travel, food, wine, people, cooking, fighting povery & corruption, latin american literature and culture, spain, speaking spanish, MONKEYS RULE.
people who don't take themselves so seriously and can have an intelligent conversation without sounding like a complete dickhead.
lately: 2pac, al green, fiona apple, justin jones, ice cube, sade, run dmc, the shins, tribe called quest, portishead, the police, aimee mann, prince, michael mcdonald (go yacht rock!), fleewood mac, the gipsy kings, erikah badu, death cab for cutie, postal service, david byrne, feist
all things almodovar, 40 year old virgin, anchorman, rushmore, waiting for guffman, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, lost in translation, motorcycle diaries, y tu mama tambien, better luck tomorrow, napoleon dynamite, happy gilmore, life is beautiful, snatch, the royal tennenbaums, old school, citizen kane, spellbound
strangers with candy, top chef, the dog whisperer, what not to wear, law and order svu
the areas of my expertise, pablo neruda's elemental odes, fountainhead, memoirs of a geisha, life of pi, the joy of cooking, living to tell the tale, the frontiers of finance (started but hard to finish), la reina del sur, beloved
the dalai lama, rev. dr. martin luther king jr, my great grandmother, mae west