Writing about my surroundings, dreams, fantasies, etc. Experiencing new and exciting things. I enjoy the city and nature alike, walking along the beach at sunset, and having weird conversations. Although I am quite serious at times my sense of humor is playful and occasionally random. During the summer I like to watch Shakespeare in the Park productions. When in Providence I love witnessing the Water Fires (www.waterfire.org). While hanging out with my cats I like to play and take pictures. I love the intoxicating aroma of black opium incense and the taste of peppermint herbal tea. One of my great guilty pleasures is Cinnamin Sunset Tea, which is carried at the Barnes and Noble version of Starbucks. Coffee houses and bookstores are my favorite haunts, although I have been known to shake my money maker at goth clubs on occasion.
Music:
Lou Reed/Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Tom Waits, The Dresden Dolls, Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett/Roger Waters, Lucretia's Daggers (www.lucretiasdaggers.com, Radiohead/Thom Yorke, Robyn Hitchcock (I became familiar with his work at the wonderful suggestion of Ms. L from San Fran), Placebo, Portishead, The Cure, Kraftwerk, Bjork, Switchblade Symphony, Skinny Puppy, VNV Nation, KMFDM, Covenant, Apoptygma Berserk, Voltaire, Jill Tracy, Rachmaninov, Billy Idol, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Bauhaus, Iggy Pop/The Stooges, The Acid Monkeys, Neil Young, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, Marilyn Manson, NIN, Wumpscut, Smashing Pumpkins, REM, Leaether Strip, Effcee, Frank Sinatra, Monster Magnet, Queens of the Stone Age, System of a Down, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, Rob Zombie, Audioslave, Orbital, King Crimson, Android Lust, Voivod, Outkast, Dropkick Murphys, Flesh Tech Asylum (an old industrial project of mine), Philip Glass, The Doors, meowing, purring, hissing, some Green Day, T-Rex, astromech chirping, the Oompa Loompa song (from the seventies version), autumn winds, the crashing of waves in a sleepy town by the ocean, the hum of a lightsaber, drivers honking their horns at me because I cut them off, the sound of Al Franken's voice as he belittles our pathetic president, etc.
Movies:
Star Wars (in the following order): 1A: Revenge of the Sith, 1B: The Empire Strikes Back, 2: A New Hope (original movie, to those of you not in the know :)), 3A: Return of the Jedi, 3B: Attack of the Clones, 4: The Phantom Menace. Non Star Wars favorites include the following: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Corpse Bride, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, Big Fish, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks, A Scanner Darkly, Bridge to Terebithia, Heathers, Wickerman, Polanski's version of Macbeth, Naked Gun movies, Bladerunner, Angels in America, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python and the Meaning of Life, The Blues Brothers, Bowling for Columbine, Farhenheit 911, Harvey, Pulp Fiction, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, V for Vendetta, The Matrix (first two), Bram Stoker's Dracula, Fight Club, The Black Hole, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Departed, From Hell, The Horror of Dracula, This is Spinal Tap.
Television:
Stay away from the tube. It burns giant holes in your brain. OK, maybe one percent of television is actually worth watching, but I don't have time to wait around. Life is way too short.However, there are some tolerable shows which will not damage your brain (if watched in small doses), including the following: All in the Family, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Third Rock from the Sun, Spongebob Squarepants, David Letterman, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.Is there anything more idiotic than "reality" TV? If you want to experience reality, try getting out of your living room.
Books:
Shakespeare- my favorites are Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony & Cleopatra, Othello, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and Henry IV (parts one and two). Just about anything by Poe, but particularly Masque of the Red Death, Hop Frog, and The Raven. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Dubliners by Joyce, Angels in America by Kushner, Crazy About Lili by William Weintraub, Travels with Charley by Steinbeck, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, Ubik, VALIS, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the Oedipus trilogy by Sophocles, Farenheit 411 and various short stories by Bradbury, Rowling's highly addictive Harry Potter books, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jane Eyre by Bronte, Fight Club by Palahniuk, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (for the individual against the collective stuff but not the uber capitalist nonsense), Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche, books on cat psychology, sensual poetry, etc.
Heroes:
Franklin D. Roosevelt- we need a president like him again, Martin Luther King, Jr. for his commitment to nonviolence and civil disobedience, Syd Barrett for his fleeting moments of brilliance- I was so sad to learn of his death, Lou Reed for writing some of the most compelling songs of our time, Ian McDiarmid for his brilliant portrayal of Palpatine, David Bowie for not being afraid of change, George Lucas for following his heart and not the critics, my late grandmother who refused to let the fact that she had MS control her life (she outlived the doctor's predictions by forty years and always wore that dirty Yaz shirt while watching the Sox on TV), the Boston Red Sox for finally winning their first World Series in 86 years- my grandmother was rooting for you, Lando Calrissian- real men wear capes, Chewbacca- furry folks are cool :), Oompa Loompas- how could anyone not like Oompa Loompas, William Shakespeare for his appreciation of the the intricacies and nuances of the human condition, Christopher Lee for his numerous acting accomplishments, Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM) for hanging out with fans before the show in Providence and signing my fake money,Robyn Hitchcock for carrying the Syd torch, cats- I respect catitude, Maureen Dowd (op ed writer in The New York Times) for writing editorials that are insightful, provocative, thoughtful and entertaining, Al Franken for his humor and wisdom, Edgar Allan Poe for his imagination, Socrates for dying with a knowing smile, Marilyn Manson for his style,my shrinks for taking on the insane task of trying to figure me out, my bankruptcy lawyer.
