My Camera and its many lenses,
sorting through my IPOD playlist,
writing poetry and spoken word without a pen and a pad,
reciting said poetry and spoken word at various venues,
having engaging conversation with intelligent people,
having ridiculously satirical conversation with intelligent people,
Chinese martial arts (Taijiquan, Hsing-Yi, Bagua Zhang, Wing Chun, etc),
Japanese martial arts (Iaido, Taijutsu, kenjutsu, etc),
getting into philosophical debates with random persons,
taking a ride in my GT in the middle of the night and going nowhere in particular,
scented candles, insence,
a glass of wine in the middle of the day,
being the best friend to those who have been such to me and even to those who dont know what they have in me,
watching foreign films I've never heard of or movies in general,
rollerblading on other people's sidewalks,
butter pecan ice cream,
cooking things i've never eaten,
fitness training,
dancing and choreographing,
photography: capturing and creating moments through my 20D,
meeting new people,
going to new places or going to the same ones and doing new things,
great sex, great friendships...
I'd like to meet:
People who aspire to be what they want and go where they wish. People who can show and teach without the barrier or switch of arrogance. People who aren't under the illusion that they know everything.
I'm not looking to have 1,000 friends so dont just look at my profile and click the "add" button without saying hello first. I'm looking to make new friends and delve into new relationships, not start a fanclub :)
Music:
The Roots, Little Brother, Robin Thicke, Kenn Starr, Darien Brockington, Van Hunt, Foreign Exchange, Leela James, Esthero, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Sade, Musiq, Common, D'Angelo, Erykah, Jill Scott, Maxwell, Joss Stone, Toby Lightman, Heather Headley, Amel, Kelis, John Legened, Natasha Bedingfield, Nikka Costa, Jurrasic 5, Eminem, Nas, Jay, Metallica, Green Day, Maroon 5, Aaliyah, Lacuna Coil, Apocalyptica, Linkin Park (sometimes), Marvin Gaye, Ella, Jazzyfatnastees, Jaguar Wright, Vivian Green, Amerie, System of a Down, Dead Prez, anything Dance/Electronica, Jazz of various sorts, so on and so forth.
Movies:
Brown Sugar, Love & Basketball, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger, Fist of Legend, Fearless (see a pattern here?) Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, City of God, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Memento, Blow, Remember the Titans, Advent Children, American Beauty, American History X, The Usual Suspects, Goodfellas, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Infernal Affairs I and II, Coach Carter, Unleashed, Enemy at the Gates, Silence of the Lambs, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Last Samurai, Man on Fire, Ray, Amelie, Gladiator, LA Confidential.
Television:
If its not Adult Swim, VH1 Soul Videos, 24, Heroes, or some form of Discovery Channel, there's a big chance im not really interested.
Series I have been interested in the past are Oz, The Wire, The L Word, Band of Brothers, Def Poetry, New York Undercover, Sopranos, Sex and the City.
Series I've just found myself adapting to are House MD, Bones, Cold Case, The Unit, Rome, Grey's Anatomy.
Books:
Nothing like going to a Barnes and Nobles and just crashing at a table with a couple of books and reading them right there. Some favorites that come to mind:
LOTR, Hannibal, Da Vinci Code (need to reread this), the Hobbit, the Silmarilion, the Tao, The Andromeda Strain, Harry Potter, Souls of Black Folk, various philosophy books.
Heroes:
My father, my mother, my sister, my (now late) shihou.
