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torriyo

About Me

I'm learning... I smoke cigars. I prefer spirituality to religion. I'm a history buff. My voice is deep. Mi familia es el más importante cosa en mi vida. I'm changing. I wear a lot of black although it is not my favorite colour. My favorite smell is jasmine. I hate apathy. I'm an actor majoring in Africana Studies in Knoxville. Nashville is the shit. I'm not afraid of myself or anyone else

My Interests

Performing, Music, Family, Friends, Jasmine, The Ocean, Adventure, Being outside, Cigars, Talented Men, Learning, Popping Locking and Dropping.

I'd like to meet:

Artists, Revolutionaries, People who think outside of themselves. I don't idolize Edie Sedgewick, Kate Moss, Paris Hilton or any other person who is glorified for being stylish and partying...life is more than style. Do something. Earn my admiration.

Music:

Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, Justin Timberlake, Maxwell, Explosions in the Sky, Claude DeBussy, M.I.A., Bjork, Feist, Phoenix, Esthero, TV on the Radio,Outkast, Tina Turner, Joy Division, Kings of Leon, Massive Attack, The Kills, Prince, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Nelly Furtado, The Stills, Television, Michael Jackson, Rachael Yamagata, Wolfmother, Basement Jaxx, Robert Johnson, Enon, Air, Beyonce, Ozomatli, Billie Holiday, Heart, The Isley Brothers, Bill Withers, Ray LaMontagne, Liars, D'Angelo, The Velvet Underground, Paolo Nutini, The Arcade Fire, Mogwai, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Mew, Nikka Costa, Ratatat, Beirut, Buena Vista Social Club, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Wagner, Otis Redding

Movies:

The Warriors, Before Sunset, The New World, Y tu Mama Tambien, Legends of the Fall, Hotel Rwanda, Dogville, Blow, The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Pocahontas, The Sandlot, Platoon, Bottle Rocket, The Life Aquatic,The King and I, The Magnificent Seven,Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Meet Joe Black, Gia, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Rear Window, Magnolia, Something's Gotta Give, Angelheart, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Benny and Joon, Three Kings, Like Water for Chocolate, City of God

Television:

Sex and the City. THE OFFICE (John Krasinski, marry me), Entourage, I Love New York and the History Channel.

Books:

Albert Camus
Anais Nin
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ralph Ellison
Jeffrey Sachs
EgoTrip

Heroes:

My MOM is my hero
These are people I admire:Cleopatra, Angelina Jolie, Prince, Josephine Baker, Zahi Hawass, Jeffery Wright

My Blog

RambleRamble

I refuse to live a mediocre life. No one really knows what happens after we die, but we can decide how we live. Living life with conviction and purpose. To take every opportunity... To learn. To crea...
Posted by la isla on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:27:00 PST

perspective.

Why do we focus on the small problems when there are so much more important things going on in the world? Why do we focus on superficial things that don't really matter? And why do we let these "littl...
Posted by la isla on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:50:00 PST