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xiao xie

even artichokes have hearts.

About Me

chilled out. like an icecube layin on a tray.
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My Interests

cooking, praying, and mixing drinks. scotch and wine. coffee and cigarettes. meaningful pursuits. solitude. traveling to the other side and a great pair of jeans...

I'd like to meet:

inspired or inspiring folks.

Music:

since childhood, chopin has held my heart and never let go...total classical junkie. bossanova esp. bebel gilberto & seu jorge, zero 7, brazilian girls, J5, the roots, talib kweli (thanx tom), mosdef, danger mouse, yeahyeahyeahs, jimmy cliff, l.hill, elliot smith, f.apple, the kills, moby, coldplay, art tatum, white stripes, super chill down-tempo mixes by dj jojoflores, daftpunk, french lounge music, chinese instrumentals...pipa..erhu, iron and wine, edith piaf, art tatum...

Movies:

la vie en rose...the beat that my heart skipped...matador...layercake ....check it out. legend of 1900, run lola run...have always adored gattaca, behind the sun and just about everything by tarantino, wes anderson, wong kar wai, and barry levinson. just watched nina's tragedies...amazingly thought/emotion provoking... beautiful. &...if you enjoy headbuttin hard ass japanese biker gang chicks mixed with ama-lolita poofy dresses, check out kamikaze girls. District B-13...parkour flick.

Television:

mmm...bbc news & women's tennis

Books:

elie wiesel, this side of paradise, the problem with pain, mountains beyond mountains, james and the giant peach, sherlock holmes, eleven sons- f.kafka, some banana yoshimoto, short stories by david eggers, screwtape letters, aleksandr solzhenitsyn, the second bakery attack- h.Murakami, political/historical non-fiction, the awakening, the gospels, poetry..

Heroes:

dr. paul farmer, and rudolf stingel for the bright orange carpet

My Blog

lucid moments. a peek into life as a dr.

Worked a 12 hour shift today in the ED. What a dreary place. So much self descruction, and that's just the staff (including your brother) and then there is the constant reminder that people get sick.....
Posted by xiao xie on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:12:00 PST

Solzhenitsyn has been my friend. Exerpt from 'The First Circle'

"Relations between a man and woman are always strange: nothing can be forseen, they have no predictable direction, no law.  Sometimes to come to a deadend, where there is nothing to do but sit do...
Posted by xiao xie on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:59:00 PST

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: watch it!!!!

This is a film that profoundly touches upon a subject that is well known but largely ignored. A concise and indepth look into the effects of global warming and the impact it does/will have upon our fu...
Posted by xiao xie on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:21:00 PST

iron and wine

please remember me, happily by the rosebush laughing with bruises on my chin, the time when we counted every black car passing your house beneath the hill, and up until someone caught us in the kitche...
Posted by xiao xie on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:26:00 PST