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ray

~them chickens is ash & i'm lotion~

About Me



the imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?

- marquis de sade -

My Interests


heavens not a place that you go when you die It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive

i want to find heaven

- my ipod & macbook pro
- the orient & middle east
- color combinations
- finding my center
- humility
- dark chocolate
- firm handshakes
- saying fishes, NEVER fish
- idiosyncrasies
- making up descriptive words
- weakness = boys w/thick rimmed glasses &/or beards*ouch*
- palm trees
- obscurely strange unique individuals
- inside jokes
- attempting to perfect the moonwalk
- driving with the windows rolled down
- fashion NOT trend
- birds & robots
- sending packages/letters
- trying not to misspell words, yet continuing to
- spirituality NOT religion
- getting the giggles
- mind blowing live music
- gay marriage/rights...support love!!
- greatest hits & live albums
- i abhor people that use "lol" and such
- embracing hugs
- learning spanish, or at least attempting
- laughing at myself
- stupid jokes
- kisses on the collarbone
- keeping in contact
- finding, keeping, expanding love
- going to the movies
- jezebel.com
- high heels/jeans/t-shirts
- abstract & color profuse paintings
- dlisted
- putting together the perfect gift
- mac
- m*a*c
- sam cooke
- coca-cola
- red wine
- urban vernacular
- art openings
- bringing back the semicolon
- armenian string cheese
- sociology, philosophy....ology's in general
- reading on sunday afternoons
- taking abstract pictures of color & light
- 80's adjectives (rad, awesome, phat)
- nataliedee, toothpastefordinner & marriedtothesea
- using lower case type
- traveling to the ends of the earth...

I'd like to meet:

this kid

~potala palace - lhasa,tibet~

...bill maher, questlove, ari gold, glen hansard, ayaan hirsi ali, michael scott, mark ryden, ed norton, diane sawyer, the dalai lama, & sam cooke in another life...

- cat power -

...people who understand the quality of humility; who don't blame their future on their past; with open-minds/hearts. someone to make me laugh so hard i cramp on my side

Music:



first of all...i love all types of genres...all time favorite would have to be old motown/soul...favorite artist is sam cooke

my ipod could probably kick your ipod's ass with the awesomeness that it contains...seriously!

ac/dc, al green, amy winehouse, andrea bocelli, anthony hamilton, aoki takamasa, aretha franklin, the avalanches, bad religion, beck, ben folds, bilal, billie holiday, bjork, bloc party, bob marley, bright eyes, cat power, chase pagan, cocorosie, common, copeland, counting crows, crystal castles, cursive, curtis mayfield, daft punk, damien rice, david bowie, david ford, de la soul, dirty sanchez, dj krush, dj shadow, don covay, donny hathaway, elbow, eurythmics, feist, fela kuti, foo fighters, frank sinatra, future sounds of london, geoffrey oryema, girl talk, goldfrapp, guns n roses, gorillaz, headlights, holopaw, holy fuck, hooverphonic, hot chip, howlin' wolf, iron & wine, jackson & his computer band, jaime cullum, jamiroquai, jaye-z, jeff buckley, joe tex, john coltrane, justice, kanye west, keane, kelly, the kills, kings of leon, the knife, le tigre, lionel richie, live, lord t & eloise, m ward, mamas & papas, marvin gaye, mcr, mgmt, mia, michael jackson, miles davis, mutemath, my moring jacket, mylo, nas, nicola conte, nina simone, nirvana, olive, otis redding, outkast, pat benetar, patty griffin, pink floyd, police, poe, prince, portishead, queen, radiohead, ratatat, ray charles, ray lamontagne, red hot chili peppers, rjd2, ryan adams, sade, **sam cooke**, sara vaughn, sharon jones & the dap kings, shooter jennings, shuggie otis, solomon burke, stevie wonder, stp, sufjan stevens, system of a down, telefon tel aviv, the beatles, the doors, the roots, the shins, thom yorke, tricky, vampire weekend, weezer, wilco, wilson pickett, yelle....that's a few
my current jams citizen cope - every waking moment

the herbaliser - take londaon

santogold - santogold

dan le sac vs. scroobius pip - angles

cut copy - in ghost colours

rachael yamagata - happenstance

the roots - rising down

holyfuck - ep

black keys - attack & release

crystal castles - crystal castles

Movies:

