I think the 'About me' section covers my interests fairly thoroughly. I could've also said that I discovered the art of lucid dreaming a little while ago (the ability to be conscious of dreams and then possibly controlling them). Now THAT's a trip, actually it's whatever you want it to be.
Well for friends and general conversation, I'd like to meet anyone who's chilled, relaxed, easy-going, sensible...Oh I wouldn't be too averse to meeting anyone who can teach me how to make cherry bakewells. It's not an obsession! It's just...dammit you know what I mean!
Hip Hop will always be my main love but I like all different types of music. Well maybe not the Pantera-like THRASH metal that still just sounds like noise to me but most kinds of music. Favourite groups, well at the moment, I listen to who comes to mind when I think about how many songs I've got on my MP3 player. Historically, Wu-Tang, De La Soul, Outkast, KMD, 3rd Bass, Nappy Roots, Tupac, Geto Boyz, Mos Def, The Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap...and too many others to name here. Non Hip Hop faves include The Eels, The Flaming Lips, The Beautiful South, Smashing Pumpkins, Primal Scream, Van Morrison, The Breeders...Kim Deal, you goddess!! (sorry, sometimes my fingers just sometimes sorta kinda take over), Janis Joplin, Catatonia, Texas, Morcheeba, Sade, Lemon Jelly, Zero 7, St Etienne, Mazzy Star ('Fade Into You' has to be one of my all-time favourite songs) Gorillaz, Sheryl Crow, Snow Patrol, Beth Orton, Sarah McLachlan, Chemical Brothers, Cowboy Junkies. I've listed loads already and I could list a lot more but the list shall end here. Though if any groups read this, could you not try to add me as your friend please. I appreciate you just wanna be heard but please bear in mind 3,984,701 bands also just wanna be heard so friendship requests are often sent in rapid, if not relentless succession. So...do not attempt to add me. It'd be far more worth your while adding someone who's likely to look at your profile and then take an auditory peek at the songs contained within. So hopefully we've got that clear: DO NOT TRY to add me. Well unless you sound Mazzy Star like and one of your songs has a remarkable if not plagiaristic resemblance to 'Fade Into You'. Thank you!
In no discernible order...Devil's Advocate, The Matrix Trilogy (especially '...Reloaded'), Back to the Future I + II, Lawnmower Man, The Man with Two Brains, The Jerk, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Pink Panther, Stars Wars II + VI, Brazil, Starship Troopers, Memento, Groundhog Day, Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow is just genius GENIUS I tell ya!) the Hellraiser series and is it me or is myspace completely addictive?? A colleague, who stumbled across it and has been hooked ever since analogised it with crack. I just laughed in agreement because I didn't really want to detail the extent of my 'crack' addiction. The day before I left my front door WIDE open because I was thinking about logging on as soon as I came inside. I cut that convo short by telling this guy that I had work to do as I wanted to go to the toilet and cry. Wait, men don't cry do we? We weep, I wanted to go into the toilet and weep, much like a little girl might because my level of addiction was so severe I evidently didn't even feel comfortable talking about it. I may start a support group if the condition worsens because I continue to meet more beautiful and intelligent people on this and become even more dependent. Anyway, what is this Oprah Winfrey?? Where the hell was I again? I'm ALWAYS doing that. Films?...what else do I like? Shawshank Redemption, Stargate, Swingers, The Game, Xzistence, Serenity, Police Academy, Blade I - III, Top Gun, Mulholland Drive (and not just for that relatively hardcore lesbian sex scene - how the hell did David Lynch get away with that? Well I'm not one to look a gifthorse in the mouth...), 2010, Human Traffic and probably lots of others since I do enjoy a DVD or cinema experience.
I don't really watch much TV but when I do, it'll be Arrested Development (COME on!!), Scrubs, Heroes, Firefly, Family Guy, American Dad, Simpsons, Star Trek, even a bit of CSI(Miami: New York: what's next Denver?: Boise? Cinci-fucking-natti? There are too many CSI's out now it's spinning out of control!) Sorry, a madness took me but it has passed...Anyway again where the hell was I? Oh yeah, yeah CSI is all right I suppose. Malcolm in the Middle is usually hilarious and Futurama growed on me.
Call me lazy, or SOMETHING but since I finished mine I consider it a hassle to read anyone elses'. I'll illustrate the main reason why by verbatim'ly reconstructing a segment of a conversation I had with someone about it. "Well since my book is about someone actually finding PARADISE, I don't really want to read someone elses' to get to the end only to discover it was merely about someone's obsession for their late uncle's sideboard." I also don't really wanna read about a teenage wizard's fight against malevolent forces. To be honest. The books I read now have to be hilarious ventures, like the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle G.E. Challenger books, or Douglas Adams or Red Dwarf. I also like reading books that provide an alternative perspective on reality, such as the Carlos Casteneda books or books by Don Miguel Luis. Also, I'd also recommend people read 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and it's ALL Small Stuff, which has lots of practical little hints of not getting pissed off by life's small and sometimes unavoidable 'inconveniences'. Also, 'The Secret'? Anyone? Anyone?
There are far too many, I suppose I should name a couple at least so it doesn't look like I'm cheating or being lazy. Who was the guy who worked out the Earth wasn't the centre of the universe? Gallileo or Copernicus or whoever it was. Definitely him. Yeah. Well he's definitely in my top 5. This is gonna sound too sickly sweet probably but suck it up as it's true, one of my biggest heroes will always be my mum. Not just for the nurturing, love and protection she gave during the early years. It must've been REALLY hard for a lone, black, young woman to raise three very young boys in a 'strange' country that let's say, was on the surface welcoming but underneath...