Quantam Mechanics, Philosophy,History, Political Science,Writing, Psychology, Anthropology, Dreams, Art Therapy,Mental Labyrinths,Patterns, People, Spiral Dynamics, and the Creative Universe that surrounds us.
You."If young people going to school knew the history of American expansion, first on the continent and then in the world, and if they knew the history of lies and the history of massacres that took place alongside this expansion, nobody would go to a recruiting station to sign up for any war - nobody."~ Howard Zinn, January 6, 2005, while speaking to Jon Stewart
Ani DiFranco, Sufjan Stevens, Poe, Peter Gabriel, My friend Daniel Schultz, Stendek, Elliott Smith, The Who, Aphrodites Child, Dead can Dance, John Coltrane, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tool, Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Ministry, Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkel, Nick Drake, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Sonic Youth, anything Progressive Trance....almost everything!
Waking Life, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Straight Story (a MUST SEE), Office Space (Milton is my hero), the list goes on and on!
Harvey Birdman, Family Guy, Futurama, anything on History or Science Channel, old BBC version of Dr. Who (especially Tom Baker episodes), Mr. Bean, WATCH DEMOCRACY NOW!!! OR CATCH IT .. AT www.democracynow.com
"The Active Side of Infinity" Carlos Casteneda, "The Idiot Girls Action-Adventure Club" Laurie Notaro, "The More than Complete Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy" Douglas Adams, "The Gift of Acabar" Og Mandino, "A Confederacy of Dunces" John Kennedy Toole, "The Elegant Universe" Brian Greene, "My Left Foot" Christy Brown, "Angela's Ashes" Frank McCourt(groovy guy!), "Fingerprints of the Gods" Graham Hancock, Webster's Dictionary (a must have), "Whats the Matter with Kansas" Thomas Frank, "House of Leaves" Mark Z. Danielewski, "The Coming Plague" Laurie Garrett, "Black's Law Dictionary", "Future Memory" P.M.H. Atwater, "Sayings,the Wisdom of Zen", Anything by Carl Sagan...
Thich Nhat Hanh aka "Tha^y"Personal heroes: Paula, my gurlz, and anyone willing to joyfully survive the BS in life.