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Ann

'Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.' - Nelson Mandela

About Me

I've always been idealistic, even when I've been nihilistic, depressed, realistic, pessimistic. BUT NOW, as trite as it may seem, I'm sickeningly, appallingly, outrageously idealistic, for reasons beyond my cerebral knowledge. Who knew!? Well.....don't get me started....!

My Interests

Afro-Brazilian & Afro-Haitian dance; dancing to Deep House, Salsa, and Samba; exploring the local music scene; keeping fit; yoga, scuba diving; skiing; making pottery; seeing high and low-brow art (and all the art in between); hiking, swimming in the ocean; rock climbing; seeing new places, new scenes, meeting new people, reading, the outdoors, social activism, finding enlightenment...

I'd like to meet:

People with passion, compassion, and a desire to implement positive change in themselves and the world. (This could be through ANYthing-their art, their work, their science, their spirituality, or just being a thoughtful, kind human being.)

Music:

Folk & Americana, Deep House, Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, DanceHall, Classical, Classic Rock, Jazz, Jungle & Drum and Bass, Brazilian Pop (including Afoxe, Pagode, Axe, etc.); Artists (not in any particular order): Jason Mraz, Led Zeppelin, Simon and Garfunkel, Zero 7, Arcade Fire, Angela McClauskey, Lily Allen, Leslie and the Badgers, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Marques Wyatt, The Velvet Underground, The New Fidelity, Lou Reed, Gnarls Barkley, Jack Johnson, Daniela Mercury, Marisa Monte, Terra Samba, Peter, Paul & Mary, Peter Tosh, Beany Man, Joe Purdy, Billie Holiday, The Band, Rickie Lee Jones, The Futureheads, Modest Mouse, The Arctic Monkeys, Ozomatli, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, They Might Be Giants, Ben Lee, Byork, Olodum, Black Eyed Peas, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Thievery Corporations, Jurassic Five, John Coltrane, Dave Bruebeck, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Santana, The Postal Service, Weezer, G. Love and Special Sauce, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Jimmy Cliff, Johnny Cash, James Taylor, The Von Bondies, Franz Ferdinand, Orishas, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Gorillas, Muse, The Thrills, Bebel Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, The Strokes, The Dave Mathews Band, Social Distortion, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Johann Pachelbel, Hyden, Norah Jones, Sigur Ros, Tom Waits, The Buena Vista Social Club, The Beatles, Antony and the Johnsons, Vince Guaraldi, Bright Eyes, Broken Spindles, Janis Joplin, Dakah, Air, Groove Armada, The Chemical Brother, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, H-Track (Hugh Herrera), Kraftwerk, J Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Metro Area, MIA, Tracy Chapman, Blackalicious, Lost Boyz, Manu Chao, Mana, Nellie McKay....

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Constant Garderner, The Hours, The Matrix, Singing in the Rain, The Lion King, Love Actually, Finding Nemo, Lost in Translation, Monsoon Wedding, Water, The Magdalene Sisters, The Fifth Element, The March of the Penguins, Blue, A Scanner Darkly....

Television:

Sometimes, it depends.

Books:

Authors: Anais Nin, David Sedaris, John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, Robert Heinlein, Langston Hughes, Po Bronson, Augusten Burroughs, Emily Dickenson... Books: The Incredible Lightness of Being, The Alchemist, White Oleader, The Bone People, East of Eden, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Farenheit 451, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Love Story, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), Dry, The Prophet....

Heroes:

My friends, Mother Teresa, Aretha Franklin, Soraya Elcock, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Dorothy Hull, Jane Adams, Rigoberta Menchu, Georgia O'Keiffe, the authors listed above.