What I Like:
Love spending time with Rick (my Rico). Walking Captain (Rick's dog). Spending time with my little family, Rico, Captian and Licky (Oh, and Rick's fish). My new favorite thing... is batting cage. Pretty Sky, Clouds, Cobalt Blue Water and Mountains. Pretty Sunset. Snow. Walking around the Capitol Hill (around 15th E. to 22nd E. area in Seattle) where you can see Nature and Different Houses on a Misty Rainy Days. Listening to Rain Drops in Bed on a Soothing Morning or Night. Watching Thick Fog going Ups and Downs around Trees. Moon (even though it affects my mood). Relaxing at Cafes. Nice Parks. Seeing a Good Show once in a while. Watching Good Movies. Good Cakes. Japanese, Indian, Italian, Peruvian and Mexican Foods. Fresh French Fry from McDonald. Internet. Reading Good Books. Traveling. Talking with my Good Friends. Paper. Writing. Museums. Interesting Conversations with Strangers... Relaxation Items such as Scented Candles and Aroma Therapy Lotions. Europe. Bookstores. Joshua Trees or any Interesting-Looking Trees. Valley of Fire. Desert Scene. Industrial Scene. Port with Lots of Containers. Forest. Asian Ceramics. Strange Experiences. Heart-to-Heart Relationships. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Frida Kahlo. Vic Muniz. Gaudi. Mark Tobey. Some Contemporary, Abstract Paintings and Installation Art. Painting. Something Spontaneous once in a while. World Cup Soccer. T-Shirt & Jeans, but sometimes I like to wear a Dress or Skirt too. Getting Cuddled and Kissed by Rico. Those are just examples of my favorite things...
I'd like to meet:
People who I can emotionally connect with somehow. Film & Art Lovers or Creaters. Interesting and Open-Minded People around the World...well, anyone who's got a good and big heart. Mike Patton Fans. Mike Patton (I always go to his shows, but I wanna talk to him in person! ), Johnny Depp, Jean-Hugues Anglade. Directors of my favorite films. If I can go back in time, I would love to meet with Frida Kahlo and have some drink with her in her garden.
OK, I still love Jean- Hugues Anglade, even though he's a married man. I hope someday I'll meet him and give him a big hug and kiss (as a fan, yes as a fan)... Here's a clip from my favorite film 'Betty Blue' which he takes a leading role Zorg...
And, here's my secret... Sophie Marceau was my idle when I was a teenager, and I had her photography books, pen case, posters and soundtrack records and such...
Music:
Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More (in fact, any Mike Patton Project).
Melvins. Nina Hagen. Alice in Chains. Nirvana. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (thanx Christian!). The Beatles.
Karen Black (I don't say her musics are good but she was very entertaining when she played before the Pleasure Elite). Melt Banana. White Zombie. Musics in the 'Cook, thief, his wife and her lover,' 'Betty Blue,' 'Cinema Paradiso,' 'Natural Born Killers,' 'Ichi the Killer' and 'Arizona Dream.' Soundtrack of 'the Witchblade'. Armenian Dances by the composer Alfred Reed (I played clarinett in a brass band when I was in junior high, and it was one of my favorite songs). I also liked this Seattle band called 'Softy' when I came to Seattle about 10 years ago, even though they broke up. My recent discoveries (of course, some might say "did you just find out about them???) and "want to find out about more" bands are In Flames and Boredoms. Hummm... also latin music that I can dance with...
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Movies:
Betty Blue. Diva (both by Jean-Jacques Beineix).
Cook, thief, his wife and her lover (Peter Greenaway).
Snake of June (Shinya Tsukamoto). Kontroll (Nimród Antal).
Fire-Eater (Pirjo Honkasalo).
*Here's one of my favorite scenes from Kieslowski's 'Bleu' (from Three Colors). It's one of the most beautiful scene that touched me.*
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai).
Sacrifice (Andrei Tarkovsky).
werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr).
Earth (by Deepa Mehta).
Charisma. Cure (both by Kiyoshi Kurosawa).
Three Colors: Blue, White, and Red,
Dekalogue (Kieslowski). Daybreak (Björn Runge).
In the Navel of the Sea (Marilou DIaz-Abaya). Dead Man, Stranger than Paradise, Night on the Earth (Jim Jarmusch).
Lovers on the Bridge, boy meets girl, bad blood (Leos Carax).
Bird People in China, Ichi the Killer, GOZU (Takashi Miike).
