Theatre (watching & participating), movies, music, traveling, sight-seeing, reading (to the dismay of some), writing, poetry, & enjoying life with close friends & family.
I'd like to meet:
I'll give you two guesses & the first one doesn't count.
So yeah, sometimes I just can't help myself. Eh. It makes me happy.
Below are links (if you click on the banners) to a couple of organizations that I think are worth a look. There are also other various links to other organizations else-where on my page. They're easy to find. Enjoy & try to learn something.
Music:
|| Guns N' Roses
// Mötley Crüe
|| Skid Row
// Massimo Ranieri
|| Adriano Celentano
// Eros Ramazzotti
|| Maná
// Laura Pausini
|| Lacuna Coil
// Within Temptation
|| Nightwish
// Iridio
|| Evanescence
// Daft Punk
|| Cassius
// The Postal Service
|| Peaches
// Goldfrapp
|| The Murmurs
// Sacha Sacket
|| Coldplay
// Damien Rice
|| AFI
// Enrico Nascimbeni
|| Alessandro Safina
// Nek
|| Shakira
// Dead Dolphins
|| Shadows Fall
// Orgy
|| Deftones
// Hanoi Rocks
|| Led Zeppelin
// Mountain
|| The Doors
// Pixies
|| Badly Drawn Boy
// The Devlins
|| Joseph Arthur
// Dandy Warhols
|| Santana
// Generation X/Billy Idol
|| The Beatles
// The Who
|| Jimi Hendrix
// Gin Blossoms
|| Hootie & The Blowfish
// Type O Negative
|| Chimaira
// Black Label Society
|| Velvet Revolver
// Smashing Pumpkins
|| Goo Goo Dolls
// Audioslave
|| Alabina
// Andrea Boccelli
|| Chevelle
// Mudvayne
|| Adema
// INXS
|| Incubus
// Soundgarden
|| Tool
// Radiohead
|| Korn
// Blondie
|| ABBA
// Simon & Garfunkel
|| The Turtles
// Young Rascals
|| Rod Stewart
// Pat Benatar
|| Judas Priest
// Queen
|| Elvis Presley
// ZZ Top
|| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
// Pantera
|| Stone Temple Pilots
// Iron Maiden
|| Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
// Deep Purple
|| Cheap Trick
// AC/DC
|| Kiss
// Pink Floyd
|| Van Halen
// Alice In Chains
|| Jane's Addiction
// The Ramones
|| Hamid El Shaeri
// Abdy
|| Rachid Taha
// Dania
|| Thin Lizzy
// Lynyrd Skynyrd
|| Alice Cooper
// UFO
|| Queensryche
// Craig Armstrong
|| William Orbit
// Mozart
|| Beethoven
// Metisse
|| Dido
// Mandalay
|| Portishead
// Olive
|| Loreena McKennitt
// Dead Milkmen
|| Everclear
// Oasis
|| Lit
// Fear Factory
|| Muse
// The Eagles
|| The Clash
// Sex Pistols
|| Dead Kennedys
// Stiff Little Fingers
|| Stranglers
// Björk
|| Creedence Clearwater Revival
// David Bowie
|| U2
// Tears For Fears
|| Anti-Nowhere League
// Damned
|| Sham 69
// New York Dolls
|| Primus
// Anthrax
|| Katatonia
// Lamb Of God
|| Bruce Springsteen
// Big Country
|| Sting/The Police
// Peter Gabriel
|| Bryan Adams
// Phil Collins
|| Sarah McLachlan
// Tori Amos
|| Lee Ann Womack
// Lifehouse
|| Iron & Wine
// Oleander
|| Godsmack
// Slipknot
|| White/Rob Zombie
// Marilyn Manson
|| Slayer
// Megadeth
|| Living Colour
// The Rolling Stones
|| Twisted Sister
// Jethro Tull
|| Heart
// Journey
|| Annie Lennox
// Blue Öyster Cult
|| Scorpions
// The Kinks
|| Ted Nugent
// Blaqk Audio
|| Beck
// Foo Fighters
|| Nirvana
// Pearl Jam
|| Nine Inch Nails
// In Flames
|| Killswitch Engage
// Beastie Boys
|| Red Hot Chili Peppers
// Prince
|| New Order/Joy Division
// A Perfect Circle
|| Emerson Drive
// Great Big Sea
|| Rufus Wainwright
// Martina Topley-Bird
|| Franz Ferdinand
// Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
|| The Cranberries
// Alanis Morissette
|| The Eurythmics
// Information Society
|| Duran Duran
// Human League
|| Mark Isham
// Gustavo Santaolalla
|| Queensryche
// Violent Femmes
|| The Psychedelic Furs
// Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
|| Sonic Youth
// Sugar Hill Gang
|| Grand Master Flash/The Furious 5
// Run DMC
|| Toad The Wet Sprocket
// Grandadbob
|| Le Tigre
// Tegan & Sara
|| Amy Cook
// The Dirtmitts
|| After Forever
// Static-X
|| Rammstein
// Opeth
|| Disturbed . . .
