writing, poetry, internal medicine, pediatrics, music, urban development, big cities, freeways, subways, trains, interstellar flight, emergent behavior, genetics, theories of information, postcolonialism, philippine history, american history, the occult, pervasive computing, pharmacology, languages, writing systems, scandinavian and germanic mythologies, history of the roman empire, native american history and mythology, hiking, camping, sailing, biking, rollerblading, astrophysics, bioinformatics, quantum mechanics, string theory, loop quantum gravity, virtual reality, posthumanism, tarot, ouija
I'd like to meet:
kindred souls, warriors of the Revolution, deep thinkers, passionate artists, extraterrestial life, people who keep it real, people who understand that love is more than just romance, that hope is not just believing that everything will turn out all right, that faith is about courage in the face of doubt and not about certainty, people who practice what they preach, or are at least aware of the contradictions between what they say and do, people who are happy without having to delude themselves about reality.
Music:
radiohead, outkast, common, mos def, 2pac, the roots, bjork, sigur ros, coldplay, the beatles, the cure, the smiths, prince, ben folds five, amel larrieux, les nubians, eraserheads, rivermaya, colin hay, nine inch nails, norah jones, the pixies, u2, desaparecidos, atmosphere, the beastie boys, dilated peoples, kanye west, a tribe called quest, dj dangermouse, jaylib, hieroglyphics, the yeah yeah yeahs
Movies:
fight club, fear and loathing in las vegas, the adventures of baron munchausen, the usual suspects, full metal jacket, a clockwork orange, spirited away, the neverending story, casablanca, the maltese falcon, donnie darko, the princess bride, lilo and stitch, the matrix (1st movie only!), dark city, to be or not to be, spaceballs, blazing saddles, clerks, dogma, the motorcycle diaries
Television:
the daily show, the colbert report, curb your enthusiasm, the simpsons, scrubs, futurama, the family guy, foster's home for imaginary friends, the grim adventures of billy and mandy
Books:
lord of the rings, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the last unicorn, a wizard of earthsea, left hand of darkness, tao te ching, man in the high castle, dhalgren, a scanner darkly, blowback, a swiftly tilting planet, a chain of chance, solaris, death on the installment plan, the rum diary, neverwhere, cryptonomicon, snow crash, neuromancer, idoru, pattern recognition, the stranger, do androids dream of electric sheep?, nova, contact, a brief history of time, black holes and time warps, godel, escher, and bach, words and rules, the long, dark tea-time of the soul, a canticle for leibowitz, the house of god, memory, thorn, and sorrow, stardust, vurt, fahrenheit 451, ender's game, the blue sword, the revolt of the cockroach people, dawn, catch-22, a catcher in the rye, lies and the lying liars who tell them, noli me tangere, el filibusterismo, candide, harriet lane, the fall of the towers, city of quartz, the fabric of the cosmos, three roads to quantum gravity
Heroes:
oscar zeta acosta, galileo, jose rizal, albert einstein, jimmy carter, crazy horse, luis taruc, matteo ricci, lao tzu, sir thomas more, hypatia, martin luther king jr., rosalind franklin, alan turing, alexander hamilton, edgar jopson, philip vera cruz, che guevara, huey newton
