** family & friends...
** listening to music - see below for interests...
** clubbing & dancing in terms of music (electronica & drum & bass especially) & atmosphere (clubs = high school drama, bars = college drama - grow up, people)...
** traveling - trying to hit at least 1 new country and visiting multiple US cities every year...
** keeping in shape - jogging & lifting (or "getting huge" as JJ would say = P)...
** watching ice hockey - PITTSBURGH PENGUINS!, Frank Pietrangelo, (Sidney Crosby!!! - Wayne who?...)...
** watching Barclay's Premiership English football (soccer) league - TOTTENHAM! (Michael Dawson!, Dimitar Berbatov!, Robbie Keane), Wigan!, Edgar Davids, Jimmy Bullard) + World Cup soccer - ENGLAND in 2010!!!...
** drinking various liquors + wines + spirits...
** tv + movies - Netflix!...
** Howard Stern on Sirius...
** trying out as many restaurants as possible...
** flexitarianism...
** playing & watching poker - Texas Hold 'Em - David "Devilfish" Ulliot, Steve Dannenman, Huck Seed... esp. World Series of Poker...
** playing casino blackjack...
** England & everything British...
** Japanese style & fashion...
** stargazing...
** watching American football - Pittsburgh Stillers!...
** anime...
** dog shows (toy group, bulldogs, & corgis!)...
** reading...
** telescopy...
** fashion...
** watching Australian rules football (just may be the greatest sport ever next to Netball)...
** video games - NHL '94 SNES, Final Fantasy series...
** watching NASCAR Jamie McMurray!, Sterling Marlin...
things I miss:
** playing street hockey (goaltending) + Netball + soccer...
** writing poetry...
what makes me happy:
** keeping it real...
** Insekt 9...
** Peanuts dancing...
** my spaghetti sauce...
** dark chocolate (with raspberry) - my cocaine...
** cilantro...
** strobe light showers... = P
** & cabbits... = )
evils of the world: ego, spiders, onions, players & flirts, drum & bass MCs, Tina Fey, politics, rap & modern r&b, drama, Cristiano Ronaldo, East Bay, pineapples, technology, fast food esp. McDonald's, the great milk scandal, eyeglasses esp. on girls, allergies, Disney, added salt, Kathy Griffin, SBC, fluorescent lighting, Law & Order, trucks & SUVs, sweet pickles...
a sweet little gone girl... Hope Sandoval, Manda Rin, Faye Valentine, or Anya (#10) from Deal or No Deal would do... = )
drum & bass is god!!!...
to see what I'm listening to, check out my Last.fm page (formerly audioscrobbler)...
here's a list of my recently played tracks:
and overall top 10 played artists (since 1/28/06):
momentary fave d&b album: 'Andy C / Grooverider - Upfront & Classic Tracks - 10 Years of Drum & Bass Arena' ...
momentary fave artist: godspeed you black emperor! ...
momentary fave hardcore d&b chune: 'Dumplin Riddim' by Chase & Status - 'Andy C - Drum & Bass Arena - Upfront & Classic Tracks - 10 Years of Drum & Bass Arena'...
momentary fave liquid/atmospheric d&b chune: 'Restart' by DJ Marky, Bungle & DJ Roots - High Contrast - 'Fabriclive. 25'...
momentary fave chune: 'Sleep' by Stabbing Westward - 'Wither Blister Burn + Peel'...
The Smashing Pumpkins ...
Mazzy Star / Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions ...
various drum 'n bass (esp. hardcore d&b + atmospheric d&b + soulful d&b + liquid d&b (guess that about covers it = ) )(Concord Dawn, Ed Rush (sans Optical), DJ Trace, Nico, Fierce, Andy C, Total Science, Q-Project (solo), Chase & Status, TC, J Majik, Fresh, Dom & Roland, DJ Hype, Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith, Goldie, Grooverider, Fabio, Bailey, Shy FX, Zinc, Dillinja, Pendulum, Cyantific, Calibre, Logistics, High Contrast, Lemon D, Doc Scott, Peshay, Dieselboy...)... ( be sure to listen to Fabio and Grooverider live from London on Radio1 4-6PM PST, 7-9PM EST every Friday night!!! - Radio1 ) ...