Movies:
// Mambo Italiano
|| Transamerica
// 1408
|| La Mala Educación
// Before Sunrise
|| Before Sunset
// Lost & Delirious
|| Fiddler On The Roof
"<[i>to God] I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't You choose someone else?" ~ Tevye (Topol) from Fiddler On The Roof
// La Vita E Bella
|| About A Boy
// Common Ground
|| Blazing Saddles
// Some Kind Of Wonderful
|| L'Ultimo Bacio
// Crash
|| All Of Me
"You may find this hard to believe, but 'fondling you' while you make pee-pee is not my idea of a good time." ~ Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin) from All Of Me
// Io Non Ho Paura
|| Bullets Over Broadway
// Stand By Me
|| Overboard
// American Beauty
|| That Old Feeling
// Amadeus
|| My Cousin Vinny
"<[i>about his secondhand suit, which has an 18th-century look & is red] I bought a suit. You seen it. Now it's covered in mud. This town doesn't have a one hour cleaner so I had to buy a new suit, except the only store you could buy a new suit in has got the flu. Got that? The whole store got the flu so I had to get this in a second hand store. So it's either wear the leather jacket which I know you hate, or this. So I wore this ridiculous thing for you." ~ Vinny Gambini (Joe Pesci) from My Cousin Vinny
// In The Gloaming
|| Airplane
// Bang, Bang, You're Dead
|| Clueless
// Pretty Woman
|| Much Ado About Nothing
// Amelie
|| Bridget Jones's Diary
"You'll never get a boyfriend if you look like you wandered out of Auschwitz." ~ Pam Jones (Gemma Jones) from Bridget Jones's Diary
// The Crow
|| Disney's Robin Hood
// Frieda
|| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
// A Time To Kill
|| Pump Up The Volume
// Braveheart
|| Dead Poet's Society
"I close my eyes. His image floats beside me. A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain . . . His hands reach out & choke me . . . Truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.
. . . Stretch it, pull it, it will never cover any of us. Kick at it, beat at it, it will never be enough . . . From the moment we enter crying to the moment we leave dying, it will cover just your head as you wail & cry & scream!" ~ Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) from Dead Poet's Society
// Ever After
|| Beverly Hills Cop
// The Green Mile
|| The First Wives Club
// Interview With The Vampire
|| Untamed Heart
// Hook
|| High Fidelity
"Should I bolt every time I get that feeling in my gut when I meet someone new? Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, & frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." ~ Rob Gordon (John Cusack) from High Fidelity
// Blow Dry
|| Say Anything . . .
