history, the arts, and being a woman
"I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck. Ask any teacher. You don't even have to ask a teacher. Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are."
George Bush is a fan of mine -- he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him.â€
- Tom Waits
most played on my ipod...
Regina Spektor
Lily Allen
Beatles
Feist
Tegan and Sara
Mazzy Star
Kanye West
Broken Social Scene
Xiu XIu
Talib Kweli
Eternal Sunshine
Superbad
Knocked Up
Breakfast at Tiffanys
... all movies that i own
Gilmore Girls
TLC
Americas Next Top Model/Canadian
Sex and the City
Greys Anatomy
Currently reading: What is the What?
Have read:
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Slaughterhouse-5
Cats Cradle
Waiting For Gadot
White Oleander
Slapstick (Lonely no more)
Catcher in the Rye
Vonnegut
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.â€
Andy Kaufman
“Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.â€- Andy Kaufman
Jack Layton
“If you want a progressive (member of Parliament), a New Democrat, one who will fight for change, then you have to vote New Democrat. It's that simple. In order to have the Canada you want, you have to vote for the Canada you want.†- Jack Layton
Chaplin
"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish..." -Chaplins final speach in 'The Great Dictator'