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Angelo

I am here for Friends

About Me

I'm half-Filipino half-Chinese with an Italian first name and a Spanish last name, born and raised in America. Confused? So am I.
I can't stand computers. I like getting e-mails, but I like getting real mail more.
I like to read and I like to write, both skills I acquired early in elementary school. To this day, all my schooling after elementary school has paled in usefulness. I'll skip class all day just to stay home and read a book. But not just any book. I have not read Harry Potter. I do not know anything about the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry .
Dancing is required to maintain my psychological well-being. I like drinking , shucks howdy do I ever. Alcohol + phat beats + dancing females = me on the dance floor. It's an equation, people. The left side always, always equals the right side. Look it up.
I like spending time with people more than I like going to class or doing work. Actually, I like a lot of things more than I like going to class or doing work, so that's probably not a good example.
Occasional video games are a must, if only for nostalgia's sake. Mario and Zelda were childhood friends.
Ultimately though, interaction with a variety of genuinely interesting, intelligent, kind and considerate people sustains me.
Along with rice. Rice sustains me as well.

My Interests

Literature, philsophy, languages, acting (both theatre and film), technology, spirituality, psychology, ethnic studies, martial arts (Kajukenbo, Jeet Kune Do, Enshin Itto Ryu Battoujutsu, Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Ninjutsu).

...and learning about or trying anything that I've never experienced before.

I'd like to meet:

People who will make me think, people who will make me see things in a way I've never considered. And you, maybe, if you think you're worth meeting.

AIM Screen name: Angelo Alcid

Oh, and Pearl.

Music:

Acid Jazz: Soulstice, Res, Brand New Heavies, Nujabes, DJ Krush, Les Nubians
Alternative: Evanescence, Linkin Park, No Doubt, Hoobastank
R&B: Usher, R. Kelly, Alicia Keys, Dru Hill, Jodeci, Aaliyah, Tamia, Craig David, Heather Headly, Babyface, Erykah Badu, Boyz II Men
Rap/Hip-Hop: Blue Scholars , M.C. Frontalot , Jurassic 5, 2pac, Notorious BIG, Kanye West, Deltron 3030, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, DMX, Black Eyed Peas
Jazz: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennet, Ella Fitzgerald
Blues: John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Yoko Kanno, Robben Ford
Pop: Michael Jackson (before he became a white woman)
Soundtracks: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2

Movies:

Top five favorite movies, in no particular order: Good Will Hunting, Office Space, Swingers, High Fidelity, Matchstick Men.
Action movies: Gladiator, The Last Samurai, The Rock, Bad Boys 1 & 2, Independence Day, Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, Desperado, Equilibrium, The Matrix (the first one), Rush Hour 1 & 2.
Chinese Movies: Hero, Enter the Dragon, Shaolin Soccer, God of Cookery, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
Chick Flicks: When Harry Met Sally, Serendipity, My Sassy Girl.
Dramas: The Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Holland's Opus, Memento, Donnie Darko, Mullholland Drive, Runaway Jury.
Comedies: Anchorman, Zoolander, Wayne's World 1 & 2, Head of State, The Princess Bride, School of Rock, Monty Python movies (The Holy Grail, The Meaning of Life, The Life of Brian), The Guru, Spaceballs, Airplane, Dogma, Undercover Brother, Amelie.
Horror Movies: 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil 1 & 2, The Ring, Shaun of the Dead (or does that belong in the previous section?).
Comic Book Movies: The Blade trilogy, Batman Begins, Demolition Man, Spiderman 1 & 2, X-Men 1 & 2, Hellboy.
80's Movies: The Wizard, The Karate Kid, Short Circuit 1 & 2, Top Gun, The Breakfast Club.
Sci-Fi Movies: Serenity, Babylon 5: In the Beginning, Even-numbered Star Trek Movies. I admit that the Star Wars movies are bad movies but it is my duty as a nerd to enjoy them.
Anime: Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2, Graveyard of the Fireflies, or anything else by Miayazaki for that matter.
I watch a lot of movies. So many that I'm sure I've forgotten a bunch of them.

Television:

News: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report
Talk Shows: Late Night w/ Conan O'Brian
Comedy: Chappelle's Show
Adult Swim: The Venture Bros., Family Guy, Futurama, SeaLab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Nerdy Sci-Fi Shows: Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica (the new one, not the old one), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Anime: Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Champloo, Great Teacher Onizuka
Joss Whedon: Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly
Law-Enforcement: Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Books:

Stephenson: Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon
Hemmingway: The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Old Man and the Sea
Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm
Shakespeare: King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet
Asian Philosophy: The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, The Art of Happiness
Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lila
Quinn: Ishmael, My Ishmael, Beyond Civilization
Others: Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, Gulliver's Travels

Heroes:

My grandma and my parents, all the way. The Dalai Lama. Too many more to think of at the moment.

My Blog

Tribute - The Month After

Tribute - The Month After
Posted by Angelo on Sun, 28 May 2006 02:11:00 PST

Just Friends (prologue)

Just Friends (prologue)
Posted by Angelo on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:57:00 PST

Adieu (redux)

Adieu (redux)
Posted by Angelo on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:03:00 PST

Do You Enjoy What You're Doing?

Do You Enjoy What You're Doing?
Posted by Angelo on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:56:00 PST

On Rockets of Rice

On Rockets of Rice
Posted by Angelo on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:25:00 PST

Out of Character

Out of Character
Posted by Angelo on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:10:00 PST

I'm Three Years Old

I'm Three Years Old
Posted by Angelo on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:57:00 PST

Being Paid to Think

Being Paid to Think
Posted by Angelo on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:33:00 PST

Piano Bar

Piano Bar
Posted by Angelo on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 04:25:00 PST

Date Insurance

Date Insurance
Posted by Angelo on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:23:00 PST