Travel, Writing, Exploring NYC, Weight lifting, Biking, Running, Teaching, Good Food, Live music, Good Books...
Conservatives, liberals, mad women, sober men, monkey handlers and prophets. I like intelligent people with diverse points of view. I'm really just looking for some people to talk with, and bounce ideas around. I have a great circle of friends here in NYC, but I'm always looking to expand that. I have a pretty off-beat sense of humor, so you should be able to hang with that... If you're nowhere near NYC, that's cool, too, as long as you have something to say and a couple synapses to back it up.
All sorts; Jazz, trance, jazz, metal progressive- Roots Manuva, Ronski Speed, John Coltrane, Aphex Twin, Diana Krall, Underworld, Tricky, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Appleseed Cast, Death Cab for Cutie
I'm starting to get into Hong Kong Cinema, I'm working my way through the early Chow Yun Fat: God of Gamblers, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer... Also, Anthony and Cleopatra, Solaris, Killing Zoe, Captain Blood, Holy Smoke, Lantana, Blade Runner, Kung Fu Hustle. I've been catching a lot of Hayao Miyazaki’s early work, like Nausicaa of the Vally of the Wind
I'll watch sometimes, but it's not my favorite thing to do. Every 5 minutes of television temporarily robs you of 1 IQ point. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is one of my guilty pleasures, though, and so is Rome
Stuff I'm reading now: Children PlayingBefore a Statue of Hercules, The Colossus of New York, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
I think we should be our own heroes. If we put others on pedestals, it's just an invitation for them to get knocked down.