traveling, good music, photography, adventure, documentary films, fondling fruit, cooking, good conversations, meeting weirdos, having silent arguments with my born-again cousin that I live with, daydreaming, not being broke all the time, arguing, international economics, knitting, drawing, the oceans, cultural anthropology, learning, hiking, surfing, bike-riding (as opposed to cycling), love & happiness
Van Gogh, Jesus Christ, an intelligent, sexy manslave
Lately, I've been listening to manu chao, buena vista social club, charlie cruz, celia cruz, alfa blondy, santana, bob marley, cesaria evora, zero 7, gypsy kings, ibrahim ferrer, beck, al green, antibalas afrobeat orchestra, squirrel nut zippers, ella fitzgerald, bob dylan, miles davis, coldplay, creedence clearwater revival, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, air, portishead, pink floyd, jack johnson, radiohead, james brown, jamiroquai, my morning jacket, outkast, the rolling stones, paul simon, etta james, broken social scene, calexico, burning spear, cream, neutral milk hotel, ween, denali, finley quaye, eagles of death metal, interpol, jimmy cliff, king sunny ade, leon redbone, wilco, marvin gaye, me first & the gimme gimmes, gwen stefani, shakira, jaga jazzist, jewel, modest mouse, gorillaz, brave saint saturn, michelle branch, of montreal, ozomatli, sly & the family stone, soulive, spies who surf, tabla beat science, U2, UB40, Weezer, Yerba Buena, Yo La Tengo, Sergent Garcia...
and these genres generally induce vomiting:
pop country, Christian worship, most 80's pop music
I love documentaries and music DVDs, surf movies, I have a difficult time with suspension of disbelief unless it's a comedy (so I don't really like high action flicks or horror movies)... some examples of what I like: Rushmore, My Girl, Man with a Movie Camera, City of God, Castaway, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Titanic (haha), Motorcycle Diaries, 50 First Dates, anything with witty, clever dialogue
I prefer the times in my life when I just don't have time or the desire to watch it... It's a waste of time. When I do: Sex & the City, Scrubs, Supernanny (second to celibacy, the best form of birth control), Tucker on MSNBC, anything in Spanish (helps me learn), ballroom dancing competitions, cooking programs
Slaughterhouse 5, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Eva Luna, The Old Man and the Sea, Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, lots more...
Hardworking people that don't need a lot of money to know happiness; anyone that is trustworthy, honest, reasonable, friendly, adventurous, and funny, respects others and their environment; good artists; my friends