writers/directors: charlie kauffman, spike jonez, gus van sant, david lynch, stanley kubrick, cohen brothers, john waters, martin scorsesse, quentin tarantino, tim burton, and brad ellis!~
movies...amelie, godfather I and II, the royal tenenbaums, never-ending story, labyrinth, dirty filthy love, dog day afternoon, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, kill bills, taxi driver, blazing saddles, zoolander, e.t., snatch, american history x, death to smoochy, a dirty shame, a beautiful life, adaptation, tommy boy, black sheep, dazed and confused, wayne's world(party on), hustle & flow, 25th hour, being john malcovich, clockwork orange, spaceballs, elephant, evil dead series, seven, there's something about mary, trainspotting, big, 5th element, house of flying daggers, hero, nightmare before xmas, gangs of new york, spirited away, what dreams may come, requiem for a dream, lord of the rings, goonies, a chorus line, hellraiser 1&2, cat's eye, momento, indian jones trilogy, uncle buck, 40 shades of blue, 3 amigos, boogie nights, 12 monkeys, titus, magnolia, the shining, amadeus, quills, alice in wonderland, fight club, secretary, closer, dogville, donny darko, mulholland drive, eyes wide shut, sexy beast, triplets of belleville, act one, go, confessions of a dangerous mind, little miss sunshine, the science of sleep, brick...but those just scratch the surface
recent movie(s) indiana jones & the kingdom of the crystal skull
iron man

Television:

currently...flight of the conchords, hell's kitchen, the office, entourage, gray's anatomy, lost, mythbusters, real time with bill maher, house, america's next top model, family guy

favorites of all time....are you being served, threes company, snl, the jeffersons and sanford & son..

Books:

..authors: david sedaris, maggie estep, stephen chbosky, diane ackerman, mark danielewski, augusten burroughs, william shakespeare, chuck palahniuk, edgar allen poe

books: top two books of ALL time are house of leaves & the perks of being a wallflower

other favs: naked, barrel fever, dress your family in denim and corduroy, lord of the rings series, history of the senses, soft maniacs, diary of an emotional idiot, the minotaur takes a cigarette break, griffin and sabine series, ella minnow pea, running with scissors, a conederacy of dunces, infidel, love is a mix tape, the testament of gideon mack, dr jekyll & mr hyde, eats, shoots & leaves, the tao of pooh, the time traveler's wife, haunted, invisible monsters
currently reading apathy - paul neilan

choke - chuck palahniuk

Heroes:

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"nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" mlk

mlk, jack tripper, bill maher, the man that invented the miracle bra (yah, go figure, it was a dude), and fred sanford.....

My Blog

excess baggage

I got locked in a storage place once. Like an old couch or a comic book collection that one really has no extra space for. My dad had a storage unit that I was trying to get things from, and all of ...
Posted by ray on Tue, 27 May 2008 04:50:00 PST

sugar & spice

in a city of skinny minnies and self obsession, it’s quite hard not to pull one’s self esteem apart. i’ve always been "that" curvy girl. i had C boobs by the time i was 13. i&rsqu...
Posted by ray on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:00 PST

blue-ray d-ray

i'm a lister...i like to make lists. it helps me remember things, and makes me look organized. so here is the list of some of my favorite things 0f 07.~movies~after seeing an official 39 new movies ...
Posted by ray on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:15:00 PST

~7 randoms~

 seven random things about me that you might not know:1.when i was in 8, or so, i got into a very heated argument with my teacher.  it was the day in english when we learned about "silent"...
Posted by ray on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:00:00 PST

~spread ’em~

The giant billboard ad for American Apparel on Houston Street in NYC--wearing only tights, bent over, legs spread--was defaced this week when someone spray painted "Gee, I wonder why women get raped...
Posted by ray on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:06:00 PST

~scent of a canine~

~ok, i consider myself a pretty educated person when it comes to canines...you know dogs.  i have a crazy jack russell/fox terrier something dog, mr humphreys.  i know about their temperam...
Posted by ray on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:07:00 PST

~shuffle~

What's the first album you bought?prince's 1999...it was a tape, you know, cassette tape...What's the last album you bought?white stripes - icky thump....it more thump than icky...What is the first co...
Posted by ray on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:59:00 PST

~sticky floors & neon green 3d glasses~

 ~there are only a few things in my life....currently....that i can depend on:  one being the fact the my dog will always make my day by wagging his tail when i get home...a male that is ...
Posted by ray on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:10:00 PST

~fortune 500~

~when i was little...one of my favorite things to do @ disneyland was to get my fortune on that little white piece of paper from the fortune teller machine....don't know why, but it creeped me out as ...
Posted by ray on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:08:00 PST

~have a nice trip...see ya next fall~

~mmm...the fall is close....my favorite time of year....xecpt for groundhog day....something about that little guy just makes me giggle a little inside.  so, i was saying....the fall....yes. ...
Posted by ray on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:19:00 PST