Music, Wine, Poetry, Travelling abroad to meet random locals who are easily impressed with Americans because they think we're all so dumb, going to see live music shows and DJ's, dancing, watching Santi dance his pancreatic shakin' Shaka-Zulu moves, spending time sitting around with my family talking about everything and laughing at my dog Panzo, Ken Burns documentaries, Einstein, trying to comprehend just how magnificent the Universe really is, smokey spoken word joints, different religions, philosophy, consipracy theories, Street Art, finding new talented artists, and learning about All of God's splendid creatures, and how they "do-it"!My future interests (interests i WANT to have but have yet to explore): camping, rock climbing, running (Rebecca, that's where you come in), and botany of course.
People I already know...and just get to know them better...people who are insatiably curious and experiencing the "wow" of now, people who will make me laugh, think, question my own beliefs, people with whom I can grow, and share knowledge, books, music, love, and life. People who aren't scared to dream BIG and demand the same from you because they know life IS but a dream..."They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"
wow, this is a toughie, ok, here it goes (gasp for air): Zero 7, Sade, Jamiroquai, Everything But the Girl, Ben Watt, Sia, 4 Hero, Beck, Mono, FEIST, Kings of Convenience, ALL the great Jazz Musicians (Duke, Ella, Louis, Miles, Coltrane...and the list goes on), Bob Marley, Matisyahu, Bebel Gilberto and all the old bossa nova greats, Jazzanova, Cold Cut's "Autumn Leaves"...Music I can do my now famous shoulder move to like, Masters at Work, Isolee, Los Amigos Invisibles, Matthew Herbert, early Naked Music Tracks, anything King Britt spins, anyone Aqaubooty promotes, old feel-good R&B like Mary Jane Girls, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, live shows by John Arnold and Ayro & Suenalo Sound System, Le Spam, Alice Russel, Jack Johnson, Modest Mouse, old De La Soul, The Roots, Black Moon (from my staright thuggin' days), Bjork's Jazz album, The Killers, SPOON, Belle and Sebastian...anything on Verve (remixed or other), anything on Ubiquity Records...LTJ Bukem always gets respect, Omara Portuondo and the rest of the Bueno Vista ESOCHIAL Club, and last but not least all my inspiring musician friends and local DJ's: Emiliano Torres, Locos Por Juana, Andres Dalmastro, DHM, Keen One, Hottpants, HUGO, Andrews, Bacon Bits, and all the others who make the Miami music scene worthwhile.
Waking Life, Amelie, Life Is Beautiful, BraveHeart, I HEART HUCKABEES, Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Il Postino, Legends of the Fall, Matrix, Fight Club, Lost in Translation, The Big Kahuna, Forrest Gump, Raising Victor Vargas, Meet Joe Black, High Fidelity, Man on Fire, and my guilty pleasure Wedding Singer...
Travel channel, History channel, Discovery channel, Extreme Home Improvement (always makes me cry)...Project Runway, The Daily Show, Entourage, those crazy Japanese shows dubbed in English where they do painful stunts to win, but win what???!
"On Love" by William DeButton, "The Passion" by Jeanette Winterson, Deepak Chopra, The Gospels, Kierkegaard's "The Present Age, "Idea of the Holy", and "Strength to Love" by MLK.
Jesus, MLK, Ghandi, and My Momma!!!!