charolastras, surrealism, beets, left wing agendas, anything with chocolate or coconut, barton springs, toes, diving/snorkelling, live live music, walking or biking slowly, high drama, pop art, postcards, maps, travel, poets & poems! & flickr!http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishiku/& my travels in india are documented here:http://wanderish.blogspot.com/
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget." - Arundhati Roy
I'd like to meet:
co-conspirators.
wordsmiths.
sensualists.
dancers.
people with strong arms
& sexy feet.
people who are passionate
not passive.
readers.
believers.
activists.
vegetarian cowboy/girls.
you adore small furry creatures.
you often speak before you think...
but at least you're honest.
no one afraid of intimacy.
(you can keep your distance...
i certainly don't want it)
noone intimidated by a grrl like me...
& a
adopt your own virtual pet!
Music:
music is life. a soundtrack to mine would probably include: the pixies. thievery corporation. jane's addiction. joy division. sonic youth. the specials. manu chao. le tigre. bikini kill. they might be giants. transglobal underground. asian dub foundation. portishead. marley. bowie. the beatles. the stones. devo. sugarcubes. sex pistols. the clash. love & rockets. consolidated. front 242. buzzcocks. beastie boys. ozomatli. femi kuti. atash. grupo fantasma. hay cafe! ghostland observatory. white ghost shivers. gogol bordello. dixie chicks. dolly parton. johnny cash. tom waits. james brown. deelite. klf. fugazi & all the dischord bands. coltrane. miles. many angsty singer/songwriters. R.E.M. the cure. magnetic fields. mojave 3. billy bragg. this mortal coil. peter murphy. cocteau twins. susana baca. shelia chandra. zap mama. gypsy kings. franti. ben harper. antibalas. bauhaus. the smiths. dead can dance. new order. depeche mode. echo. pogues. pj harvey. ekova. badmarsh & shri. talvin singh. cesaria evora. paolo conte. gil gilberto. franz ferdinand. arcade fire. charlotte gainsbourg. devandra banhart. & a bollywood hit or two. carne asada (not a real band) & the cuban cowboys (who are!)currently crazy for jane. bassnectar. the tiger lilies. rock en espanol. wino vino. m.i.a. firewater. rupa & the april fishes. yeasayer.
Movies:
all the thin man movies. old black & white screwball comedies. subtitled docu-dramas that make you teary-eyed. anime that makes you wonder-eyed. i can't wait for the sxsw & cine las americas film festivals every year. it's better than xmas.
specific movies that i love: toe tactic. battle in seattle. in a dream. they killed sister dorothy. the visitor. body of war. tsotsi. when the levees broke. the science of sleep. fast food nation. children of men. the ground truth. sir, no sir! the wild parrots of telegraph hill. idiocracy. everything is illuminated. kinsey. the pianist. the motorcycle diaries. layer cake. lovers of the arctic circle. the constant gardener. crash. junebug. walk the line. kungfu hustle. punk like me. slam! war of the words. autumn's eyes. mean girls. saved. a very long engagement. i heart huckabees, finding neverland, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, pirates of the carribean (argh!), garden state, the agronomist, farenheit 9/11, the manchurian candidate, supersize me, harold & maude, stealing beauty, the revolution will not be televised, y tu mama tambien, princess mononoke, high fidelity, charade, barefoot in the park, roman holiday, dinner at eight, lost in translation, breakfast at tiffany's, princess bride, reds, amelie, grosse point blank, once were warriors, tuvalu, adaptation, the royal tenebaums, code 46, etc etc etc.
i like film. a lot.
Television:
daily show with jon stewart is about all i ever watched on tv. or old b/w movies. or chappelle's show. or sex in the city reruns with all the sex taken out & all the issues left in. i have a tv now but no cable & i reckon pbs will be enough...
Books:
i read a lot of chapbooks by poets you've probably never heard of & romance novels that even i forget the titles of by the time i get out of the bathtub & a few serious novels which i then tell everyone else to read like unaccustomed earth by jhumpa lahiri or everything is illuminated by jonathan safran foer or omnivore's dilemma by michael pollan. the kite runner by khaled hosseini. the tennis partner by abraham verghese. a fine balance by rohinton mistry, middlesex by jeffrey eugenides, the life of pi by yann martel, the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay by michael chabon, the american woman in the chinese hat by carole maso, the poisonwood bible (& everything else) by barbara kingsolver, heartbeat geography by john brandi & never in a hurry by naomi shihab nye to name a few...
Heroes:
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be Heroes, just for one day
adopt your own virtual pet!And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we're lovers, and that is thatThough nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be Heroes, for ever and ever
What d'you say?
"We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous."- IVINS
