music, the son and the daughter, baseball (esp. the mets), chuckles, nerdish reading, history, gnostic gospels, photography, running, swimming, softball...
I'd like to meet:
my two favourite kinds of people: those who make me laugh and those who laugh at me...others: people with accents; innovators; people who talk to themselves; Danny Elfman; flirts; people in heaven; David Bowie:
people who like the movie Ishtar:
Alicia Keys:
old folks; Sinead O'Connor:
people with a time machine; Bjork:
other Irish-Filipinos!...hilarious people or just good storytellers; people who took the time to read this...
...oh, i also like people who say "oy!"
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Music:
beatles:
my morning jacket, talking heads:
pong, U2, new order, smiths, ramones: whiskeytown, caitlin cary:
john lennon, tom waits, frank zappa, brian eno, pavement, walkmen, oingo boingo: the the, XTC, brenda lee, peggy lee, buddy holly, beastie boys, nirvana, joy division, echo & the bunnymen, big star, killers, coldplay, the pogues: devo, ween, public enemy, possum dixon, unrest, jon spencer blues explosion, clash, rage atm, ATDI,
english beat:
stray cats, specials, black 47, violent femmes, go-betweens, the who, the kinks: them, van morrison, the band, chieftains, doors, 60's dylan, 70's stones, 80's rem, 80's prince, pink floyd with roger waters, police, edith piaf, kay starr,
louis prima & keely smith: dean martin, sinatra, tony bennett, charlie rich, elvis p, elvis c, pretenders, hank williams I, patsy cline, lyle lovett, mavericks, barenaked ladies,
mojo nixon: bob marley, simon & garfunkel, cat stevens, sade, VU, VH with DLR, ol' metallica, ol' kiss: cult, ol' ministry, revolting cocks, front 242, aztec camera, cocteau twins, siouxsie & the banshees, billie holiday, portishead, built to spill, road kings, wilco, lucinda williams, emmylou harris, gram parsons, byrds,
flying burrito brothers: buck owens, willie nelson, johnny cash, reivers, morphine, sonic youth, pixies, beck, jane's addiction, weezer, kraftwerk, yazoo: tears for fears, cure, depeche mode, pizzicato five, gary numan, thomas dolby, magnetic fields, soft boys, black flag, shonen knife, spoon, de schmog: twang twang shock-a-boom, poi dog pondering, housemartins, 3rd bass, red elvises, half japanese, daniel johnston, jandek, ol' red hot chili peppers, no doubt, boomtown rats, sonny rollins, neil diamond, dusty springfield, anita o'day, blossom dearie: carole king, roy orbison, matthew sweet, cowboy junkies, the shins, le tigre, white stripes, 5.6.7.8's, blackstar, drummers of burundi: ladysmith black mambazo, grateful dead, link wray, dick dale, peter gabriel, blue man group, soul coughing, bauhaus, love & rockets, george clinton, harry nilsson, django reinhardt, ricky nelson, aimee mann, etc and so forth...
Movies:
"Pardon me George, could this be Dianoga poo-poo!?!"
WEDDING CRASHERS (click it), amelie, an inconvenient truth, cinderella man, mirror mask, thank you for not smoking, little miss sunshine, the fountain, arahan:
the brown bunny was alright (i shoulda been in it though...ha!):
sin city: l.a. confidential, PCU, true romance, princess bride, dead man on campus, dune: killing zoe, leon-the professional: office space, supertroopers, tommy boy, fist of the north star, vampire hunter d, miller's crossing, pulp fiction, kill bill 1 & 2: reservoir dogs, the crow, goodbye lover, better off dead, animal house, old school, the jerk, crumb, valley girl, bamboozled: a better tomorrow, the killer, city on fire, hardboiled, a bullet in the head, crouching tiger hidden dragon, king of masks, rio bravo, cat ballou, brewster mccloud: harold & maude: the wall, ishtar, labyrinth, back to the future, bottle rocket, hudson hawk, holy grail, life of brian, my dinner with andre, young frankenstein, spaceballs, willow, dirty work, paycheck,
big wednesday: the graduate, multiplicity, dogma, grease, cabin boy, there's something about mary, airplane!, castle of cagliostro, the stone reader, fast times, can't hardly wait, sixteen candles: weird science, trojan war, after hours, girl next door, breakfast club, pretty in pink, say anything, conspiracy theory, the last boy scout, cool hand luke, drugstore cowboy, sleepy hollow, dead man, from hell: ghost dog, la femme nikita, beetlejuice, johnny dangerously, evil dead, 8 heads in a dufflebag, the game, willy wonka, star wars, empire strikes back, ninja scroll: planet of the apes, raising arizona, big lebowski, o brother where art thou, chungking express, this is spinal tap, stand by me, dogfight: ferris buller's day off, austin powers, that thing you do!, josie & the pussycats, but i'm a cheerleader, charlie's angels, clueless, i wanna hold your hand, face off, almost heroes,
5,000 fingers of dr. t:
dr. suess cartoons, sword in the stone, to kill a mockingbird, tie me up tie me down, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, kung-fu hustle: the long goodbye, fifth element, waterboy, wedding singer, zoolander, ace ventura, trading places, dazed & confused, dumb & dumber, falling down, wonder boys, illustrated man, set it off: a clockwork orange, tomcats, up in smoke, family man, tombstone, unforgiven, maverick, sneakers, italian job, usual suspects, sixth sense, gladiator, cowboy bebop, the beach, blazing saddles: you can't take it with you, it's a wonderful life, christmas story, the outsiders, last action hero, not another teen movie, bio-dome, eight men out, almost famous, i heart huckabees, destry rides again, forbidden zone, zero effect: nacho libre, city of god, heaven can wait, road to perdition, forrest gump, 40 yr old virgin...
Television:
age 10-15:
SNL, great space coaster, fridays, bizarre, the goodies, benny hill
age 20:
twin peaks: seinfeld, get a life:
age 25:
the state, kids in the hall, ren & stimpy
age 30:
norm, men behaving badly, mr. show:
age 35 to present:
the L word, just shoot me, tenacious d, that 80's show, ROME, Lost, sealab 2021: arrested development, chappelle show, stella:
boondocks:
scrubs:
monk:
...and i occassionally watch: made in america, daily show, simpsons, history detectives, $40 a day, VH1's best week ever, ellen degeneres show, real sports, taxicab confessions, family guy, rescue me
Books:
age 10:
matt christopher books
the great brain books:
age 15:
stephen king - different seasons:
frank herbert - dune
age 20:
michael crichton - travels
nikos kazantzakas - last temptation of christ
age 25:
any by kinky friedman
age 30:
any by james ellroy
charles frazier - cold mountain
damon wayans - bootleg
frank mccourt - angela's ashes
motley crue - the dirt:
harry harrison - stainless steel rat for president
jim piersall - fear strikes out
age 35:
william goldman - princess bride
bob greene - be true to your school
dan brown - da vinci code
ken kaiser - planet of the umps
john kennedy toole - a confederacy of dunces
Heroes:
Bugs Bunny, a real life superman: Christopher Reeve, the Tick,
the 1986 New York Mets:
Benny Hill, Dr. Seuss: Jim Henson, the old-timers: Three Stooges, Marx. Bros., Yogi Berra, Johnny Carson, also Phil Hendrie, pinheads, Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder, and champions of peace: Jesus, MLK, Ghandi, Lennon...