// Glory
|| Shattered Glass
// Tea With Mussolini
|| The Brothers
// Weekend At Bernie's
|| Fletch
"Can I borrow your towel for a sec? My car just hit a water buffalo." ~ Fletch (Chevy Chase) from Fletch
// Some Like It Hot
|| The Robe
// Sometimes In April
|| A Fish Called Wanda
// Driving Miss Daisy
|| Now & Then
// The Rules Of Engagement
|| French Kiss
"When people tell me they are happy my ass begins to twitch." ~ Luc (Kevin Kline) from French Kiss
// Trading Places
|| The Unsaid
// A Little Princess
|| Tuesdays With Morrie
// Stir Crazy
|| Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil
// The Secret Garden
|| Bent
"<[i>to Max who asked if Horst had ever seen him sunbathing naked]Well, actually I did. I saw you by the river. You were making a fool of yourself, & I said, someday I'll be in Dachau with that man moving rocks." ~ Horst (Lothaire Bluteau) from Bent
// My House In Umbria
|| Wayne's World
// Miss Congeniality
|| Yesterday's Children
// The Muppet Christmas Carol
|| Separate But Equal
// Nine To Five
|| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
"[in a sarcastic tone to Harry who just confused 'talking money' for 'talking monkey'] Talking monkey, yeah, yeah. Came here from the future, ugly sucker, only says 'ficus'." ~ Perry (Val Kilmer) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
// Black Beauty
|| Silver Streak
// Eye For An Eye
|| Lethal Weapon
// Wet Hot American Summer
|| Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
// The Manchurian Candidate
|| In & Out
"I need a heterosexual male, code red!" ~ Emily (Joan Cusack) from In & Out
// St. Elmo's Fire
|| The Man In The Iron Mask
// The Lost Boys
|| Pride & Prejudice
// Married To It
|| Schindler's List
// P.S.
|| Notting Hill
"I knew a girl at school called Pandora. Never got to see her box, though." ~ Spike (Rhys Ifans) from Notting Hill
// Life As A House
|| See No Evil, Hear No Evil
// Clerks
|| Reality Bites
// Oscar
|| Iron Jawed Angels
// Love Actually
|| American History X
"Has anything you've done made your life better?" ~ Bob Sweeney (Avery Brooks) from American History X
// Monty Python
|| A League Of Their Own
// Romy & Michele's High School Reunion
|| Less Than Zero
// For Richer Or Poorer
|| You've Got Mail
// Dazed & Confused
|| While You Were Sleeping
"I like Mass better in Latin. It's nicer when you don't know what they're saying." ~ Elsie (Glynis Johns) from While You Were Sleeping
// JFK
|| Coming To America
// Philadelphia
|| Pretty In Pink
// Sophie's Choice
|| Dogma
// House Of Sand & Fog
|| The Princess Bride
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die." ~ Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) from The Princess Bride
// Serendipity
|| Fight Club
// The Laramie Project
|| Something's Gotta Give
// In the Bedroom
|| Fast Times At Ridgemont High
// The Barbarian Invasions
|| My Fellow Americans
"I think I got a chunk of purple mountain's majesty up my ass" ~ Matt Douglas (James Garner) from My Fellow Americans
// The Secret Of My Success
|| Primal Fear
// Gross Point Blank
|| Courage Under Fire
// Private Benjamin
|| To Sir, With Love
// The Odd Couple
|| Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
"The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brother's soul being in heaven." ~ Feste (Ben Kingsley) from Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
// Death At A Funeral
|| Sixteen Candles
// Barbarella
|| Young Frankenstein
// Runaway Bride
|| Clue
// Ghosts Of Mississippi
|| Better Off Dead
"Two brothers . . . One speaks no English, the other learned English from watching "The Wide World of Sports." So you tell me . . . Which is better, speaking no English at all, or speaking Howard Cosell?" ~ Lane Myer (John Cusack) from Better Off Dead
// Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
|| Bird On A Wire
// Snatch
|| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
// Conspiracy Theory
|| Four Weddings & A Funeral
// Stigmata
|| Out To Sea
"No such thing as too late. That's why they invented death." ~ Charlie (Walter Matthau) from Out To Sea
// Galaxy Quest
|| Empire Of The Sun
// Heathers
|| The Pelican Brief
// Forever Young
|| Caddyshack
// The Merchant Of Venice
|| The Usual Suspects
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist." ~ Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) from The Usual Suspects
// The Motorcycle Diaries
|| Secretary
// Il Postino
|| Oliver Twist
// Buffy The Vampire Slayer
|| The Prestige
// Being John Malkovich
|| Dangerous Beauty . . .
