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Tom

what is the sound of one hand clapping?

About Me

I like to laugh, interpret the world around me, tweek people out who are close-minded, speak in wacky accents, and appreciate synchronicity.

My Interests

Buddhism, Existentialism, Japanese Aesthetics, Shamanism, Photography, Travel, Drinking Green Tea & enjoying the Moment...

I'd like to meet:

Buddha. Jah. Vanilla Ice when he released "Ice, Ice, Baby" (not the current gangsta Vanilla), The Video Professor, the guy who does the voice for all the action movie trailers, and I'd like to try to sell something to Tony Robbins.People who aren't afraid to think outside the box, question their assumptions, or look deep inside the Self. People who know how to appreciate a nice cup of green tea, who laugh at themselves, embrace synchronicity, and are willing to explore that which they are afraid of.

Music:

Pink Martini, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Paco de Lucia, Bob Marley, Coldplay, Thievery Corporation, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Pink Floyd, Outkast, Beethoven, Schubert, Jim White, Radiohead, Elvis, Beth Orton, Charlie Faye, Amos Lee, Josh Ritter, Pacha Massive, Bjork

Movies:

What The Bleep Do We Know?; Baraka; Amelie; Office Space; Waking Life; Taken; 12 Monkeys; Matrix; Winged Migration; Big Lebowski, and recently... Transformers.

Television:

Daily Show; NOW with Bill Moyers; Ali G; Alias; 24; Frasier; Seinfeld; Whose Line is it Anyway?

Books:

The Alchemist; Notes from the Underground (Dostoevsky); Zen in the Art of Archery (Herrigal); The Power of Myth (Campbell); Portrait of the Artist (Joyce); The Stranger (Camus); Birth of Tragedy (Nietzsche); Life of Pi; The Four Agreements; Carlos Castanada; Borges; Baudrillard; Edward Said; Lewis Lapham

Heroes:

Gandhi