The Ocean, Diving, Asia, Southeast Asia, bicycles, electric bicycles, snowboarding, cities, cooking; watching people, meeting people and doing my best to understand them; music, languages, dancing, singing, seeing as much of the world first-hand as is humanly and/or economically possible (a.k.a. traveling); good food, beer and wine... why we're here and stuff
Open-minded people... not people who say and may even beleive this to be true about themselves but, in reality, are merely selectively open-minded. [Yes, I teach English]
Radiohead, The Beatles, Thievery Corporation, Less Than Jake, Jack Johnson, Sublime, Bela Fleck, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds, U2, Tom Petty, The Smiths, Stereolab, Bob Marley, Ben Harper, The Clash, The Skatalites, The Who, Minor Threat, Chet Baker, Beethoven, Fugazi, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Grant Green, Miles Davis, Clem Snide, Hayden, Counting Crows, The Cure, Dave Matthews, Desmond Williams, Elliot Smith, The Fugees, G Love and The Special Sauce, Ian Moore, Mice Parade, The Postal Service, Thom Yorke, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Josh Rouse, Saves the Day, Simon and Garfunkel, Robert Earl Keen, Willie Nelson, Pat Green, George Strait, George Jones, Garth Brooks, The Get Up Kids, The Ramones, R.E.M., Queen, The Pietasters, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Outkast, Operation Ivy, Nina Simone, Manu Chao, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Chuck Brown, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Charles, Wyclef Jean, The Velvet Underground, Metallica, Jurrasic 5, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Lauren Hill, Breedlove, Dashboard Confessional, The Promise Ring, Jamiroquai, Groove Armada, Fiona Apple, Arcade Fire, Beauty Pill...
The Big Lebowski, Coffee and Cigarettes, Pulp Fiction, Swingers, House of Flying Daggers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, West Beirut, City of God, Rushmore, The Breakfast Club, Bottle Rocket, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Amores Perros, American Splendor, The English Patient, Sling Blade, L.A. Confidential, Fargo, Donnie Darko, Chinatown, The Graduate, The Shining, Little Miss Sunshine, Garden State, Blood Diamond...
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Hemmingway, Kundera, Coetzee, Ha Jin, Vonnegut, Fitzgerald, Orwell, Lonely Planet, biographies, US-political, international affairs, travel-lit, and anything about China.