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nica

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. (Leo Tolstoy)

About Me

"If you can't swim, you're bown to drizown" Myspace Backgrounds "I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine." Bruce Lee

My Interests

Cernunnos Seeing the ones I adore and love. Talking to Homeless People as well as strangers especially when traveling, Volunteering when Possible, Cleaning,(yes this is strange) "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Harold Thurman Whitman live music, travel, travel, escape, missing flights, extending vacations, random last minute getaway, Finding Peace and a deeper selfless, meaning to life as i know it ... Art history, premium vodka, foreign cinema, strawberry blunts, Jewelry, The Priceless moments with my friends that make life worth living for, and did i already mention getting out of town.......................... Mexico, Latin America, The UK, Eastern Europe, South East Asia, Brazil, Extensive Varieties of HotSauce, The Blues, Soul, Jazz, Ganja, Fine Wine, Ping Pong, Air Hockey, Playing Hookie, Volleyball, Alternative Medicine, Hatha Yoga, Acupuncture, Vietnam, Cubism, Modern art, socialism and communism, does it work?

I'd like to meet:

Josh Homme paul thomas anderson, clinton, spielberg, johnny cash, kris kristofferson, paul newman, sophia lauren, grace kelly, princess diana, andre agassi, andy rooney, joan jett,

Music:

The WU, always and forever ”Styles compiled for miles and childs, bodies and owls and upside-down smiles. Reflect, catch wreck from sun-moon sect, paradex sheds light then thought reflects”-The RZA, 6 Feet Deep SPANK ROCK and their crew from philly and b more. JUSTICE + THE ED BANGER CREW love for De La Dub,Dub-step, Reggae, Breaks, D&B, Rap, Classic Rock, Brazillian Funk, Soul, Techno, Classy House, minimal Techno, Hip Hop, anything sin queso.First and Foremost R.I.P. Johnny Cash, Biggie, Tu Pac, and O.D.B.!!! Queen, Pink Floyd, Doors, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Black Mountain, Cream, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Wilson Pickett,Deep Purple, Donny Hathaway, Roy Ayers, Wu Tang, run dmc, nas,rakim, eric b, guru, premiere, King Tubby,Max Romeo, Lee "scratch" Perry, mobb deep, public enemy, damian marley, bob Marley, Metric, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Stone Roses, New Order, Joy Division, Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, Air, Nightmare's on Wax, Girl Talk, Mstrkrft, CSS, Justice, Spank Rock, Roni Size, Total Science, Pendulum, Deltron 3030, Gorillaz, Tribe, Pharcyde, Dr. Dre, Andrei 3000, Outkast,Erykah Badu, Enya, Guns, The Cars, The Ramones, The Zombies, Old Aerosmith, certain 80's, Black Star, Snoop,Beck, Ray Lamontagne, Wilco, Pixies, NIN, Radiohead, Bloc Party, White Stripes, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Mars Volta, Nirvana, U2, Ray Charles, Ottis Redding, Sonic Youth, Elliot Smith, Pete Yorn, The Clash, Jefferson Airplane,Stones,The Who,The Kinks, The Stooges, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Ramones, Hendrix, Clapton, Paul McCartney, Janis Joplin, CCR, Dire Straits, Blondie, Bowie, Iggy, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Beatles, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Marvin Gaye, Elvis, Berry White, James Brown, Rick James, Slick Rick, Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Aretha, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Etta James/ Gregory Isaacs, Joan Jett, The Great Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears ELECTRONIC: Kraftwerk The Orb, Daft Punk, Krafty Kutz, Audio Bullys, Layo & Bushwako, James Zabiela, Unkle, Terry Francis, Eddie Richards, Mark Farina, Plump Dj's , DJ Shadow, Theivery Corporation, Stanton Warriors, Diplo, Hybrid, Underworld, Goldfrapp, Pendulum, Shy Fx, Francois K, Lawnchair Generals, Tosca, Coldcut, Roots Manuva, Andy Smith, Caspa and Rusko

Movies:

