----R.I.P. Abuela---- 8/3/37 - 7/5/04 ---- "Ay, no ha que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval""DESIDERATA" - -Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. - Max Ehrmann
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music list forever expanding - folk, rock, jazz, Bossa Nova, African, strings, brass, violin, flutes, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Harmonicas and Harps, pianos, Hip-hop, turntablism, the occasional drum and bass, classic American rock, Indie, ballads, jam bands, old school r&B, Cuban classics, music on vinyl, on mp3, on scratched CDs. Tori Amos, NIN, Tool, Sublime, Skampida, PJ Harvey, Bjork, Beck, the Cure, Bob Dylan, the Doors, Ani Difranco, Leonard Cohen, Las Manzallamas Monofonicas, Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, the Beatles, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Destroyer, Crazy Fingers, Nina Simone, Dresden Dolls, Saul Williams, Dirty Three, Adolfo & Katrina, Amadou & Miriam, Neutral Milk Hotel, Devotchka, Out of the Anonymous, Brendan O'hara, Balkan Beat Box, Matisyahu, Sparklehorse, Belle & Sebastian, Fleetwood Mac, CSNY, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Raffa & Ranier, A Perfect Circle, Silvio Rodriguez, De La Sol, Amy Winehouse, Louis Armstrong, Tupac, Manu Chao, The White Stripes, Mum, Cocorosie, Peaches, the Pixies, The Knife, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Fitzroy, Fourth Dimension, Kaki King, Broken Social Scene, Buena Vista Social Club, Kings of Convenience, Kate Bush, Nirvana, Garbage, Vashti Bunyan, Benny More, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Hole, Ladytron, Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Portishead, Sade, Notorious B.I.G., The Shins, Modest Mouse, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, Mos Def, El Trio Matamoros, Joni Mitchell, Wu-tang Clan, Billie Holiday, Outkast, Talib Kwali, all three Fugees, Dolly Parton, Flogging Molly, Perfect Circle, Devendra Banhart, M.I.A., Animal Collective, Rage Against the Machine, Depeche Mode, Vetiver, Postal Service, Iron and Wine, the Strokes, the Sounds, Jefferson Airplane, Fiona Apple, The Roots, Slick Rick, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Stevie B, Daniel Johnston, Antony and the Johnsons, Celia Cruz, Ella Fitzgerald, Joanna Newsom, David Bowie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chumbawamba "pissing the night away..", the list goes on, - any song that can make me cry
Forest Gump, Hero, Fight Club, Dancer in the Dark, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gladiator, Natural Born Killers, Great Expectations, Adaptation, SubUrbia, Return to Oz, Good Will Hunting, Napoleon Dynamite, The Last Unicorn, Labrynth, Legend, Splash, (any 80's fantasy movie), Weird Science, Amelie, Gummo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Stand by Me, Amores Perros, Science of Sleep, Central Station, Daredevil, SLC Punk, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, The Incredibles, Swingers, Before Sunset, After Sunset, Very Bad Things, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, All the Rocky movies, Karate Kid 2, Lady and the Tramp, Garden State, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Nightbreed, Fried Green Tomatoes, Memento, Unico, I Heart Huckabees, Superman 2, Supergirl, - most Marvel or DC adapted movies. EXCEPT Ghostrider
Stuff I read and have read : Joseph Campbell, Bloodline of the Holy Grail, Pablo Neruda, e. e. cummings, Charles Bukowski, Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, The Little Prince, books of photography, The Wind in the Willows, some Rudyard Kipling, some Ginsberg, JD Salinger, Jeanette Winterson, Jung, Virginia Woolf, Saul Williams, Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, Irvine Welsh, Terrence Mckenna, Nabokov, The Tao Te Ching, Felix Dennis, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, Piers Anthony, comic books, The Bible and the Gnostic Gospels - all these lists are openended
Jasmin & Loren (my sisters),Abuela Niurka and Abuela Esther, Abuelo Mario and Abuela Consuelo, Abuelo Raul y Abuela Martha, Joseph Campbell and the wandering troubadour...