bruce Lee, Dick Ho, Molly Ivins, non-Asian, Asian-American and other minority filmmakers and actors, writers and superfreaks.

My Blog

Guckenheimer

It's really not a sinking ship because the assholes up top keep the motherfucker afloat. It's more like a culture of lies, deceit, cowardice, subsequent backstabbings, greed, etc. that they like to su...
Posted by Samareno on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:39:00 PST

the wisdom of slowing your roll.

The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to rediscover taste. By living slowly , you understand other things, too;...
Posted by Samareno on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:28:00 PST

Barry and Bush

It's fucking downright hilarious seeing these baseball fans bashing Barry Bonds, when in reality, it's the so-called leader of this nation that should be under intense scrutiny. Who should give a shit...
Posted by Samareno on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:47:00 PST

Talib Kweli

he's back, hyped up and ready to drop some shit on yer 'EarDrum'. love the new album title. well, like he says, he never left and i do apologize, Mr. Kweli. (Say Something)listen to some real hip hop ...
Posted by Samareno on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:06:00 PST

Big D

TWO stops (one in LA, the other in San Antonio) before finally landing in Dallas. I had a feeling it was going to be at least a semi-interesting trip. When we got there, the first thing we noticed whe...
Posted by Samareno on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:05:00 PST

The Occupation

...forgive my misuse of words from my last blog. it's no longer a War we're dealing with. it's an occupation of a foreign land. let's see, this shit didn't work with the British in Africa, the French ...
Posted by Samareno on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:49:00 PST

The War

...just fucking end it, already for crying out loud. i find it amusing to see those ridiculous yellow stickers that read 'Support Our Troops'. you mean--besides the billions of dollars we taxpayers ar...
Posted by Samareno on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:55:00 PST

The Freefallin' G-Men

hmmm...I remember THIS particular blog entry:Saturday, December 30, 2006break up the Giants...really.Dave Roberts. yawn. Rich Aurilia. yawn. Ryan Klesko. this guy's still alive? and now...$120-somethi...
Posted by Samareno on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:39:00 PST

the gnawing feeling.

I always ask myself why i'm constantly paranoid about certain things, whether they be real or imagined. sometimes the fear becomes reality, sometimes it doesn't. but sometimes the little things that i...
Posted by Samareno on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:49:00 PST

Democrat Sellouts

these democrat fuckers...after we voted these sellouts into office before they became gutless, spineless cowards, they cave in to Bush by allowing a 100 billion dollar bill to pass that keeps the troo...
Posted by Samareno on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:39:00 PST