"I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry. I confess I had a mother who taught me a different way of life . . . I confess I became a courtesan, traded yearning for power, welcomed many rather than be owned by one. I confess I embraced a whore's freedom over a wife's obedience. I confess I find more ecstacy in passion than in prayer. Such passion is prayer . . . You, all of you, you who hunger so for what I give yet cannot bear to see that kind of power in a woman. You call God's greatest gift - ourselves, our yearning, our need to love - you call it filth & sin & heresy . . . I repent there was no other way open to me. I do not repent my life." ~ Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) from Dangerous Beauty
Television:
|| I Love Lucy
"I need a copy of the marriage license for Lucille MacGillicudy; what? M-A-C, ah Gillicudy. Right & Ricardo Ricardo y Acha. Acha, Acha; thank you, but I wasn't sneezing." ~ Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) from I Love Lucy
// Golden Girls
"Why do blessings wear disguises? If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked." ~ Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) from Golden Girls
|| Monty Python's Flying Circus
"We interrupt this program to annoy you & make things generally irritating." ~ BBC Announcer (Eric Idle) from Monty Python's Flying Circus
// Two Guys & A Girl
"Ashley, if you're here, who's running hell?" Pete Dunville (Richard Ruccolo) from Two Guys & A Girl
|| How I Met Your Mother
"<[i>after Robin refuses to say 'booger' on the news] What? Journalist? You do the little fluff pieces at the end of the news: old people, babies, monkeys. That's not journalism. That's just things in a diaper." ~ Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) from How I Met Your Mother
// Seinfeld
"<[i>at a confessional] I need to talk to you about my friend, Dr. Tim Whatley. I think he's converted to Judaism just for the jokes <[i>priest asks "& this offends you as a Jewish person?"] No, this offends me as a comedian." ~ Jerry Seinfeld from Seinfeld
|| Home Improvement
"<[i>teaching a lesson to Mark] There's two different types of pain. Pain & man pain. <[i>Mark asks "What's man pain?"] Man pain is when you do something stupid." ~ Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) from Home Improvement
// Friends
"Okay, you have to stop the Q-tip when there's resistence." ~ Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) from Friends
|| Whose Line Is It Anyway?
"<[i>Ryan singing] I've got to tell you something, tell me what you think/<[i>Wayne singing "What I think?"]/But first pour me a stiff hard drink/I'm in love with my shoes & I don't know how/It's a shame they had to kill 47 cows." ~ Ryan Stiles from Whose Line . . . ?
// House M.D.
"<[i>someone is groaning in the restroom stall] Good Lord, are you having a bowel movement or a baby?" ~ Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) from House M.D.
|| Real Time With Bill Maher
"New rule: Cornbread isn't bread. It's cake." ~ Bill Maher from Real Time With Bill Maher
// Carnivà le
"When it comes to livin', dying is the easy part." ~ Samson (Michael J. Anderson) from Carnivà le
|| Dead Like Me
"This is where I felt it the first time. The universe was cocking the fuck-with-me gun." ~ George (Ellen Muth) from Dead Like Me
// Monk
"Speed dating? No, no, that's like Dante's Seventh Circle of Hell." ~ Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) from Monk
|| The 4400
// Queer As Folk
"I tune out self-pity, it makes my dick soft." ~ Brian Kinney (Gale Harold) from Queer As Folk
|| The L Word
"Sexuality is fluid. Whether you're gay, or you're straight, or you're bisexual - you just go with the flow." ~ Shane McCutcheon (Katherine Moennig) from The L Word
//Law & Order: SVU
"Civil liberties, good. Lawyers, bad." ~ John Munch (Richard Belzer) from Law & Order: SVU
|| Unsolved Mysteries
// History Channel
Books:
La Divina Comedia
~Dante Alighieri
The Chronicles Of Narnia
~C.S. Lewis
The Count Of Monte Cristo
~Alexandre Dumas
The Da Vinci Code
~Dan Brown
Pride & Prejudice
~Jane Austen
The Crucible
~Arthur Miller
Angels & Demons
~Dan Brown
The Catcher In The Rye
~J.D. Salinger
Julius Caesar
~William Shakespeare
The Mists Of Avalon
~Marion Zimmer Bradley
Anna Karenina
~Leo Tolstoy
We, The Divided Self
~John Watkins & Rhonda Johnson
Invisible Man
~Ralph Ellison . . .
Heroes:
|| My family
// Leonardo Da Vinci
|| Emma Goldman
// Martin Luther King Jr.
|| Veronica Franco
// Mahatma Gandhi
|| Eleanor Roosevelt
// Salvador DalÃ
|| Karl Marx
// John F. Kennedy
|| Sojourner Truth
// Medgar Evers
|| Nelson Mandela
// Albert Schweitzer
|| Francesco di Assisi
