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Roy

The World is a Stage, but the Play is Badly Cast

About Me

i'm a middle eastern mutt. wish i could tell you more, but a lot of armies have marched across my homeland over the years. they spread a lot of seed. i'm not talking about apples.
i'm laid back. i'm non-judgemental. i'm sex positive. i believe that vices are only pleasures that we're ashamed of.
the future scares me. i think that every life needs a leap of faith. but i'm scared of heights. at least i know i have a group of beautiful friends and family that will pull me up. people are what i'm about.
and now, a survey to tell about all the REALLY important things about me.
1. A is for age: 24
2. B is for beer of choice: Smithwicks, Red Stripe or Modelo
3. C is for career right now: Grrrrrr!
4. D is for your dog's name? I don't have a dog. Just a mangy black cat named Midnight.
5. E is for essential item you use everyday glasses... i'm useless with out them-DITTO! Also, John Frieda's Frizz-Ease Serum. It makes my hairy silky, shiny and manageable.
6. F is for favorite TV show at the moment: HEROES!!!!!!! i'm a nerd, learn to live with it. - DITTO AGAIN! - VIVE MONDAY!
7. G is for favorite game: I used to be a really big Love Connection fan when I was kid.
8. H is for Home town: Diamond Bar - Has neither diamonds, nor bars....discuss.
9. I is for instruments you play: One-eyed flesh flute.
10. J is for favorite juice: Cranberry
11. K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: so many butts deserve my foot in them...
12. L is for last place you ate: My desk at work - nothing like pan dulce and fancy coffee in the morning.
13. M is for marriage: Yes. It is.
14. N is for your full name: Roy Peter Samaan. Now you know.
15. O is for overnight hospital stays: Surprisingly only 1 considering how many serious car wrecks I've gotten into. That was when I was like 9 - got a really bad lymph node infection. Woo!
16. P is for people you were with today: everybody at work. - DITTO
17. Q is for quote: Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made. - Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism OR, on a lighter note..... Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. -Oscar Wilde
18. R is for Biggest Regret: Forget regret, or life is yours to miss ;)
19. S is for status: Away.
20. T is for time you woke up today: 7:30, then 7:45, then again at 8:00 - I *love* the snooze button, though I think my roommate probably does not.
21. U is for underwear you have on now: I plead the fifth------FIFTH!
22. V is for vegetable you love: Spinach - wilted with some white wine and cannelini beans
23. W is for worst habit: smoking things.
24. X is for x-rays you've had: This is a whole survey unto itself for me. Right arm, right hand, Right leg, whole head, chest, teeth.............
25. Y is for yummy food you ate today: Pan dulce - taste-o-rama.
26. Z is for zodiac sign: Aquarius

My Interests

interests...this is so vague. a lot of things interest me. snails crawling up walls are interesting. the built environment is interesting. history is interesting. i love music, movies and being comfortable.

I'd like to meet:

other people who feel that the point of life is to live it. find meaning in the process, not the outcome.

Music:

Sublime, Thievery Corporation, Kylie Minogue, Nawal al-Zoghby, Tori Amos, Rufus Wainwright, Sade, Ozomatli, Manu Chao, Sheryl Crow, Fischerspooner, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Ani DiFranco, the Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand, Red Hot Chili Peppers, jazz, down-tempo, latin jazz, electronic

Movies:

Mulholland Dr., Chinatown, Sexy Beast, The Aristocrats, Last Holiday, Oceans 11 & 12, Sideways, Amelie, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good The Bad and The Ugly,

Television:

HEROES, animated things, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Antiques Roadshow, The Sopranos, The Godfather is overrated - there I said it!

Books:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, American Gods, Palestine: Peace, not Apartheid

Heroes:

I don't have idols. I admire human qualities like compassion, intelligence, and a free, challenging spirit.Ok - also these guys...

And Oscar Wilde - he's just so damn quotably sassy!