Deer Hunter all time favorite: Cinema Paradiso Edward Scissor hands,Raising Arizona, Last King of Scotland, Children of Men, every film Pacino has done The Constant Gardner, Run Lola Run, Hollywood Shuffle, The Pick up Artist, Mean Streats, Raging Bull,The Graduate, Risky Business,Citizen Kane,On the Waterfront/anything Marlon Brando did. James Dean Flicks, since there were so few of them Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Goodluck, Dirty Pretty Things, Bad Education, Maria Full of Grace, Love me if you Dare, Hotel Rwanda,Walk the Line, Traffic, Closer, The Thief, Sound of Music, The Professional, Easy Rider, Favela Rising, Drug Store Cowboy, The Science of Sleep, True Romance, The Big Chill, St. Elmo's Fire, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amores Perros, The Big Lebowski, Godfather I & II, Serpico, Casino, Ash Wednesday, Lost in Translation, Chinatown, Trainspotting, Full Monty, The Wedding Singer, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill series,Donnie Darko, Blow, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing, The Pianist, Schindler's List, Sex & Lucia, Europa Europa, Good Will Hunting, Fight Club, Fast Times at Ridgmont High,Summer School, Forrest Gump, BIG, Less than Zero, Shawshank Redemption, Seven, Glory,Basquiat Ray, 8.5, My Own Private Idaho, The Crying Game, The Outsiders, Goonies, Vertigo,Pride and Prejudice,Shoah,The Warriors, Easy Rider, American Graffiti, and

Television:

PBS, Charlie Rose, Six Feet Under, Rome, Sopranos, The Wire, Forensic Files, Weeds, History, Travel, and National Geographic Networks. LOCKED UP ABROAD

Books:

"Translation is the art of Failure." Umberto Eco Dr. Zhivago, Cash by Johnny Cash, excellent. Anything by Hemingway, Bukowski, Burroughs,Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, I have developed a bit aof a pattern with reading the works of the boozers and abusers: Junky, On the Road, Lolita, Crime and Punishment, Less than Zero, In Cold Blood, Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Memoirs of a Geisha, Alchemist, 100 Years of Solitude, Nonfiction: anything juicy pertaining to: Crime, Mobs, Gangs, Drugs, Sects, and Cults, and Polygomy

Heroes:

parental units: These Kiddies are pretty tough Single Mothers, gotta give it to them. Desmund Tutu, Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Oscar Wilde,MLK, Ray Charles, Plato, Aristotle, Kenneth Burke, Mozart, Gloria Steinem, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg.

My Blog

"Suffer the Children" Tears for Fears

this video is sweetmade in '81...
Posted by nica on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:51:00 PST

Goodbye Mr. James Brown

I cannot believe James Brown, just passed away on Christmas! I just saw him in September at the Bowl, and he still had it! Life is precious, and I have just been reminded to enjoy every minute of it.H...
Posted by nica on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:12:00 PST

Violet Flame

is a new form of mediation i learned about in yoga class, Kwan Yin (Goddess of Mercy and Compassion), practiced it  frequently, and it basically is a form of meditation that is centered...
Posted by nica on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:37:00 PST

Ed Bradley: RIP

Ed Bradley, RIP, you were not only an amazing Journalist. You were a giving humanitarian. You were incredibly stylish and contained a wicked sense of humor. I watched 60 Minutes for as long as I can ...
Posted by nica on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:04:00 PST

blood shed no sign of subsiding

"Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills." (Immanuel Kant) the past few days in Iraq have been the ...
Posted by nica on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:03:00 PST

what does your name mean

What does your name mean and where did it originate? i forgot what my names meant. i am not too pleased with my full name, as i think nicole is boring and beatrice is lame. i mainly go by my russian n...
Posted by nica on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:11:00 PST

live and let go

"there is no possibility of permanent happiness as long as everything is controlled, influenced, or governed by ignorance." Dali Lama
Posted by nica on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:51:00 PST

I smell Bacon..... or they smelled me.

I was just driving home perfectly sober from a friends pad, and out of nowhere mister piggy highway patrol pulled me over. His brights were blinding me and I immediately felt invaded upon. I knew...
Posted by nica on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:52:00 PST