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Dante

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About Me

I'm a classic Pisces.. naive and idealistic. I was born in Illinois, raised in New York, schooled in Boston and currently work in Miami. I was THIS close to pursuing a career in classical music performance, but decided that I loved it too much to depend on it to feed myself. I have 3 tattoos. In my room you'll find a 1996 Burton Iguchi snowboard, a stone-carved chess set, lots of books, Cosmic Percussion congas, a bamboo plant, a Venetian carnival mask, posters of Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Miles Davis, a Matisse print and a Picasso print. I have a deep appreciation for classical and jazz music (which is what I studied in college) as well as drum n' bass and latin music.

My Interests

BEST WEBSITE EVER: www.realultimatepower.net

I'd like to meet:

My dream girl: a girl who can start a campfire, finish a crossword puzzle, do her own taxes, sight-read a Chopin etude, throw a punch, hold her liquor, stay up for 40 hours straight, roast a rack of lamb, recite a shakespeare soliloquy, dance for 4 hours straight, drive a stick shift, and knows all the words to "Feel Like Making Love" by Roberta Flack.I've found all that and more in mi reina..mi novia cubana.

Music:

Roni Size Reprazent, LTJ Bukem, Peanut Butter Wolf, Bjork, Amon Tobin, Esthero, Soulstice, Black Eyed Peas, DJ Cam, Camp Lo, D'Angelo, Maxwell, Mark Farina, Bebel Gilberto, Goldie, Helmet, Hi-tek, DJ Krush, Portishead, The Roots, St. Germaine, Soulive, Thievery Corporation, A Tribe Called Quest, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Poncho Sanchez, Mongo Santamaria, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, J.S. Bach... and MUCH MUCH MORE

Television:

I Love the 80s on VH1

Books:

The People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig), Island (Aldous Huxley), Utilitarianism (John Mill), Guns Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond), Islands in the Stream (Ernest Hemingway), Bringing Down the House, Lies My Teacher Told Me,