Politics. Philosophy. Sarcasm. Playing/Listening to Music. Going to shows (small venues particularly). Spicy food. Jalapenos. Spicy Bloody Mary's. Coffee. French wine. Camel Turkish Silvers. Saints. LSU Football. Nintendo Wiii. Kicking back with a nice Myers and Coke or Jack and Coke. Guitar Hero. Tattoos. Chocolate Cigarillos. Photography. Traveling. Late night dance parties. Dirty Coast t-shirts. Riding bikes in the Bronx. Da Dirty South.Partying like a rawk star...
Bill Clinton, Barak Obama, Madeline Albright, Anderson Cooper, Soledad O'Brien, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Joseph Nye, James Carville, Paul Begala, Seymour Lipset (eventhough he's dead), Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Will Ferrel, Steve Carell...If Jack Bauer wasn't a fictional character I'd love to meet him - but Kiefer Sutherland would be just as cool. I'm sure there's more...I have already met Paul Krugman and Kermit Ruffins so those are off my list. =)I do have a few questions for this "God" figure, though. For instance, why did he/she/it make humans so stupid as to fight over which religion is the "right" one. Or on the otherhand, was the Bible and other religious texts written for the purpose of promoting a moral code among society and was then subsequently adapted by different cultures?
Just about everything from Punk, ska, jazz, hardcore, hiphop, funk, and ridiculous 80s and 90s songs.Some of my Favorite Bands/Musicians: Brand New, Senses Fail, From Autumn to Ashes, Midtown, Catch-22, Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass Band, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Lifetime, The Starting Line, Better Than Ezra, Ben Folds Five, Dashboard Confessional, Kanye West, Allman Brothers, The Movielife, Alkaline Trio, I Am The Avalanche, Billy Joel, Sublime, Young Jeezy, Biggie, T.I., Outkast, Bob Marley, John Boutte, Lyrics Born, Louis Armstrong, Lil' Wayne, Cartel, Myself, Rise Against, Gym Class Heroes...I could go on and on...
Office Space, Half-Baked, any Kevin Smith movie, Wet Hot American Summer, A Bronx Tale, GO, Anchorman, 40 Year Virgin, Old School, Batman Begins, Empire Records, Super Troopers, A Night at the Roxbury, Dr. Strangelove, Syriana, House Party, Friday, The Sound of Music (i'm not kidding),any political movie...
The Office, 24, Family Guy, Da Ali G Show, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Real Time with Bill Maher, Chapelle Show, Reno911, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, CSPAN, CNN, Weeds, Miami Ink, K-Ville...
Against All Enemies - Richard Clarke, 1984, Imperial Hubris, No Future Without Forgiveness - Desmond Tutu, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, America (The Jon Stewart Book), Nothing Sacred - Lewis Black, American Gospel - Jon Meacham, The Great Deluge - Douglas Brinkley, Freakonomics - Steven Levitt & Sephen Dubner, A Confederacy of Dunces, An Unquiet Mind - Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Paul Krugman books, "The Audacity of Hope" - Barack Obama, "The Mighty and the Almighty" - Madeline Albright, Imperial Hubris - Michael Sheuer, Periious Times:Free Speech in Wartime - Geoffrey Stone, Soft Power - Joseph Nye (and other Nye books), Dispatches from the Edge - Anderson Cooper, The Choice:Global Domination or Global Leadership - Brzezinski, A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson, The Federalist Papers....
My teachers at Vroom/P.S.#14 and Bayonne High School (specifically my honors teachers)and my Fordham Profs: Dr. Crystal and Dr. Eddie Gallagher who have done more than just teaching me about the world, but also have offered encouragement and inspiration.Anyone who serves the public and works towards empowering citizens to really have a voice in making a change. That could be through music, community organizing, writing, any form of expression