All about Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai).
Ote[Checkmate] (Junji Sakamoto).
"La Neve Sul Fuoco" & "Il Cane Blu" from 'La Domenica Specialmente' ['Especially on Sunday'].
The Eel, Black Rain (Shohei Imamura).
Siesta (Mary Lambert).
Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky).
Brazil (Terry Gillium).
Battle Royal (Kinji Fukasaku).
Cement Garden (Andrew Birkin).
The Wall (Alain Berliner).
Mannekin Pis (Frank van Passel).
Gadjo Dilo (Tony Gatlif).
Arizona Dream, Time of the Gypsies (Emir Kusturica).
The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice).
Antenna (Kazuyoshi Kumakiri).
Big Animal (Jerzy Stuhr).
Spicy Love Soup. Shower (both by Yang Zhang).
Pelle the Conqueror (Bille August).
Flicka Och Hyacinter (Hasse Ekman).
New Cinama Paradise (Giuseppe Tornatore). Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Live Flesh. All About My Mother. (Pedro Almodovar).
Ninotchka, To Be or Not To Be (both by Ernst Lubitsch). Los Olvidados (Bunuel).
Barton Fink, Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers). Wings of Desire. Faraway, So Close. (by Wim Wenders). Mulholland Drive (by David Lynch). Glowing Growing (Kei Horie). Boiling Point (Takeshi Kitano). Monday (Sabu). Gabbeh, Moments of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf).
Wicker Man (the British one). Boogie Nights. Memento. Amelie. The City of Lost Children. Tin Drum. City of God. Old Boy. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.
Save the Green Planet. Typhoon Club. Kill Bill vol. 2. The Sun (Alexandr Sokurov). Amateur. Secretary. Sheltering Sky. Enlightment Guaranteed, After Life, Survive Style 5+,
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Toto the Hero, Freaks. The Hours, Stand by Me, Kung-Fu Hustle, What Time Is It There?. Fight Club. U-Turn. Pan's Labyrinth. Street Wise (..ary about Seattle's homeless kids during 80's), Summer of Sam. Spirited Away.Galaxy Express 999, Cyborg 009, Captain Harlockhttp. Max (or Maxx? MTV animation based on the comic book) etc, etc... I love movies-- the movies that have deep meanings and stay in my heart for a long time or something very entertaining.
Television:
I haven't been watching TVs much nowadays, but...CSI (Las Vegas one), Six Feet Under (got the best finale of TV series ever!), Amazing Race (I'm tired of it now...), Deadliest Catch (and some other Discovery Channel programs), Arrested Development. Scrub. Project Runway. The Simpsons (Yep. Classic.), King of the Hill, The King of Queens,The Office, American Dream, Lost. International Channel (maybe it's called AZN now), Globe Trekker, Canadian Channel. Carnivale, Wonderfalls.
Friends, M*A*S*H. I forgot the title, but the show about 'Medici' family on channel 9 was good (Rise and Fall of the Medici?). [old tv shows from my childhood]-- Devil Man, Galaxy Express 999, Cyobrg 009, Cuty Honey, Urusei Yatsura, etc...
Books:
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Some of Teru Miyamoto's books: my favorite is 'Gekko no Higashi' (East of the Moonlight). Ring, Spiral, and Loop trilogy. Antenna by Randy Taguchi, Writer's Block, Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery. L'ecume des jours by Borris Vian. A Cat, Shozo and Two Women (Neko to Shozo to Futari no Onna) by Juniichiro Tanizaki. Alice in Wonderland. Screen of Hell by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Hacienda. Motorcycle Diary by Che Guevara. The Sweet Heareafter. Some short stories by Kafka. Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and the 20th century Mexican Artists. BFI Modern Classic:The 'Three Colours' Trilogy. Cooking Books with lots of pictures of foods and scenaries. Some Film books, art books, history books, psychology books and children's books.
Heroes:
My Cat Licky. Mom. Rico & Captian. Fire- Fighters. Alaskan crab fishermen, A Bus Driver who Saved me from a Crazy Guy (I respect many bus drivers--its' a tough job). Some Seattle Mariner's players. Kung-fu masters. Anyone who's got a big heart, and is open-minded, understanding, compassionate and able to consider others. People who dare to risk their lives to save others or to stand up for their civil rights, and people who care small changes around them. Anyone who can move me by their creation, especially movie, writing and art, And of course, all my wonderful friends in Seattle/Japan and on myspace :-)
