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Laughing Tyger

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About Me



"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw

"Let lovers be crazy, disgraceful, and wild, wild, wild, wild, wild... Those who fret about such things aren't in love."
--Deepak Chopra

My Interests

Music. Philosophy. The Magus -- www.magusgame.com. Activism. Spirituality. Theatre. Yoga. Pilates. Very amateur photography. Journaling. Learning. Tennis. Sweet things, especially (dark) chocolate.

I'd like to meet:

"...because the only people that interest me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yearn or say a commonplace thing... but burn, burn, burn like roman candles across the night."--Jack Kerouac

Music:

Rufus Wainwright. Tori Amos. Kristi Martel. Elton John. Billy Joel. Casey Stratton. Choral music. Jazz. Fiona Apple. U2. Swing. Musicals. Local musicians. Independent artists. Cirque Du Soleil. Sarah Brightman. Bette Midler. Singer-songwriters. Ron Sexsmith. Jon Brion. David Garza. Imogen Heap. Seal. Dead Can Dance. Ethnic music. Edie Carey. Classical art songs. Bobby McFerrin. Audra Mae.

Movies:

21 Grams
Across The Universe
Amelie
Angels In America
Beetlejuice
Camp
Chicago
Clockwork Orange
Clue
Contact
The Dark Crystal
Dead Poet's Society
Derrida
Dogville
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine
Fantasia
Far From Heaven
Fast Food Nation
The Fifth Element
Frida
The Game
Gerry
Goonies
Hedwig
Hook
Hotel Rwanda
An Inconvenient Truth
Kids
Labyrinth
Lillies
Little Voice
The Lion King
Little Shop
Love Actually
Manufacturing Consent
Meet Joe Black
Motorcycle Diaries
Moulin Rouge
Murderball
The Neverending Story
Outfoxed
Pan's Labyrinth
Patch Adams
Peaceful Warrior
Perfume
Peter Pan
Rocky Horror
Shortbus
Sister Act 1 + 2
Supersize Me
Tarnation
Traffic
Transamerica
Trick
The Triplets Of Belleville
V For Vendetta
Waking Life
What Dreams May Come
What The Bleep Do We Know
Zeitgeist

Television:

TV is the devil.

Books:

Fast Food Nation. Conversations With God. The Alchemist. A Wrinkle In Time. City Of Night. Dreams Underfoot... anything by Charles De Lint. Wicked. America The Beautiful. The God Delusion. Anything to do with Philosophy or Alternative Healing. I love books, mostly non-fiction. I love to learn.

Heroes:

I don't know that I have a "hero," so to speak. There are some people who've had a profound influence on my life: Paul Dyer, friend and writer/poet/intellectual; Anne-Marie MacKay, friend, muse, and creator of the Magus; Melanie Smigielski, high-school friend and kindred spirit; Whitney Johnson, college friend and talented singer; Salina Wyant, high-school friend and beautiful soul; Anthony Hayes, brief sliver of the past and seed-planter; Marc Wheeler, roommate and partner in crime; Carlos Campos, teacher, musician and metaphysical guru; Melessa Jean, sister and creative collaborator. Rob Willhite, meditation master and light-giver. They are all heroes in their own way.

My Blog

Do you think the media are trash?

Do you think our media are doing a good job of representing the state of the world and supplying the public with the information it needs and deserves?   If you have a moment, please visit w...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:30:00 PST

Why I hate the medical field...

This past week I reluctantly paid a visit to my doctor because of some heart issues I've been experiencing.  Panic attacks and heart palpitations to be exact.  My assumption is that they're ...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:21:00 PST

I wrote a musical! Yay! Come see it!

Come see a free production of an original musical featuring songs written by me and my sister!This is an original adaptation of the movie Sideways.  My friend Gary came up with the idea, put toge...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:41:00 PST

Another idea: Getting a new job

You know how when you apply for a new job they usually require that you put down references--so they can call and see what your past employers have to say about you?Well, I think that should be a two ...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:53:00 PST

What a wonderful...

Sometimes, like tonight, I wonder what it would feel like to truly be where I want to be.  To be satisfied with where I'm at.  I'm not saying that I would have everything I've ever wanted an...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Wed, 23 May 2007 09:21:00 PST

Cops

I came across this article in my AOL Welcome Screen.  It was one of the top news stories.  I decided to share it because I had a slightly similar incident yesterday morning.  Mine was n...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

I was arrested for...

Some web forward was going around instructing people to type their name into a search engine followed by the words "was arrested for," all in quotation marks.  So I did and here are some of my vi...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:56:00 PST

2 New Inventions: The Honk Fine and The Smoker's Bubble

Yes, here I go ranting and raving again.  But instead of merely complaining this time, I'm actually going to offer solutions to two of my pet peeves.  Inventions, rather.First: THE HONK FINE...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:54:00 PST

Tinker Tinker Tinker...

from the September/October 2006 issue of Adbusters magazineWe've been tinkering with a perfect machine: damming up rivers, wiping out wildlands, sucking vast amounts of oil and water from the ground, ...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:56:00 PST

Three things

Now this one's interesting.Three random things about you:1.) I can roll my tongue.2.) My nipples are pierced.3.) I can juggle.Three things you love:1.) Music2.) Sweet things3.) AnimalsThree things you...
Posted by Laughing Tyger on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:08:00 PST