Urge Overkill ...
Califone / Red Red Meat ...
bis...
Aphex Twin ...
Boards of Canada ...
godspeed you black emperor! ...
Chavez ...
Sixteen Horsepower ...
The Frogs ...
Morphine ...
Queen ...
Yo La Tengo ...
Radiohead ...
That Group Called Kurt (TGCK)...
Wilco ...
Frank Black / The Pixies...
Stabbing Westward ...
Bjork...
Placebo ...
The Dandy Warhols...
Cibo Matto...
The Flaming Lips ...
Swirlies...
J Mascis / Dinosaur Jr. ...
Atari Teenage Riot ...
Nine Inch Nails...
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ...
Pearl Jam (old shyte)...
Rammstein...
Soul Coughing ...
PJ Harvey ...
Sebadoh ...
Jocelyn Pook ...
Tool ...
Poster Children ...
Orbital...
A.C. (Anal Cunt)...
Tori Amos ...
Alice in Chains...
Rasputina...
Son Volt ...
+ other artists in the genres of free jazz, trance, house, classical, bossanova jazz, & oldies...
least favorite artists: Duran Duran...
greatest albums of all time
Aphex Twin - 'Selected Ambient Works Vol. II'
The Smashing Pumpkins - 'Siamese Dream'
Ed Rush/DJ Trace/Nico/Fierce - 'Torque'
momentary fave movie: Buffalo '66 / Swingers...
favorite directors:
David Lynch...
Jon Favreau...
Vincent Gallo...
Braveheart...
Fight Club...
Snatch...
Swingers...
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me...
Mulholland Drive...
Lost in Translation...
Buffalo '66...
Shaun of the Dead...
True Romance...
Bubba Ho-tep...
Platoon...
Glory...
Schindler's List...
Best In Show...
Eraserhead...
Napoleon Dynamite...
Monty Python and the Holy Grail...
Cowboy Bebop...
Friday...
Requiem for a Dream...
Last Man Standing...
Alien & Aliens...
Pi...
Garden State...
Pulp Fiction...
Tenchi Muyo!...
Bill Cosby Himself...
Amelie...
Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)...
Blue Velvet...
Strange Brew...
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...
Made...
The Professional...
Slap Shot...
Lord Of The Rings trilogy...
Wu-Tang Collection kung fu movies (esp. Drunken Wu-Tang)...
Shaolin Soccer...
Evil Dead series...
A Christmas Story...
Star Wars series...
Star Trek 1-6...
Indiana Jones series...
favorite actors/actresses: Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Crispin Glover, Juliette Lewis, Miguel Ferrer, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Scarlett Johansson, Christian Bale, Bill Murray, Bret Harrison, Lance Henricksen, Patricia Arquette, Nick Swardson, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Albert Brooks...
Twin Peaks...
LOST...
Wonder Years...
Seinfeld...
ER...
Frasier...
X-Files...
Scrubs...
Grounded for Life...
Da' Ali G Show...
Voltron...
Chappelle's Show...
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge...
The Osbournes...
World Series of Poker...
Kung Faux...
Little Britain...
Howard Stern On Demand...
Cromartie High School...
South Park...
The Simpsons...
Space Ghost Coast to Coast...
The Little Rascals (original series)...
Joe Schmoe Show...
Homicide: Life on the Streets...
The Office...
Cosby Show...
What's Happening?!...
Ellen...
Sledge Hammer...
Roseanne...
Meerkat Manor...
Project Runway...
Supernanny...
Nanny 911...
Top Chef...
Man Vs. Wild...
Survivorman...
Kid Nation...
least favorite shows: Mind of Mencia...
currently reading: 'Visions of Cody' by Jack Kerouac...
The Bible...
Orson Scott Card (esp. the Alvin Maker series)...
Jack Kerouac (esp. 'On the Road')...
Kurt Vonnegut (esp. 'Player Piano')...
Douglas Adams ('Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy')...
William S. Burroughs ('Naked Lunch')...
Jesus...
Alan Keyes...
David Lynch...
Billy Corgan...
Vincent Gallo...
Spike Spiegel...