quiet relaxed intelligent sarcastic passionate opinionated messy free... at any given moment i might be any or all of these things.
i like pie. specifically apple pie, either warmed or chilled, with vanilla ice cream.
i'd like to meet people who don't see ethnicity, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, money, or skin color as a prerequisite to friendship or as a meal ticket. i'd like to meet people who inspire me, encourage me, embrace me, and leave me feeling better about myself and the world than i did before i saw them. i'd like to meet people who see something in me that i've never seen before. i'd like to meet people who can fight for the things that matter, relax about the things that don't, and never take themselves or me too seriously.
i'd like to meet a girl who can laugh with me, run with me, reason with me, and be my best friend as well as my love. i'd like to meet a girl who helps me to see everything through her eyes, who helps me become a better friend and a deeper mind. i'd like to meet a girl who is equally comfortable discussing philosophy and playing World of Warcraft, who can babble with me about how cool it would be to make a three dimensional model of neural pathways and then remind me that i need to pay the phone bill today.
View All Friends | View Blog | Add Commenti like a lot of different music, but it tends to not be popular stuff. i like vocals more than instrumentals, altho a good drum/guitar/sax solo can make my day.
i don't usually feel a huge devotion to certain groups. i don't know many artists who haven't done something i really don't like. this makes it hard to buy a ton of CDs, when i know i'm only going to like a few of the songs.
most of the generalizations i can make are negative. i hate Elvis and the Rolling Stones, tho some of their songs are alright. in contrast, i think the Beatles were cool for what they did, but i think the Beach Boys did it better and i don't like most of the Beatles songs i've heard.
i will listen to anything once. if i listen more than once, it means i like something about it. but as a rule of thumb if you like mainstream popular music, then you probably don't want to talk music with me.
What Dreams May Come - i like the portrayal of love and the afterlife in this film. i like the paint... if you've seen it, you know what i mean.
Freedom Writers - i felt like i could see the classroom through a teacher's eyes... few movies i've found can fully immerse me in a perspective like this.
Beautiful Mind - another perspective brilliantly rendered. disturbing in the sense that i felt a little unhinged while watching it, but sometimes it's good to lose it a little bit.
tv is a real brainkiller. i watch it anyway, sometimes... 24, the Stargate series and some cartoons, occasionally Charmed and Project Runway.
for example: Kim Possible . it's cheesy (the famous naco is a brilliant addition of nachos to a taco). it's ridiculous (Kim's fumbling bubble-brained well-intentioned sidekick is named Ron Stoppable). it's hilarious (nobody ever gets hurt, even with disintegration rays and gigantic ravenous poodles and twin younger brothers). it's the perfect cartoon... for an impressionable and destructive but ultimately wholesome 12 year old. maybe that's why i like it so much.
Project Runway is interesting, mainly because it's frustrating but it still has an unpredictable quality. might just be the reality show appeal, i dunno. actually i do know... Heidi is the only legitimate reason to watch that show. the judges are pompous and their viewpoints are dull. the models are, in general, unattractive. the designers are, almost without exception, elitist snobs without apparent talent. 90% of the outfits they design blow chunks, and by that i mean... even if i were a girl, i would shoot myself before wearing most of the stuff those poor models have to walk down the runway in. and it gets hard to separate the designers from the crap-factor of the stuff they make. every once in a while, somebody surprises me and comes up with a functional outfit. but they don't enjoy it, and it's obvious they'd rather make something out of pigeon feathers and chicken wire. they would have had to start with two hundred designers if i were in charge, cuz i'd be sending 10 of em home every episode. i guess i'm bad for television.
my favorite book is a theoretical concept, and apparently a practical impossibility.
my favorite book is both informative and interesting. it was written by a knowledgeable and insightful person, in such a way that i can read it without feeling like i'm parsing lines of code.
my favorite book is challenging and engaging. it explores an interesting field or question, and uses sophisticated grammar and vocabulary, without being stuffy or bombastic.
my favorite book is like a friend. it never grows dull or old, and i can return to it in a month or a year and find something new and rewarding in every chapter.
i have been discouraged by every book i've picked up to date, and i'm beginning to question the existence of this mythical read.
i don't have a lot of famous heroes; i don't know a lot of famous people and it's difficult to respect people i don't even know.
exceptions include victims of abuse, tragedy, disease, and discrimination who find joy and freedom and fulfillment in spite of what they suffer.
nobody is perfect, and being a hero doesn't mean being perfect. it doesn't mean always being strong, never making mistakes, or getting the girl in the end. it means showing us the best of humanity.