travel, central asia, the soviet bloc, languages, eating, beer, singing, biking, hiking, camping, bonfires, cooking, rock climbing, listening to new music, sleeping in the sun, meeting new people, swimming, rugby, penguins, elephants, maps, theme parties, fake tattoos, crossword puzzles.
i appreciate spontaneity, flexibility, a good sense of humor, and people who can spell.also, someone hot enough to go to a party called "so fucking hot" with me.
i'm on a folk/blues kick lately. i like to listen to (and sing along with) country when i'm cooking or cleaning (neither of which i've done recently). i also appreciate a good classic rock station, although i now wake up to NPR because ZLX's morning show (like most morning shows) sucks. actually, most Boston radio sucks. i've become a big fan of internet radio. some old and new favorites are: the beatles, mana, manu chao, jarabe de palo, shakira, the toasters, the pixies, the white stripes, guns'n'roses, jack johnson, mozart, led zeppelin, ozzy osbourne, nas, notorious B.I.G., 2pac, handsome boy modeling school, outkast, simon and garfunkel, bob marley, zemfira, kino, DDT, chaif, leningrad, dikanda, libana, sam mangwana, the dixie chicks, johnny cash, gipsy kings, CCR, tracy chapman, otis redding, concrete blonde, alan jackson, NOFX, joan baez, bob dylan, cat stevens, dire straits, tiken jah fakoly, titiman flores, beanie siegel, cafe tacuba, the clash, the smiths, depeche mode, die puhdys, die walmos, kiran ahluwalia, OGS, b for brontosaurus, random turkish, arabic and central asian pop.
some like it hot, cinema paradiso, pride and prejudice, europa europa, top gun, bridget jones, pather panchali, eat drink man woman, goodbye lenin, burnt by the sun, ivan vasilievich meniaet professiu, alexander nevskii, night on earth, before sunrise, au revoir les enfants, shadows of forgotten ancestors, bhaji on the beach, black orpheus, tootsie, groundhog day, urga (close to eden), igla (viktor tsoy acts! hot, hot, hot!!), nochnoi dozor (night watch), gegen die wand (head on), keiner liebt mich, go trabi go!, dirty dancing, amalie.
now that my partner in reality TV crime has moved out, i've stopped watching TV. also, my stupid history workshop conflicts with america's next top model, but luckily sue tapes it for me. and is 8th and ocean on again?? i also like queer eye for the straight guy and project runway. shows that do not involve "reality" and "models" that i'll watch: simpsons, south park, jeopardy. or antiques roadshow. shows i miss: sex and the city, my so-called life, upstairs downstairs, joy of painting, square one, all creatures great and small.
recent good reads: news from tartary, something new under the sun, the great divergence, the jewish century. poetry by liesel mueller, robert frost, wallace stevens, pablo neruda. other favorites: the outsiders, master and margarita, traveller in time, gone with the wind, labyrinths, lord of the rings (long before the movies),russian journal, hawaii, treasure island, calvin and hobbes, in xanadu, around the bloc, time world atlas. i haven't read harry potter or the da vinci code, nor do i have plans to. for what that's worth.
will shortz.