Politics rock my socks. True story. Social sciences are the way to go; screw math. Books make me happy, especially on days where I become a recluse and refuse to answer the book just because I'm reading. Starbucks at two am is pretty sweet.
Your Political Profile:
Overall: 55% Conservative, 45% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?
Just about everyone, but I'll narrow it down.
Kofi Annan-Hard to mess up the UN as much as him
Bush-Stop giving everyone who voted for you a bad name
John Locke-You hot political theorist you
David Sedaris-Absolutely hysterical, embrace your gayness
Sophie Coppola-Amazing eye for art, beautiful movies
Robert McNamara-Brilliant, want to know how his brain ticks
Buddha-For being so bouncy
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It's taken me a while, but now I have a short list of artists. My taste, if you really must now, is diverse and picky at the same time. Just remember, my music will always be better than yours. And yes, I did alphabetize this. I am just that cool.
Artic Monkeys
The Beatles
Death Cab for Cutie
The Fray
Frou Frou
de Capulet
Don McLean
Five for Fighting
Franz Ferdinand
Hellogoodbye
Hot Hot Heat
Iron and Wine
Kaiser Chiefs
Metric
The Postal Service
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Relient K
The Sadies
Smashing Pumpkins
Say Hi to Your Mom
Scissor Sisters
Stars
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Unicorns
Zero 7
I prefer mainly the movies people have never heard of, or think are boring. I can handle that, as long as I'm not forced to watch what they call a "good movie." I prefer dark ar sadistic movies because they seem more realistic. Satires make fun of society's quirks-how can you not love that? Here's a partial list.
The Virgin Suicides
Igby Goes Down
Munich
Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind
Saints and Soldiers
Garden State
Braveheart
Born Into Brothels
Maria Full of Grace
Shawshank Redemption
Fog of War
I am Sam
Good Bye, Lenin!
Russian Ark
ER
Grey's Anatomy
BBC's News
I relish books so much that it took a while to narrow down the choices (hence it took ages to work on this section). I'm bad about reading the classics; I'm slowly getting to those. For now my abbreviated list stands as follows.
Atonment, Ian McEwan
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Colter, Rick Bass
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Me Speak Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
The Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, Michael Chabon (or at least this far through it)
This is still a work in progress.
Mark-For forcing me into forensics
Crista-For counting down the years with me
Rachel-For always seeing the green
Jacob-For making me coffee served with bluntness
Joey-For giving such amazing hugs each morning
Angela Merkel-For proving feminism through positive action
Claude Monet-For opening the public to impressionism
Frederick Banting and John Macleod-For discovering insulin
Johann Gutenberg-For making mass printing possible
Tianneman Square Protestor-For acting on his beliefs