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basla

About Me

I think if a younger version of me met the present version of me she would be happy with how her life turned out.
My favorite things include:
music, books, food, the outdoors (especially the southwest), npr, travelling, and this song:
http://www.devilducky.com/media/41257/
plus the remix here:
http://www.progressiveboink.com/mike/img/sesamestreet/Pointe r%20Sisters%20-%20Pinball%20Number%20Count.mp3

My Interests

healthy and ethical living, npr, playing bass, travelling, outdoors stuff, learning drums and guitar, cooking, reading, music, museums (especially the natural history museum), the library, my local community center

I'd like to meet:

John Lennon.

Music:

i'm OBSESSED with the beatles. i also enjoy fugazi, antelope, the aquarium, joe lally, sly and the family stone, paul simon, a tribe called quest, the evens, public enemy, john lennon, jimi hendrix, john vanderslice, james brown, fela kuti, him (from DC), henry rollins spoken word and harmony in my head, stevie wonder, curtis mayfield, al green, herbie hancock, minute men, talking heads, devo, minor threat, the dead kennedys, tricky, the buzzcocks, bill withers, wild magnolias, a taste of honey, erik berglund (from abq/austin, not the weird new age guy), modern lovers....

Movies:

jesus is magic, anchorman, smoke signals, zoolander, a nightmare before christmas, dr. strangelove, edward scissorshands, the never-ending story, control room, fahrenheit 911, the corporation, pee-wee's big adventure, three amigos, UHF, the life of brian, monty python and the holy grail, the beatles anthology, help!, yellow submarine, the fog of war

Books:

the authors i keep coming back to include kurt vonnegut, david sedaris, mark twain, peter singer, john irving, and richard wright. i've also been getting into books relating to current events and modern history. someone keeps throwing a ton of books into the recycling bin near my house and i've been able to dig out some good stuff as well as a bunch of books i haven't had the chance to read yet.

Heroes:

most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps