music:<br />
erykah badu. . .nina simone. . .camp lo. . .nirvana. . .the coup. .
.nas. . .biggie. . .lil kim. . .lauryn hill. . .the killers. .
.outkast. . . anything funk or disco. . . (and if we're in the
club) anything hood!<br />
<br />
books:<br />
just above my head. . .killing the black body. . .their eyes were
watching god. . .ceremonies. . .wretched of the earth. . .calaban
and the witch. . .prisons are obselete. . .state and revolution. .
.the color purple. . . my house by nikki giovanni<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
black is black ain't. . .brother to brother. . .the boondocks<br />
<br />
food:<br />
italian. . .soul food. . .thai food
non-fiction.<br />
chick flicks and trippy shit.<br />
survivor.<br />
i try hard to understand what's good about all music...<br />
but i guess you'd say i'm more of a rocker.
sushi, indie and horror films, stephen king, neosoul, hip hop,
r&amp;b, blues, some jazz, some reggae, some classical.
novels by dostoevsky, films: the good, the bad, the ugly, lawrence
of arabia, pan's labyrinth, in the mood for love, white knights,
etc., music: soundtracks, music from all over the world, some punk,
classical, etc., food: chinese, italian, japanese, french,
mediterranean
books - wicked, bossy pants, any ellen book.<br />
<br />
movies - charade<br />
<br />
music - i'm into hip hop and r&amp;b, but am into a lot of
alternative music and some mellow symphonic stuff i can chill
to.<br />
<br />
food - japanese, korean, thai, backyard bbq
books = yes. avid reader.<br />
moves = eternal sunshine, vanilla sky, stranger than fiction,
garden state, lord of the rings, star wars (the classics),
etc<br />
tv = lost, himym, psych, big bang theory, etc<br />
music = brandi carlile, bon iver, band of horses, killers, etc -- i
have a seriously wide range of musical tastes, not because i don't
have taste but because i believe every genre has talented
musicians<br />
food = sushi, bbq, italian--i like trying things, but often find
myself coming back to the same old, same old
i don't have much time for reading these days, but i always always
always have my ipod on! i love ke$ha and mariah carey, and anything
they play in "da club" lol!<br />
<br />
i love pizza, sushi, and drinks with umbrellas in them!<br />
<br />
ugh. gonna be honest. writing like that really hurts my life.
book-the illuminatus trilogy,ender's game,the watchmen,the
invisibles.<br />
<br />
movies-the dark knight,pulp fiction,the big lebowski<br />
<br />
music-the verve,radiohead,queens of the stone age,public
enemy,supergrass-way too many to name here.
donnie darko
i like it all. a well made hollywood blockbuster ( the dark night
is just as satisfying to me as in arthouse japanese movie (the
twighlight samurai) all depends on my mood. i tend towards reading
literature and i don't include the da vinci code in that list..
(sorry but it was rubbish!). i like richard yates, cormac mc
carthy, ian mckewan et al.<br />
i love food.. all kinds.. fancy schmacy, dive asian joints. prefer
well made fresh local organic but you'd have to pay me more than
$20 to eat kfc *shudder*
stone and the flute, the big lebowski, irish folk music, sake sushi
with a thin slice of lemon atop.
my favorite books are to kill a mockingbird, a clockwork orange,
sex, drugs and cocoa puffs, the great gatsby, and where the
sidewalk ends. my favorite movies are willy wonka and the chocolate
factory, hedwig and the angry inch, armageddon, the notebook, and
the royal tenenbaums. my favorite musicians are coldplay, flight of
the conchords, the rolling stones, johnny cash, the white stripes,
the yeah yeah yeahs, heart and lady gaga. my favorite foods are
soba noodles, bubble tea, whiskey, pretzels, and spicy tuna rolls.
-books-<br />
- hitchhikers guide to the galaxy<br />
- hp<br />
- a brave new world<br />
- slaughterhouse five<br />
- fantastic mr. fox<br />
- the stranger<br />
- great gatsby<br />
- jurassic park<br />
- dharma bums<br />
- the lorax<br />
- enders game<br />
- princess bride<br />
- fight club<br />
- the namesake<br />
and many others.<br />
<br />
-movies-<br />
seriously i'm a film major there are too many to list. but i can
always get down with a good wes anderson flick.<br />
<br />
-music-<br />
the beatles, the decemberists, steve aoki, a-trak, arcade fire,
radiohead, dj shadow, bassnecter, rage against the machine,
ratatat, ray lamontagne, justice, belle &amp; sebastian, the
flaming lips, iron and wine, incubus, phantogram, gorrillaz, gogol
bordello, david bowie, elton john, elvis costello, elliott smith,
glitch mob, the doors, dj z-trip, old death cab, the cure, postal
service, violent femmes, miles davis, the smiths, joy division,
john coltrain, sleigh bells, bob dylan, stevie wonder, royksopp,
rjd2, passion pit, pretty lights, queen, of montreal, my morning
jacket, mstrkft, modest mouse, miike snow, mayer hawthorn, lcd
soundsystem.<br />
<br />
-food-<br />
everything i'm not picky i will try all food at least once. but i
cant live with out sushi and indian food.
music tastes include a little of almost everything, but mostly
top-40's pop with the other stuff mixed in here &amp; there. i have
to admit i've gone a bit nuts for college acapella groups since the
glee premiere; i love that with itunes &amp; youtube we can now
'discover' so many groups &amp; songs we might never otherwise
hear!<br />
favorite recent authors include <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=jim+butcher">jim butcher</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=laurell+k.%0ahamilton">laurell k. hamilton</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=justina+robson">justina
robson</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=mark+del+franco">mark del franco</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=diana+wynne%0ajones">diana wynne
jones</a> (way better than rowling imho), <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=a.+lee+martinez">a. lee martinez</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=garth+nix">garth nix</a>, &amp;
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=stephen+brust">stephen
brust</a>.<br />
a bit of a movie buff, but i rarely see something just to see
something. prefer rom-coms, &amp; also enjoy period pieces &amp;
independent film. the <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=frameline">frameline</a> film fest each year is a
major event on my personal social calendar.<br />
enjoy a variety of foods &amp; willing to try most everything.
recently semi-vegetarian (still eat fish) for environmental
reasons.
they change daily, but i guess i'll give it a shot.<br />
<br />
books: heart of darkness, gone with the wind, true blood/sookie
stackhouse series, shakespeare, catcher in the rye, a song of ice
and fire series, who's afraid of virginia woolf?, to the
lighthouse<br />
<br />
movies: i don't have any favorite movies. i hardly watch movies. i
don't have the attention span.<br />
<br />
shows: i don't watch tv, really.<br />
<br />
music: adele, anti-flag, bad religion, the beatles, bedouin
soundclash, black rebel motorcycle club, blue oyster cult, cage the
elephant, the clash, cold war kids, creedence clearwater revival,
dead kennedys, the doors, the eagles, elton john, fleetwood mac,
florence and the machine, foo fighers, gallows, gorillaz, imogen
heap, james blunt, james taylor, joan jett, john denver, kate nash,
lady gaga, lynyrd skynyrd, mae, marvin gaye, mazzy star, mgmt,
nofx, placebo, pink floyd, radiohead, rage against the machine, red
hot chili peppers, rise against, ron pope, sex pistols, the
smashing pumpkins, social distortion, steve miller band, stone
temple pilots, styx, tegan and sara, tom petty, vampire weekend,
the who, the yeah yeah yeahs,<br />
<br />
food: i am a chubby kid at heart. i will eat anything you put in
front of me.
the harry potter series, the vampire chronicles, 1984, the walking
dead, 100 years of solitude, anything with batman, and yes comic
books are a legit reading material.<br />
<br />
the big bang theory, the walking dead, how i met your mother,
dharma &amp; greg, the cleavland show, bob's burgers... sherlock
... sweet jesus i love sherlock!<br />
<br />
as far as music goes, i love elton john and broadway musicals.
i love music of all types but i typically am listening to funk,
hip-hop, reggae, or rock/metal.<br />
<br />
my taste in film really isn't action, kung fu and horror films are
fun, you know...dude movies.<br />
<br />
definatley a carnivore.<br />
<br />
not much of a recreational reader although when something sparks my
interest i do read about it.
standard cop-out answer of "too much." will see what i can do about
making lists of, say, 10 each.
1000 years of solitude.<br />
<br />
pee wee's big adventure. (i am laughing right now just thinking
about it.)<br />
<br />
guns n roses. (no, i'm not joking, i like 90's rock)<br />
<br />
thai, japanese, chinese, mexican, french, italian, vietnamese,
indian, mediterranean , peruvian, argentinian, spanish, american,
and i'll try anything.
loads of all that stuff, tho i don't read as much as i should these
days, i have good taste i think though sometimes it tends to be a
bit nerdy but i enjoy everything or at-least i try<br />
<br />
clark, rjd2, old dj shadow, radiohead, the national, justice, daft
punk, birdy nam nam, philip glass, the chemical brothers, skrillex,
gorillaz, pink floyd, flosstrodomous(need to spell check that),
rush, jay-z , rick ross, snoop dogg, big boi, the beasty boys,
ratatat, matt and kim, lovage<br />
<br />
dexter, breaking bad, human planet, game of thrones, adventure
time, extras, idiot abroad, archer, lost, louie, tim and
eric,<br />
<br />
anything npr, radiolab (in a big way)
books: lord of the rings, fahrenheit 451, harry potter,
hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, pillars of the earth, timeline,
sherlock holmes, iron angel, the name of the wind<br />
<br />
movies: indiana jones (not the new one), tommy boy, ghandi,
schindler's list, saving private ryan, zoolander, rudy,
philadelphia, braveheart, i'm a sucker for bad action movies
starring steven seagal (i can't explain this....)<br />
<br />
music: bruce springsteen &amp; the e street band, classical, rock,
funk, really depends on my mood.<br />
<br />
food: i love sourdough toast &amp; butter, omelets, nutella,
croissants (in other words breakfast)
books - george orwell - why i write; warren ellis -
transmetropolitan; leo tolstoy - anna karenina<br />
<br />
movies - gangs of new york, robocop, schinlers list<br />
<br />
shows - simpson, seinfeld, snl, the soup<br />
<br />
music - classic rock, metal, classical, blues, differnt types of
spanis music<br />
<br />
food - not a picky eater.
brothers karamazov, one hundred years of solitude, rumi's book of
love, absalom, absalom!, the unvanquished, zadie smith books, the
alchemist, anna karenina, larkin poetry, women who run with wolves,
lots more. i should say i studied literature for a long time in
some romance languages and really value anyone who can talk it up
intelligently about great books. not necessary but a major
bonus<br />
<br />
spinal tap, wayne's world, trailer park boys, arrested development,
south park, 30 rock, game of thrones, home movies; mingus, nina
simone, laura marling, mama's intuition, the natural mystix, otis
redding, embetween errands, fleet foxes, jolie holland, parliament,
bach cello suites, alexi murdoch, joni mitchell, mos def, biggie,
first aid kit, breathe owl breathe, of monsters and men, old bob
marley, canibus, katchafire, sublime, fat freddy's drop and tons
more; whole grains, fresh and local, mexican, thai, indian, sushi
are favorites. mangos, raspberries, sprouts, good cheese, salmon...
also love it spicy
movies: annie hall, breathless, eternal sunshine of the spotless
mind, chungking express, me and you and everyone we know, blow up,
400 blows, life aquatic, the squid and the whale, bladerunner,
2046, the band's visit, dead snow, zombieland<br />
<br />
music: arcade fire, radiohead, the roots, bright eyes, metric,
wilco, the thrills, blonde redhead, phantogram, the decemberists,
metric, plushguns, phantogram, the beatles, damien marley, the
cure, of montreal, phoenix, empire of the sun, tilly and the wall,
the notwist, pale young gentlemen, seabear, bob dylan, the pains of
being pure at heart, nas, mgmt, teen daze, starfucker<br />
<br />
books: currently reading problems of knowledge and freedom by
chomsky<br />
<br />
food: indian, korean, mediterranean, tapas, peruvian, mexican,
chinese, greek, things containing chives, garlic, mangoes,
cheese...<br />
<br />
shows: it's always sunny, daily show, colbert, family guy, futurama
music:<br />
<br />
i like lots of lo fi 90s fuzzy rock a la sebadoh for example. indie
rock of all shades, though i don't keep up with new bands as much
as i'd like. harder edged stuff: punk, metal, hardcore. i like
bands that don't play their instruments so good or just scream
their fucking heads off. some favorites: belle and sebastian, new
order, sonic youth, pavement, pixies, the clash, talking
heads.<br />
<br />
recent faves: wild nothing, wye oak, we were promised jetpacks,
whitest boy alive. i've no idea why all those recent faves start
with w. weird!<br />
<br />
i love electronic music, house music the mostest. dnb, breaks &amp;
minimal in that order. dubstep? ugh, why? just no. i love to dance.
spent many, many sweaty nights at clubs. sweaty for any number of
reasons.<br />
<br />
flamenco! i am un chien andaluz. camaron, la paquera, terremoto,
pericon. if you know who any of these artists are, you should deffo
message me.<br />
<br />
hip hop of the old school 80s and 90s variety. ny stuff like nas
(versus jay z), biggie, wu and the individual artists, epmd, erik b
and rakim, outkast, de la, tribe, run dmc, etc etc.<br />
<br />
soul, mo town, rnb from the 80s and 90s (haha i love my slow
jams/quiet storm). think marvin gaye, sam cooke, mary j,
jodeci.<br />
<br />
i like a lot of music and listen to music constantly. plain and
simple. i'd rather we talked and listened to music rather than
watch tv.<br />
<br />
books/authors:<br />
<br />
the dispossessed, hardboiled wonderland and most murakami, the
mysterious stranger (twain, and one reason i'm atheist),
confederacy of dunces, bastard out of carolina, despair by nabokov,
a first for me and russian authors. garcia lorca for poetry.
bukowski.
patti smith's just kids<br />
elegance of the hedgehog<br />
anna karenina<br />
never let me go<br />
out of egypt<br />
the corrections<br />
<br />
i tried to watch "patton" but that was slow. did enjoy these
classic ones though:<br />
the godfather, part ii<br />
chinatown<br />
foul play<br />
dog day afternoon
book's:<br />
i love to read period<br />
21 laws of leadership<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
i love all kinda movies ranging from funny to scary. i love em all
<strong>tv shows</strong>: dexter, 6 feet under, nurse jackie,
modern family, 30 rock, parks and recreation, family guy, mad men,
bsg, true blood, homeland!!!!, deadwood...<br />
<br />
<strong>movies</strong>: impossible question...but a few that pop
to mind: running on empty with river phoenix, igby goes down,
uhhhh, lotr, indie character dramas, great thrillers. no horror
movies. and cgi blow shit up movies totally bore me. i was one of
the people that didn't think avatar was as good as it could have
been.<br />
<br />
<strong>books</strong>: i like novels - good stories about
interesting complex people. i usually am reading 10 books at
once.<br />
<br />
<strong>music</strong>: i listen to mostly house music,
progressive, breaks, electronic music. i love disco, flaming lips,
steely dan, indie rock, .... i don't know. the more important
question is what i do <strong>not</strong> like and what i would
not want to listen to on a date or while making out: heavy metal or
loud banging punk or dub step crap. sorry. i wish i liked it, cuz i
know lots of good guys who do, but nope. let's find something we
both like!
i try to keep up with reading but sometimes fall out of habit. i
like anything by vonnegut but really favor hocus pocus. i also love
american psycho and do androids dream of electric sheep?. i've been
a softy for shakespeare since highschool. i feel that hamlet is one
of the greatest artistic works of all time.<br />
<br />
it should go without saying that i love movies. there are so many
amazing films out there but some of the ones that have really
inspired me are rashomon, dancer in the dark, amelie, old boy,
metropolis (the original), casablanca, o brother where art thou!,
the big lebowski, kikujiro, the rules of the game, nightmare before
christmas, singing in the rain, millennium actress, so many
more<br />
<br />
music is life: radiohead,the beatles,pink floyd,nine inch nails,the
ditty bops,man man,elliott smith,the olivia tremor control,jimi
hendrix,bjork,neutral milk hotel,minature tigers,tame impala, of
montreal,ween,the boswell sisters,beck,the flaming lips,dr. dog,led
zeppelin,st. vincent,the everly brothers,eels,the doors,stp,mr.
bungle,hank williams, cake,tom waits,pavement, unicorns, islands,
goldfrapp,spoon, fiery furnaces,the zombies, sly and the family
stone, johnny cash,james brown,wilco, nirvana, portishead, django
reinhardt, rachmaninoff,tchaikovsky, chopin,duke ellington,john
coltrane,charles mingus,buena vista social club,nobuo uematsu,yoko
kanno<br />
more and more and more<br />
<br />
if i had to pick a favorite cuisine it would probably be either
thai or japanese. i love sushi! one of my favorite things for lunch
is a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. i can make a bad ass
grilled cheese. i love coffee flavored foods like ice cream and
dark chocolate but can't stand coffee itself. weird right? i'm good
for a cup of tea anytime.
well, jeez, i watch a lot of movies.<br />
ummm... so... if you want to talk to me, movies are always a good
subject.<br />
books: anything by neil stephenson, the mars trilogy by kim stanley
robinson, song of ice and fire, the new wave of awesome british
cyberpunk/scifi, music: old school industrial, new dorky ebm (i
love to dance) metal, 70's art rock, sigur ros, explosions in the
sky foods: i loves me a good garden burger!
as far as books go i enjoy mystery novels and varied
nonfiction.<br />
<br />
i watch movies as a hobby practically, so far iv completed 92% of
imdb top 250 movies list.<br />
<br />
music, well honestly anything. i like making industrial electronic
type stuff. one pet peeve is people who seem to find a genera and
are unwilling to try anything else.<br />
<br />
food, i like all the same thing most people do except i not big on
mayo/sour cream/etc supper fatty tasting. and i have a soft spot
for indian food.
i'm not an avid book reader as i use to, but i enjoyed angels and
demons, survivor's club, les misrables and the harry potter
series. if comics count [though i do not collect anymore] i'm a fan
of the archie comics series, which influenced my profile
name.<br />
<br />
my favorite movies are groundhog day, inception, my fair lady,
indiana jones series, toy story series and the lord of rings
series.<br />
<br />
as to music i guess you can say i like the genres easy listening
and soft rock. my favorite musical artist include abba, air supply,
carpenters, elton john, linda ronstadt, sarah mclachlan and
stylistics (i guess i'm stuck primarily in the 70s or 80s).<br />
<br />
i don't really watch tv much with exception of the news. i am
relatively open to watch whatever anyone is watching in the room,
but i'm beginning to enjoy the big bang theory. a friend said i was
like sheldon, but i can assure you i'm not. he has more game than i
do.<br />
<br />
my favorite types of food are chinese and italian.
books: erotica i know sounds a little naughty but i love the story
plots! lol<br />
also i love medical documents.<br />
movies: i love to laugh and action so comedies and action-packed
movies.<br />
music:a little bit of everything =]<br />
food:spicy!!!! lol =]
books: i hate to say this but i don't like reading. i know and i've
tryed too many times to get into it but i just can't keep myself
awake. i know reading is knowledge and knowledge is power and i
think i'm powerless. :(<br />
movies: i basically like to watch anything as long is entertaining,
has a meaning or is funny but my favorites are action, thriller,
horror, suspense and comedy.<br />
food: i'm up to try any kind of food as long as is not to weird or
smells bad but my favorite is spicy food and of course latin
flavors.<br />
music: i wish i could say i like any kind of music but i just can't
dig country, most pop, hip-hop but other than that i can listen to
anything as long as it has a good beat. here are some bands i
listen to:<br />
metallica, tool, deftones, incubus, the black keys, bob marley,
cold play, the cranberries, the cure, depeche mode, pearl jam, guns
n' roses, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, the mars volta, nirvana,
oasis, pantera, rage against the machine, red hot chili peppers,
alice in cahins, black sabbath, santana, stone temple pilots,
system of a down, smashing pumpkins, the doors and of course some
latin bands like.. heroes del silencio, resorte, caifanes, maldita
vecindad, cafe tacuba, soda stereo, los enanitos verdes... to name
a few.
love to read non-fiction, poetry, and listen to 103.7. :) not so
much into tv but i enjoy a few series like kitchen nightmares or
seinfeld.
food:<br />
i love sushi, bbq, indian, pizza, mexican, lamb, and anything
exotic<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
braveheart, gladiator, good fellows, forrest gump....(plenty
more)<br />
<br />
music: alternative, acoustic, country, latin america, celtic, rock,
classical, and quite honestly anything that makes me want to dance
after a couple of drinks...
books: rock biographies. love 'em. nick cave's bio called "the bad
seed" is masterful.<br />
<br />
movies: my absolute favorite is "a star is born" with barbara
streisand and kris kristofferson. i realized recently that the 70's
was the best era for movies.<br />
<br />
tv shows: pbs<br />
<br />
music: known to be a rocker, but always surprise people.
books - poisonwood bible, never let me go, anything by dave eggers
or jane austen...<br />
movies- notting hill, love actually, the kings speech, children of
men, finding nemo, air force one, to have and have not, the truman
show, bridesmaids<br />
tv- modern family, the daily show, mad men, parks and rec, grey's
anatomy, the west wing<br />
music - arcade fire, modest mouse anything alternatively
rock-y<br />
food - indian, pizza, thai, mexican, popsicles, pop rocks
i enjoy a variety of different books but really enjoy the type that
either give me motivation or ones that i could get lost in for
hours!<br />
i like a lot of music!!! i listen to anything from a gangster with
a little mac dre to chilled alternative with some sublime and devil
makes three. my most recent favorite which i just stumbled across
is gramatik! aside from thati am also down for some dub and
electronic, folk/bluegrass, rock and roll, and a ton more.<br />
i'm always down for a dank burrito or acai bowl thanks to growing
up in san diego. also i could honestly eat sushi every single day
for the rest of my life &lt;3 sooo good!! i like cooking and being
adventurous with food as well :)
i don't spend a lot of time leisure reading. i always read for a
purpose and that purpose is to understand how to create wealth
through investment. yes, i know it sounds boring, but i figured we
only have a limited amount of time everyday and i'd rather read
something that will benefit me in the short and long run. that's
how i see it<br />
<br />
food - i love all kinds of asian cuisine- chinese, japanese, korea,
and thai especially. i enjoy trying new cuisines as well and always
down to explore a new restaurant.<br />
<br />
music - not sure... i like all music.<br />
<br />
tv shows - how i met your mother, two and half men, friends, the
office, sportscenter, food networks<br />
<br />
movies - old school, 50 first dates, the usual suspects, fight
club, ocean's eleven, the matrix. got too many favorite movies.
books - confederacy of dunces, water for elephants, still life with
woodpecker, diary of a drug fiend, crime and punishment, glass bead
game, down and out in paris and london, rule of the bone, etc,
etc.<br />
<br />
movies - harold and maude, shame, los ambrazos rotos, run lola run,
un chien andalou, the diving bell and the butterfly, white ribbon,
el topo<br />
<br />
music - beach house, arcade fire, exitmusic, the velvet
underground, the beatles, bob dylan, regina spektor, coldplay<br />
<br />
tv - 30 rock, weeds, arrested development, parks and rec<br />
<br />
musicals - avenue q, wicked, the color purple, rent<br />
<br />
food - mexican (duh), japanese, italian, thai, indian, ethiopian
etc, etc
movie - i usually go for the actors - any movie with brad pitt,
johnny depp, emma stone, and natalie portman. but i love great
concepts as well - fight club, source code, and in time.<br />
<br />
shows - getting my news from colbert report and conan<br />
<br />
music - i like anything that could be influenced by chopin and
bach, including progressive metal. for more popular music, i like
coldplay, maroon5, jason mraz.<br />
<br />
books - the big short, unbearable lightness of being, jonathan
strange &amp; mr. norrell, the selfish gene<br />
<br />
food - i &lt;3 everything except organs, rabbits, and alligators.
books: the alchemist, kitchen table wisdom, interpreter of
maladies<br />
<br />
movies: a few good men, dirty dancing, monsoon wedding,
silsila<br />
<br />
shows: family ties, the cosby show, the west wing, lost, mad
men<br />
<br />
music: hip hop/r&amp;b, jazz, almost anything indian<br />
<br />
food: a major passion, so i'll pretty much try anything. but
between my mom's amazing creations and my time spent in nyc and sf,
i'm definitely a little bit spoiled.
food - i am foodie for: thai, japanese, and indian. i am also a
very good cook.<br />
music- reggae, roots music, jam bands, jazz, and soul music - i am
very open when it comes to music i love it all except canned pop
music.<br />
books- i am all over the place. i love philosophy of the
mind.<br />
movies- i love comedies.
science fiction books, movies and shows<br />
most any music<br />
most tv except reality, and definitely no jaywalkers<br />
nearly any food stuff once, no bugs or sea bugs,<br />
already done them.
i enjoy a movie once in a while..breakfast at tiffany's on a rainy
afternoon in bed.....<br />
<br />
summer concerts at the winery, everything yummy except indian food,
just not a lover...
hawaiian music<br />
thai food<br />
sushi<br />
all kinds etc.
i really enjoy the wheel of time series by robert jordan, also the
house of leaves and all of janet fitch's novels. also a book called
the gone-away world, by nick harkaway. and the hippos were boiled
in their tanks (burroughs and kerouac and no i havent read anything
else of either of theirs.) american gods and anansi boys by neil
gaiman. my favorite graphic novelists are brian wood, neil gaiman
(also one of my favorite authors) and grant morrison (not for his
hero comics, but for his works like the invisibles and filth)
favorite graphic novels are sandman, y the last man, the
northlanders, dmz and transmetropolotan. i like star wars, doomtree
and sushi
music:<br />
oscar sala and karlheinz stockhausen are very influential. on the
contemporary side: kraftwerk and jean michel jarre along with
minilogue and trentemoeller. cabaret voltaire, depeche mode. doing
a lot of research about the bbc radiophonic workshop in particular
delia derbyshire. pierre boulez and the research from the
ircam.<br />
early industrial. classical.<br />
<br />
books:<br />
just recently read the plague (albert camus) but i usually read a
lot of technical books and biographies. would love to find the time
to read more. perhaps at a later stage in my life.<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
metropolis, 2001 and tron.<br />
<br />
never watch television, especially after working in the broadcast
industry.<br />
<br />
food:<br />
try to remain balanced and healthy. i like all forms of foods
books... i'm a guy, does reading a manual or a magazine count? ;)
ok, i did enjoy '5 people you meet in heaven'. finishing steve
jobs.<br />
<br />
movies - way too many favorites to choose from, but bladerunner and
matrix are my all time favorites. love watching all types of movies
from foreign film to kids movies. netflix and hulu are my home
buds.<br />
<br />
food - i enjoy all types of food but especially japanese and thai.
i've picked up drinking <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=tea">tea</a> more now and trying different types. tea
relaxes me and it's good for you too, but i usually still have my
coffee in the morning. :d
i hate favorites lists. too hard to pick out just the right items
to showcase one's vital character. so let's just go for mildly
obscure, one each:<br />
<br />
(a)<i>box 1669</i>, eleanor jette<br />
(b)<i>my dinner with andre</i> (an oldie but a goodie)<br />
(c)the chameleons uk. and robert rich. (ack! blew my own rule. but
gosh, i just couldn't leave robert rich off the list.) (wait. am i
making a favorites list without putting in depeche mode? insane! i
don't care how random it's supposed to be. oh, and don't forget
david sylvian's "gone to earth", one of the best albumns
ever...)<br />
(d)fried okra.
(a) small gods - terry pratchett, watchmen - alan moore, fahrenheit
451 - ray bradbury, gulliver's travels - johnathan swift. i really
like well done verse shakespeare, john milton. shakespeare though
is pretty much hard to top for me.<br />
<br />
(b) pirates of the carribean, aliens, the thing, shaun of the dead,
lord of the rings, legend of zorro and disney's three
musketeers.<br />
<br />
shakespeare in love, dangerous beauty, original sin, any john
cusack movie pretty much.<br />
<br />
all the pixar films, but mainly incredibles and toy story ii. iron
giant, little mermaid, alladin, tarzan<br />
<br />
(c) santana, tom petty, bare naked ladies, eagles, johnny cash,
right now, avenue q but i like lots of musicals. chess, les mis,
fiddler on the roof.<br />
<br />
(d) new mexican style mexican food. cajun. indian. crab.
books: the dictionary? (actually, i never tire of reading the
dictionary). i love reading what i find in free boxes as a way to
broaden my horizon through fate. i pretty much only own reference
books on <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=gardening">gardening</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=cooking">cooking</a>, travel, and natural
healing.<br />
<br />
movies: indie or foreign preferred, though i have to admit i see
everything kate winslet, kate hudson, and drew barrymore are in
even if i know the movie will be cheezy. my friends are amazed that
i can rent a movie thinking "hmmm this looks like a good film" and
after about 1/2 an hour(!) into it i think "hey, wait a minute,
i've already seen this movie!".<br />
<br />
food: east indian and asian influenced chow are my faves and what i
tend to cook. emphasis on <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=organics">organics</a> and whole grains, but so over
dietary militancy. mostly cook vegan or veggie at home, though i
sometimes dabble in dead things when i dine out. chocolate!<br />
<br />
music: no particular faves, wish i was more into specific artists.
funk, blues, funky jazz, old time, and some classic rock will get
my toes tapping. electronica, house, and hip hop will leave me
asking in a fake old lady voice "are they playing this at the right
speed?". paradoxically, a friend taught me how to find death metal
and hardcore punk rock relaxing.
i love sushi and thai food, r&amp;b music, and all other music, i
love dramas and psycho sexual films and good mystery books. love
the televison program mad men, the whole truth, and private
practice and grey's anatomy
movies(in no particular order)<br />
-total recall<br />
-36th chamber of the shaolin<br />
-aliens trilogy<br />
-serenity<br />
-escape from l.a.<br />
-dead poet's society<br />
-star wars trilogy<br />
-the good, the bad, the ugly<br />
-the thing<br />
-terminator 2<br />
-rambo: first blood<br />
-tombstone<br />
-who framed roger rabbit<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
i don't really watch t.v considering i refuse to pay for cable. but
a few shows that i used to watch or have seen are...<br />
-firefly<br />
-star trek:tng( yes you read that right)<br />
-south park<br />
-dragonball z( such a huge part of my childhood. if you cant get
down with kakarot then you might as well stop here)<br />
-futurama, when it was still good.<br />
<br />
i prefer watching cartoons or animated shows. watching overpaid
actors angers me. needless to say i avoid anything mtv<br />
<br />
food:<br />
i love to eat. though i'm careful of what i put in my body, but i
do enjoy artery clogging food every now and again.<br />
-sushi<br />
-kebab<br />
-hummus is my savior<br />
-carrot juice<br />
-mexican food, especially tamales and chorizo<br />
-miso and hot n' sour soup
books: the n word, it's bigger than hip-hop, and of course samuel
l. jackson's reading of "go the f*** to sleep"<br />
<br />
movies: spike lee joints, mob movies, shamamamalaan movies, the
mack, don't drink your juice in south central while drinking your
juice in tha hood. etc.<br />
<br />
music: hip hop, jazz, red hot chili peppers, neo soul, rnb<br />
<br />
food: no onions or mushrooms...other than that its all good
even though i am a college student, i hate to read and prefer not
to read any book. i do read interesting articles online that are
amusing or funny.
tv: the daily show, south park, anything i can watch
ironically<br />
<br />
books: alice munro, aleksandar hemon, george saunders, graphic
novels, all the sad russians, calvin and hobbes, robert musil<br />
<br />
movies: dark, subtitled, lots of smoking. hitchcock!<br />
<br />
music: just put my ipod on shuffle and you'll know all you need to
know.<br />
<br />
food: everything all the time in my mouth.
currently, i'm listening to adele and mumford &amp; sons, reading
the third steig larsson novel and drinking pinot noir. my favorite
movies are dumb and dumber and forgetting sarah marshall, and i
couldn't live without seafood.
books/authors: anything by barbra kingsolver, ray bradbury, viktor
frankel, michael chabon (amazing adventures of kavalier and clay),
johnathan franzen, foucault, paulo freire...etc.<br />
<br />
movies: anything from the coen brother's dark humor to pixar...and
the list goes on....
books:<br />
pretty pictures and fiction, bukowski, vonnegut, irvine welsh,
stephen king (i know), graphic novels and zines. backs of cereal
boxes.<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
i love horror, supernatural flicks, the fantastical, and the
creepy.<br />
documentaries, indies, a lot of criterion... anything that's
good.<br />
the shining, rec, howl's moving castle (pretty much all miyazaki),
waking life, m. hulot's holiday, kwaidan, tarantino.<br />
<br />
plus comedies: so i married an axe murderer, quick change, walk
hard, supertroopers.<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
ted talks, daily show, simpsons seasons 2-10, letterman and fallon,
true blood, fotc, workaholics, price is right, and not family
guy.<br />
<br />
podcasts: the comedy and learning kind.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
jazz, like parker, mingus, miles, dizzy, monk, sun ra, and not like
pretty much every other kind of jazz.<br />
so much other stuff, like ariel pink, deerhoof, animal collective,
the blooz, pavement, magnetic fields, kinks, bowie, beefheart,
bootsy, biggie, boston, beethoven, papercuts, z-mainey, tribe
called quest (or really any early 90's hip hop), bum jovi, black
flag, black lips, black black, dead milkmen, rocksteady, dub, punk,
residents, weird international music, friends' bands, and pretty
much everything else... except for new country<br />
<br />
food:<br />
pizza, sushi, burritos, cereal, ethiopian, home cooking, pretty
much any cheese, fruits and vegetables, new things
books: blink, freakonomics, frankenstein, falling hard, ender's
game/shadow, the light in the forest<br />
<br />
movies: v for vendetta, thank you for smoking, district 9, the dark
knight, up, toy story 3, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (i
cried buckets)<br />
<br />
shows: firefly, 24, legend of korra, iron chef/(america), human
weapon, the colbert report, south park, 30 rock, dexter<br />
<br />
music: hybrid, sleepthief, delerium, pendulum, bt, atb, the glitch
mob. more mainstream stuff includes audioslave, kt tunstall, the
xx, and muse. always looking for new music and genres.<br />
<br />
food: tasty? i'll eat it. or cook it.
like:<br />
* old-person things (cafes, the opera, the symphony, james joyce,
faulkner, borges)<br />
* young-person things (climbing, running, hiking)<br />
* stone things (aqueducts, sacre coeur, the getty, the
dolomites)<br />
* metal things (frank gehry buildings, bicycles, espresso machines,
the burghers of calais)<br />
* wood things (covered bridges, stradivarius cellos)<br />
* booze (venezuelan rum, mezcal)<br />
* watching amateur b-ball games court side in nyc<br />
* functional, regulated market economies<br />
* movies that make me cry<br />
<br />
dislike:<br />
* ignorance<br />
* bad journalism<br />
* patents<br />
* drinking games<br />
* watching pro sports on tv (wardrobe malfunctions
notwithstanding)<br />
* pretentious baristas<br />
* john cage
i'm partial to satires, brilliant prose, and pretty much any art
that can get the wheels turning in my head. favorite authors
include salman rushdie, victor pelevin. i seem to really like early
20th century german literature.<br />
<br />
fave filmmakers would be: tarkovsky, coen bros, jp jeunet,
kusturica, miyazaki, greenaway, wenders, etc etc.<br />
<br />
fave music: i tend to digest a lot of music, and am a bit of a
musical novelty seeker, so originality and complexity are good
qualities: battles, grizzly bear, animal collective, most anything
on warp records or ninja tune. this could be a very long
list.<br />
<br />
food--i'm easy to please. i try to keep it healthy, so please let
me know if i have any kale bits stuck in my teeth. or maybe that's
a piece of steak?
books: of mice and men. all time favorite book.<br />
<br />
movies:i love any movies. i watch tons of them. too many to list as
favorites<br />
<br />
shows: house, lost, heroes, big bang theory, and how i met your
mother, misfits.<br />
<br />
music: i listen to any music, really into dubstep right now.<br />
<br />
food: i love pasta and making my own sauces for it.
i don't read a lot, mostly mags and trade journals<br />
i really like action, drama, comedy and mysteries like the 6th
sense<br />
i don't care for blood and guts<br />
i like most foods, esp. italian, seafood and sushi.<br />
my favorite show right now is dexter!
books: anything by tobias wolff, alain de botton, c.s. lewis, kurt
vonnegut, milan kundera, gabriel garcia marquez, or flannery
o'connor. a separate peace, their eyes were watching god, the
brothers karamozov, lolita, heart of darkness, grapes of wrath,
beloved, etc. in non-fiction i liked devil in the white city,
freakonomics, the glass castle, the art of loving. i'm one of few
straight men i know who read eat, pray love.<br />
<br />
movies: harold and maude, the royal tenenbaums, the godfather,
cinema paradiso, most coen brothers, spaghetti westerns, shawshank
redemption, amelie, almodovar, etc.<br />
<br />
don't watch a ton of tv, but shows i've liked: mad men, six feet
under, firefly, the west wing. someone has to explain reality shows
to me.<br />
<br />
music: i was raised by hippies, so gravitate towards acoustic
stuff--james taylor, the civil wars, mumford and sons, eddie
vedder. i also love irish-inspired tunes (the pogues/flogging
mollie) + tenacious d.
perks of being a wallflower, eden express, world war z,the prophet,
leisure guide to san francisco, post secret books, his dark
materials, planet walker, franny and zooey, return of
quetzalcoatl<br />
<br />
nerdy, cheezy scifi shows, especially firefly(good god why they
canceled that show still baffles me) lately i've had a kick for
glee(sad i know) mystery science theater 3000, even worse reruns of
80s/90s cartoons, the occasional anime. six feet under has to be
one of my favorite tv shows ever.<br />
<br />
harold and maude, jesus' son(just all around awesome)another earth,
enter the void, mary and max, guy ritchie films, cashback, mr.
nobody, eternal sunshine on the spotless mind, art school
confidential, the science of sleep, monty python and the holy
grail(like every fucking line of that movie) pulp fiction..pretty
much any tarantino movie, fear &amp; loathing in las vegas, fight
club, angel-a, 500 days of summer, happythankyoumoreplease...i
could keep going on and on and on...<br />
music..too long to list. but extra super special brownie points if
you actually enjoy the smiths instead of just saying you do.<br />
message me your likes and i'll give you my honest opinion if you
give me yours :d
i like books &amp; movies &amp; music, just like you!<br />
<br />
i'm not actually much of a believer in seeking out only people that
you have lots in common with. it might be easier to go on a date if
you're both always wanting to see the same movies, but i think the
really great times are often the ones where you end up doing
something you've never done before (and never dreamed you would),
because the other person's different interests give you access to
worlds that you probably wouldn't stumble into without them.
through each other, you both end up more magnificent!
reading out of africa right now (i know, why haven't i yet??), i
loved the story of edgar sawtelle (check it out), and anything by
hemingway. i admit that i love guns, germs and steel and anything
that explains phenomena using geographic principles.<br />
<br />
i'm a movie freak. i'll go any night of the week, and sometimes do!
i work at the telluride film festival every year i like them so
much... i'd have to say my favorite all time movie is wild at
heart. i also really like movies like buffalo '66, citizen kane,
fight club and adam sandler comedies.<br />
<br />
music: this is where i lose most people, unfortunately. i listen to
heavy music. yes, i like metal, but i also like many other types of
music. i am into stoner rock (which mostly stems from black
sabbath). my favorite band of all time is kyuss. they turned into
queens of the stone age. i feel really strongly about music, and
i'm tired of having people look down upon folks who like heavier
music as "immature" or "angry". i can promise you that i'm most at
peace listening to a good mid-tempo chugga-chugga exodus riff. i'll
explain more on our first date :)<br />
<br />
food: i pretty much like everything but onions and olives...
favorite literature - "how to do it, or the lively art of
entertaining", by elsa maxwell. also, the berkshire hathaway annual
report.<br />
<br />
favorite movies - the professional, the exorcist, the jerk...and
the aristocats<br />
<br />
favorite music - anything in d minor<br />
<br />
favorite food - vermouth
i'm not much for books unless they're informational. but i like
comedy, action, horror, hard rock, girl power rock(take that as you
please) and mexican food.
books: guerrilla marketing series, anything chuck palahniuk, also
dig how-to and self-help books<br />
<br />
movies: edward scissorhands, pineapple express, office space, chick
flicks and all pixar movies<br />
<br />
shows: archer, law and order, simpsons, modern family, breaking
bad, desperate housewives, pretty little liars<br />
<br />
music: (most currently my pandora stations): foster the people,
postal service, fun., deadmau5, interpol, taylor swift, owl
city<br />
<br />
food: i'll eat anything but err on the side of healthy for the most
part. i have a soft spot for sashimi, pasta, mexican food, unusual
foods, baked goods, and desserts. and bacon. i can find ways to add
bacon to anything.
right now i look forward to mondays so i can download a new episode
of mad men. i loved the wire, weeds, and the sopranos.<br />
the last few books that i got totally absorbed by were girl with
the dragon tattoo, love warps the mind a little, and the mysteries
of pittsburgh. when i try to read david sedaris' me talk pretty one
day out loud, i laugh too hard to finish the sentences.<br />
my favorite food is whatever someone has cooked for me (as long as
there are no peppers in it). when i go out i like to get things i
couldn't or wouldn't make for myself. i love kale.<br />
right now i have pandora set to the essential singer songwriters
station. i'm having some sort of summer camp reminiscence going on
in the past few months.
movies - terminator series, lord of the rings, star wars episode 1,
jim carrey movies, etc.<br />
music - nickelback, lady gaga, ke$ha, linkin park, etc.<br />
food - everything as long as its healthy; raw foods!<br />
books - eyes of the dragon, dungeons &amp; dragons novels by t.h.
lain, etc.
kayaking.im athletically inclined, sort of.<br />
reading!<br />
lloyd alexander, tamora pierce, madeline lengle, albert
camus,cormac mccarthy,neil gaiman<br />
sci-fi and fantasy books and movies<br />
terribly cheesy and campy movies<br />
anything that makes me laugh<br />
venture brothers, home movies, the muppet show<br />
i enjoy vegetables. indian food is my favorite right now. i like
papusas too much.<br />
grown up sodas lychee , lemon grass, celery flavors etc<br />
juice<br />
coffee<br />
smoothies
books: east of eden, i served the king of england, the hours, sweet
thursday, one hundred years of solitude, cat's cradle, and the
unbearable lightness of being.<br />
<br />
movies: the big lebowski, the fifth element, inception, winter's
bone, kairo (pulse), suicide club, dark water (japanese version), o
brother where art thou, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, la
confidential, true romance, the princess bride, nausica and the
valley of the wind, bird people in china.<br />
<br />
music: bob dylan, wilco, the decemberists, the beatles, led
zeppelin, mason jennings, white stripes, and many more. i listen to
most stuff except hip hop and country, though i have been more
open-minded about country lately.<br />
<br />
food: pesto, brie (well, all cheese really), and many more. i'm a
little bit of a picky eater, for instance i don't like fresh
tomatoes or beans. however, i do try to keep an open-mind about
trying foods and retrying foods every couple of years.
movies (too many to name): lives of others; roman holiday; inside
job; au revoir, les enfants; godfather, part 2.<br />
books: anything by abraham verghese<br />
music: (motown: 1962-68); stax in the 60s; r&amp;b<br />
food: eclectic, well-prepared and interesting.
i just read a game of thrones due to the recent popularity of the
hbo series and it was really good. i'm finishing up the hunger
games series right now and then plan to read some of the dark tower
books, then work on the rest of the song of ice and fire
series.<br />
<br />
i haven't seen many movies lately, but some of my classic favorites
are the big lebowski and office space. i also really happened to
like tron:legacy.<br />
<br />
my favorite tv show right now is probably a tie between dexter and
breaking bad.<br />
<br />
i'm more of a music fan. the past year i got really into electronic
dance music. i'm a huge fan of electro-house (avicii, deadmau5,
swedish house mafia, laidback luke), dubstep and even some trance.
i can appreciate all kinds of music, and if i'm in a chilled out
mood will probably listen to something more relaxing, but i love
the energy most electronic music provides. i love going to edm
festivals too. i've been to edc twice and i'm attending the second
annual holy ship this winter!<br />
<br />
i also enjoy trying to make my own music. i used to play guitar a
lot, but i've since moved on to try my hand at electronic music
production. it's more of a hobby than anything right now, but who
knows one day!
movie: smoke signals, riding with ghosts, insight, frida<br />
tv: how i met your mother (the only thing i watch on tv, and thats
cuz netflix got me hooked!) and avatar<br />
music:northern cree<br />
food: viet. hot and sour soup, i love asian food (chinese,
japanese, thai, etc...)! i love going to japantown or downtown to
eat!<br />
book: the militarization of indian country by winona laduke and the
red tent (i love books!)
any shitty movie on netflix instant. zombie movies, scifi, fav
music is punk, indie, folk. love italian and thai food.!
too many movies to name. big star trek fan (undiscovered country is
my favorite of the movies) and pretty much anything sci-fi related.
also some good recent movies like tron: legacy, inception, taken,
and some classics like galaxy quest, the game, serenity, blade
runner, star wars, indiana jones, water world and too many more to
name. my all time favorite movie though would have to be willow
from the 80's, although that's slowly getting nudged out by a few
others.<br />
<br />
favorite shows are any of the star trek series, firefly, battlestar
galactica, fringe, v, lie to me, seinfeld, family guy<br />
<br />
i'm a big mid-90's hip hop fan (bay area mainly), with my
favorite's being 2-pac, brotha lynch hung, c-bo, jt the bigga
figga. many more as well!
rice, soy sauce, meat, meat, &amp; more meat
bibliophile. favorite author quick list: aciman, xialou guo,
pynchon.<br />
<br />
movie: the opposite of sex, object of my affection, les<br />
liaisons dangereux, l'iceberg(!), salo, welcome to the
dollhouse,<br />
"", "", anything by xavier dolan.<br />
<br />
music: love beeps and boops. current crush: hercules and the love
affair (blue songs). love the young professionals, junior boys are
amazing, as are the knife/fever ray, the xx, and the dirty
projectors. i do like acoustic sometimes (regina spektor), and
jazz/big band (andrew bird, stan getz).<br />
<br />
food: thai's a fave. so's vietnamese sandwiches. israeli-style
omelets (i usually make these). and of course, baked goods.
books: a piece of cake by cupcake brown<br />
movies: avatar, precious &amp; anything with a interesting plot.. i
have short attention span when it comes to movies<br />
music: anything tht sounds good, but mostly hip-hop/rap &amp;
r&amp;b<br />
food: mexican, chinese, american &amp; sushi, love odwalla super
food, fruit from whole foods, fried chicken and anything with
potatos
i'm a bit of a reader with add...typically read several books at
once and a lot of non-fiction but love, love, love a good novel (if
you care to make any recommendations, i'm all ears). some general
faves that stick out include the god of small things, middlesex, a
new earth, food politics... to give you a feel for where i'm at
right now....i'm reading the presence process (m.brown), the mood
cure (j.ross), dear lover (d.deida), and m.rosenberg's non violent
communication.<br />
<br />
movies...generally watch independent, foreign, drama,
documentaries. i tend to enjoy films that touch on one of the many
aspects inherent to the essence of humanity.<br />
<br />
music...i love it and listen to it all the time and my tastes are
extremely eclectic...preference for anything with an international
beat, but in general i like downtempo, breakbeat, house, trip hop,
funk, afrobeat, soul, conscious hip hop, latin and brazilian pop,
salsa, pagode, classic rock and some heavier stuff, roots reggae,
jazz.<br />
<br />
food...food!...i love to eat....i'm an omnivore with high
appreciation for anything healthy...but can also get down with the
periodic late night taco or scrumptious cupcake ... if you like to
cook, we could have fun in the kitchen.
d) all of the above
way too much to really list. but im heavy into 50's jazz. mostly
mingus, coletrain, ornet coleman, and charlie parker, also swooned
by captain beefheart, scott walker, flaming lips, deerhoof, and
composer harry parth and frank zappa. but i can go on and on and
on. just ask. as of movies mostly woody allen or christopher guest
flicks. those at least are the ones i never get tired of. really
you should just ask
ecclectic, but sushi, classical music, and chocolate are on the
list. i prefer a drama to an action movie, and comedy if it isn't
at someone's expense. jazz, blues, and music that is live are my
favorites, and i prefer 3-dimensional art, and performance or
experiencial to flat art on walls. coffee might be first on the
list.
i'm searching the united states for the best shrimp alfredo.
currently, crepevine has the lead, with a local at-home restaurant
in a close second. i love shrimp. i'm allergic to them, and i just
don't care. i also love pasta. and cheese. i think my choice of
shrimp alfredo should now be clear.<br />
<br />
i could list my favorites, but instead i'm going to list some items
from each category that may not be my favorite, but that were most
"revolutionary" to me.<br />
<br />
books<br />
the hunger games trilogy<br />
flowers for algernon<br />
brave new world<br />
there are no children here<br />
a people's history of the united states (in progress)<br />
<br />
food<br />
chocolate chip cookies - everyone loves cookies (okay, not
everyone). cookies were really the first thing i made when i was
learning how to cook. i love baking, but mostly, i don't love
baking at all, which means i've eaten a lot of dough and batter in
my day.<br />
<br />
art<br />
"the revolution will not be televised"<br />
city in a birdcage
fight club, spy movies, how i met your mother, the alchemist, rice,
chicken thighs, apple pies, donuts, egg sandwiches, trance, techno,
early 90's ny hip hop, scandinavian death metal, occasionally the
#1 song from the charts
dictionary of theorys, on the edge of the bush, holy madness,
ursala k. leguin, john brunner, neil gaiman, v., the crying of lot
49, franz kafka, william gibson, count zero, the tin drum, le petit
prince, kurt vonnegut, tao te ching, lord of the rings, dune, brave
new world, on the road, the unbearable lightness of being, snow
crash, alice in wonderland, lord of the flies, animal farm, eva
luna, tom robbins, dr seuss, albert camus<br />
<br />
brazil, being there, king of hearts, harold and maude, the
unbearable lightness of being, amilie, wings of desire, do the
right thing, the 400 blows, jesus of montreal, living in oblivion,
sex, lies, and videotape, burn, heart of darkness, vagabond, thelma
and luise, she's got to have it, armadaus<br />
<br />
tom waits, beck, radiohead, ben harper, tori amos, lamb, fiona
apple, big black, ani defranco, jj cale, passion, mark growden, the
minute men, pj harvy, manu choa, extra action marching band, the
yard dogs, my life in the bush ghosts, portershead, soul coughing,
tv on the radio
all of my favorites change on a pretty much daily basis. as of
today my favorites are:<br />
<br />
a) wicked, catch 22, damien, memoirs of a geisha, middlesex, rohl
dahl in general, both kids and adult stuff, i'm a big fan of the
short story right now, freakonomics, room with a view. shoot, i'll
read anything, though, i like books a lot.<br />
<br />
b) the princess bride, bullit, rear window, mostly martha, mr. nice
guy, sean of the dead, some like it hot, run lola run, all eddy
izzard dvds (not sure if those count as movies, exactly but it's
true.)<br />
<br />
c) this is always the hardest one. i really do like something from
every genre. one day it's lil' kim the next leontyne price (don't
know who she is? she's la prima donna assoluta. google her, it'll
be good for you.), it just depends on my mood. i also really don't
listen to music very much. when i'm driving or at the gym, but for
the most part that's about it, so i don't have any driving, hard
core commitment to or hate for anything... except creed. i hate
creed. yes, they did wrong me. it is personal. it is a long
story.<br />
<br />
d) homemade mac and cheese, chicken tikka masala, gumbo, corned
beef (but only when you cook it right, like i do), really good
cheeseburgers, and chocolate. i could eat burritos every day.
books: jonathan strange and mr. norrell, percy jackson series,
heroes of olympus, kane chronicles, anything neil gaiman<br />
movies: forgetting sarah marshall, 500 days of summer, star trek
(the new one)<br />
shows: arrested development, how i met your mother, big bang
theory, misfits<br />
music: lady gaga, jason mraz, top 40's<br />
food: fudge, thai food, indian chaat
- wealth of nations, the social contract, the prince.<br />
<br />
- coming to america, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, the red
violin, the boondock saints.<br />
<br />
- soul food, italian food<br />
<br />
from my facebook profile:<br />
<br />
books: lord of the rings, where the red fern grows, the rise and
fall of nations, red wall, the harry potter books, vibe the history
of hip hop.<br />
<br />
movies: the matrix, rush hour, half baked, coming to america,
friday, the west side story, the pianist, the red violin, hook,
woman on top, starship troopers, harry potter, love and basketball,
any given sunday, napoleon dynamite, field of dreams, rush hour 2,
star wars, the mack, the last dragon, soul food, glory, the
neverending story, top gun, super fly, king arthur, willy wonka
&amp; the chocolate factory.<br />
<br />
music: dan the automator, santogold, del the funky homosapien, ron
browz, diplo, prince paul, broken bells, kid cudi, the hood
internet, major lazer, empire of the sun, mgmt, the twelves, tv on
the radio, fleet foxes, facebookgangsta, metric, pharrell aka
skateboard p, federation, big daddy kane, the coup, ghostface
killah, too short, tribe called quest, jimmy, fugees, the team,
hi-tek, pete rock &amp; cl smooth, lauryn hill, willie hutch, james
brown, the frontline, black sheep, little brother, curtis mayfield,
strange fruit project, the diplomats, john meyer, o. d. b., corinne
baily rae, biggie, e-40, edan, the roots, the justus league, not so
much the lyrics, ninth wonder, handsome boy modeling school, dj
cam, beat music, juelz, rick james official, mos def official,
lionel richie, john legend, kanye west, coldplay, busta rhymes, the
game, murs, lupe fiasco, goapele, van hunt.
scavenger's guide to haut cuisine, the lost books of the odyssey,
lolita.<br />
<br />
cool hand luke, days of heaven, blues brothers, real genius.<br />
<br />
flaming lips, yo la tengo, calexico, emmy lou harris. any music i
can sing or dance to.<br />
<br />
louis ck, tina fey, stephen colbert, bill hicks.<br />
<br />
i eat just about everything, and cook a lot too.
i recently bought a kindle and i've been reading at a pretty steady
clip ever since. last great books i read were "john dies at the
end" and "the wool omnibus."<br />
<br />
i love going to the movies or watching them at home. favorite films
include better off dead, aliens, die hard, blade runner, a
clockwork orange, and mad max.<br />
<br />
i don't watch a ton of tv. some favorites are snl, buffy (anything
whedon really), the simpsons, community, and breaking bad.<br />
<br />
music is my chief passion/obsession in life. wether i'm listening
to it or playing it. i like a wide variety of things, everything
from patsy cline to public enemy to black sabbath. i love to go to
record stores and dig around in the vinyl sections looking for
treasures.
books: photography, the da vinci code, the poisonwood bible, harry
potter, photoshop.<br />
<br />
movies: spiderman, fried green tomatoes, the princess bride, love
actually, the descent, harry potter, memoirs of a geisha, mean
girls, science fiction film, pirates of the carribean, comedies,
star wars, chicago, contact, action film, underworld, x-men, the
lord of the rings film trilogy, i am a dork, clueless, the fifth
element, clue, drop dead gorgeous.<br />
<br />
tv shows: the office, survivor, family guy, official heroes page,
official kath &amp; kim page, futurama, food network, the simpsons,
discovery channel, amazing race, history channel, modern family,
glee, rupaul's drag race, the ellen degeneres show, wipeout, 30
rock, the soup, so you think you can dance, the amazing race.<br />
<br />
music: wilson philips, bond, enigma, bette midler, cathy dennis,
sarah brightman, jon secada, deborah cox, ani difranco, black eyed
peas, danny elfman, the cranberries, britney spears, boyz ii men,
enya, imogen heap, *susan tedeschi*, september, natasha
bedingfield, guster, katy perry, sara bareilles, celine dion,
feist, annie lennox, mika, kylie minogue, tori amos, josh groban,
christina aguilera, avril lavigne, abba, aerosmith, a-teens, ace of
base, atb, adele, alanis morissette, evan norberg '09-'11
portfolio, janet jackson, michael jackson, cwu chamber choir, c89.5
fm, lady gaga, brandi carlile, sacha sacket.
i have to many favorite books but i will name a few such as" think
and grow rich" by napolean hill, " " consciousness and nothingness
" by jon paul sartre.." the second sex" by simone de beauvoir...."
and a host of don goines books...i also enjoy reading taoism
qoutes... my favorite movie is well i would say at this time is the
documentary on griselda blanco..i love too many songs to even go
there...and food umm.i'm eating chicken as i make this post...fried
chicken...and when i have the time i like to put a pot of collard
greens on the stove, season them up and let them simmer...
food: desi food all the way...will travel far for good naan and
daal,<br />
really appreciate simple foods made with fresh ingredients,
mediterranean, persian, peruvian, ethiopian, dark chocolate and a
glass of milk.<br />
<br />
books: currently reading the fountainhead - what an amazing
character study, also dave eggers and david sedaris.<br />
<br />
tv: hooked on the wire (but i'm only on season four so don't spoil
it for me!), weeds, the office, modern family, looking to start up
mad men again.
game of thrones is my favorite book right now (actually book three
is the best so far). the big lebowski is my favorite movie, and the
original tron is a close second. don't even talk to me about the
new tron as i'm still recovering. i also love the spongebob
squarepants movie and if you think i'm crazy rent it and i will be
vindicated. music wise, aphex twin is the greatest musician of our
time (hands down) and i've been enjoying machinedrum quite a bit
lately. i could go on for hours about music, but lets save that for
a friday night exploring tunes behind the turntables. as far as
food goes, i'm a huge carnivore and enjoy grilling steaks on my
weber with a side of salad and maybe asparagus. throw in a few
fancy cheeses from my pals at whole foods and a killer bottle (or
two) of russian river pinot and i am in heaven. actually i just
made myself hungry.
water for chocolate
i just recently read "this is where i leave you" and it was
hilarious. great book and i would highly recommend. as far as
movies.. there are probably too many to list, i just watched the
blindside for the first time and really love it. i am a huge
seinfeld fan and actually have some to like the big bang theory
(apparently it is on all the time out here). i am eclectic in my
likes with music. i like anything from hip hop to jazz, pop, and
even the oldies. as far as food .. i am pretty open as well. love
mexican, a great slice of pizza and a good steak with some red
wine.
i love scary movies and comedy<br />
selena christina aguilera ashanti<br />
italian mexican chinese food i love pizza my fave
hmm, plenty to say here, ready to bust a move?<br />
<br />
-nana mouskouri - quand tu chantes (and she's right, it does feel
good to sing!)<br />
'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwjspa-db7k<br />
<br />
-mashups are fun. "you're the one that i want": olivia newton john
vs snoop dogg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjx54ioabey<br />
<br />
-i liked reading the biography of frank fools crow. however,
reading for school keeps this category on the down low.<br />
<br />
-seafood is always a top choice for me. i could happily live the
rest of my life eating only blue berries and salmon.
music: radiohead, arcade fire, wilco, massive attack, m83, beatles,
pink floyd, daft punk, royksopp, lcd soundsystem, kanye, kaskade,
bbc essential mixes<br />
<br />
authors/books/etc: murakami, eggers, gawande. 100 years of
solitude, the plague, the namesake, the new kings of non-fiction,
new yorker.<br />
<br />
tv: game of thrones has already taken over my life, but otherwise -
wilfred, the wire, arrested development, daily show, colbert,
freaks &amp; geeks, himym, planet earth<br />
movies: eternal sunshine, anything by wes andersen, pulp fiction,
lost in translation<br />
<br />
addicted to ice cream<br />
love tasty beer &amp; whiskey
almost anything by john krakauer. i have read, "the male brain.",
and the "female brain." very enlightening. i always come back to
"conversations with god," and "a new earth."<br />
<br />
movies: "the ides of march". what an excellent movie. meryl streep
was her awesome self in the "iron lady." "the godfather, "the big
lebowski." i also love comedies like "the hangover", "tropic
thunder", and "hamlet 2".<br />
<br />
my musical tastes go in cycles and there's a wide range: elton
john, miles davis, santana, woodstock, radiohead, coldplay (the
early stuff), classical, "new age" (spiritual)...
i love the movie ameli- its so french and quirky and
romantic.<br />
<br />
more movies i liked: like water for chocolate, amore es perros,
frida<br />
<br />
i have always found the the four agreements by don miguel luis very
useful. just a good simple reminder of ways to grow.<br />
<br />
my kids and i are big fans of "the office" i guess we can all be a
bit sarcastic- but goofy and fun too.<br />
<br />
novels - i like books that teach me something about someone else's
world or another time. i loved the secret life of bees. it is one
of those books that brings you from tears to laughter. the movies
of course didn't do it justice.<br />
<br />
ok i just cant write a big long list here
i read a will-it-blend mix of non-fiction, speculative-fiction, and
the internet.<br />
<br />
i believe serial tv is, at its finest, the most excellent art being
produced by modern humans. the current season of mad men is some of
the most impressive writing i've ever seen in any form.<br />
<br />
i also love anything <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=aaron+sorkin">aaron sorkin</a> has ever touched
except for all the cocaine, which is not my bag.<br />
<br />
my favorite food is an outstanding deli sandwich four miles into an
8 mile mountain hike, sitting in front of an awesome view. i'm
still mourning the loss of klein's (and flying alaska so i can
cling to the remnants).<br />
<br />
i like my music to be either something i can sing along to, or
something i _really_ can't. so musicals and electronica wind up in
the same genius mix for me as often as not.
i love to read mostly non-fiction history, biography things like
that. i love to go to the movies - particularly independent films.
hard to name a favorite but i'll say the godfather ii.<br />
i play the piano and basically love all music except rapp. i'm a
food lover especially unusual things. going to restaurants is fun,
especially the little dives that have great food. i'm not too
picky.
book : the foundation cycle, dune, the boys. i also read a lot of
books about how my brain works.<br />
movies : pulp fiction is still today one of my favorite movies.
along with it sit reservoir dogs, be kind rewind and vanilla
sky.<br />
shows : the it crowd, breaking bad, californication, mad men.<br />
music : my itunes contains a little bit of everything, from metal
to jazz through pop and rock, but i tend to listen a lot to
electronic music. recently i've spent a lot of time with skrillex,
girl talk, prodigy in my ears.<br />
food : obviously, french food speaks to my palate. i also love
indian or italian food. well, to be honest, i like every flavor of
cuisine.
cormac mccarthy for the road and no country. chuck palahniuk for
fight club and choke. phillip pullman for his dark materials.
steven king for the dark tower.<br />
<br />
quentin tarantino for everything. wes anderson for everything. jim
cameron for aliens. jon favreau for swingers. todd phillips for
everything. zach snyder for the watchmen. martin scorcese for
everything. christopher nolan for memento and inception. judd
apatow for everything. george lucas and steven spielberg for my
entire childhood, adolescence, and most of my adult life. ridley
scott for everything. danny boyle for everything. the cohen
brothers for everything.<br />
<br />
the internet, netflix, and hulu for game of thrones, boardwalk
empire, bsg, top gear (uk), the walking dead, arrested development,
dexter, the office, x-files, futurama, party down, eastbound and
down, 24, the colbert report, always sunny, parks and recreation,
30 rock, and the daily show.<br />
<br />
pandora and slacker for music. rock 'n roll for saving my
life.<br />
<br />
coffee. vegan food/cooking. pizza for being awesome. coffee.
i love almost all movies and no hip hop but most everything else.
i hope to meet someone who doesn't wrap her identity up much in the
originality of others as "favorites". but if you love <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=tom%0arobbins">tom robbins</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=vonnegut">vonnegut</a>, or
peter north, there is a good chance we will get along. okay that
last one was a joke, kinda--don't google that if you're at
work.<br />
<br />
not much of a movie buff but in the last year i finally joined
netflix have tried to catch up on the classics. too bad my queue is
bogged down with documentaries about food and drugs, foreign films
i've never heard of, and crappy war and post-apocalypse movies.
books: life of pi, hunger games<br />
movies: ingloroious basters, reservoir dogs, dumb and dumber<br />
music: red hot chili peppers, mumford and sons, lil wayne, drake,
daft punk, foster the people, muse, childish gambino, the
weeknd<br />
food: i love spanish food, tapas are my favorite because i studied
abroad in spain.<br />
shows: the office, always sunny in philadelphia, walking dead,
south park, wilfred, boardwalk empire, louie
grapes of wrath (don't roll your eyes its amazing and really
important) campy monster movies, planet earth. i listen to a lot
music from heart to xx. food...meat, olives, coconut bliss. salt or
sweet. i have food allergies so i am a lousy dinner date unless you
make me raw pie.
oh, look, i'm all educated and stuff: shakespeare, coleridge,
austen, salinger, vonnegut, borges, verne, solzhenitsyn, oliver
sacks, martin gardner, and bertrand russell. tolstoy bores me to
tears, however. i'm inordinately fond of coupland's "microserfs",
buchsbaum's "animals without backbones", luria's "mind of a
mnemonist", and gaarder's "sophie's world".<br />
<br />
(o.k., i've read all seven harry potter books. yes, fine, they're
o.k. but if you included rowling in this section of your profile,
please, for the love of all that is un-holy, do not send me a
message. unless it is to mock my pompously pretentious taste in
literature, of course. and then it'll be on. lit smack-down,
baby.)<br />
<br />
some films i enjoy every time i see them: "amadeus", "the seventh
seal", "airplane!", "pulp fiction", "singin' in the rain". and
anything with jackie chan or fred astaire.<br />
<br />
music. yes. i make it (clarinet, trumpet, incredibly poor singing
in the shower) and i listen to it (brahms, bechet, beatles). more
of both please!
books: usually read biographies.<br />
<br />
movies: ranges from comedies like elf, old school, stepbrothers and
i love you man to action like transformers, dark knight, and die
hard to movies that make you think like vanilla sky, inception and
the game. also love the next three days! :)<br />
<br />
tv shows: spartacus, two and a half men, californication, jersey
shore, real world.
from pema chodron to octavia butler...historical novels,
independent movies, the kind that get you thinking about things
differently, or make you laugh....r &amp; b and r &amp; b and r
&amp; b and other music too, all foods especially spicy and complex
and dark chocolate and potato chips...
books: history and martial arts. movies: crime, drug dramas,
post-apocalyptic, and sci-fi. shows: i don't watch tv but enjoy
occasional documentaries. music: there's something good in almost
all genres. food: everything in this planet's food chain, trying to
steer towards more natural stuff whenever possible.
garp, my war gone by i miss it so, straight man, collapse,
appliance manuals, technical bulletins<br />
slap shot, romper stomper, fawlty towers, 12 monkeys, party down,
shaun of the dead<br />
steve-o malkmus, sun city girls, pre-geriatric stones, the
residents, the pogues, devo-lution, fear, sodom, jacques loussier
plays bach<br />
moussaka, paella, tandoori anything, cheezburger, doro wat, clam
chowda, oyako don<br />
<br />
etc. so on. so forth. ad infinitum.
books: palahniuk. foucault. anything medical anthropology or
disability studies related. books about people's uncommon life
experience.<br />
<br />
movies: aranofsky. sick. the diving bell and the butterfly. fight
club.<br />
<br />
music: music i can dance to, sonic youth, ani difranco, pixies,
deerhunter, neil young, classical, jazz.<br />
<br />
food: i try to eat pretty well, lots of vegetables, not a lot of
gluten, dairy, soy. i love to cook and love when people cook for
me.
books are usually for study and research. i love world music,
reggae, (midnite) salsa, jazz, classical.... whatever :-) i enjoy
all healthy organic foods
i love so many different types of music, and i love hearing new
music so let's share :)<br />
<br />
movies... the fall, the wizard of oz, the nightmare before
christmas, the decedents, just friends... umm theres a lot...<br />
<br />
food. well. i love food and thats a fact. top 3 would have to be
sushi, mexican, and thai
too many films to mention here, some are the king's speech, babel,
inglorious bastards, in bruges, a beautiful mind, little miss
sunshine, into the wild, to kill a mockingbird, the mission.<br />
don't watch much regular tv. my favs are frozen planet, planet
earth, community. don't watch the office without steve carell. i
just started watching mad men and i'm hooked!<br />
love 80's brit, indie, alternative rock and classical music. the
cure, the clash, the smiths, psychedelic furs, ramones, oasis, the
killers, green day, etc mozart, beethoven, bach, rossini, etc<br />
too many fav books to list here
i'm not into reading books, but more cause i don't find anything
nice to read, i don't look for it. but if you have anything to
recommend i'll give a try, and plus i should read more to improve
my english. feel free to recommend one.<br />
<br />
i love movies and i like more comedy, drama, some action, children
movies. i've been watching a movie everyday before sleep, if it's
great i'll watch complete for sure if not i'll let to continue next
day.<br />
<br />
shows: i like going to shows if this is the "show" we're talking
about. if it's t.v shows i rarely watch tv but i like some series
(what happened to weeds by the way? they not gonna continue?
lol)<br />
<br />
rock music: punk rock, hardcore, indie, some metal. i like others
styles too but more rock n roll!!<br />
<br />
like most kinds of foods. i'm not at all picky, it's actually hard
for me to decide what i'm gonna eat when i'm at a restaurant. of
course i'm talking about the regular food, i won't be very open to
eat insects or weird parts from animals.
<strong>authors:</strong><br />
pratchet, douglas adams, bradbury, asimov, tolkien and
lovecraft<br />
<br />
<strong>books:</strong><br />
the da vinci code, harry potter, iwoz, the darwath trilogy and the
physics of <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=star+trek">star
trek</a><br />
<br />
<strong>movies:</strong><br />
cinema paradiso, serendipity, while you were sleeping, star wars: a
new hope, castaway, desperado, the princess bride, monty python and
the holy grail, what dreams may come, the final cut, back to the
future and donnie darko<br />
<br />
<strong>tv shows:</strong><br />
dexter, doctor who, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=fringe">fringe</a>, the x-files, bsg,
californication, walking dead, eureka, lost girl, the it crowd,
house, sherlock and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=game+of+thrones">game of thrones</a><br />
<br />
<strong>music:</strong><br />
fleetwood mac, eagles, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+police">the police</a>, the who, def leppard, bee
gees, duran duran, daft punk, chemical brothers, cardigans,
aerosmith, afro celt sound system, go-gos, beatles, beck, dave
brubeck, movie soundtracks, classical and jazz<br />
<br />
i like just about every type of food. i love brazilian steak (all
steak), anything bbqed, thai, indian, mexican and italian. i'm
learning to like sushi and always open to trying new dishes.
too many to name. just ask me.
i love music, but am pretty easy going as far as genre -- i like
almost anything. few bands i like are green day, maroon 5,
dashboard confessionals, black eyed peas, etc.<br />
<br />
i'm a big fan of almost any musical from rent, to les mis, to
avenue q.<br />
<br />
i like romantic comedies (not going to lie here), action flicks,
good drama, but hate horror movies.<br />
<br />
i like to read. a few books i like are brave new world, outliers,
the twilight series, the da vinci code, the kite runner, the girl
with the dragon tattoo etc.
books: non-fiction biographical types. into the wild. until we meet
again.<br />
<br />
movies: comedies. action. thriller. dramas. anything based on a
true story. some documentaries. cinderella man. good will hunting.
the way back.<br />
<br />
shows: big bang theory. dexter. new girl. i'll watch anything that
is interesting or funny but no reality or game shows.<br />
<br />
music: all kinds. favoring singer-songwriters lately
books: history ... the fatal shore<br />
financial news<br />
<br />
movies: hot fuzz, love actually, the italian job, how the west was
won, lady liberty, hitch, run lola run, blade runner, bourne
series, highlander, dr. strangelove, the castle ... too many of the
newer releases to list.<br />
online, check out struckthefilm dot com<br />
series: game of thrones<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p90dkxlsujo<br />
<br />
music: almost all except not much twangy country nor hard-core
rap.<br />
the following link is up there with "thriller":<br />
vevo.com/watch/lmfao/party-rock-anthem/usuv71100390<br />
<br />
food: not fond of sushi, eggplant, curry (more for you! lol). just
about everything else is okies.
ay, where to start... i'm constantly finding and appreciating new
things.<br />
<br />
literature will never replace friends and loved ones but it's
really awesome.<br />
<br />
writers: toni morrison, langston hughes, howard zinn, dave eggers,
pablo neruda<br />
<br />
books: beloved, the things they carried, veinte poemas de amor y
una cancion desesperada, the road, one hundred years of solitude,
cat's cradle, the omnivore's dilemma, middlesex, pedagogy of the
oppressed (freire is a hero), 1984, harry potter<br />
<br />
currently reading catch-22. it's hilarious.<br />
<br />
spoken word performances move me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zytkmtqei9e&amp;feature=related<br />

<br />
music: all classic rock, some hip hop (lupe fiasco, living legends,
nujabes, k'naan, emancipator, pretty lights...), the little indie
stuff i've been exposed to (the long winters, rilo kiley, arctic
monkeys, neko case...), pearl jam, the strokes, ray lamontange,
fiona apple, otis redding<br />
<br />
msica: carlos santana, calle 13, shakira, pereza, cafe tacuba,
susana baca, chilean artists (los jaivas, violeta parra, los
bunkers, chico trujillo, los prisioneros)<br />
<br />
tv: lost was the greatest show ever (but getting lost is better
than watching tv), the simpsons, the daily show and the colbert
report, snl, cooking shows ("food porn"), matt cain's perfect
game<br />
<br />
movies: crash, rent, wall-e, diarios de motocicleta,
stop-animations, movies shot in san francisco<br />
<br />
food: chilean wine, empanadas, avocados; mexican food; blue moon;
brightly colored vegetables; cheese; pho and vietnamese sandwiches;
chocolate-covered, peanut butter-filled pretzels<br />
<br />
i also really like freefalling at 9,000 feet, rollercoasters,
national parks, the nyc subway, the oxford comma, and other
similarly inspiring sh*t.
i like crime stories a lot so those are the books and movies that
appeal to me the most.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
a tribe called quest<br />
leaders of the new school<br />
drake<br />
the weeknd<br />
the roots<br />
childish gambino<br />
busta rhymes<br />
the temper trap<br />
maroon 5<br />
bob marley<br />
tarrus riley<br />
buju banton<br />
hot chip<br />
bloc party<br />
moonbeam<br />
skrillex<br />
deadmau5<br />
michael woods<br />
marcus schossow<br />
tydi<br />
bonobo<br />
<br />
the list could go on for miles...<br />
<br />
books: anything <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=tom+clancy">tom
clancy</a>, or <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=harlen+coben">harlen coben</a>..<br />
<br />
movies: all the bourne, f&amp;f movies. steven segal and jean
claude van damme movies... i don't care what anyone says those two
throw down... .<br />
<br />
tv shows:<br />
castle<br />
hawaii five-0<br />
suits<br />
burn notice<br />
the mentalist<br />
psych<br />
house<br />
terra nova<br />
eureka<br />
warehouse 13<br />
ncis<br />
ncis: la<br />
family guy
an english major in college, i love to read, but now don't read as
much as i would like. i especially like epic tales such as 100
years of solitude and midnights children, but also enjoy reading
lighter fiction and magazines.<br />
<br />
when it comes to movies, i have a soft spot for 80s movies and
foreign films, but i'll watch just about anything. some favorites
are: the graduate, city of god, back to the future, home for the
holidays, the breakfast club and best in show.<br />
<br />
i don't watch a lot of tv, but liked the wire (although i had to
cover my eyes through a lot of it) and mad men (looking forward to
season 5).<br />
<br />
my taste in music is pretty wide although i'm not so good at
keeping up with the latest bands. i love jazz, especially the
saxophone. afro-cuban all-stars, buena vista social club and the
spanish harlem orchestra are a few of my favorites. i also like
r&amp;b/soul - alicia keys, jill scott, leela james, and more
mellow rock/indie stuff as well. i sing along to pop music (albeit
probably getting the lyrics wrong) on the radio as i am driving to
work.<br />
<br />
some of my favorite foods are: pretzel m&amp;ms, pad thai,
cilantro, avocados, sun dried tomatoes, country sweet sauce (unique
to rochester, ny), grapefruits, and arroz con pollo (costa rican
style).
books: hamlet, wind up bird chronicles. just finished mystic arts
of removing all signs of death by charlie huston. awesome book.
going to get into phillipa gregory and her historical fictions like
the white queen and the other boelyn girl.<br />
movies: red, the usual suspects, beauty and the beast, pride and
prejudice, ever after, donnie darko, spirited away, what the bleep
do we know. i watched the new jackass recently, and that was pretty
damn funny.<br />
tv shows: fringe, house, family guy, castle, bones, running wilde,
conan, merlin, old spice commercials!, gotta love hulu<br />
music: slow jam, r&amp;b, hip hop, ballad, nujabes. really diggin'
the mellow tunes with the heavy beats. can't stop listening to: say
it right by nelly furtado, you by tsutchie ft. kazami (off the
samurai champloo soundtrack. if you don't know what that is, your
appeal has decreased tremendously).<br />
food: anything. find me at a diner, or a swanky steakhouse, i'm
diggin' in. recently found anthony's cookies, but will forever be
in love with filipino and mexican cuisine.
planetwalker, kite runner, cooks tour, peace is every step<br />
eternal sunshine, brothers bloom, inglorious bastards, finding
nemo, superbad, donnie darko, crazy stupid love, o brother,
beetlejuice<br />
arrested development, tudors, the office, real world seattle,
jackass<br />
twin shadow, amy winehouse, florence and the machine, adele,
dragonette, la roux, lady gaga, the cat empire, the mighty stef,
mumford and sons, erica badu, kreyshawn, wallpaper<br />
gala apples, papaya salad,new york bagels, it's-its, guacamole,
breakfast burritos, wakame, tokyo ramen, parfait, sirracha
favorite things:<br />
django, chopin, david bowie, klaus nomi, velvet underground,
tudors, trueblood, twin peaks not much tv, godard, david lynch,
terry gillian, derek jarman, peter greenaway, sushi, thai, italian,
stinky cheese n wine-in moderation. spicy, exotic<br />
<br />
last read:<br />
dickens-domby and son, murakami-dane, dance, dance, the history of
salt, ulysses, the rainbow, the satanic verses, ts elliot, jane
austen, langston hughs, emily dickinson. i devour about 40-50 hours
a week of audio books mostly classic lit, while i sew and commute.
fav book: deception point by dan brown<br />
fav movie: inception<br />
fav show: lost<br />
fav food: bongo burger<br />
fav artist: childish gambino
books: mostly fiction. i read all the time (see the most private
section)...always interested in what i should pick up next.<br />
<br />
movies: i light them light and mindless mostly. action, horror,
comedies -- that kind of thing.<br />
<br />
music: all kinds. tycho, milosh, active child, sbtrkt, tvtr, david
bowie, the kills, prince, tool, michael jackson (old micheal), joy
division, american analog set, jane's addiction, the pixies, bibio,
arcade fire, bon iver, com truise, daft punk, the xx, the cure,
james blake, the knife, led zepplin, jimmy cliff, fat freddy's
drop, hooray for earth, solvent, puscifer, mastodon, skrillex,
metronomy... seriously this list could go on forever.<br />
<br />
food: i like it. i eat it all the time. seriously though if someone
could tell me where to get some decent pizza around here i would...
i don't even know what i would do, but it would be nice. really
nice.
vary over time and differing tastes.
movies: anything sci-fi, v for vendetta, ratatouille, up,... i'm a
closet sci-fi or fantasy nerd, but you won't know this off the bat.
i enjoy all types of movies, music, and live venues. without music
i believe i'd be dead in some ditch somewhere. i favor classic
rock, hard rock, heavy metal, 80s (yes, i'm old), but i can listen
to everything; even blue grass.<br />
<br />
food? find me a food that you eat frequently and that i don't like
and i'll buy you dinner! i love all types of food, but hot and
spicy food have my heart on lizock.
i really love all types of music. it all depends on my mood.
shawshank is one of my favorite movies. food is also hard to narrow
down. i love a good taco. and it hard for me to be sick of thai
food. i can have it a few times a week
books - my newly found free time means that i have time to read
again! any suggestions?<br />
<br />
movies - i'd be hard pressed to find a movie better than office
space or nat'l lampoon's christmas vacation.<br />
<br />
shows- how could i watch tv when it's so gorgeous outside all the
time here?<br />
<br />
food - as much as i love all of the fresh, healthy, delicious food
in california, i'm a sucker for a good steak.
authors - scott fitzgerald, richard russo, cormac mccarthy, paulo
coehlo, jennifer egan, khaled hosseini, jhumpa lahiri, chris cleave
and michael pollan.<br />
<br />
movies - shawshank redemption (isn't this everybody's favorite??),
gone baby gone, memento, the departed, top gun, castaway, pulp
fiction, the hangover, the usual suspects, and fight club.<br />
<br />
shows - i'm not a big tv guy. its a conscious decision to miss out
on so much pop culture. that said, admittedly, i have a special
place in my heart for entourage, californication, dexter and top
gear.<br />
<br />
music - my first love is alternative and 90's hip hop - pink floyd,
ac/dc, nirvana, soundgarden, audioslave, u2, radiohead, coldplay,
the black keys, dr. dre, snoop, 2pac, notorious, kanye, lil wayne,
jay z, and the list goes on. right now noah and the whale is on
repeat.<br />
<br />
food - i'm a healthy guy and like to cook. i eat just about
anything, as far as its spicy and vegetarian (except pizza, i like
you too much to ignore you)
too fat to fish. school book. terminator, house, metal, meat.
music:michael jackson, shop boyz, smile empty soul, roy jones jr.,
smash mouth, fuel, jet, everlast, marcy playground, t-pain, puddle
of mudd, metallica, alice in chains, jimmy eat world, fort minor,
kool and the gang, outkast, chris brown, incubus, red hot chili
peppers, green day, trapt, foo fighters, jackson 5, maroon 5,
hinder, smashing pumpkins, alien ant farm, rem, three doors down,
making april, sister sledge, offspring, weird al, audioslave, earth
wind &amp; fire, acdc, nirvana, blink 182, akon, aerosmith, limp
bizket, goo goo dolls, the killers, hoobastank, the bravery
favorite books- invisible man, autobiography of malcolm x, black
boy, the alchemist, on the road, to kill a mockingbird.<br />
favorite movies- too many to list. i love all types of
movies.<br />
favorite shows- modern family, community, arrested development, big
bang theory, parks and recreation.<br />
favorite foods- indian, thai, mexican, chinese, soul food,
vegetarian/vegan, burmese, italian, greek...you name it, i eat it.
i'm a huge foodie!
tuesdays with morrie, harry potter, poetry books, girl interrupted,
euro trip, dance of the dead, cruel intentions, two and a half men,
will and grace, metalocalypse, robot chicken, family guy, sleeping
beauty, etc<br />
<br />
foodwise, i love all kinds!
music: right now i am listening to imogen heap, army navy,
alphaville, shout out louds, hem, ah ha, dan bern.<br />
<br />
some of my many favorites: oingo boingo, midge ure, pink floyd,
dylan, woody guthrie, pete seager, earth wind and fire, billy
holiday, nina simone, this mortal coil, and many more. i love funky
groovy stuff.<br />
<br />
movies: the big lebowski, annie hall, fight club, network, the way
we were, lord of the rings, finding neverland, ed wood, office
space, idiocracy, harold and maude, sense and sensability, top hat,
swing time, bringing up baby, the third man, out of the past,
alexander nevsky, the kid, the great dictator, wings of desire,
until the end of the world, the educators, goodbye lenin, and many
more.<br />
<br />
shows: west wing, caprica, battlestar galactica, pushing daisies,
californication, dead like me, the 4400, larry sanders, colbert
report, millennium.<br />
<br />
books: hollywood, for whom the bell tolls, stranger in a strange
land, the caves of steel, to kill a mockingbird, galapagos, sirens
of titan, ender's game, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy,
shakespeare, ibsen, strindberg, bulgakov, tolstoy, and many many
more.<br />
<br />
food: mostly organic fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds; good
cheeses are great with crackers; and sometimes i barbecue steaks or
burgers in the back yard for the roommates and myself.
anything by david sedaris. he makes me laugh out loud while
reading. i love independent, foreign films, documentaries and
classics. i recently rewatched a streetcar named desire. brando was
flawless and smokin' hot! i also love a good comedy, most
christopher guest films especially waiting for guffman. i've seen
that film at least a half dozen times which is unusual for me. oh,
and david's sister amy sedaris in strangers with candy...priceless!
in terms of food, i really enjoy well-prepared, fresh mostly
organic food, italian, portuguese (a nod to my ethnicity) asian,
mexican and cake...oh i love me some good old fashion homemade
cake. it's amazing that i'm able to maintain my weight at or below
160lbs.
i love to read thrillers especially from james patterson. i like
all movies, music, food, and show, i try not to limit myself to
anything.
i listen to all kinds of music, but my favorite ones are 80s pop
music and classic rock.<br />
<br />
the books i generally read are non-fictional and the ones that
interest me the most are history books.<br />
favorite books: game of thrones, the rise and fall of the third
reich, a history of israel: from the rise of zionism to our time, a
people's history of the united states.<br />
<br />
i frequently go to the theaters, like once a week. since the people
i go to the movies with are usually guys, the genres i most often
watch are thriller, action, blockbuster, comedy, sci-fi and drama.
pretty much everything except romance, which happens to be my
favorite genre. well, i can watch them on netflix anyway.<br />
favorite movies: shawshank redemption, my name is khan, the
italian, slumdog millionaire, the notebook.<br />
<br />
i watch a lot of sitcoms and i am also an asian drama
fanatic.<br />
favorite tv shows/drama: californication, two and a half men, game
of thrones, spartacus, the client list, merlin, dong yi, three
kingdoms.<br />
<br />
i am one hell of a food lover. if you love food, you are going to
love me. =)
i read a lot of books so my favorite is hard to pick, though i
really enjoyed <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=master+and+margarita">master and margarita</a> and
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the%0aoutsiders">the
outsiders</a>.<br />
<br />
movies i've enjoyed were <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=scott+pilgrim+vs.+the+world">scott pilgrim vs. the
world</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the%0afantastic+mr.+fox">the fantastic mr. fox</a>,
and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=bridesmaids">bridesmaids</a><br />
<br />
i like to listen to different music depending on my mood, so my
taste is pretty eclectic. some artists i like are: <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=ella%0afitzgerald">ella fitzgerald</a>,<a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=gnarls+barkley">gnarls barkley</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=santigold">santigold</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=manu+chao">manu chao</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=beethoven">beethoven</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=astrud+gilberto">astrud
gilberto</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=air">air</a>.<br />
<br />
i love vietnamese food, thai, indian. i like eating spicy food
though waitresses at asian restaurants never believe i can take it.
recently though i am all about khmer food; i learned how to cook it
on a trip to cambodia and i never get tired of it.
all time favorite book: ovid's metamorphoses. then anything
salinger. i just finished all the hunger games and can't get them
off my mind.<br />
movies: muppet treasure island, say anything, labyrinth<br />
tv: buffy (any and all joss whedon, really), xena, mighty boosh, ru
paul's drag race, portlandia, mst3k<br />
music: bowie, prince, gaga, jack white, gregorian chant, joy
division, iggy pop, misfits, tom waits...i'll enjoy anything
really<br />
food: mexican, thai, indian, chinese...if i could only eat one
thing for the rest of my life, i'd probably choose egg rolls.
books: mostly read nonfiction...trying to branch out. right now i'm
reading 'the athlete's way': discusses neuroscience related to
exercise. i have a dorky side and love anything that has to do with
the brain.<br />
i love david sedaris in terms of fiction.<br />
<br />
movies: just saw 'up in the air'. love thrillers...and could watch
law and order svu all day.<br />
<br />
music: all kinds. used to play a lot of guitar and write songs that
i performed. love going to live shows. last artist i listened to
was johnny cash.<br />
<br />
food: love eating...i eat like a football player:) indian, italian,
sushi, mexican, oysters...anything good.
dig the whole music thing
lathe of heaven, brave new world, stranger in a strange land,
abarat, time enough for love, allll the harry potter.<br />
i am a major nostalgic, but not in the lololol 90s kids rule kind
of way.<br />
<br />
movies...it happened one night, the matrix, the fifth element
(eeeeek how did i forget this?) alll the miyazaki films, moon over
parador, wall-e, the princess bride, both trons, my first mister,
about a boy, secretary (in a aw, you silly, silly crazy bitch kind
of way xd), the adventures of priscilla queen of the desert, and
thats about all i can think of at the moment.<br />
<br />
haven't really had much time to watch much, but i like dexter, and
am a project runway fangirl xd<br />
<br />
i love ebm/goth/industrial/trance/future pop music. :3<br />
sorry in advance but...dubstep just does nothing for me. its all
right sometimes, but...theres just something missing there for me.
i will admit, i was immature and resented it for a while for
replacing more traditional venue genres, but i've made my peace
with it xd<br />
<br />
love me some sushi and seafood in general, brazilian food, noodles,
and dim sum.
books.. atlas shrugged, the perks of being a wallflower, animal
farm. anything by chuck palahniuk.<br />
<br />
movies.. too many. off the top of my head, some of my favorites
are: the departed, true romance, may, chasing amy, vanilla sky, the
descent, igby goes down, star wars (yes--all of them), seven,
amelie, amores perros, lost highway, mystic river, snatch, pulp
fiction, requiem for a dream, adaptation.<br />
<br />
shows.. i don't watch very much tv, but whenever i get around to
clearing out my dvr and netflix que i watch things like: the
walking dead, breaking bad, curb your enthusiasm, the daily show,
family guy (before seth mcfarlane ruined it), bill maher, or
sports. breaking bad is pretty much the best show ever made.<br />
<br />
music.. once again, too many to list but here's a few: tool, a
tribe called quest, mgmt, a perfect circle, curren$y, pink floyd,
the roots, kendrick lamar, the mars volta, arcade fire, queens of
the stone age, kid cudi, blu, radiohead, lupe fiasco, tom petty,
bon iver, wale, common, atmosphere, ratatat, mos def, everlast,
clipse, at the drive-in, maxwell, chamillionaire, brand new, joe
budden, kanye west, j. cole, cake, nas, glassjaw.<br />
<br />
food.. anything and everything, especially if its spicy and/or
involves potatoes.
books: gabriel garcia marquez's "love in the time of cholera." i
absolutely loves his writing..."the problem with marriage is that
it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every
morning before breakfast." and i'm currently reading "shantaram" by
gregory david roberts.<br />
movies: someone recently pointed out to me after going to through
my movie library that i like dark but yet hopeful movies (tsotsi,
city of god, old boy etc.). and i really do enjoy a well made
documentary, whatever it may be about. "exit through the gift shop"
about street art was really well done.<br />
music: i like all genres of music w/the exception of country (but
do enjoy an hour or two while driving to and from camping...it
somehow brings me a closer to nature).<br />
food: enjoy it all!!
books: winning ugly, winter dance, things they carried, great
gatsby, rafa, open<br />
<br />
movies: lucky number slevin, wimbledon, starship troopers, indiana
jones, star wars, dawn of the dead, lol horror<br />
<br />
shows: the walking dead<br />
<br />
music: green day, cobra starship, drop kick murphy, sum 41, rise
against
books: breakfast of champions (and most everything else by kurt
vonnegut), kafka on the shore (ditto haruki murakami), ender's
game, the electric kool-aid acid test, 1984, harry potter of
course, the little prince, anything by david sedaris, novels that
blow my mind.<br />
<br />
movies: i can never remember, but i love cool/weird/trippy/mindfuck
movies and anything that makes me laugh.<br />
<br />
shows: arrested development, 30 rock, parks &amp; rec, modern
family, weeds, mad men, house. oh, and the daily show/ colbert
report for my political entertainment.<br />
<br />
music: radiohead, of montreal, pretty lights, mstrkrft, ratatat,
daft punk, blockhead, sts9, bonobo, the beatles, andrew bird,
sufjan, queen, anything that gets me dansin or trancing, etc.<br />
<br />
food: delicious things, mostly plants! plants are awesome.
-books tend to come and go in my life. i really enjoy reading. i
want a nook or a kindle to further extend my reading!<br />
usually all i ask is that a book is well written. i could care less
of a genre, as long as the plot line keeps you interested. not like
twilight, that sh*t is all over the place.<br />
-movies have always, and always will be, a favorite activity of
mine. i mainly enjoy horror ad gore movies. but i have been known
to love indiana jones and the thumb series. every genre is awesome
though. call me a nerd, but because of my friends, i really love
star wars and lord of the rings.<br />
-now by shows do they mean like musicals and plays?<br />
because i really enjoyed avenue q when i went to see it. i've seen
a bunch of shows put on by colleges. a lot of them can be a hit or
miss. anything goes is a smash!<br />
-i love all types of music. i grew up with my parents stuck in
their 80s hair bands phase. i enjoy rock, punk, alternative,
screamo, metal, pop, country, bluegrass, r&amp;b, etc.<br />
although i could give two shits about rap or hip-hop. kudos to lil
wayne for tricking so many idiots into liking his music.
i read alot of new age books but my interests are quite diverse. i
love to sing and listen to country music but enjoy all kinds except
hard rock. food is easy as the only thing i can think of that i do
not like is liver :o), so that makes it easy. i read alot of new
age books but my interests are quite diverse. i love to sing and
listen to country music but enjoy all kinds except hard rock. food
is easy as the only thing i can think of that i do not like is
liver :o), so that makes it easy.
books: i am a total sucker for history books. also, love the
leopard, cat's cradle, crime &amp; punishment, there are no
children here...many more<br />
movies: la lengua de las mariposas, dark knight, pineapple express,
annie hall, moment by moment (if you know why this is so
great...we'll be best friends), lucky number slevin, inglorious
basterds, fargo, miracle...<br />
tv shows: curb your enthusiasm, angry boys, spongebob squarepants,
tim and eric awesome show great job, the wire, breaking bad,
boardwalk empire, rome, angry beavers, the office<br />
music: huge hip-hop fan (devin the dude, outkast, mac dre, ugk,
b.i.g., das racist) grew up on classic rock. love it all.
**warning: will sing badly to every song**
music: radiohead, the mars volta, the black keys, (early) muse,
adventure club, wu tang clan, soundgarden, arctic monkeys<br />
<br />
food: everything
oh man! so many!<br />
<br />
movies: stardust, eastern promises, waitress, ratatouille, sliding
doors, love actually, stage beauty<br />
<br />
books: i am always reading. always. neal stephenson, william
gibson, neil gaiman, robert ludlum, michael chabon.... the list
goes on and on. but i am a bibliophile. it's a sickness, but it's
so good.<br />
<br />
my theme song waffles between "fever" and "feeling good". if you
know and/or like either of those songs, we'll get along just fine.
also, bonnie raitt is a badass and i want to be her when i grow
up.<br />
<br />
seriously, if you want to know the answers to this question,
message me. we can talk about it for hoooooooours. i'm a happy gal
with lots of faves - sorta negates the term favorite, but i chose
to just like lots of things! including - but not limited to- run on
sentences (the red headed step child of grammar needs love, too),
exclamation points and parentheses. none of those have a bit to do
with food, movies or music, though. deepest apologies.
books! i'm a huge sci-fi and fantasy reader, but i like a little
bit of everything: vonnegut, heinlein, gladwell, tolkein, george
r.r. martin, jeff long, liane hearn, neal stephenson, ursula
leguin, hosseini, khadra, dahl, the little prince.<br />
<br />
movies! i like movies almost as much as i like books - again i'm
big on sci-fi but i like it all: blade runner, lord of the rings,
shawshank redemption, the green mile, any given sunday, terminator,
alien, predator, anything by wes anderson, big fish!!! joe dirt,
willow, . someday i want to write a screenplay and take big fish as
a major influence. our family tradition is to watch joe dirt every
christmas - think what you want on that one.<br />
<br />
shows! hbo is pretty much it for me: the wire is the greatest show
ever aired on television. game of thrones, eastbound and down, espn
30 for 30, arrested development!!!!! parks and rec, battlestar
gallactica, family matters! had to be home every friday night for
tgif as a kid!<br />
<br />
anything trent reznor, bob dylan, al green, any soul really, wu
tang, jay-z, rappers who use a lot of soul hooks, fleet foxes, bon
iver, philip glass, air, daft punk, need to listen to more outkast
again - i pretty much live on hype machine.
i read mostly non-fiction such as fast food nation, into thin air,
a random walk down wall st, sexual behavior of the human
male/female, general theory of love. hitch hikers guide to the
galaxy is hilarious! open any of the books at a random page and
i'll probably be laughing before getting to the next page.<br />
<br />
movie watching isn't something i do often but remember being
entertained by these: full metal jacket, princess bride, life of
brian, 10 things i hate about you.<br />
<br />
music: depending on my mood i'm normally happy with what radio
paradise plays or want some ridiculous thump-thump beats. for live
music i like swing, jazz and bluegrass with room to dance. as long
as you can go with the flow of my lousy rhythm i can lead basic
dances such as swing (6 count is easy, lindy hop needs some warmup)
and waltz. i love dancing and moving!<br />
<br />
food: double quantities of everything. chocolate, fresh bread,
nuts, avocado, fresh pastries, oranges and other round fruits. i'm
an orange juice snob. when i make pancakes i like to put in some
combination of bananas, strawberries, cherries and chocolate chips.
by american standards i like very strong cheeses. i like sharing
plates.
books:<br />
harry potter series<br />
the great gatsby<br />
to kill a mockingbird<br />
still life with rice<br />
<br />
tv:<br />
office!!! (us), parks and rec, modern family, big bang theory,
greys anatomy, how i met your mother, arrested devleopment, trashy
reality tv.<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
mean girls<br />
inception<br />
50/50<br />
roman holiday<br />
easy a<br />
<br />
music:<br />
k pop - - - epik high, clazziquai, 2ne1, big bang, snsd<br />
otherwise, pretty eclectic - kanye, drake, nicki minaj, bieber,
britney, miguel<br />
<br />
food:<br />
pretty much anything.<br />
timby.yelp.com
books: the giver, to kill a mockingbird, the scarlet letter, le
petit prince, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, freedom,
into the wild, the quiet american, discipline and punish, guns
germs &amp; steel, moby dick, catcher in the rye, the monkey wrench
gang, the great gatsby, lonesome dove, harry potter, the hobbit,
1984, a brave new world<br />
<br />
movies: cool hand luke, a streetcar named desire, west side story,
butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the good the bad and the ugly,
y tu mama tambien, sin nombre, pan's labyrinth, dazed and confused,
breakfast at tiffany's, doctor zhivago, minority report, old boy,
princess mononoke, fast times at ridgemont high, children of men,
layer cake, trainspotting<br />
<br />
shows: arrested development, deadwood, the wire, californication,
party down<br />
<br />
music: too much to list here. everything from leonard cohen to
austra, and everything in between.<br />
<br />
food: korean, italian, tacos, oysters, indian, thai. i love it all,
particularly pork-containing foodstuffs of all varieties.
magical thinking, augusten burroughs in general, zorba the greek,
silence of the lambs, coen brothers, sofia coppola, won kar wai,
begginers, morvern kallar, be with me, bring it on, painfully slow
paced unstylized documentaries (last train home on netflix is a
good one), twin peaks, cake, calexico, bonobo, little dragon, cut
chemist, the album leaf, sigur ros, four tet, nujabes, santagold,
the xx, minnesota public classical radio gets me in the work zone
like no other, chips and salsa, ethiopian, long life vegi house (go
to there!), good sandwiches, bubble tea
books: i typically like <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=science+fiction">science fiction</a>, and fantasy
books(tolkien, h. potter series, select books from the gw black
library).<br />
movies: there's so many i like! the twilight samurai, kung-fu
hustle, spirited away, howl's moving castle(pretty much anything by
miyazaki) just to name a few.<br />
<br />
music: i'm pretty open musically, if i have to pick favorite genres
it would be classical (and hard rock/metal) i can't think of a
genre that i haven't listened to and enjoyed some aspect of it.
from bluegrass, to techno i can find something to like in it
all.<br />
generally though, i'm a k-fog and npr kinda guy when it comes to
listening to the radio.<br />
<br />
food: my favorite cuisine is by far japanese food. followed closely
by indian, and just about anything else that's tasty or put in
front of me(i'll pretty much try most things to see if i like it).
um, i covered books, movies, shows, and music above. i've got way
more answers on books, movies and tv, so if you're interested let
me know and i'll regale you with a laundry list of great answers.
as for music, i know what i like when i listen to it and am fairly
eclectic in my likes, but i'll be the first to admit that music is
background more than foreground in my life. that said, i'll happily
tag along (and sing poorly to songs i don't know) to any concert
that's offered up.<br />
<br />
food-wise, i live on pizza, although since moving back to sf from
the east coast i'll admit that tacos are coming into serious
contention for most consumed.
mason &amp; dixon (thomas pynchon), anything by tom robbins,
anything by elmore leonard, to kill a mockingbird, america the
book(jon stewart), the origin of species (i know, i am a dork,
we've been through this), anything by david sedaris, one hundred
years of solitude, motorcycle diaries;<br />
<br />
everything by pt anderson, jaws, the royal tenenbaums and
everything else by owen wilson and wes anderson, evil dead, fight
club, any cheesy animal attack b-movie (seriously, i will pull an
all nighter to watch piranha 3), trainspotting, everything by kevin
smith, run lola run, motorcycle diaries, heathers, jesus christ
superstar, wet hot american summer, all things monty python,<br />
<br />
radiohead, beck, damien rice, smashing pumpkins, pixies, jane's
addiction, spoon, the national, led zepplin, old bowie (hunky dory
is perhaps the greatest album ever made), the frames, broken social
scene, billie holiday, miles davis, david gray, early stones, joni
mitchell, soundgarden, mc solaar, ozomatli...i love hearing new
stuff<br />
mexican is the best, i could live off of taco trucks. i love
veggies, broccoli is my favorite, indian, thai, anything spicy,
sushi but oddly not cooked fish. i have been known to carry hot
sauce in my purse.
right now my favorite authors are: stieg larsson, james patterson,
j.a. jance, and faye kellerman. i've have consumed everything by
octavia butler and enjoy rita mae brown mysteries. i just
discovered christopher moore who is definitely a hoot! my favorite
movie of all time is a toss between: the cook, the thief, his wife,
and her lover and an affair to remember. i really love bbs shows
especially the comedies: are you being served, as time goes by, and
of course monty python! recently just got into their mysteries:
wake the dead, being human, life on mars (much better than the
american version) and state of play (again much better than the
american remake). i adore 80's music. reminds me of my days hanging
out on broadway at the fab mab, chi chi club, and the stone. ah,
and days on the green concerts in oakland. five top bands for under
$20.00! best concert i ever saw, the clash open for the who's first
farewell concert! the clash best band every!!! and yes my taste can
also include abba as mentioned earlier, meatloaf, nin, erasure, and
green day. oh, and i love me some nina simone, in fact i can belt
out a few of her tunes. and one of the best things about living in
the bay area is the food. my favorite restaurants are boulevard,
farmer browns, and this great ethiopian restaurant up telegraph
near in berkley. adore sushi (it might be hard to come by now) and
just about all types of foods.
books: most of the time i'm stuck to reading business books but
when i have time i'll open up anything by albert camus, art of war,
the alchemist, the claiming of sleeping beauty trilogy, the wanting
seed, the great gatsby, bell jar<br />
<br />
movies: i can be a total sci-fi nerd when it comes to movies but
i'd be lying if i said my shelves aren't pack with cheesy romantic
comedies as well. otherwise, fear, momento, rushmore, forest gump,
gangs of new york, cashback, naked gun, inception, amelie, hanna,
shopgirl, there will be blood, alfred hitchcock collection, foreign
films- love me if you dare is one of my all time favorites. my
netflix account gets pretty abused on a regular basis.<br />
<br />
t.v. shows: breaking bad, flight of the concords, storage wars,
snl, true blood, arrested development, tara, bored to death, parks
&amp; rec, shameless, nip / tuck, up all night, the office, girls,
veep<br />
<br />
music: my ipod would emotionally fuck you. it's full of every
decade and genre you could possibly think of and i'm always adding
more. you'll probably have to come to karaoke to see what really
inspires me on any given day. don't worry, drinks help with
pretending to enjoy my "breathtaking voice".<br />
<br />
when it comes to food, i could name off a list of my favorites
spots, but then you might crowd the line and interrupt my quest for
nourishment. i could eat mexican food everyday if it wasn't so
unhealthy.<br />
<br />
i also like to cook at home a lot and like to mix up new recipes. i
throw a lot of dinner parties. entry fee= one bottle of wine.
i can't narrow these questions down, i really like them all but i
would have to say i love anything that deals with travel, history,
extreme sports, art. i am fascinated with documentaries.<br />
i love all types of food, and trying new foods. i hate clam
chowder. i love all music except hip hop some r&amp;b and
rap.<br />
this is a subject where you would just have to get to know me in
order to see all my likes
books<br />
im a big reader, next to my bed now martin amis (money) and his
dad<br />
kingsley (lucky jim) and one on robert browning.<br />
movies<br />
i tend toward indie films and 'chick fliks'.
i enjoy trying new restaurants and new types of food. i'm a fairly
adventurous foodie....enjoy the new experiences and trying new
things with friends.<br />
<br />
i am a voracious reader....mostly action/sci fi/mystery thillers. i
read whenever i can, usually have a couple of books going at one
time. i'm not really into the "examine my existential bellybutton"
type of books, but rather either historical or action-packed
ones.<br />
<br />
i enjoy all types of music...in my ipod are tons of hits from the
70's and 80's (mostly).....anything from al green to metallica to
hank williams, jr. depending on my mood at the moment, i'll listen
to just about anything. i enjoy live music....anything from
intimate cafes to stadium shows.<br />
<br />
favorite tv shows....daily show (i think i have a man-crush on jon
stewart), colbert report, chelsey lately, top gear (bbc version),
tosh.0, person of interest, californication, house of lies, dexter,
spartacus, burn notice, etc. i do watch sports, but not
obsessively.<br />
<br />
i love any b movie from the 70's and 80's, and enjoy going to the
movies now.....anything from quick rom-coms to intense docudramas.
book - in praise of shadows (junichiro tanizaki)<br />
film - subway (luc besson). hayao miyazaki/studio ghibli.<br />
food - kobe beef. chocolate. chef: heston blumenthal.<br />
wine - tokaji, trockenbeerenauslese, sauternes dessert wines.<br />
music - where do i start? mary gauthier, all blues, electronica,
dnb...<br />
theatre/dance - james thirre<br />
comedy/preacher - bill hicks
the healing wisdom of africa, decolonizing the mind, cien aos de
soledad, las venas abiertas de american latina (the open veins of
latin america), pluie et vent sur telumee miracle, etc. i have a
lot of different interests.<br />
<br />
i don't really watch much tv though and i'm not all that into it. i
do like to watch movies though. mostly foreign films,
documentaries, dramas, or whatever is good.<br />
<br />
i love to eat different kinds of food, my favorites are indian,
thai, ethiopian, mexican etc.
books: into thin air, the fountainhead<br />
movies: touching the void, into the wild, the dead poet's
society<br />
shows: the daily show, colbert report, south park, family
guy.<br />
music: all genres depending on the mood. coldplay, mumford &amp;
sons, leonard cohen, pink floyd, tool, death cab, snow patrol, jack
johnson, michael buble...<br />
food: all kinds, especially vegetables and fruits.
love all kinds of food<br />
love all types of music<br />
love movies that make me laugh and movies that i'd need a cuddle
buddy for to hold next to me<br />
love sy-fi shows
favorite books:<br />
the stranger by camus, books by sartre, hemingway, scott
fitzgerald, world war z, darkness at noon, the quiet american, amor
en los tiempos de clera by gabriel garca mrquez<br />
<br />
movies: the fifth element, braveheart, ever after: a cinderella
story, garden state, pulp fiction, inception, grindhouse, the
departed, zoolander, harry potter (i wont lie), lotr, fight club,
nightmare before christmas, pride and prejudice, riddick
triology<br />
<br />
instead of shows, i just like tv.<br />
<br />
music is a must, got to love the 90's, hip-hop, rock, oldies and
lets throw in some classical:<br />
nirvana. deftones. alice in chains. rage against the machine. nin.
sublime. radiohead. soundgarden. incubus. the libertines. the
thrills. eisley. yeah yeah yeahs. dresden dolls. big black delta.
the beatles. the doors. elvis. johnny cash. the intruders. the
temptations. etta james. billie holiday. elle fitzgerald. chet
baker. pitbull. say hi. the sounds. lmfao. shakira. the notorious
b.i.g. lil rob. dr. dre. 2pac.<br />
<br />
i'll eat almost anything but give me some good tacos, pasta, or
sushi and i'm set.
<strong>books</strong>: players handbook 3.5, calvin and hobbes,
fight club, kingdom come, identity crisis, ender's game, elric of
melnibon series, conan, the ultimates 1&amp;2, game of thrones,
everyone poops, the hatchet, sandman (all of it)<br />
<br />
<strong>movies</strong>: lord of the rings, star wars, star<br />
trek (new and old), big trouble in little china, the princess<br />
bride, inception, childen of men, dark city, inception,
alien,<br />
galaxy quest, district 9, sand lot, big green, enemy at the
gates,the great dictator, willow, 5th element, lucky number
slevin.<br />
<br />
<strong>shows</strong>: top gear(uk), community, lost, dexter,
mythbusters, daily show/colbert report, arrested development,
scrubs, venture brothers, game of thrones, rome, adventure time,
avatar: the last airbender., batman animated series, fringe,
spaced, we need girl friends.<br />
<br />
<strong>music</strong>: explosions in the sky, god speed you black
emperor, bonobo, qwoon, 65 days of static, the glitch mod, russian
circles, yelle, sage francis, atmosphere, murs, blackalicious,
austra, zola jesus, daft punk, hans zimmer, john williams, the yeah
yeah yeahs, blondie, woven hand.
music: ghostland observatory, muse, rage a.t.m., metallica, van
halen, broken bells, phoenix, empire of the sun, tiesto, wu tang,
nas, big boi, jason aldean, justin moore, toby keith, gentleman,
stephen marley, and many many more.<br />
<br />
tv: party down, archer, workaholics, south park, anything hbo or
starz. i am a sucker for curb your enthusiasm - still watching
these on demand multiple times a week.<br />
<br />
movies - big lebowski, office space, tommy boy, what about bob,
zombieland, rad, airborn, ace ventura, heat, ronin, casino,
goodfellas, chinatown, godfather
<em>the idiot's guide to cooking pasta</em> has everything i could
ever hope for in a book. suspense. when will this fusilli be al
dente? 10 minutes? 12 minutes? life-affirming certainty that i can,
in fact, throw away this spaghetti fork that i have not used since
2003 when my mother bought it as part of one of those starter
"kitchen in a box" deals from ikea. also, that dressing penne with
vodka is a-ok and some comic relief, what with all the puns.
(before the new spaghetti factory could open, it had to pasta
inspection. ha.) that and carbs.<br />
<br />
tv: you can probably guess without ever meeting me (blah, blah,
blah, curb your enthusiasm and arrested development were the best
shows ever.) so i will instead use this space to tell you that i
hate tina fey and 30 rock. her book was awful and she is ruining
feminism for all of us, and it's not just because she used that
damn lifealert joke and she doesn't even have a cat. actually, no,
it is.<br />
<br />
pictures: joachim patinir, bruegel, albrecht altdorfer, hercules
segers, rembrandt, frans hals, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=caspar+david+friedrich">caspar david friedrich</a>,
francisco zurbaran, courbet, et al. eventually i'll get around to
relevant things.<br />
<br />
food: i'm the kind of girl who will buy eight ounces of <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=sauerkraut+">sauerkraut</a> from the
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=bulk+foods">bulk foods</a> at
rainbow grocery and pretend it's lunch. i also perpetrate this same
ruse with <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=grapefruits">grapefruits</a>, air-popped popcorn, and
<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=those+little+nordic+rye%0acrackers">those little
nordic rye crackers</a> that have, like, negative calories by the
time you finish chewing them.
led zepplin, beastie boys, buena vista social club, manu chau, los
van van, michael jackson, jack white, orishas, abbilona, flo
rida... i guess this list could go on for days - i love music.
movies - sooper troopers, friday, caddyshack, death at a funeral,
anything fun and entertaning. shows - family guy, weeds, it's
always sunny in philadelphia, planet earth, friday night lights,
and the history channel. food- i love food! i will eat almost
anything and love to try new things.
<strong>food:</strong> i'm willing to try anything once, and i've
tried some random stuff. my obsession with food coupled with my
love of the internets means i'm also slightly addicted to <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=yelp">yelp</a> and <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=foursquare">foursquare</a>.<br />
<br />
<strong>books:</strong> i'll read anything and everything, and at
any given moment i'm reading at least a book or two. among my
favorites are - <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=crime+and+punishment">crime and punishment</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=white+fang">white fang</a>, and
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the%0ahandmaid%27s+tale">the
handmaid's tale</a>. i'll stop here, it'd be the list that never
ends if you wanted to really know all my likes.<br />
<br />
<strong>movies:</strong> of the films i have seen, i've liked -
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=amelie">amelie</a> (well,
really anything with audrey tautou), <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=run+lola%0arun">run lola run</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=snatch">snatch</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=boondock+saints">boondock saints</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=paris%2c+je+t%27aime">paris, je
t'aime</a>, and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+ramen+girl">the ramen girl</a>. generally though,
i like anything and everything but romantic comedies *blech*.<br />
<br />
<strong>music:</strong> i listen to everything, really. if you
checked out my playlists, you'd find country happily co-existing
with rap and rock, and some spanish and other random stuff in there
as well. <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the+weepies">the
weepies</a> and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=francesca+battistelli">francesca battistelli</a> are
my two most recent favorite discoveries.
i love reading anything about the body. i just read a book called
survival of the sickest. loved it!<br />
i love entourage, californication, and its always sunny...<br />
im a sucker for cheesy 90's r&amp;b (dont judge me)<br />
i'll eat anything
i've got a big interest for music and movies. some of my
favorite...<br />
<br />
artists: david bowie, the knife, the magnetic fields, sunset
rubdown, sigur ros<br />
<br />
movies: in the mood for love, 2046, mulholland drive, a clockwork
orange, dogville, moulin rouge, eternal sunshine of the spotless
mind<br />
<br />
books: harry potter, tuesdays with morrie<br />
<br />
shows: twin peaks, archer, californication, portlandia, gossip
girl, nip/tuck, 24<br />
<br />
food: japanese, mexican, italian
i like food; burritos/mexican/good chips/beer(i could do solely
with good beer) and loud music; manics through placebo past eels to
pink floyd and pixies, stone roses, blondie, blur/gorillas and
rolling stones and it the list continues. i rarely dislike loud
music, what a silly topic anyway
books: i am way behind on reading...mainly because i spend lots of
free time making gifts for people but that's besides the point. the
latest *can't put down* reads were the hotel at the corner of
bitter and sweet, girl in translation, sarah's key. to read: angels
and demons, girl with the dragon tattoo, suite francaise, the
confessions of max tivoli and the curious incident of the dog in
the night-time.<br />
<br />
favorites: sedaris, hornby, alvarez, marquez.<br />
<br />
movies: i *love* movies! i get caught up in indie, comedy, foreign
and classics. chungking express, in the mood for love, amelie,
roman holiday, hitch, only you, his girl friday, across the
universe, the commitments, before sunrise, swingers, better off
dead, barbarella, say anything, midnight in paris. i'm the type to
go movie marathoning just to see what is so great abut the oscar
noms before the oscars so i can judge for myself. if you are prone
to doing the same, we'd probably get along fantastically. the
artist was very deserving! most recent: friends with kids. on the
coffee table to view: the usual suspects, giant and the cook, the
thief, the wife and her lover.<br />
<br />
music: i will listen to just about anything...but new country and
rap. faves: cake, weezer, belly, pink martini, thievery, beatles,
springsteen, johnny cash, alanis, pj harvey, amy winehouse, gotan
project, massive attack, sinatra, cult, brubeck, beethoven. i'm way
behind in music and recently discovered adele. apparently, i've
been hiding under a rock for the past two years. i also love
rockabilly and swing...<br />
<br />
food: *love* food! i love asian and spanish cuisine. in the winter,
all it takes is a bowl of pho to warm my heart and soul. breakfast
for any meal...and cake may just be my favorite word.
i'll do a quick list and then have to add to it later!<br />
harry potter, the mortal instruments, twilight series, anything
sophie kinsella, the golden compass series, romance books for
brainless reading, to be continued...<br />
<br />
romantic comedies, x-men, harry potter, twilight, anything reese
witherspoon, action. no horror!<br />
<br />
country, hip hop, david cook<br />
<br />
sushi, pizza, french fries, tomatoes, steak, burgers, wine and
beer, to be continued...
wow lumping so many senses into one box..... many across
multiple<br />
ears, styles, topics and adventures. generally impeccably
written.<br />
take me away on an escape. love in the time of cholera, eat
love<br />
pray; alchemist, anatomy of desire, pema chodron, thich nhat
hanh,<br />
the god of small things, many great classics. flicks: in the
diving<br />
bell and the butterfly, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
and<br />
lost in translation, as it is in heaven, real dirt on farmer
john,<br />
into the wild, the lives of others, station agents, il
postino,<br />
throw down your heart ( bella fleck in africa), vicky
christina<br />
barcelona, juno music range: david byrne, steel pulse, toots,
peter<br />
gabriel, beth orten, jeff buckley, ella, coletrane, miles,
gabin,<br />
mingus, bossa nova (jaco p. etc) marley, franti, mkeba, most<br />
classical, krishna das, chemical brothers, most mushroom jazz,
1<br />
giant leap, zakir hussein, vusi...... food: all that i am not<br />
allergic to. hot spicy is a challenge to my pallet. prefer
clean,<br />
well prepped and organic or happily raised but if have to will
eat<br />
street food when on the road. i love to dine on white table
cloths<br />
or funkee eclectic dingy spots...its about the food, service
and<br />
atmosphere and memory.
books: good boss bad boss &amp; cash games by harrington<br />
movies: old school, the hangover, zoolander, back to the future i,
ii, iii<br />
music: pandora!<br />
food: sashimi, korean, meat!
i love to read, too many things to call favorites.<br />
in movies, i love period pieces, foreign films (like water for
chocolate, as it is in heaven), surprising gems i discover (snow
cake, best exotic marigold hotel), classic favorites that i can
recite or sing line for line like it's a wonderful life, sound of
music, the wizard of oz...<br />
theatre, oh! yes!<br />
music, all kinds (except angry rap) and i can't keep myself from
dancing, moving to it, so i don't even try.
food: all the countries<br />
music: eclectic - very little i don't like except modern jazz<br />
shows: plays (classic to experimental), yes - musicals...umm,
no<br />
movies: coen brothers, hitchcock, kubrick, jarmusch, woody allen,
many others: also, sci-fi, adventure, explosions<br />
books: annie proulx, murakami, alice munro, t.c. boyle, cormac
mccarthy, asimov, tolkien, heinlein, defoe, verne, dickens, lots
and lots
why do anarchists prefer functional programming languages? because
they're stateless! boom. tip your waiter, i'll be here all night.
i like comedy movies. circus de sole ,all kinds of music..food
varies..
the electric kool-aid acid test<br />
jane eyre<br />
big lebowski<br />
waiting for guffman<br />
blues, bluegrass, jazz, folk...hard to pick one favorite show, but
i went to a jimmy cliff show once that knocked my sox off.<br />
love all foods (except zucchini) - ethnic, spicy, dungeness crab,
gogol bordello, lcd sound system, violent femmes, air<br />
<br />
movies: the three idiots, the four lions,<br />
<br />
books: the prophet
<strong>books:</strong> <em>dune</em>, tolkien, <em>1984</em>,
<em>the count of monte cristo</em>, text books (various
subjects).<br />
<br />
<strong>movies:</strong> i like action/adventure movies, but i also
like movies of any genre that feature a strong rendition of a
unique character, like <em>american psycho</em> or <em>dirty
harry</em>.<br />
<br />
<strong>tv:</strong> i like science fiction (usually the cancelled
shows such as <em>star trek tng</em>, <em>battlestar
galactica</em>, etc.).<br />
<br />
<strong>food:</strong> my rule of thumb for preferred food is
nothing east of the middle east. however, i can generally be
cajoled into eating pretty much any other cuisine, subject to
certain sensible limitations such as no dog or human meat (even in
hors d'oeuvre form).
books: magazines, comics, learning and stuff. blogs<br />
music: the naked and famous,bon iver, beach house, gotye,
geographer, futurecop!, andrew bird, bibo, sbtrkt, die antwoord,
m83, animal collective, the temper trap, local natives, broken
bells, ben harper, minnesota, the black keys, daft punk, deadmau5,
2pac, eminiem, yeezy, felix da housecat, chromeo, m83, gangstarr,
hans zimmer, hieroglypics, so many more..i f'n love music it makes
me go and motivates and inspires me.<br />
<br />
i love movies! coen bros, scorcese, pt anderson, david lynch...so
many!<br />
<br />
food: japanese curry, sushi, greek, mexian, spanish, beef!, salads,
smoothies, orange juice, love cooking and eating out too.
blood orchid, the proposition, x-files, mayfield, peanut butter and
banana sandwiches with some shredded coconut.
books: i really like neil gaiman's bibliography. i recently read
the hunger games trilogy and the first game of thrones books and
those where not to bad either. i like to read a lot of how to books
as well as wikipedia. i guess i am inquisitive by nature and like
learn how every thing fits together.<br />
<br />
movies: i'm a huge movie buff. i like movies from almost all genres
if they are written well. the last movie i saw in the theaters was
the avengers which i enjoyed. probably one of my favorite movies of
all times is raiders of the lost ark. i cant really be objective
about this movie though because i kind of grew up watching
it.<br />
<br />
shows: hope this is not referring to theater shows. i liked house.
i just finished watching the first season of game of thrones and
that was fun. i am working my way through mad men on netflix as
previously mentioned<br />
<br />
music: i like a wide variety of music ranging from old school punk
to blues to classic rock. i probably have two solid weeks worth of
music on my iphone ranging from guns n' roses to enya. so as not to
be generic with my answer today at work i listened to the pogues,
souxie and the banshees, zz tops, nightwish and then when i found
out i would have to stay a few hours late i put on disintegration
by the cure so i could properly feel put upon. =d
just read the end of alice (super f'ed up, but great writing!) and
googled, the end of the world as we know it.<br />
<br />
recently saw midnight in paris - loved it!<br />
<br />
newest to me restaurant whence i dined = 25 lusk in soma.<br />
<br />
music - skins n' needles
recently finished jane smiley's private life (nicely written, but a
definite downer), girl in translation, the marriage plot, the
hunger games trilogy (saw the midnight premier packed with preteens
as well as me and my "more seasoned' friends - silly and fun) and
pd james' death comes to pemberley, jane austen, ken follett, john
irving, amy tan, and so much more. editorials by maureen dowd,
poetry - pablo neruda to rumi, mary oliver to billy collins. movies
that make me think or laugh or both. love theater and concerts
(jazz, rock, country and classical). movies? most recently enjoyed
hugo, the artist, the descendants and my week with marilyn, but
also sat through "chipwrecked" with a four- and a five-year old -
how's that for a spectrum? among my all time favorites - some like
it hot, 12 angry men, age of innocence, cinema paradiso,
casablanca, sense &amp; sensibility, beautiful mind ...
music: chillwave, trance, hipster crap, 90s, radiohead, romantic
era<br />
<br />
movies: aliens is the best film ever made. also really moody and
atmospheric films that don't really have a point but if you use
your imagination they're really insightful. but then also romcoms.
and horror...you know what i'll watch just about anything.<br />
<br />
tv: sitcoms, hbo shows, whatever the f*** happens to be on when i'm
wasting my life on the couch. especially trashy reality tv. my god
i love reality tv.<br />
<br />
food: bbq, burgers, fried things, americanized ethnic foods.<br />
<br />
books: lol i don't read. jk sometimes i do. usually bad scifi.
honestly science fiction authors are the worst but i just love
scifi so i deal with it. philip k dick is also nice but like
oftentimes his books are so bad that they're interesting.
books: zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, east of eden,
ender's game<br />
<br />
movies: anything with sylvester stallone (beyond cheesy i know),
die hard, the shawshank redemption, star wars, a beautiful mind,
dumb and dumber<br />
<br />
music: i can listen to pretty much anything except rap and music
where people are screaming. i won't lie, a big part of me is stuck
in the 80s with music. don't hold it against me.<br />
<br />
food: these are all things that will kill me if i eat them as much
as i want to: steak, bacon, peanut butter, potato chips, french
fries, chinese food, this list could go on all day long
fav foods: north indian, chinese, thai, brazilian, afghan...and
many others as long as they are well prepared.<br />
music: trance, electronica, grunge, 80s &amp; 90s dance, brahms,
mussorgsky -- not opposed to much<br />
movies: my dvd collection has over 1000 titles...there are a few of
each genre which can get repeat play time without hesitation. top
gun, under siege, sleepless in seattle, forrest gump, rain man, how
to lose a guy in 10 days, koyaanisqatsi, space balls, princess
bride, brazil, fight club<br />
books: influencing with integrity, predictably irrational, hands of
light, journey of souls, neuromancer, snowcrash, ringworld
oh so many at different times in my life. right now i'm reading a
lot of spiritual book such as: jack kornfield, sylvia boorstein,
thich nhat hanh. for movies i enjoy romantic comedies, drama,
documentaries , anything about the arts and culture. for music, i
listen to pretty much everything but love good old classic rock!
books - too numerous to name. glancing around my bookshelves: "a
theory of justice" by rawls, "the sermons of meister eckhart",
"q.e.d - the strange theory of light and matter" by feynman, "the
diamond sutra" (red pine trans.), "the bhagavad gita" (eknath
easwaran trans.), "bakunin - a biography" by mark leier, "war as i
knew it" by patton.<br />
<br />
just about everything i've read from neal gaiman, or neil
stephenson has captured my fancy in some way or another. maybe it's
the name.<br />
<br />
i don't generally dig movies or tv as a medium. both usually strike
me as too passive. once in a while, however, i can be persuaded to
take in a flick or a show. my favorite movie is "the twilight
samurai", followed closely by "city of god". at present i watch a
few shows from the bbc, including qi and sherlock.<br />
<br />
i like just about all music. i spent three years learning classical
guitar and did two years of music theory, so i'm quite familiar
with the various forms of western art music. i dig blues, jazz,
country, classic rock, metal, and a number of forms of electronic
music.<br />
<br />
i enjoy just about all things edible, provided they are plants or
fungi.
shows - game of thrones, dexter, breaking bad, trueblood, the
walking dead, wilfred, adventure time, family guy, south park, and
sports (sharks &amp; raiders).<br />
<br />
currently reading - behavioral investment counseling by nick murray
this is impossible to answer completely:<br />
<br />
music:<br />
i'm listening to the black keys right now, bowie, talking heads,
the cars, zeppelin, of montreal, ok go (for there awesome videos),
nirvana, pixies, radiohead, the clash beasty boys, tribe called
quest, blackalicious, old school hip hop, ray charles. oh the
violent femmes just came on. i like old funky stuff like james
brown and parliament, old jazzy stuff like ella fitzgerald, billy
holiday, and nat king cole, and my father instilled in me, a love
for the beatles.<br />
<br />
books: lolita may be the best novel ever written. david sedaris is
amazing, and so is mark twain, steinbeck, robert louis stevenson,
p.d. ouspensky, j.d. salinger, the little prince, and i read allot
of plays as well.<br />
<br />
movies: rushmore, the usual suspects, sunset boulevard, the
producers(original), anything by the coen brothers and on, and on,
and on
lately.. wall street journal, business publications, success
principles by jack canfield and water for elephants by sara gruen
science and all 'chicken soups'<br />
<br />
thai mexican italian and onion rings
i'm always reading but some of my favorites have been: anna
karenina, god has a dream, this boy's life and jane eyre. i have
wide-ranging taste in musicfrom blues to folk. lately, i've been
listening to delta blues' musicians like sonny boy williamson. in
movies, i prefer movies/documentaries based on true stories like
the inside job or comedies like trading places. i love seeing old
movies at the stanford theater, and take any chance to wander in
farmers' markets.
i like lots of different books/movies/shows/music/food. i also like
to try different books/movies/shows/music/food. got any
suggestions?<br />
<br />
right now i'm really into reading about adam yauch's (mca) life,
sarah dessen teen-fiction novels, listening to raphael saadiq's the
way i see it album and taylor swifts's songs from the hunger games
soundtrack, watching christian bale movies, eating oatmeal and
doughnuts, and watching girls, revenge and shows that they offer
on-demand on comcast cable that i didn't follow in the fall that i
sort of wanted to but didn't (like new girl and workaholics).
portrait of a lady, lush life, east of eden<br />
<br />
blue valentine, beginners, up in the air, raging bull,
ratatouille<br />
<br />
arrested, first season of the wire, highlights from the sing off
and so you think you can dance<br />
<br />
dvorak, drake, tchaikovsky, radio dept., chopin, nussair shamma
( ), bon iver, ohm kulthoum ( ) iron and wine
(pre-warner bros.), nick drake, stuff kanye west produces<br />
<br />
garbanzo beans, brussels sprouts, brown sugar<br />
<br />
and radiolab
books:<br />
- the imperfectionists, visit from the goon squad, heat, moveable
feast, let the great world spin, the brief wondrous life of oscar
wao<br />
<br />
music:<br />
- love music, love shows...ryan adams, rolling stones, the who,
nina simone, beirut, lcd soundsystem, hot chip, broken social
scene, the national, bruce springsteen, radiohead, peral jam, kid
cudi, j-z, who else...love it all<br />
<br />
food:<br />
- i'll eat anything and everything
house of leaves, anything by tom robbins, hunter s thompson or
william burroughs.<br />
<br />
joy division, passion pit, a perfect circle, ours, dntel,
modeselektor, john frusciante, flaming lips, the cure, sublime,
swans, pinback, smashing pumpkins, deftones, velvet
underground.<br />
<br />
i don't watch television (except for tosh.o and
documentaries).<br />
<br />
i'll eat anything.
books: anything by henry miller, haruki murakami, and milan
kundera. recently, "the history of love" and "let the great world
spin."<br />
<br />
movies: la femme nikita, manhattan, delicatessen, amelie, and roman
holiday.<br />
<br />
shows: arrested development, mad men, six feet under and 30
rock.<br />
<br />
music: billie holiday, nina simone, patti smith, bryan ferry, erik
satie, arcade fire, bjork, john coltrane, rufus wainwright, tom
waits.<br />
<br />
food: mediterranean, sushi, italian, home cooked.
movies: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, battle in seattle,
the boondock saints, the cell, donnie darko, fight club, gattaca,
the crow, gladiator, little miss sunshine, lotr, pan's labyrinth,
wristcutters, corpse bride<br />
<br />
music: in flames, children of bodom, regina spektor, sonata
arctica, malice mizer, cake bake betty, devotchka, msi, weepies,
the shins, dj cheb i sabbah, beyond, radical face, eluveitie,
funker vogt, vac, mgmt, neutral milk hotel, e nomine, niyaz, jesse
cook, infected mushroom, shpongle, bassnectar, brian crain<br />
<br />
food: jian bing, dim sum (jiao zi, bao zi, shao mai, etc), sushi,
vietnamese soups, yellow curry (and most curries), entrees with
duck
books: alice in wonderland, einstein's dreams, eleven minutes
and/or the alchemist, tuesdays with morrie<br />
<br />
movies: princess bride, shawshank redemption,
right now i'm into diana gabaldon's seris, last movie i liked was
kings speech, rebirth brass band, loco bloco was the last live show
i saw, but i general love all types of music, as for food, why
choose one when you can love them all...
still life with woodpecker, 1984, jitterbug perfume, the old man
and the sea, the sun also rises, less than zero, american pyscho,
hawaii, i like all types of music but i really like hip/hop,
classic rock, house and korean pop. india food.
martin lawerence show..and the boy boy young mess!
books: finance/economics books, the book of basketball, the golden
compass, the grapes of wrath, harry potter<br />
<br />
movies: the departed, the avengers, i, robot, transformers, star
wars, toy story, lion king, space jam, 40 year old virgin, the
avengers<br />
<br />
tv: 24, breaking bad, the walking dead, the wire, himym, the
office, boy meets world, chappelle's show<br />
<br />
music: ne-yo, b.o.b., kid cudi, drake, bruno mars, usher, t.i.,
maroon 5, eminem, lupe fiasco, 2pac<br />
<br />
food: baby back ribs, steak, cheese, hamburgers, sushi, pasta,
carnitas fries (my favorite food but i can't find outside of san
diego), cheesecake, not a big fan of chinese food cause i have been
eating it all my life.
"wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west",
"bossypants", "rain of gold". i have no shame in admitting that i'm
reading the "fifty shades" trilogy. it's crap but i'm invested in
the characters. i really hope those 2 crazy kids make it
work.<br />
<br />
"community" completes me. "30 rock" makes me want to be a better
man...wait.<br />
<br />
i still mourn the loss of hip hop. (yes, i've come to the "kids
these days don't know good music" phase of my life.) i'm trying to
fill the void with everything else but that's a big void to fill.
just pop in a 90's r&amp;b/hip hop flavored mid-day mix and i'm a
happy girl. favorite divas include madonna and shakira. selena will
always have a place in my heart.<br />
<br />
madonna's mdna is still currently taking over my life.
a) the name of the wind, wicked, johnathan strange and mr. norell,
villa incognito, anansi boys, fierce invalids home from hot
climates<br />
<br />
b)scott pilgrim, zombieland, the incredibles, monsters, inc.,
edward scissor hands (makes me cry every time), primer, amelie,
secretary<br />
<br />
c)doctor who, 30 rock<br />
<br />
d)nirvana unplugged in ny, of the blue colour of the sky<br />
<br />
e) lobster, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=uni">uni</a>,
chocolate
just saw hugo, great movie. taken, inception, ratatouille, were
good. books by margaret atwood, t. c. boyle, bill bryson, mitch
albom, any book award winner. really liked crooked letter, crooked
letter. music...pretty much anything but rap. food...i like
barbecue but have been using my wok a lot lately.
the count of monte cristo<br />
how to make love like a porn star: a cautionary tale<br />
little black book of conections<br />
<br />
the rock<br />
chasing amy<br />
adam sandler movies<br />
horror and slasher movies<br />
disney movies<br />
anything with pirates<br />
the transporter series<br />
iron man<br />
<br />
music....the most important<br />
<br />
anything...i am serious..my itunes has 25000+ songs. i have a
little of everything. i like rock(old, classic, hardcore, metal,
pop, punk, alternative), i like pop, dance, rap, r&amp;b and even
country.
avid reader with two or three books going at once, currently
reading my own country by abraham verghese, just finished
bossypants by tina fey (hysterical), and thinking i need to tackle
moby dick this summer, usually sit with my high school webster's
seventh new collegiate dictionary at my side so as not to miss any
words. my taste in movies is very eclectic, grown from not having
any commercial tv in my home for over 20 years. i will watch
anything except booga-booga horror movies, stupid movies (jennifer
anniston crap), and still can't get with eraser head. favorite
movies include city lights, anything by kirosawa, coen brothers,
all movies set in england, out of africa, holiday, his girl friday,
cinema paradiso, tarantino movies, the ice storm, silent movies and
b/w, to mention a few. i saw miles davis at the hollywood bowl a
million years ago ("the silver tongued arpeggio is the pure truth")
and that was my introduction to jazz, love the blues, classic rock
and roll, some punk (my son's influence), classical and some opera.
i'm a very adventuresome eater, trying anything but bugs and snake
meat . . . and absolutely adore having a man cook with or for me.
i don't always read books, but when i do, i prefer dos equis.<br />
shows? how i met your mother, breaking bad, cowboy bebop, rurouni
kenshin, samurai champloo, the walking dead, and just about any
japanese anime that includes swords and/or ninjas<br />
food? bacon wrapped hot-dogs, chicken pho, vietnamese style
pork-chops and rice with an egg on top!<br />
music? i'll listen to anything except country.
nonfiction; biographies, historical nonfiction, and compelling
fiction. and, oki'm admitting it herei'm also basically a
magazine junkiebusiness, design, yoga mags. but, i really really
love inc and fast company. i'm kind of an entrepreneur/business
junkie in that way.<br />
<br />
musically, i'm very into classical and listen to it a lot, but i'm
equally tuned into kfog in the car.<br />
<br />
food-wise, i just returned from italy, and every time i'm there,
i'm constantly amazed that food can be that good. it's really about
simple, great, fresh, high quality ingredients. i enjoy cooking and
eating healthy, and exploring new restaurants and recipes.
avatar , any action movie<br />
<br />
iii lllooovvveeeee sushi
toby aims to direct at least five feature film, so needless to say
he is an aficionado of the silver screen. he enjoys opera concerts
and experimental sound artists. he employs an open heart and mind,
but rarely needs it to find new artists - new artists find
him.<br />
<br />
small snippet:<br />
<br />
movies: the darjeeling limited, amelie, teenage mutant ninja
turtles, iron giant, princess mononoke, district 9, ratatouille,
king of california, moon, lars and the real girl and many others. i
love documentaries and movies period.<br />
<br />
music: fort minor, black keys, mumford &amp; sons, jake walden,
birdy, a.f.i., blue october, rise against, bop skizzum, ingrid
michaelson, regina spektor, ben harper, cage the elephant, vampire
weekend, frou frou, goo goo dolls, michael buble, bruno mars, jake
owen, eminem, flobots, the fray, sarah jarosz, spoon, andrew belle,
bon iver, adele, the decemberists, jonny lang, 2pac, matt
nathanson. (i listen to everything and love music.)<br />
<br />
tv: avatar: last air bender, fosters home for imaginary kids,
chowder, breaking bad, chuck, game of thrones.<br />
<br />
books: toby has read over 1,000 books. here are his favorites: way
of the peaceful warrior, scaramouche, manwatching, harry potter
series, hunger games, opening the dragon gate, super crunchers, the
tao of pooh, how to build a dinosaur, emotional awareness, the
essence of happiness, everything related to film &amp; animation,
and history. love reading.
books: i enjoy fantasy and science fiction. favorites including the
works of glen cook, robert jordan, george martin, and the offbeat
humor of terry pratchett.<br />
<br />
movies: i run the gambit here on what i like: favorites include the
bad news bears (orginal), stand by me, the princess bride, and lord
of the flies<br />
<br />
food: most anything i don't have to make myself
goethe, shakespeare, bronte sisters, v for vendetta, criminal
minds, law and order, sichuanese food, ethiopian food, dim sum,
pancakes, waffles, french toast.
in search of lost time<br />
no country for old men<br />
breaking bad<br />
the pierces<br />
stinky cheese
music: operation ivy, love songs, hickey, constantines, refused,
minutemen, descendents, pixies, the make-up, nation of ulysses, the
cupid's car club, algernon cadwallader, swirlies, suicide machines,
drive like jehu, beat happening, dub narcotic soundsystem,
kraftwerk, fugazi, jawbox, pavement, sonic-youth, nirvana, grass
widow, life without buildings, best coast, mission of burma, my
bloody valentine, guided by voices, choking victim, filth,
crimpshrine, the germs, x, the dead milkmen, tsol, indian summer,
!!!, i hate myself, the velvet teen, june of 44, polvo, the
meatmen, flipper, weekend, archers of loaf, cap'n jazz, joan of
arc, owls, make believe, the one up downstairs, braid, the
americas, xiu xiu, mos def, talib, the pharcyde, nwa, rakim, tribe
called quest, snoop doggy dogg, wu- tang, madlib/quasimoto, aloe
blacc, j dilla, mf doom, fela kuti, james brown... just to name a
few.<br />
<br />
books: kurt vonnegut, aldous huxley, jack kerouac, tom robbins, our
band could be your life.<br />
<br />
movies: fantastic planet, kung-fu hustle, natural born killers,
rock and roll high school, brazil, franken-hooker, all wes anderson
and miyazaki movies<br />
<br />
television: cats 101, tim and eric, superjail, curb your
enthusiasm<br />
<br />
food: burritos, sandwiches and sushi.
books/movies:<br />
i am a fan of most kinds of <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=sci-fi">sci-fi</a>.<br />
have extremely eclectic tastes in my movie watching habits<br />
i really watch a lot of movies.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
mostly listen to <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=alternative+music">alternative music</a>, but i enjoy
lots of other stuff too from pop to classic, jazz, or even
rap/hip-hop occasionally.<br />
i feel that having played trumpet in jazz and concert bands before
has given me an unique appreciation for a lot of types of music
which aren't really all that popular these days...<br />
<br />
food:<br />
not a picky eater... i love <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=seafood">seafood</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=italian">italian</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=thai">thai</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=japanese">japanese</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=chinese">chinese</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=vietnamese">vietnamese</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=korean">korean</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=indian">indian</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=hawaiian">hawaiian</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=filipino">filipino</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=french">french</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=mediterranean">mediterranean</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=mexican">mexican</a>, and the list goes on and
on...
i love good eats in trying new restaurants. my favorite cuisines
are japanese, chinese, french and italian. i love chinese pop music
from the 80's.
"you can read it in stories you can read it in books - or you can
live and leave all the stories behind" grace slick - jefferson
airplane - play on love
i never liked this question. i love music, lots of kinds and from
all over the world. i love live music. i'd like to make more time
for films - in the cinema and on my laptop. i've been watching
online programming on al jazeera (english) lately as my news and
entertainment, as well as my regular dose of the daily show. at the
moment i tend to focus on fiction about asia and by asian authors,
or about immigrant or multiple experiences of all kinds. or i get
into magazine modes - usually the new yorker -- and don't make
enough time for books.<br />
<br />
i love food, too - eating and cooking. i am a fish/seafood eating
vegetarian - whatever label you want to put on it - but appreciate
all kinds of food and am all about people getting in their protein.
too vast... would love to save this question for breakfast.
books: my buddy just showed me the first page of finnegans wake and
it looks awesome.<br />
fermat's enigma, dancing wu-li masters, yoga of time travel, ken
follet, chuck palahniuk.<br />
<br />
movies: comedies like stripes, three amigos and kingpin are always
in heavy vhs rotation at my pad. fear and loathing in las vegas is
another. beerfest. the revenant was pretty sweet.<br />
shows: always sunny, the league, arrested development, shameless,
curb, three sheets, drinking made easy, cheers, seinfeld, king of
queens, children's hospital, twin peaks, jericho, the late late
show with craig ferguson, psych, frasier.<br />
<br />
music: most older anticon, shapeshifters, buck 65, madlib, why?,
themselves, subtle, company flow, sixtoo, sole, beatles, anonymous
inc, mf doom, flying lotus, daedelus, clouddead, greenthink, gorgo
bordello, most forms of jazz, blues and whatever me and my buddies
make. also most local artists that i've heard.<br />
<br />
food: i just recently fell in love with baked sweet potatoes. and
by recently i mean 15 minutes ago. i love homemade chicken tacos. i
just started eating healthier, so if you can cook, relatively
healthy (i don't mean tofu and bean sprouts i still can murder a
burger or philly cheesteak) then hello!
i enjoy books, movies, music and food. yes i do.
books: born to run! harry potter! hunger games!<br />
movies: omg! too many to list. goofy comedies, ie. old school,
zoolander, adam sandler movies, etc. also blockbusters and most
romantic comedies. watching movies is my favorite thing to
do.<br />
shows: reality dance shows. yes, dancing with the stars, so you
think you can dance, america's next best dance crew, etc.<br />
music: most everything except rap. definitely love the 80s.<br />
food: yes!
since my opinions are always changing, i dislike keeping
favorites.<br />
however, the following are some of my current favs...<br />
books- bluest eye by toni morrison, kindred by octavia butler,
farming of bones by edwidge danticat, breath, eyes, memory by
edwidge danticat, the brief and wonderous life of oscar wao by
junot diaz<br />
<br />
movies- live out loud, sunset boulevard, love jones, frida, singing
in the rain, coming to america, eternal sunshine of the spotless
mind, all about eve, havplenty, 13 going on 30, dreamgirls<br />
<br />
music genres- soul r&amp;b, hip-hop, kompa (haitian music), reggae,
soca,<br />
(if it sounds good i'll listen to it but i find myself listening to
these genres the most)<br />
<br />
artists- stevie wonder, jill scott, prince, anthony hamilton,
lauryn hill, erykah badu, buju banton, and nina simone<br />
<br />
food- everything! i haven't eaten meat in over four years.
otherwise, i have eclectic taste in food.
manga, anime, movies like sherlock homes,and starwars. foods i
highly like are sandwiches with alot of mustard and chowder
hallie: the razor's edge, the graduate, black keys (and many more),
beef stroganoff<br />
<br />
hillary: blood meridian, velvet goldmine, townes van zandt, queso
grendel is my favorite book. the main character is a monster who
runs around philosophically eating people. some of my other
favorites are siddhartha, 1984, a brave new world, the giver, and
the bell jar.<br />
<br />
fight club, sayonara itsuka, zombieland, dawn of the dead, sin
nombre<br />
<br />
archer, breaking bad, house, psych, many more.<br />
<br />
kaskade, dash berlin, dada life, wolfgang gartner, martin solvang,
pretty lights, crystal method, jay-z, basically anything you can
dance to :)
i can tell you what i'm reading now: i just subscribed to juxtapoz
magazine. i need to look at more art. back to reading color by
victoria finlay<br />
music: i just bought robert glasper's new album, tyler the creator
blew my mind...i wish he would blow other things...gosh. lil wayne
makes me yum yum, janis joplin, sunhopfat, erykah badu, 90's
r&amp;b, grizzle bear, whitney!! whhhhyyyyy..... oh it goes on...
van morrison, i meditate to rachmaoff, etc. i love blue grass,
gangsta rap, strong woman guitar soul funk metal psych prog jazz
stuff. hella like that music stuff.<br />
food: i will tell you what i wont eat (and you can guess that i
will eat everything else) okra, brussel sprouts, and shit. i dont
like sea urchin or egg yoke.<br />
i play in a band. we're bad ass i'm not gonna lie. if i like you i
may tell you the name :o
i love jhumpa lahiri, wfuv and fresh, healthy, tasty food of
different varieties.
been to coachella two years in a row, looking forward to outside
lands this summer, and can't wait for the final dark knight movie
to come out. in love with hong kong classics by wong kar wai, and
profound films like melancholia by gus van sant.<br />
<br />
how can i limit my passion for food in this little box? i eat
everything and anything and usually in huge quantities...i guess
i'll have to thank my swimming past for that. take me out for some
real chinese food and i'm sold.
as an english major, i have a lot of favorite books. i enjoy
reading those trashy self-help relationship books (i.e how to get
him and keep him) for fun. i am very guilty for being infatuated
with gossip girl. i talked trash about it until i got hooked on it.
amongst others are how i met you mother and when i'm home with my
mother, i also enjoy watching those dramatic novelas. food...yum. i
love food.
tv: top gear, frontline. movies: anchorman, fight club, apocalypse
now, children of men, forgetting sarah marshall. music: radiohead,
muse, blonde redhead, dubstep. i don't listen to the radio, so i'm
admittedly out of it when it comes to what's current. food: coffee,
thai, japanese, indian.
beaches, rise of the planet of the apes, smurfs, i am, harvey milk,
foreign films (espanol),contracorriente, ausente, julia roberts,
action, mama mia. as far as music- ricky martin, los trio, man ,
shakira, oscar de la hoya-songs with a message even donny and
marie's new album with songs like beautiful life.
i have the same taste as you in so many ways it's amazing, yet, i
also have some interests and tastes that intrigue you,<br />
and, thankfully, i dislike the exact books, movies, shows, music,
and food that you do.
i am a huge film and music person and extremely passionate about
the things i do love. some of my favorite directors are oliver
stone, ang lee, kevin macdonald, michel gondry, werner herzog, the
coen bros, inarritu, david fincher.<br />
<br />
favorite music includes bob marley, radiohead, supergrass, arcade
fire, ween, hot chip, starfucker, tv on the radio, spoon, air,
passion pit, ozomatli, modest mouse, moby, miike snow, edward
sharpe &amp; the magnetic zeros, ladyton, dr. dre, and so many
others i can't even name.<br />
<br />
tv - i do watch alot of tv since i work in the television industry,
but my favorite shows recently are boardwalk empire, who do you
think you are and finding your roots (i'm into the ancestry stuff),
live music on palladia, and locked up abroad!<br />
<br />
also read alot and will read anything from non-fiction to fiction,
bios, poetry.
books: was reading some robert greene, but now its back to the
grind - gettin' my learn on.<br />
movies: my favorite series now - trailer park boys reruns<br />
<br />
food: thai and latin are the top 2, but i love everything,
including giant bowls of pho.
knowing, book of eli, avatar
books: complications, game of thrones, musicophilia, the man who
mistook his wife for a hat, the professor and the madman, capone,
harry potters, the hobbit, the phantom tollbooth, the great gatsby,
biographies<br />
<br />
movies: fifth element, lucky number slevin, anchorman, happy
gilmore, memento, fight club, life aquatic, beyond the valley of
the dolls, disney's robin hood,<br />
<br />
shows: arrested development, always sunny, scrubs, the office, the
mighty boosh, futurama, how i met yo mama, parks and rec,
newsradio, better off ted, jeeves and wooster, dexter, weeds, top
gear, monty python<br />
<br />
music: anything with a pulse. favorites are dispatch, state radio,
sufjan stevens, andrew bird, lemon jelly, ratatat, beirut, slightly
stoopid, air, beatles, mac miller, zion i, count basie,
rachmaninoff.
just to name a few...<br />
<br />
"at swim, two boys" by jamie o'neill<br />
"an arrow's flight" by mark merlis<br />
"his dark materials" by philip pullman<br />
"the thief of always" by clive barker<br />
lotr, les miserables, derrida, dan savage<br />
"the poisonwood bible" by barbara kingsolver<br />
"we the animals" by justin torres<br />
<br />
serenity, what dreams may come, the fountain, hook, star wars
(originals), aliens, the fall, the history boys, amazing
grace<br />
<br />
firefly, glee, bsg, modern family, rome, lost, six feet under,
absolutely fabulous, neon genesis evangelion<br />
<br />
broadway, soundtracks, joanna newsom, patrick wolf, harry chapin,
jamie cullum, fleet foxes, regina spektor, sufjan stevens, jan
brannan, basically anything with good lyrics.<br />
<br />
indian, greek, italian, mexican, pizza, burgers,<br />
cheese, sushi, korean, seafood, red wine, chips and salsa,
guacamole, baked goods.
a selection of my most favorite things:<br />
<br />
alan watts,ender's game, beggars in spain, fight club, holy grail,
big lebowski , dub step, tao is silent, sand &amp; foam, black
adder house, princess bride, rifftrax, fresh baked bread, panang
curry, i &lt;3 huckabees, salt &amp; pepper ice cream,
futurama<br />
<br />
and since i find that dislikes are as important, some of my least
favorite things:<br />
<br />
twilight series, morning djs, vapid souls, thoughtless lives,
absolutes, mushrooms, reality tv.
i loved you deserve nothing, the boat, the elegance of the
hedgehog, born fighting, what i talk about when i talk about
running. also liked dfw, and marquez tops my all-time favorites
list. and i'm reading several sufi books--looking for that mystical
experience that goes beyond the page...oh, and the new
yorker.<br />
<br />
i'm such a film geek that i actually read screenplays. the hurt
locker was amazing, and west wing--aaah, sorkin!<br />
<br />
tv: modern family, parks &amp; rec, 30 rock. i watch from my
computer, no actual tv.<br />
<br />
i listen to wait, wait, don't tell me after yoga on saturdays.
total cliche, huh?<br />
<br />
5 most-played songs right now: howlin' for you, get some, dog days
are over, pumped up kicks...number 5 is actually an embarrassing
throwback that will ruin any semblance of coolness i may have going
on in this profile right now if i list it.<br />
<br />
oh yeah--food. i especially love asian: thai, burmese, a good bento
box...i eat pretty healthy--but i have a terrible sweet tooth.
glee, house, criminal minds. i'm in the process of watching friends
and desperate housewives. i love mean girls, love actually, big
fish, and right now i really love despicable me (i still love kid
movies. don't hate.)<br />
<br />
food? i love food.<br />
<br />
music? i love all types of music if it can make me sing and
dance!<br />
<br />
books? i love books...when i have the time to read.
books- yeahnot really much of a book person<br />
<br />
movies- top gun, remember the titans, wedding crashers, the
hangover, and many more<br />
<br />
music- club, trance, house, electric, pop, rap, hip-hop. to name a
few: muse, kid cudi, nervo, dev, lmfao, afrojack, alina,
basshunter, swedish house mafia, steve aoki, safri duo, kid sister,
hyper crush, skrillex, bassnectar, pendulum, era, mythos, e.s.
posthumus and many others and anything playing on 92.7, 99.7,
94.9<br />
<br />
tv shows- dexter, game of thrones, the walking dead, how i met your
mother, others<br />
<br />
food- all sorts of different cuisines
movies : devil wears prada, the sandlot, dances with wolves, the
hangover, cool runnings, the joy luck club, superbad, braveheart,
the prestige, lord of the rings, the green mile, independence
day<br />
<br />
books: a fine balance, the giving tree, harry potter, the kite
runner, mountains beyond mountains, the joy luck club, matilda,
suze orman: yf&amp;b<br />
<br />
music: goapele, bruno mars, murs, christina aguilera, kolohe kai,
jboog, pati, tupac, mj, adele, b.e.p., chrissette michele, miguel,
the temptations, marvin gaye, jason mraz, beyonce, alicia keys and
so many more<br />
<br />
food: all kinds!
some of my favorite book are anything by jerzy kosinski. the
"seventh sin" by lawrence sanders(guilty pleasure indeed), "kalki"
by gore vidal, the "magus" by john fowls, "lolita" by vladimir
nabokov, "the once and future king" by t.h. white, "the little
prince" by antoine de saint-exupry, "king rat by james clavell,
fear and loathing in las vegas" by hunter s. thompson, the cartoons
in the new yorker and finally listed under "guilty pleasures" comic
books - yes, i am an intellectual and a geek!.<br />
<br />
my top movies are (in no particular order) "amlie", "apocalypse
now", "gold finger", "a clockwork orange", "cabaret", "body heat",
" double indemnity", "the third man", "the sweet smell of success",
"stage coach", the first film to make me cry was frank capra's
"it's a wonderful life" - the line at the very end; "to my brother
george, the richest man in town" gets me every time.<br />
<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=%22betty+blue%22%2c+%22dancer+in+the+dark%22">"betty
blue", "dancer in the dark"</a> - these last two absolutely broke
my heart!<br />
<br />
i still listen to house music from the 80's like "808 state" and
"front 242". plus "steely dan and "the fine young cannibals". i
have a huge crush on bjrk<br />
<br />
i love mexican &amp; chinese food<br />
<br />
i spend way too much time playing chess.
history books, and anything that will teach me about the world is a
book that will keep me interested till the last chapter. i like
movies that do not have happy endings; these types of movies seem
more sincere to me.
since this list is ever-evolving and ever-expanding, this is what
i've been into in the last 3-5 months:<br />
<br />
books:<br />
novels: dh lawarence's women in love, the english patient, italo
calvino's invisible cities, allende's zorro, the hours, the death
of the the heart, poisonwood bible<br />
nonfiction: rebecca sonlit's a field guide to being lost , geoff
dyer's out of sheer rage, blink: how to think without thinking,
dhl's sea and sardinia, my stroke of insight, woolf's a room of her
own, a hero with a thousand faces, diary of anais nin<br />
poetry: tony hoagland's donkey gospel, rainier maria rilke, mark
jarman's to the green man &amp; epistles, adelia prado's alphabet
in the park<br />
movies: lives of others, lady chatterley, stardust, the bible camp,
bennie and june, the hours, amelie, linda linda linda, roman de
gare<br />
<br />
food: sushi, eritrean, strawberry milkshake, tuna sandwich,
homemade yogurt, black figs, arugula, fried eggs, watermelon wedges
sprinkled with lime and salt...<br />
<br />
music: rodrigo y gabriela, john coltrane, charles mingus, bright
eyes, decemberists, bebe, manu chao, black eyed peas, bob dylan,
leonard cohen, k-os, nelly furtado
books: slaughterhouse five, fahrenheit 451, zeitoun, the
wind-up<br />
bird chronicle, even cowgirls get the blues, still life with<br />
woodpecker, poisonwood bible, animal dreams, prodigal<br />
summer<br />
<br />
movies: melancholia, lost in translation, darjeeling limited, the
life aquatic, stranger than fiction, pan's labyrinth, transformers,
inception, superbad, there will be blood, i am love, district 9,
coraline, election<br />
<br />
music: eilen jewell, lhasa de sela, neko case, cat power, sade,
prince, thievery corporation, patsy cline, classical<br />
persian, marina &amp; the diamonds, madeleine peyroux, over
the<br />
rhine, lila downs, jolie holland<br />
<br />
food: i will try it all. some favorites include veggies,
bacon,<br />
watermelon, elaborate salads, snacks (i snack a lot), all
things<br />
pickled, cheese, salami, artichokes, and avocados
books...a tree grows in brooklyn, a wild sheep chase.
movies...tonari no totoro. music...wilco, robyn. food...chocolate.
i love love love lost, dexter and breaking bad. one day while at
home sick from work, i devoured the first two seasons of breaking
bad. it's just so brilliant. food wise, thai is my favorite,
followed by indian, chinese and vietnamese.
not a fan of country music here. other than that, my musical taste
has no boundaries. i'm not a music snob and am definitely open to
listening to a variety of music. i love sugary pop crap just as
much as i like apathetic hipstery anthems.<br />
<br />
i haven't read anything fun lately, but the last good book that
sucked me in was "a short history of nearly everything" by bill
bryson. i'm currently reading "the imperfectionists." i'll let you
know how i liked it in about two years when i'm done reading
it.<br />
<br />
if a drag queen, julia roberts, cate blanchett, marcia gay harden,
judi dench, or geoffrey rush are in a movie, either separately or
(sigh, fingers crossed) together, it's pretty much my favorite
movie. also, anything almodovar has ever touched is also guaranteed
to be one of my favorites.<br />
<br />
from about the fourth grade through college, i read the newspaper
every single day from front page to back. i'm somewhat of a news
geek and, as a result, i'm pretty well versed in current events.
these days i'll read some sort of major online news website almost
daily. i subscribe to "the week" and i round out my news geek fest
with "entertainment weekly."<br />
<br />
i will eat almost anything.
<strong>books</strong><br />
plath, cummings, whitman, bukowski, kerouac, austen, eugenides,
philip k. dick, foer, krauss, and murakami.<br />
<br />
<strong>movies</strong><br />
almost famous, the labyrinth, the dreamers, pan's labyrinth,
vampyr, une femme est une femme, waking life, eternal sunshine of
the spotless mind.<br />
<br />
wes anderson, stanley kubrick, david lynch, hayao miyazaki.<br />
<br />
<strong>television</strong><br />
anything by joss whedon. 30 rock, archer, breaking bad, boardwalk
empire, community, firefly, freaks and geeks, frisky dingo, game of
thrones, mad men, six feet under, sons of anarchy, terriers, true
blood. it's sad how many of these are canceled.<br />
<br />
<strong>food</strong><br />
i'm a recently lapsed vegetarian. i like eating indian and
vietnamese and cooking italian.<br />
<br />
<strong>music</strong><br />
aceyalone, aesop rock, air, alkaline trio, andrew bird, am &amp;
shawn lee angus &amp; julia stone, atmosphere, awon, beach house,
blackalicious, the black keys, black kids, beach fossil, blaqk
audio, the blow, bon iver, brand new, bright eyes, brother ali,
caribou, common, the cool kids, cunninlynguists, dale earnhardt jr.
jr., das racist, dead prez, deadmau5, dr. dog, fleet foxes, flying
lotus, gayngs, girl talk, the heavy, hot chip, immortal technique,
iron&amp;wine, jay-z, jazz liberatorz, jets to brazil, joy
division, junior boys, kendrick lamar, kite flying society, lemon
jelly, living legends, local natives, lupe fiasco, mayer hawthorne,
massive attack, motopony, the mountain goats, nas, notorious
b.i.g., odd future, pacific division, people under the stairs,
pinback, portugal. the man, radiohead, ratatat, the roots, rjd2,
santogold, surfer blood, the tallest man on earth, tune-yards,
warpaint, xaphoon jones, yeah yeah yeahs, yelle, zero 7.
a lifetime so far of obsessive<br />
reading, listening, watching, thinking,and<br />
eating...but not obsessively. paul bowles, eno, mozart, miles, fado
music, dostoyevsky, velvet underground, anais nin, a zillion jazz
folks, sandy denny, laura nyro, dylan, the usual suspects, and
more.<br />
neruda, maugham, angela carter....<br />
<br />
i'm a good simple cook and appreciate that skill in others.<br />
<br />
i can say i'm probably the only person over 35 who's never seen
star wars. let's just say if you put stephen king and hegel in
front of me, i'd pick up hegel. if you put carlos castaneda and mfk
fisher, i'd flip a coin. if you put bowie, cristina brava, and mose
allison on the box,<br />
i'd say whatever...jazz is an endless sea of satisfaction. rock and
roll of course has kept me, like many others, from slitting my
wrists. only kidding. not.
books :) real ones not the ones that are digital --&gt; they are
not real lol hahah but i will agree they are the easiest to carry
and take with you lol so if you're reading for fun ok any digital
one works :) i'm all for audio books too if you're on the go and
travel and stuff :)<br />
movies: where do i start omygosh sooo many i don't know if i have a
true one and only favorite. i think that would be unfair to the
other really really good ones. they might get jealous lol. ok but i
know which i don't like scary movies. seriously i'm scare easy i
won't ever volunteer to watch any unless you were willing to let me
hold your hard or arm and squeeze when i get scared and scream.
sorry ... ahead of time. love comedies :)<br />
music: really this question is not getting any easier ok i love
music :) i wake up happy and that's the first thing i turn on
music. i love it with exception of some really hard core country
music sorry can't get into it that much.<br />
food: ok i'll try anything once except for any meat sorry don't eat
it at all. i love cooking and don't mind cooking meat just don't
make me eat it. i love having bbqs on my roof top :) awesome view
:) food network channel is awesome! ok my ultimate favorite would
be frozen yogurt fun!!!! :) and really good sushi &amp; fettuccine
alfredo :) :) :)
<strong>books:</strong> american gods (anything by neil gaiman, for
that matter). the watchmen. when all hell breaks loose. girl with
the dragon tattoo. the lost cyclist. wicked. the catcher in the
rye. the ethical slut.<br />
<br />
<strong>shows:</strong> game of thrones. true blood. parenthood.
shameless. the wire. mad men. boardwalk empire. breaking bad. six
feet under. dead like me. how i met your mother. firefly.<br />
<br />
<strong>movies:</strong> all the real girls. undertow. fargo. easy
rider. singles. empire records. the neverending story. the big
lebowski. harry potter. the goonies.<br />
<br />
<strong>music:</strong> grimes. massive attack. warpaint. active
child. emika. danny brown. creep. pj harvey. das racist. royksopp.
justice. d'eon. m83. jenny o. light asylum. the pixies. dr. dre.
sonic youth. uffie. the presets. bat for lashes. e-40. junior boys.
metronomy. a$ap rocky. bombay bicycle club. class actress. tupac.
chromeo. the xx. t. rex. schoolboy q. fever ray. austra. how to
dress well. james blake. les discrets.<br />
<br />
<strong>food:</strong> burritos. curry. brunch.
i love to read and some of my classics include a tree grows in
brooklyn, the power of one, a thousand splendid suns, time
traveler's wife, harry potter<br />
<br />
modern family, 30 rock, southland and glee are some of my current
favorites.<br />
<br />
i always have my ipod handy and it features a pretty eclectic mix -
from van morrison to rihanna to classical to this american life
podcasts. i knew i was a grown up when i began to enjoy classical
music (and npr!)<br />
<br />
love movies and think the kabuki is amazing. buying tickets ahead
and wine in the theater? best idea ever.<br />
<br />
i love to cook and eat. i love all the restaurants and bars that sf
has to offer. can't live without brunch (usually savory, not
sweet), lattes, frozen yogurt, fruit, cheese and crackers, anything
sweet and large salads with lots of toppings
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=dim+sum">dim sum</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=pizza">pizza</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=steak">steak</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=sushi">sushi</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=bbq">bbq</a>, pho, ice cream, cookies, gelato,
yogurt, vietnamese sandwiches, stonestown, serramonte, wikipedia,
ebay, top chef, american idol, family guy, san francisco giants,
golden state warriors, houston rockets, pandas! my favorite
spots:<br />
favorite hot spots: home sweet home, house of prime rib, olive
garden, san tung, quickly, fisherman's wharf, any place where i can
pretend to be a tourist, giants game, bubble lounge, 24 hour
fitness. lake tahoe, reno, las vegas, new york, washington dc,
canada.<br />
for fun: playing sports, watching movies, working out, karaoke at
home, surf the net, dine out, visit museums, take short vacations,
attend sporting events, visit the library, go bowling, take naps,
play scrabble, play poker, being with friends and family
books: the steig larsson series - i stayed up until 5am to read the
last one and then couldn't fall asleep.<br />
<br />
movies: the king's speech, edward scissorhands, cool runnings, home
alone, my girl. and a million others. and this isn't really a
movie, but tosh.0 has this amazing recap of the human centipede
that everyone should watch. it's hilarious and exactly my sense of
humor.<br />
<br />
music: everything except for trance and nickelback (can someone
please explain their success?)<br />
<br />
food: my mom's pho. mcdonald's soft serve. hot n spicy cheez its.
veggie omelets (with egg whites to balance out the soft serve and
cheez its). white nectarines (when they are in season, they
comprise 80% of my daily intake. no joke, my record is 15 in one
day.)
beatles, green day, georgia o'keeffe, paul cezanne, alan watts,
eckart tolle, tom wolfe, isabel allende, eastern philosophy,
biographies, poetry, navajo rugs, asparagus, cacao, bananas,
broccoli, tahini, salmon, utne magazine, san francisco giants,
groundhog day, shawshank redemption, stevie wonder, santana, diana
krall, beethoven.
music - the grateful dead, crosby, stills nash &amp; young; led
zeppelin; reggae; hawaiian music; neil young; jazz; bluegrass:
country.<br />
<br />
food- italian, thai, middle eastern; chinese; japanese;
indian.<br />
<br />
movies- romance; comedies; classics; history; documentaries.<br />
<br />
shows - a grateful dead concert; dave matthews band; live music at
clubs; jazz; classical.<br />
<br />
books - the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck; historical books;
biographies.
books: uhhh, get back to you on that one.<br />
movies: any movies really. i can watch movies for days<br />
shows: sportscenter, californication, true blood, sons of anarchy,
entourage. that's all i can remember right now.<br />
music: rap, hip-hop, r&amp;b.<br />
food: anything spicy.
music: i could go on for days. ill list a few artist iv seen in
concert this last year. mawell, dwele,ledisi,common,raphael
sadiq,georege clinton and parliment, angie stone, jose james,jesse
boykins.<br />
books: text books for school, business week ,inc
magazine,enterprener magazine. i usuals don't find time to read for
pleasure out side of work and school.<br />
tv: archer,modern family,two and a half men. i dont watch much
tv.<br />
food: i enjoy all kinds of food and one of my favorite things to do
is try new restaurants. as long as it ain't, moving on my plate
when i get it ill try it. mexican food,sweet potato
pie,sushi,greens,pizza....on and on.
* note i listen to podcasts, radio and audio documentaries/shows
more than i watch televison, movies, and probably even more than i
read books normally. if you want to talk about public radio, this
american life, radiolab, the moth, story collider or anything else
of that nature, i'm your guy.<br />
<br />
books: i am an avid reader. my primary focus of study has been
race, gender, immigration, and sexuality. i love reading about
food, agricultural economy, gardening, cooking. existentialist
literature is also important to me though i haven't had time to
read that kind of recreational lit in a while.<br />
<br />
films: also incredibly hard to narrow down. in no particular
order... i gerally like horror and b movies and documentaries, here
are some titles that dont fit that &gt; waking life, coen brothers,
donnie darko, harold and maude, wristcutters: a love story, the
jacket, brideshead revisited, fight club, shawn of the dead, ma vie
en rose, i &lt;3 huckabees, snatch, woody allen, koyaaniskatsi
(that whole trilogy), eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, studio
ghibli, little miss sunshine, diablo cody, 10 things i hate about
you (guilty pleasure).<br />
<br />
music: i listen to most genres, but generally play within punk,
folk, non top 40 hip hop/rap, and chill electronic music.<br />
<br />
food: i am very invested in food. vegetarian of 8+ years. i make an
epic picnic. my specialties in terms of cuisine are mexican,
french, vietnamese, some thai, some italian, some soul food. i eat
everything except for meat/seafood, gelatin, seaweed and black
licorice.
books-<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the+chicken+tractor">the
chicken tractor</a>- a book on permaculture and the role poultry
can play in it.<br />
<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=shadow+of+the+wind">shadow of
the wind</a>- a great mystery involving a rare book store, set in
post-revolutionary spain. very cool.<br />
<br />
<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+sicilian+gentleman%27s+cookbook">the sicilian
gentleman's cookbook</a>- a hilarious cookbook filled with pithy
little stories each no more than half a page long.... i found it
being sold on the street in nyc<br />
<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=m.f.k+fisher">m.f.k fisher</a>-
the art of eating... she was a visionary food writer and very
literary in her prose.<br />
<br />
movies-<br />
blade runner- such a great juxtaposition of cutting edge and retro-
i loved the soundtrack!<br />
brazil- beautifully written and incredibly strange.... where else
can you see deniro cast as a commando air conditioner
repairman?<br />
<br />
what dreams may come(?) the movie with robin williams... yes,
despite being a "big strong guy" i have a mushy side.... i'm not
ashamed of it<br />
<br />
big night- what else can you say about a movie that contains the
line, "bite your teeth into the ass of life!"<br />
<br />
music- multi-culti stuff such as zydeco and folk music, old time
r&amp;b and rap,<br />
retro jazz and blues, classic rock and funk along with some
alt/indie picks<br />
(in other words, a multifaceted, kaleidoscopic garbage disposal of
sound)<br />
<br />
food- anything prepared well, with heart, spirit, chutzpah...
guts.<br />
(bearing in mind that i'm vegetarian, of course... )
memoirs of a geisha, great expectations, japanese, chinese, italian
food is one of my greatest passions. music all kinds specially soft
rock.
i love the great gatsby and octavia butler novels.<br />
<br />
movies, that's tough.. the boondock saints, grandma's boy, city of
god and pan's labyrinth are some of my favorites. i love scary
movies, especially when i'm watching them with people that easily
get scared.<br />
<br />
shows? if you are talking tv... true blood is one of my favorites..
i know ... grown ass man watching true blood... i'm shaking my own
damn head at that.<br />
family guy makes me giggle, but in a purely masculine way of course
... i'm not a huge tv person.<br />
if you are talking plays then it's chicago &amp; a raisin in the
sun... what can i say i grew up a theater brat.<br />
<br />
music.. i'm eclectic as hell and when ever you want to prove you
are eclectic the 1st person you should say you like is... that's
right lil wayne ...lol, i do like him though... umm others...
chromeo, prince, fall out boy, t. i., kanye west, christete
michelle, goapele, outkast, bruno mars, j. cole, 90s r&amp;b, soul
rebels, jazz &amp; whatever else i happen across...<br />
<br />
food... i'll try anything... mmmm i love eating and trying new
resturaunts
books - i've taken a pause from these for now...<br />
<br />
movies/tv - not much of a tv watcher on my own...i'd rather half
pay attention and be cuddled up with that special guy :)<br />
<br />
music - in the mornings, country or musical/showtunes get me ready
for the day...before going out for the night, it's usually dance,
electronic, and pop...<br />
<br />
food - i'm not picky, but a nice rare filet mignon and fries (with
ketchup for the fries, of course!), interesting sushi rolls, and
the usual international fare will always sit well in my
stomach...dark chocolate with red wine always makes for a nice
ending to a meal! i detox a few times a year, so that is when i do
become very picky!
books? still working through my collection of hemingway. oddly,
lots of travel and food novels. kitchen confidential, and catfish
and mandala. but how about some classics? phantom tollbooth, great
expectations, ishmael, and becoming batman!<br />
<br />
tv? i own a tv but don't have cable. usually something is turned on
in the background. a movie or episode of the office, house,
mythbusters, family guy, simpsons, louie, or macgyver.<br />
<br />
tunes? i consider myself an old soul. frank sinatra, louis
armstrong, dave brubeck, django reinhardt, stan getz, joao
gilberto, john legend, miles davis, michael jackson, and stevie
wonder are a few of my mainstay. but the other day, i caught myself
bumpin' some hip hop and hard rock mashup on my commute home.
hah!<br />
<br />
food? i'm on a seefood diet. i see food, i eat it! i appreciate all
types of styles and flavors. helps a little being a chef and all..
water for elephants, the power of one. the harry potters, charm
school ,coast to coast, finding nauf, the chamber,castles from
heaven, tai pan, shogun, hanabal, all dan brown
the holy bible
what's by my bed right now -- game of thrones, a compilation of
a.j. liebling's new yorker essays on boxing, been reading adrian
goldsworthy's very dry "ceasar" forever, but i love the history.
recently read "learning to eat soup with a knife" on
counter-insurgency (yes) and liked that and hans fallada's very sad
"everyone dies alone" about a german couple who resisted the nazis
by themselves. loved ute hagen's "respect for acting." love pretty
much anything by shakespeare, james lee burke or robert
crais.<br />
<br />
i'll eat almost anything but love thai, indian, italian. i like
cooking, and i'm good at it. tend to keep it simple. so much local,
fresh stuff here, it's hard not to cook well. for music, i was a
house dj in the way back and have very eclectic musical tastes
trending from dance and techno and lounge music to old blues like
muddy waters and robert johnson to r&amp;b and poppy rap crap. love
the opera but only at the house. also, i like art galleries and all
kinds of museums. i get up to sf from down in the valley often for
work and play.
house of the spirits, movies like memento, mulholland drive, pi,
inception etc..., music i like underground and dubstep. food,
seeing as i cook for a living... i'm a
cali-mexi-fresca-italiana-dulce...<br />
love seafood, love citus love vegetables....
food: whoever is doing something innovative and pushing the limits
of what can and "should" be done in a kitchen. desperately missing
good italian food bc good italian food in san francisco is an
oxymoron (prove me wrong, please?!?)... i adore seafood, there's
nothing that swims that i won't eat. that being said, i like any
kind of food that is made with love and pride.<br />
<br />
music: changes by the day, like everbody else i geuss, but who im
diggin this day and age is sabbath, stevie wonder, man man, the
misfits, pantera, ween, the dead, blind melon, the black keys,
beck, rage, tool, madonna, the viennagram, phish, tom waits, black
label society, michael jackson, toots and the maytals,
mushroomhead, gov't mule, tribe, joe cocker, danzig, galactic, nin,
bisco, mc hammer, nick cave &amp; the bad seeds, type o negative,
the beatles, the ting tings and on. and on. and on....<br />
<br />
books: food or art related, pretty much all i care to read about to
be honest.<br />
<br />
movies: ehhhh just good ol' classic comedies, dumb and dumber, fast
times, tommyboy, half baked etc...
pues, lo que pasa es que hay un chingo de libros, peliculas,
musica, comida que me gusta pero por al momento no voy a decir
nada.
lolita, blood meridian<br />
barry lyndon, maborosi<br />
i don't have a tv<br />
empire of the sun, rachmaninov<br />
sushi, falafel
saturday night fever; sean penn, woody allen, and ridley scott...
and some indie movies<br />
<br />
all jd salinger, and a whole other bunch (recently read roth and
liked it)<br />
<br />
laissez faire on music<br />
<br />
italian, thai, maybe japanese too... i cook every once in a while
from a few cookbooks i've got.
musically i have eccentric likings. john hyatt, adelle, shaggy, ska
and blues like dr. john. i listen to npr car talk, and the krush
www.krsh.com<br />
i think i am still on the same book for two or three months now
hello, darkness by sandra brown. i like reading books that were
made into movies. the green mile was pretty sad since i knew the
ending. i have blu-ray now, it's awesome! update: dropped netflix
they suck again!
independent film channel, eclectic taste in music, itunes musical
exchanges with friends are a recent favorite, love to discover new
restaurants when i'm traveling on business.
shows: the wire, breaking bad, game of thrones, the sopranos,
arrested development, seinfeld, family guy<br />
<br />
movies: city of god, children of men, american beauty, hero,
minority report, shawshank, the departed<br />
<br />
music: thievery corporation, bonobo, zero 7, air, supreme beings of
leisure, drake, the weeknd, jay z, miles davis, dave brubeck,
tool<br />
<br />
food: gracias madre, source, mission burritos, peruvian, sushi,
thai, blue bottle, four barrel, philz, sightglass, ritual<br />
<br />
books: gang leader for a day, freakonomics, frankenstein
almost anything by mary gaitskill and most of haruki murakami.
barry hannah, donald barthelme, alice munroe, george saunders, and
many more. dfw essays. just read busy monsters by william giraldi
and really liked it. also, science fiction.<br />
<br />
yes, i like movies. i also like some tv series.<br />
<br />
old blues records. fleetwood mac. 60's soul. ronnie lane. french
pop (from the 60's). tim buckley. in general, i'm trying to expand
my vinyl collection. wait wait don't tell me on npr.<br />
<br />
risotto. pork belly. dry farmed tomatoes. stinky cheese. tartine
bread.
i don't tend to read books, love going to the movies... especially
when i get free tickets or someone else pays (it's getting too
expensive), i love my tivo, it knows me sometimes better than i do,
and as for food... just about anything that isn't spicy.
music: hiphop (those few who haven't fallen off), electronic
(glitchy or minimal), indie/postrock (godspeed is coming to town!),
with bonus points awarded if strings, multiple percussionists, or a
horn section are included. classical with a heavy bias toward piano
and cello (i play both). the noisy and the funky or the quiet and
minimal. obscure, but not too obscure.<br />
<br />
food: i make killer chilaquiles. i also endeavor to try every
noodle soup ever created by humankind, and to find a best-case
hamburger for every predicament. i indulge in creative
overly-conceptual cuisine, but i love banh mi. and everything in
between. but i'll be damned if anyone tries to tell me that
burritos are better than tacos. and, most importantly: there is no
distance, be it by car, train, or plane, that will keep me away
from something delicious.<br />
<br />
movies/television: i've been enjoying some random documentaries on
netflix streaming in glorious hd. i'm fond of sci-fi with utterly
implausible science -- fringe is a recent guilty pleasure (a friend
and i recently theorized on how to make it possible for
shapeshifters to exist while accounting for conservation of mass).
i've also watched nearly the entire series of star trek: the next
generation, though i also geek out in the other direction by
watching top gear. otherwise, i'll be eating an entire large
popcorn while deciphering whatever esoteric subtitled indie flick
my dedicated movie buddy has selected for the month. thankfully,
she seems to have impeccable taste.<br />
<br />
books: anything from typography to spy planes, though not if the
growing mountain of half-read new yorkers has anything to do with
it. i also have a soft spot for irreverent food writing (more lucky
peach than gastronomica) and kurt vonnegut.
i like to read the classics. and pretty much anything.<br />
i like to watch reality tv. i will watch anything.<br />
i love to eat. i love to cook. let's cook together!
books: the alchemist, to kill a mockingbird, of mice and men, the
millennium series, anything by chuck klosterman<br />
<br />
movies: american beauty, boogie nights, no country for old
men,<br />
the departed, ferris bueller's day off<br />
<br />
tv: the wire, breaking bad, it's always sunny in philadelphia, sons
of anarchy, party down<br />
<br />
music: 70's classic rock, anything an 80's cover band would play,
old school early-90's rap, anything live with a good guitarist, and
i recently started getting more familiar with indie/electronic (lcd
soundsystem, passion pit, mgmt, empire of the sun)<br />
<br />
food: deli sandwiches, my mom's risotto, sushi, anything with
avocado, cheesecake
favorite? i'm not that static.<br />
but a random sampling of the first few that float into the front of
my brain:<br />
<br />
books: tarzan of the apes, to kill a mockingbird, harry potter
(shut up), jane eyre, water for elephants, subversive laughter,
clowns, hope for the flowers, different loving, report from engine
co. 82...<br />
<br />
movies: ma vie en rose, amlie, moulin rouge, aladdin, finding
nemo, legally blonde...this is embarrassing, i'm stopping now. i
generally prefer to do something rather than watch something. i
find horror, action, and suspense either boring, irritating or
completely disturbing. sci-fi can be ok sometimes. i love <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=super%0ahero+movies">super hero
movies</a>. human condition, fantasy, funny, whimsical- that's my
entertainment. otherwise i might as well just watch the news- which
is a revolting idea.<br />
<br />
music: everything but opera, rap and hip-hop. i've tried them all
over and over again and it doesn't work. i'll try again if you ask
nicely. i used to be a metalhead but i'm pretty well over that
dis-ease. artists/albums/genres: panamerica, coco rosie, louis,
ella, &amp; billie, dead can dance, cirkestra, peter gabriel,
trance, electronic, house, acid, junior vasquez, lemongrass,
arabic, world, cirque du soliel, vivaldi, spike jones, krishna das,
kodo, didgeridoo, blue-grass, brass menazeri, balkan, marching
bands...and i've recently discovered dub-step and glitch which
creates a great-googly-moogly-i-gotta-move reaction in my
body.<br />
<br />
food: i live for sushi and sometimes bacon is my only hope.<br />
as for a list, since they seem to be so popular around here:<br />
sushi, ethiopian, sushi, middle-eastern, sushi, cambodian, sushi,
nyc pizza, sushi, avocados, sushi, weird scary stuff, sushi. and
sushi. ok, maybe i do have one favorite thing...<br />
<br />
i also really like potatoes and chocolate soda.
i love most of the food that i cook...most. spanish cooking is my
fav. paella. yum. tortilla de patatas. double yum.<br />
<br />
books: i read too much, but its mostly law related. when i actually
enjoy reading its usually history or the occasional fiction. dare i
say i'm a harry potter fan? (oh yes...i done said it)<br />
<br />
movies: i'm a snob. i don't like most romance/action movies because
they all have the same, stupid, predictable plot. give me 'the
usual suspects', 'black swan', 'love actually' any day. but if you
sit me down to watch 'you've got mail' i'd probably walk out.<br />
<br />
music? i'm a child of the 90's grunge scene. i saw nirvana live
when i was 7 years old. i'm a transplant from seattle. that's where
my head is at. also - any type of live music i'm always down for.
i'm currently rereading jung. i also enjoy anything by joyce carol
oates, john updike, margaret atwood, alexandra fuller, joan didion.
my taste in film runs from film noir through japanese horror to
french new wave. i watch classic movies on pbs.<br />
i've currently been exploring izakaya cuisine.
the wire<br />
the wire<br />
the wire<br />
<br />
breaking bad, mad men (sorry ladies, don draper is a db), rushmore,
bourne, up, la confidential, rising sun, tribe called quest, black
eyed peas (notice i didn't write the black eyed peas!), nas, rage
against the machine, sublime, jon stewart, colbert, the office, any
type of food, but i'm partial to thai.
things that motivate me to appreciate beauty, live in the now, and
work towards always being better and creating dopeness; then eating
some bomb a$$ food to celebrate.
dove, the fountainhead, the gospel of matthew, new seeds of
contemplation, vagabond, into the wild, dark star safrari<br />
<br />
in particular blues, rock, and rocksteady. the black keys, the
doors, minus the bear, junior kimbrough, allman brothers, anything
with jack white, grizzly bear, charlie daniels
books (i read way too much, these are the ones that have stuck with
me but they are by no means exhaustive or even
representative)<br />
- catch 22- joseph heller<br />
- the fountainhead- ayn rand<br />
- the blank slate- steven pinker<br />
- counsciousness explained- daniel dennett<br />
<br />
movies (honestly, i have trouble with most movies, they tend to get
boring)<br />
- inception (duh)<br />
- memento<br />
- edward scissorhands<br />
- the dark knight<br />
- pan's labyrinth<br />
<br />
shows (this is why i am addicted to my netflix account)(also not
exhaustive, i don't want to put you to sleep with all the shows i
watch)<br />
- house<br />
- dexter<br />
- six feet under<br />
- wire in the blood<br />
- 30 rock<br />
- x-files<br />
- mad men<br />
<br />
music (pretty much what i've been listening to a lot of
recently)<br />
- morrissey/smiths<br />
- vitas<br />
- neon trees<br />
- fun.<br />
- patrick wolf<br />
- metric<br />
- yeah yeah yeahs<br />
<br />
food- yes please.
my favorite book is joyful path of good fortune, by geshe kelsang
gyatso ( http://www.tharpa.com/us/meditation-buddhist-books.html ).
i've seen, "the avengers," twice, am without a favorite show,
listen mostly to what other people play, and have a growing
affinity for vegetables.
books: any palahniuk, hunter s. thompson, michael chrichton, many
things really.<br />
<br />
movies: jurassic park, the hangover, vacation series, action,
horror, tarantino, anchorman, too many to name.<br />
<br />
shows: always sunny, workaholics, drinking made easy, bourdain,
three sheets, the walking dead, ugly americans, american dad,
etc.<br />
<br />
music: oldies(temptations, steppenwolf, sam cooke, dusty
springfield), ska(the slackers, whiskey avengers, reel big fish),
punk(minor threat, bad brains, black flag), reggae(bob marley,
peter tosh, dennis brown), classic rock(hendrix, rolling stones,
zeppelin), jazz(miles davis, dizzy gillespie, thelonius monk)
blues(eric clapton, robert johnson, ray charles), lots of different
stuff, so long as there is talent. i tend not to be very judgmental
towards others tastes.<br />
<br />
food: always down for something new! mexican, italian, thai,
veggies, tacos? love to cook.
live music, from symphonic to blues, film, science, art, liturature
and all good foods.
i mostly read psychology books. two of my favorite movies are show
me love (a touching coming-of-age/lesbian love story) and
together (about a 60s commune), both by lukas moodysson. i like
the music of medeski martin &amp; wood, brad mehldau and zero 7,
and enjoy drinking aged pu-erh tea as well as homemade chai.
books: anything from no starch press (geeky stuff). i used to enjoy
reading about philosophy and ethics, but i haven't made much time
for that since launching my career.<br />
<br />
last year i started reading books on palmistry, handwriting
analysis, magic illusions, and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=nlp">nlp</a>. i did this because they can all be
vectors for meeting new people. it was an adventure.<br />
<br />
podcasts (that's right, i created my own category, deal with it):
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=radiolab">radiolab</a> (totally
infatuated with it), silver bullet security, a way with words,
grammar girl quick and dirty tips.<br />
<br />
movies: ghost in the shell, appleseed, the matrix, hackers,
serenity, pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, the usual suspects, lock
stock and two smoking barrels, the good the bad and the ugly,
princess bride, search for the holy grail...<br />
<br />
music: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=vnv+nation">vnv
nation</a>, iris, above &amp; beyond, afi, angels and agony,
apoptygma berzerk, armin van buuren, assemblage 23, atb, blaqk
audio, boys noize, bt, chevelle, covenant, cut copy, de / vision,
digitalism, edge of dawn, flesh field, flyleaf, gabriel and
dresden, grendel, hum, hungry lucy, imperative reaction, justice,
lacuna coil, ladytron, massive attack, mgmt, mind in a box,
mstrkrft, my life with the thrill kill kult, paramore, portishead,
pride and fall, prodigy, rotersand, seabound, sfx, smashing
pumpkins, the azoic, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+crystal+method">the crystal method</a>, the
presets, wolfsheim, and many, many more...<br />
<br />
food: anything spicy.
mainly non-fiction, with some exceptions. i won't lie; i don't get
to read nearly as much as i'd wish, since i'm usually running
behind in my schoolwork and pleasure-reading just makes me feel so
goddamn <em>guilty</em>.<br />
<br />
movies: i like a good documentary here and there, and i'm not above
the occasional indie arthouse jam, provided the indulgence doesn't
go too far.<br />
<br />
music: old-school boogaloo and salsa: joe cuba, ray barretto,
willie colon, joe bataan, benny more and celia cruz. i'm very much
into brazilian jazz: sergio mendes, joao gilberto, tom jobim,
vinicius de moraes. i also can't resist highly funky music: cameo,
rick james, kool and the gang, zapp and roger.<br />
<br />
food: mission burritos, veggie burgers, trader joe's badass pizzas,
pad thai, palak paneer, greek salads.<br />
<br />
drinks: (this should be a category): <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=mojitos">mojitos</a>, manhattans, martinis, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=caipirinhas">caipirinhas</a>, white
russians, death in the afternoons.
my favorite books are for whom the bell tolls, infinite jest,
lolita, blood meridian, in search of lost time, slaughterhouse 5,
labyrinths, etc. i didn't like the unbearable lightness of being.
the last book i read was the rogue, about sarah palin. yikes. i
need to cleanse my palate with something difficult that i can
really show off on public transportation.<br />
<br />
{in this space i used to have a really long, boring list of the
last 15 books i read, but i realized it was only there so i could
let everyone know i read <em>the red and the black</em> a few years
ago.}<br />
<br />
<em>the red and the black</em> - stendahl. i like old books because
you get a sense of the things that change and the things that stay
the same. this book surprised me with how coldly modern and funny
it was.<br />
<br />
movies: drive, black swan, true grit, adaptation, glory, eternal
sunshine, the royal tbaums, man on wire, werner herzog, the thin
red line, the new world, eastern promises, the big lebowski, and
any movie that makes the first few minutes of reality after the
theater door seem really weird. if i had connections i would be
raising money for a project where we pay werner herzog to record
audiobook versions of everything in the library of congress.<br />
<br />
tv: 30 rock, always sunny, tosh.0, bachelor pad, shows where they
fix cars, random soccer games on telemundo.<br />
<br />
bookmarks: andrew sullivan, glenn greenwald, fffffound, kotke.org,
hey crackhead<br />
<br />
podcasts: marc maron, the nerdist, this american life, mohr
stories<br />
<br />
music: robyn, the walkmen, adele, the rapture, the magnetic fields,
the unicorns, electrelane, the xx, stars of the lid, julianna
barwick, the thermals, the silver jews. i love joanna newsom. throw
a banjo in there, i'm interested. the last 4 albums i bought were
the drums, jeffrey lewis, operation ivy, and the drive soundtrack.
books: i can't remember my friends' names, let alone the titles of
the books i read. unlike you though, i have remained literate since
ninth grade (because i read the hunger games)<br />
<br />
movies: the love of my life. i have however seen them all. if you
can name one movie that i will love, and have not already seen i
will take you out.<br />
<br />
food: i need to be fed three times a day. when i was a child, i was
a breadatarian. now i am an aspiring vegan. i totally think people
should kill animals &amp; eat them, i'm not that kind of vegan. a
year ago my profile said "all i care about is that you are not a
vegan." a lot has changed. i have been trying for 6 months and have
settled on vegan in house, vegetarian preferred out of the house.
restaurants i want to try: mr. pollo, gary danko, saffron grill,
frances, boulevard, souley vegan, velvet cantina, dosa, nombe,
gitane, maverick, pizzeria delphina, reaction restaurant, l'ardoise
bistro &amp; soul cocina for now.<br />
<br />
music: lady gaga. period.<br />
<br />
chances are high that i will not read your section on this topic
because it is utterly unimportant in a potential mate/life partner.
a sampling of each.<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
pan's labrynth<br />
saved<br />
usual suspects<br />
super troopers<br />
<br />
music: (i'm a big fan of listening to music with the volume cranked
up)<br />
led zeppelin<br />
linda rhonstadt<br />
charlie parker<br />
built to spill<br />
frank sinatra<br />
boy robot<br />
<br />
books: (i'm not the biggest recreational reader - but when i do
pick something up outside of work it is usually non-fiction)<br />
the prophet<br />
wake up to your life<br />
<br />
food:<br />
i love fresh fruits and veggies! brusselsprouts are one of my
favorites. i also enjoy a responsibly sourced medium rare steak on
occasion. i'm a sucker for a good deli style sandwich.
books:yeats, all charles bukowski poetry, t.s. elliot, hunter s.
thompson, <strong>"be here now" ram das</strong>, "the ancient
wisdom"annie besant, "my last sigh" louie bunuel.<br />
<br />
movies:hunny i shrunk the kids, suburban commando,(anything from
the 80's really) star trek 4 (the one where they have to go into
the past to san francisco to save the whales), big lebowski, tron,
there will be blood, batman &amp; robin, also waking life, american
psycho, fear and loathing, oldboy, truman show, enter the void,
wristcutters, all kuberick anything psychedelic.<br />
<br />
music:i enjoy bass music, glitch, downtempo, broken beat, beck,
elliot smith, amon tobin, nirvana, nine inch nails, hail mary
mallon, mf doom, dj hidden, cocorosie, edit, flying lotus, bad bad
not good, kryptic minds, tycho, mu-ziq, and lots of other artists
and composers...<br />
<br />
i love food and the creation thereof!
the book of five rings, the popol vuh, the hitchhikers guide to the
galaxy, at the mountains of madness, don quixote, the art of war,
david's toolkit, the dao.<br />
<br />
brief interviews with hideous men, being there, the coconut
revolution, the passion of darkly noon, mystery train.<br />
<br />
trailer park boys, breaking bad, it's always sunny, upright
citizens brigade, alfred hitchcock presents.<br />
<br />
blues (skip james, mississippi john hurt, robert johnson) metal
(tool, metallica, ac/dc), rock (queen, neil young, pink floyd,
primus) and rap (tupac, eazy-e, dell)<br />
<br />
i will strictly eat anything
recently finished "out stealing horses" and loved it.<br />
no tv currently, but have seen and enjoyed curb, dexter, mad men,
hornblower, the wire, glee.<br />
just saw west side story, wow. breaking bad.<br />
mexican food probably my go to thing, anything with a little to a
lot of spice.<br />
fan of eds redeeming qualities, pixies, cat power, radiohead, amy
winehouse (rip), mercedes sosa to name a few... a bit out of touch
i admit. catching up on pop songs with my girls now.
radiohead, sigur ros, stevie wonder, game of thrones, mad men,
sushi, california cuisine
home cooked food, always; good trance/house music, tchaikovskiy, i
like american top 40 from 90s!!<br />
thai food, sushi, italian; tons of books, not big on tv.
i prefer sci/fi movies or independent films over cheesy flicks, and
if the movie has some relation to a graphic novel or comic book,
i'd hella watch it. the fifth element, snatch, amelie, lotr, harry
potter, life aquatic, and the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy are
some favs.<br />
<br />
battlestar galactica, firefly, news radio, seinfeld, 3rd rock from
the sun, law and order, and 24 are all shows that i can watch over
and over again.<br />
<br />
i go through phases of listening to specific bands throughout the
day. currently the yyys, black keys, maximo park, we are scientist,
tv on the radio, sleigh bells, metric, and 2ne1 are in heavy
rotation.<br />
<br />
i love cheese! i have a weakness for fried chicken &amp; doughnuts,
which is bad cause there is a food truck out there that sells this
deadly combo.
it is hard for me to keep up with books while in school, but
reading is a love of mine. i still have a bunch of books in my room
that need to be read.<br />
<br />
favorite movies: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, closer,
like crazy, going the distance, mrs. doubtfire, forgetting sarah
marshall, 2 days in paris (not to be confused with one night in
paris), 50/50, and i always love a cheese horror flick.<br />
<br />
favorite things on television: lost, californication, weeds, how i
met your mother, friends, recently been getting into girls.
i don't really read fiction recently, however - i really like
biographies. somehow reading about lives of real people seems to be
more exciting than reading about fictional ones.<br />
i also read many newspapers, probably too many...<br />
<br />
i can't really cook, but i do enjoy good food. (i can always open
the wine and help with chopping!)<br />
i'm not very snobbish when it comes to choosing a venue, the
company is what matters. (it doesn't mean that i can't tell a good
restaurant/bar from a bad one).<br />
<br />
i really like good wine but will try to be polite and not to show
my disappointment if you choose a crap one so no pressure :-)
books: ava - carole maso, hopscotch - julio cortazar, autobiography
of red - anne carson, another country - james baldwin<br />
<br />
movies - the piano, until the end of the world, morvern callar,
deconstructing harry, i'm not there, before night falls<br />
<br />
music - pj harvey, tom waits, cat power, nina simone, m. ward, ali
farka toure, tribe called quest, erykah badu, coltrane<br />
<br />
food - anything vegetarian dish that i've never tried, pickles,
thai cuisine, cut veggies, really amazing pasta dishes
i really enjoyed a house in fez by suzanna clark. this is a
fascinating story of how suzanna and her husband bought a house in
morroco while learning how to negotiate in a foreign land and
culture as they buy and remodel their new home. the legacy of luna
by julia butterfly hill, paris portraits by harrett lane levy,
every day in tuscany, queen noor: a leap of faith, steve jobs,
water for elephants, kiwi's can fly.<br />
i love the movies and go whenever i can but mostly watch dvd's from
netflix. my taste in music is rather eclectic.<br />
i am not a foodie as some of my friends are but i like to eat good
food. i love eating at a great hole-in-the-wall and explore foods
from other cultures.
i don't read many books but i'm in the process of changing that. i
read a lot of online news, magazines (no not star), and flyers left
on my car.<br />
<br />
i love a broad range of films from full metal jacket to debbie does
dallas. tv for me is mainly reality, history, c central, trutv, and
a little bit of bravo.<br />
<br />
i'm a huge music fan with very diverse playlist. but if you want to
go to the opera, please don't make me. i'd be right at home
watching a metallica concert or lady gaga.
wow....this is one is pretty big question.<br />
<br />
books: to kill a mockingbird, watership down, and battle
royale......these are all my favs but i love non fiction too.....
devil's teeth, stiff, tipping point<br />
<br />
movies: spinal tap, 28 days later, stop making sense. i like movies
that will make me scared or make me laugh. i am not so much into
the modern day romantic movies and i cant remember the last time i
saw an animated movie.<br />
<br />
music: dolly parton, talking heads, etta james, breeders, ccr,
against me!, descendents, jawbreaker, avail, hot snakes..... lots
of stuff. lots of hardcore bands, bunch of punk bands, and then
some good time classic hard rock...and yep a little country and
motown.<br />
food: i am vegetarian plus fish, i prefer savory over sweet and i
put hot sauce on everything
harry potter all the way, hunger games, the perks of being a
wallflower, the shining, white oleander etc.<br />
<br />
my movie taste is so broad it's really hard to pick a favorite or
list my favorites. i consume movies so i can't even remember all
the movies i see. i have watched all the oscar nominated best
pictures two years in a row. on weekends when i wake up too early,
i sometimes watch movies till i have to actually go have a
life.<br />
<br />
music: the white stripes, dr. dog, florence + the machine, robyn,
modest mouse, bon iver, the xx, blind pilot, ellie goulding, fitz
&amp; the tantrums, lykke li etc.
books: too many to name. i love a good novel or non-fiction about
something i am interested in or that helps me think in new
ways.<br />
<br />
movies: i usually prefer independent films over hollywood and depth
over special effects.<br />
<br />
tv: the wire, sopranos, breaking bad, the shield, sons of anarchy,
justified, the daily show/colbert.<br />
<br />
music: i play bluegrass and i listen to that a fair amount, but i'm
also into latin music, rock, punk, jazz, celtic, classical and
other stuff.<br />
<br />
i like most types of food, but i am very health conscious and i
don't like to put junk in my body. i think the average american
diet of sugary processed foods is way out of wack from what is
natural and healthy. i've been doing the <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=paleo">paleo</a> diet for over a year, which has been
awesome. i eat mostly good quality meat, vegetables, and fish, plus
some nuts and fruit. i cook most of my own meals and my main staple
is a big organic salad with some local pastured raised meat in it
and some coconut water to wash it down. yum!
books (in no particular order): "the power" by rhonda byrne, "the
book of secrets" by deepak chopra<br />
<br />
movies (in no particular order): the shawshank redemption, mr.
bean's holiday, my neighbors the yamadas, the secret, what the
bleep do we know, airplane, to sir with love, the pursuit of
happyness, the lion king 1-1/2, brokeback mountain.<br />
<br />
t.v. shows (in no particular order --- on dvd, internet (clips) or
netflix, i don't own a t.v.): frasier, classic saturday night live,
the brady bunch, the daily show, the late show with david
letterman, stephen colbert<br />
<br />
music: i like anything from classical to the latest good pop songs,
to oldies to classic rock to new age and world music.<br />
<br />
food: i'm mostly vegan. the only type of meat i eat is fish. when i
eat with friends and family, i always find plenty of food that
matches my preferences.<br />
<br />
websites: bbc.com, crooksandliars, the new yorker, youtube,<br />
<br />
i love a good comedian!
everything. i like all types of all of these things. for real.
authors &amp; books: hunter s. thompson, phillip k. dick, david
sedaris, pablo coelho, jean paul sartre, bukowski, derrida, isaac
asimoc, edward grey, madame bovary, noam chomsky, susan sontag,
nietzsche,dante's alighieri , leslie mormon-silko, salman rushdie,
etc....<br />
<br />
movies: breakfast club, less then zero, il postino, weird science,
the last conquest, from hell, rosemary's baby, the artist....<br />
<br />
music: all around music lover.<br />
<br />
food: yes!
jorges luis borges<br />
<br />
art: ad reinhardt, mark rothko, josef albers, wayne theibaud, yves
klein, marcel duchamp, gerald murphy, picasso &amp; leger, leonardo
da vinci, gilberte brassai, graciela iturbide, julia margaret
cameron, lothar rubelt, diane arbus.<br />
<br />
aida (opera di g.verdi)<br />
<br />
swans<br />
<br />
cigarettes &amp; coffee
activities:<br />
scuba diving, being crafty, paper assembly, letter writing,
running, traveling, reading, facebooking, quilting (most
recently!), spinsters (it is a woman's group!), jlsf, sypmphonix,
going to musicals, theater live performances. getting out of town
for the weekend, wine tasting, hosting dinner parties, spending
quality time with a special person. checking out internet memes,
brainstorming on business ideas, playing board games,<br />
<br />
i enjoy being physically fit, running, doing the lyon street steps,
going hiking and i would like to be a better bike rider. i can't
quite ski yet, but i love ski lessons and have high hopes for the
upcoming season. (booked!)<br />
<br />
interests:<br />
a good story, being outside, camping, glamping, engineers,
midwesterners, financial planning, wine, craft beers, friendships,
favorite thing lists, successful healthy relationships.
accents.<br />
<br />
favorite tv shows- since dvr, i can quickly watch lots of tv if i
find the time. i can also give it a miss if necessary.<br />
grays anatomy, desperate housewives, true blood, dexter, suits,
white collar, covert affairs, switched at birth, newly added
chuck.<br />
<br />
favorite movies:<br />
gone with the wind, shawshank redemption, love actually (every year
to kick off the christmas season!)<br />
<br />
book highlights:<br />
the hunger games, the help, middle sex, time travelers wife, one
hundred years of solitude, the kite runner, god of small things,
the red tent, harry potter books
books: the giving tree, catcher in the rye, breakfast at tiffany's,
haruki murakami, biographies written on marilyn monroe and audrey
hepburn, vogue, glamour<br />
<br />
movies: breakfast at tiffany's, drive, 500 days of summer, garden
state, royal tenenbaums, factory girl, judd apatow films, almost
famous, lars von trier films, the virgin suicides, john hughes
films, judd appatow films, and i love scary movies, too!<br />
<br />
shows: new girl, the office, project runway, himym, always sunny,
arrested development, desperate housewives<br />
<br />
music: she &amp; him, the beatles, fun., blondie, francoise hardy,
lady gaga, lykke li, m83, two door cinema club, edward sharpe and
the magnetic zeros, the smiths and so much more.<br />
<br />
food: if i could eat one thing the rest of my life it would be
sushi.
really like thai, indian, and mexican cuisine. like rock, but not
the head banging stuff. t.v.? "the wire" was pretty good. just lite
reading. i read a lot and enjoy thriller's.
books: i spend a lot of my free time reading. mostly fiction, but a
good non-fiction book every so often.<br />
<br />
tv: the daily show, game of thrones (thought i would hate it and
was very wrong), the walking dead, the office, and mad men.<br />
<br />
music: mostly top 40 and some country
shows: i'm a fan of medical shows like grey's anatomy and private
practice. dexter has also become a recent must see for me. i love
friends and modern family is hilarious. i'm also a sucker for
reality tv shows like survivor and the amazing race. i watch too
much tv...<br />
<br />
music: i'm generally a fan of most types of music just depending on
my mood. nothing too screamy or too country.<br />
<br />
food: i would probably call my self a pretty adventurous eater.
trying local cuisine anywhere i go is a must and i'm willing to try
almost anything once. i can always go for a good bowl of ramen.
classics: the sun also rises &amp; brave new world; recent: pure
&amp; the sookie stackhouse novels<br />
<br />
enjoy: the wire, sex &amp; the city, grey's anatomy, glee;
currently: game of thrones, true blood, suits<br />
<br />
love listening to music - no discrimination (usually)<br />
<br />
always love a culinary adventure - asian foods definitely top the
charts for me
the list is endless.... i read alot...i often go to the movies and
watch multiple films in one night...i go to concerts as much as i
can, i love r and b, jazz, pop, motown, rap, country, opera, you
name it, what ever my mood calls for....and i love all kinds of
food from michelin star restaurants to hole in the wall burger
joints...
dont really read... need to start!<br />
half baked, big daddy, get him to the greek<br />
boondocks<br />
hip-hop/rap<br />
meat
<strong>food:</strong> always up trying new cuisines. don't really
have a favorite; however, based on mood and weather, it will
dictate the food(s).<br />
<br />
<strong>music:</strong> goldfrapp, lenny kravitz, portishead,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=hip-hop">hip-hop</a>,
classical/opera, r&amp;b, rock, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=electronic">electronic</a>, pop, 80s/90s,
oldies.<br />
<br />
<strong>movies:</strong> most cult movies (<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=star+wars">star wars</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=lotr">lotr</a> trilogy, james bond, mel brooks,
etc.), animation, action/adventure, crime dramas, old classics,
comedies, and yes, romantic dramas. i like doing the <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=mst3k">mst3k</a> at times to god-awful
movies.<br />
<br />
<strong>fav movies of all time:</strong> animal house, napoleon
dynamite, princess bride, heat, fight club, sliding doors, sixteen
candles, office space, amelie, casablanca, monsoon wedding, howl's
moving castle, godfather 1 &amp; 2, inception, the town. (this list
is not exhaustive. ask me about it if you're a movie buff.)<br />
<br />
<strong>tv:</strong>favorite shows (hands down!): <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=top+gear">top gear</a> and bob ross. mad men,
true blood, house. i'm a sucker for old-school cartoons.<br />
<br />
<strong>books:</strong> to kill a mockingbird, count of monte
cristo, the scarlet pimpernel, wicked. i tend toward classic
novels; an occasional modern novel like dan brown, gregory maguire,
stieg larsson.<br />
<br />
<strong>sports:</strong> i like <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=football">football</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=soccer">soccer</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=tennis">tennis</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=golf">golf</a>, and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=biking">biking</a>. you got a favorite sports
player??
with books, i tend to go for dysfunction - jonathan franzen or
richard yates. also have a soft spot for period pieces - either
books (jane austen) or movies/television (downton abbey)<br />
<br />
the music i tend to listen to most is indie and electronic. or
better yet, electronic remixes of indie songs. am also a huge
madonna fan - $400 concert tickets or not. don't hate.
i don't read.<br />
<br />
mcdonalds is the best restaurant ever.<br />
<br />
movies - anything directed by brett ratner.<br />
<br />
tv - the bachelorette
i love any book by christopher moore. can't go wrong with bryan lee
o'malley either.<br />
love a wide range of music, anything from scissor sisters to jason
mraz. also enjoy most anything with a good beat that i can dance
to. (former hip hop and swing dancer here).<br />
tv shows i am currently enjoying are futurama, archer, pushing
daisys, arrested development. also have a soft spot for some trashy
reality tv and most any police procedural.
born to run, tuesdays with morrie, world war z, the longest
day<br />
<br />
gladiator, casablanca, crazy stupid love, 50 first dates, it goes
on and on and on (1000+ rated movies on netflix)<br />
<br />
not a tv guy, but i will sit down and watch a show with just about
anybody. (big bang theory, walking dead, how i met your mother,
etc..) ufc events follow religiously.<br />
<br />
i listen to all types of music, add me on spotify, but mainly my
favorite is alternative rock. (goo goo dolls, dishwalla, our lady
peace, the killers etc..)<br />
<br />
shaved snow, definitely my favorite food. but i like just about
everything. a mom who worked 12 hour days 6 days a week and the
army desensitized me. (parents are divorced, (just in case somebody
thought i was sexist)
books: god is not great - hitchens, to be human - krishnamurti,
rich dad poor dad - kiyosaki, national suicide, homage to catalonia
- orwell, the god delusion - dawkins.<br />
<br />
movies: political &amp; social documentaries, fargo, the big
lebowski, no country for old men, silence of the lambs, blade
runner, best in show, the gods must be crazy, 30 days of night,
changeling...this list could go on forever because i love
movies.<br />
<br />
shows: seinfeld, curb your enthusiasm, dexter, the office, law
&amp; order:svu, lost.<br />
<br />
music: rufus wainwright, american football, at the gates,
deathspell omega, ryan adams, ringworm, all out war, blut aus nord,
behexen, church of misery, mayhem, crown of thornz, cro-mags,
leeway, life of agony, mayhem, darkthrone, nick drake, soundgarden,
alice in chains, 100 demons, integrity, madball...okay that's
enough.<br />
<br />
food: indian food.
favorite books: there are just so many. i'm a voracious reader. i
love reading hard sci-fi, space opera, military sci-fi, fantasy,
historical fiction, military history, pop physics, biographies, and
almost anything else i can get my hands on. i always have a huge
stack of books in my "to read" pile.<br />
<br />
favorite foods: i'm a sucker for sushi. i'm also quite fond of
pizza, good barbeque (which is a debate unto itself!), fried okra,
and mint chocolate chip ice cream. well-prepared meat is always a
favorite.<br />
<br />
tv: i don't watch much tv. what little i do watch tends to either
be sci-fi or police procedurals, though lately i find "reality"
ghost hunter shows to be funny enough to hold my interest.<br />
<br />
music: i like a wide variety of music, but tend not to listen to
popular, top-40 stuff. i never listen to commercial radio. leonard
cohen is definitely on my list...one of the best lyricists ever,
and one hell of a snappy dresser to boot.<br />
<br />
movies: i don't have a list of favorite movies, though if i did,
star wars (iv and v, i.e., the first two) would be on it. so would
pi, but only if i've had a pot of coffee beforehand. mel brooks and
monty python films would definitely be on there. the original
airplane! would as well. the princess bride, alien, paranormal
activity (more for filmmaking reasons than anything else), zardoz,
logans run, planet of the apes, and other bad sci fi films (who can
beat sean connery in a safety-orange diaper, running around
declaring, "guns are good and the penis is evil!"?) and so on. most
mst3k'd movies. ok, i lied. i guess i do have a favorite movie
list. sue me.
i'm a voracious reader -i'm practically on a first-name basis with
some of the staff at barnes &amp; noble- so anything i put down
here will be out of date fast...i very highly recommend a fantastic
non-fiction book called the immortal life of henrietta lacks. just
amazing. as for fiction? i really like nick hornby's novels, shel
silverstein still sits on my shelf (and i like to think he'd
appreciate the alliteration in that sentence,) christopher moore is
funny, and several british authors (um, apart from hornby, who i
named above.)<br />
<br />
music-wise (a smallish, but representative sample, in no real order
at all): david bowiemotownu2pink floydqueenthe policeok
goeric claptonnorah jonesbeethovenmozartled zeppelinjohnny
cashdanny elfman's musical scorescrystal bowersoxjimi
hendrixccrcoldplaybuddy hollybelle &amp;
sebastianb52saerosmithgrateful dead (though i'm not what you'd
think of as your typical "deadhead"--i don't do any illicit
substance.)beatles (solo &amp; group stuff)the frayfine young
cannibalselvis costellojazzlady gagatechno (for
workouts)remjewel<br />
<br />
too many movies to name, but i'm a fan of the coen bros., woody
allen, steve martin, pixar, and i'll admit to liking some romcoms.
(i'll redeem myself by naming shaun of the dead as an
example.)<br />
<br />
i'm much more likely to have my ipod on than the tv...and if the tv
is on, it's probably gonna be netflix, curb your enthusiasm, the
simpsons, or a britcom like the it crowd or red dwarf.<br />
<br />
foodwise: i'm an incurable chocoholic, and daily coffee intake is a
must... apart from that....hm. chinese, italian, mexican, thai,
sushi. pizza. the good ol' american standby, the hamburger. (i'm
fairly adventurous...at least by my folks' standard - though don't
listen to my father telling you about the octopus leg hanging from
my lip!)
cook books. fiction, reference. paintering, writering, musicing.
brooks, king, palahniuk, banks, irving, claremont, gaiman, hoff.
nicholson, hardy, bridges. wolf parade, modest mouse, atmosphere,
broken social scene, beck, claypool, patton, buckethead, mozart,
waller, tmbg, redbone. way too many to list in this little box. i'm
sort of a musical sponge, actually...
i've currently been on a haruki murakami bender. i'm also a fan of
lefty political stuff, and pollan/nestle type political foodie
books. my music taste is eclectic... i can't define what i like,
but i know it when i hear it. at the moment i've been listening to
a lot of white stripes, kevin johansen, and fratellis. other
favorites are toots and the maytals, manu chao, emir kustarica and
the no smoking orchestra, and the black keys, to name a few.<br />
<br />
no tv here, but i do have some favorite radio shows, including this
american life, radiolab, the moth, answer me this, the ted radio
hour, and others...
canb users hand book ,harry potter, lemony snickett (a series of
unfortunate events), strategy guides . . . looking for something
interesting.<br />
<br />
music right now, example, gotye, bvb, airborne toxic event,
d.r.u.g.s., adele, mumford and sons, ffdp, noel gallagher.<br />
i.love.music and i have too much to put here...all genres
basically<br />
<br />
its weird, i have tons of movies and i watch alot and really like
them but i dont watch them alot, i rather watch them with my
friends, get to know me better and i'll tell you why the last thing
i said was weird to me
my library is rather eclectic: nat'l geo, gardening mags; books
about kids; books about brain function; the audacity of hope; the
female brain; 1491; zinn's history of the us; eats, shoots and
leaves...anything by wayne dyer, thich nhat hanh, isabel allende,
ggmarquez, steinbeck, malcolm gladwell<br />
<br />
movies? i love foreign films, but will also go see mainstream stuff
-- especially action movies (and especially, especially kungfu).
anything with a tall, brown hunk in it and i'm there!<br />
<br />
also a sucker for certain (altho by no means all) broadway
musicals. classical guitar concerts are the best. jazz clubs are
wonderful, too.<br />
<br />
music? i like a lot of different types: soul, jazz, some classical
(not into opera or country but i will admit that may just be
because i haven't been properly schooled), and in my attempt to
further my spanish skills, i listen to lots of spanish rock and
romantica.<br />
<br />
food? it's probably easiest to say what i don't like, since it's a
short list. i don't do raw well, so sushi is not high on the list
(sorry), and i am not into heavy sauces, so no old fashioned
french. i love most all ethnic foods -- and err on the side of
vegies rather than a lot of meat.
great gatsby wuz gud i liked it<br />
<br />
gregg akari, queer movies, that gritty ass indie shit,
prostitutes<br />
<br />
law&amp;order svu, spaced, athf, adult swim,thats so raven, always
sunny in philly, angela anaconda<br />
<br />
lots of hip-hop, metal, grindcore, 20 second long punx songs, real
shit<br />
i likes some idm n shit<br />
<br />
dont eat meat but chef real hard
books... lolita, mosquito coast, fear and loathing in las vegas,
play it as it lays, a confederacy of dunces, the bell jar, winner
of the national book award (yes thats a book title), akira<br />
music: grateful dead, talking heads/david byrne, annie lennox,
nirvana, and a very wide variety of other shit. omnivorous to a
fault.<br />
movies: ghost world, pulp fiction, akira, harold and kumar, the
corporation, the ice harvest, apocalypse now, midnight cowboy,
edward scissorhands, life aquatic, romancing the stone, no country
for old men, bride and prejudice, funny games, yellow submarine,
pretty much every movie ive ever seen<br />
food: i'm kinda picky, but i idolize fried egg and cheese
sandwiches
ill eat almost anything love to cook, horror films and books that
touch on neuro science and brain development/human behavior.
ok.. books... ... . .. ... .. . ... . i think the translation of
the title is "blindness" by jose saramago. i love julio cortazar's
short stories... i like paul auster... i've read two of his books.
since i'm a musician i read about.. music and composers...<br />
<br />
movies.. bergman.. me like<br />
antonia's line<br />
the english patient<br />
the hours<br />
best in show<br />
little miss sunshine<br />
bridesmaids<br />
i love almodovar's movies and kurosawa's as well<br />
<br />
has anyone seen incendies?? great movie..
books: i like to read a range of genres, but if i had to pick my
favorites they would be siddartha, the alchemist, ishamel, the four
agreements.<br />
<br />
movies: what movies i like depend on my mood, usually go with
action, comedies, sci-fi, dramas. the goonies, pricess bride,
breakfast at tifanny's, forest gump, jurassic park, amores perros,
y tu mama tambien,<br />
<br />
shows: trueblood, battlestar galactica, modern family, the big bang
theory, mad men, npr.<br />
<br />
music: i can spend hours listening to all sorts of music. my tastes
are very eclectic ranging from r&amp;b to country, music in spanish
(of course), brazilian beats, pop, rock, etc. zoe, enrique bunbury,
snow patrol, mumford &amp; sons, tom petty, santana, staind, muse,
jimmy buffet, tracy chapman.<br />
<br />
food: mexican food, of course. korean food, especially kimchi.
music: any kind, but mostly artist like michael bubble, alejandro
sanz, pablo alboran, luis miguel, amigos invisibles, etc.<br />
movies: action, romantic, comedy you name it i like it.<br />
food: i have a very good appetite-palette , but pasta and bbq are
one of my favorite foods.
it's a tie for books between <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+dark+tower">the dark tower</a> series by steven
king and the overcoat by gogol. murakami was the last new author to
really catch my attention, but i got bored after three books. anna
karenina and the glass bead game get honorable mention. also
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=george+rr+martin">george rr
martin</a>. k, i'm done.<br />
<br />
movies/tv......so many: it's a wonderful life (#1), fargo, tropic
thunder (really), jcvd, the hunger, hot rod, run lola run, star
trek/guilty pleasures include tim and eric and survivor.<br />
<br />
as for music, not my area of expertise. i like electronica for
dancing and working out, lots of fast beats and serious bass, but
also like old r.e.m., police, beastie boys, and tom petty.<br />
<br />
food, that's easy: asian. vietnamese, sushi, thai, burmese. yum.
books: patriot games, the art of fielding, ballad of birmingham
(poem), gonzo: life of hunter s. thompson<br />
movies: braveheart, shawshank redemption, kickboxer/bloodsport (was
pretty much obsessed with van damme as a kid), snatch, legends of
the fall, die hard, beverly hills cop, lethal weapon, road house,
point break.<br />
music: like everything, sublime, bush, offspring, nas, biggie, lil
wayne, akon, jt (not ashamed), lotta others<br />
food: italian, thai, ethnic in general.. corn dogs and chicken pot
pie are pretty money too.
movies: blue crush, blow, the boondock saints, rocky (all), jaws,
tombstone, major league, the shawshank redemption, pretty woman,
dirty dancing, lion king, dazed and confused, it's complicated,
drive, overboard, sweet home alabama, scarface, twilight,
gladiator, the patriot, forest gump, braveheart, finding nemo, good
will hunting<br />
<br />
some recent books i have read: hunger games, one day, girl with the
dragon tattoo series, the help, little bee, breaking night...<br />
<br />
shows: true blood, dexter, boardwalk empire, weeds, two and a half
men, sex in the city, anything on the history channel or the
discovery channel.<br />
and i love watching steelers games!<br />
<br />
music: i love pretty much anything.classic rock, country, pop, hip
hop<br />
<br />
food: juicing, pizza, salad, tomato soup, frozen yogurt, pickles,
grapes, cheese, seafood
i love old books &amp; russian authors. gotta have music that makes
you want to get up and get down. live music &amp; shows are grand.
museums are a grand experience too, especially on a stormy day when
your sporting a bottle of wine in your pack to enjoy under a random
entryway while you sketch or write about your viewings.<br />
<br />
lover of all food that is tasty whether it is good or bad for you!
you only live once, right?!
i love to read, cook and watch movies. discussion of all of these
topics is better in person. i've recently been into watching movies
filmed in ny in the 70's and early 80's.<br />
<br />
i like watching old episodes of snl while i cook or bake. or
listening to npr, this american life or president obama's sunday
morning radio addresses. i'm like a depression-era granny with my
love for radio.<br />
<br />
music...ah music, i could talk about this forever. i've recently
discovered balkan music and i'm currently thinking about starting a
fever ray cover band called fever rachel ray - who's in?
movie: memento, the fifth element, annie hall<br />
music: indie, dance, electronica, hip hop, indie pop<br />
books: freakonomics, learned optimism, feeding the revolution
(disclaimer: i wrote it)
i read mostly non-fiction these days, but i like adventure novels
too. i'm a big movie buff...all kinds. some of my favs are 'saving
private ryan', 'pulp fiction' and 'blazing saddles'. i enjoy sports
on tv, talk radio and singer/songwriter stuff. i love insanely
spicy food.
don't read much. action movies.
books by jonathan franzen and poetry by hafiz and walt whitman and
mary oliver and galway kinnell.<br />
<br />
the royal tenenbaums, walk the line, you've got mail, the kids are
alright, finding nemo, the departed.<br />
<br />
mad men, friday night lights, the daily show, the west wing, big
love, girls, curb your enthusiasm, new girl, the early days of the
office and 30 rock<br />
<br />
heavy air time always promised to etta james, fleet foxes, dolly
parton, montell jordan's this is how we do it, johnny and june
carter cash duets, bob dylan, joni mitchell, beyonce, and bon
iver.<br />
<br />
food's great! i love to eat (don't you?) and i really love to eat
yummy food that's made with ingredients grown sustainably and
ethically. beaucoup de beets. rice and beans with cheddar, avocado,
and tapatio for days.
books:<br />
generally... biographies, history, and historical fiction.<br />
specifically... the killer angels, harry potter.<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
friday night lights, the wire, band of brothers, and grey's
anatomy. (yes, grey's.)<br />
<br />
food:<br />
baked goods, fresh guacamole, clementines.
<strong>some fave directors:</strong> kubrick, peter greenaway,
brad anderson, paul thomas anderson, tarkovsky, hitchcock<br />
<br />
<strong>some fave movies:</strong> alien, the shining, the cook,
the thief, his wife and her lover, punch-drunk love, happy
accidents, no country for old men, the sixth sense, serenity,
delicatessen. action flicks like die hard, the terminator.
dark/cerebral foreign movies like the bothersome man,
solaris.<br />
<br />
<strong>some fave shows:</strong> deadwood, arrested development,
firefly. all the good ones get cancelled! i do love a good netflix
marathon.<br />
<br />
<strong>a recent book:</strong> <em>stiff</em> by mary roach.
hilarious, and fascinating.<br />
<br />
<strong>food:</strong> if it's spicy, i like it. thai, indian,
chinese, burmese, vietnamese, ethiopian. i like going out to
restaurants, i'll make any excuse to go.<br />
<br />
<strong>music:</strong> horsefeathers and sufjan stevens are both
extremely keen. i'm also very fond of jazz, particularly the swing
era.
300<br />
stuart little, the original book.<br />
90's hip hop and rap<br />
coltrane, ellington, monk<br />
comedy, horror, action<br />
food. i love and need a girl who can cook<br />
illiad
have an array of fav books..<br />
favorite movies are love &amp; basketball, city of gods and forrest
gump<br />
i'm not picky with food and love to try new types all the
time.<br />
fav music is usually in the hip hop rnb genre...i love reggae, soca
and dancehall...but because of where i grew up i listen to pretty
much anything
books: middlesex, the virgin suicides, the hours, ender's game
series, anne of green gables, harry potter series, the girl with
the dragon tattoo series<br />
<br />
movies: slumdog millionaire, room with a view, center stage,
umbrellas of chambourg.<br />
<br />
tv shows: entourage, 30 rock, how i met your mother, project
runway, the office, coupling (british version), private practice,
grey's anatomy, american idol, project runway, so you think you can
dance, top chef, scrubs, law and order.<br />
<br />
music: duffy, amy winehouse, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday.
i read quite a lot during my long commute, but here are some of my
favorites: harry potter, angels and demons, hitchhiker's guide to
the galaxy, high fidelity, about a boy, cryptonomicon, reamde, the
baroque cycle, the millennium trilogy (the girl with the dragon
tattoo + sequels), discworld, the shadow of the wind<br />
<br />
movies i can watch over and over: back to the future trilogy,
forrest gump, star wars, ocean's 11.<br />
<br />
tv: daily show, the colbert report, the wire, battlestar galactica,
house, true blood, boardwalk empire, mad men, modern family, no
reservations, warehouse 13, parenthood, arrested development,
dowton abbey, dexter, top gear<br />
<br />
music: i like most everything, but listen to lots of eclectic
online radio stations like reddit radio, radio paradise, and random
last.fm/pandora seeds (have any good suggestions?)
books: 1984, love in times of cholera, quien mato a palomino
molero, etc i got lots... most from gabriel garcia maquez.<br />
movies: star wars, lord of the rings, across the universe, x-men,
transformers, transporter, etc etc. i got lots haha.<br />
music: reggae, rock, ska, electro/dubstep.<br />
food: well i love food from start to end... but what i most enjoy
is sea food, specially sushi &lt;3.... like list is : peruvian,
asian...rest. lol<br />
tv shows: i havent watch many but some i like is : that 70s show,
spartacus, true blood, the walking dead, friends, and some more i
dont remember at the moment.
book: something wicked this way comes<br />
<br />
movies: lotr, dead-alive, monty python and the holy grail/and now
for something completely different, the pebble and the
penquin.<br />
<br />
comedian: dylan moran/eddie izzard (basically the same person - the
only major difference being one is an irish drunk and the other is
a crossdressing historian. who cares - they're both beautiful
men)<br />
<br />
shows: bsg. buffy, the slayer of the vampires. doctor who. black
books. arthur (like, legit, the pbs ardvark).<br />
<br />
food: chocolate, blueberries, kale, garlic, sushi, pizza, misso
soup, almond/peanut butter, pesto, grilled cheese, cholate-chip
waffles, milkshakes, avacados, bananas, and freah-baked bread.
catcher in the rye, playing with fire, hope they serve beer in
hell, scar tissue, the alchemist<br />
<br />
shawshank redemption, blow, wedding crashers, miracle, dumb and
dumber, city of god, american history x<br />
<br />
its easy for me to get addicted to a tv show but a few of my
favorites right now are dexter, shameless, entourage, game of
thrones, the office, how to make it in america, tosh.o, doug,
workaholics<br />
<br />
slightly stoopid, red hot chili peppers, soja, expendables, lil
wayne, ben howard, boombox, third eye blind, m83 and everything
else<br />
<br />
my heart belongs to the whole in the wall taquerias where i can
find a good burrito. please message me with suggestions.
i love the book "city of thieves".<br />
<br />
fav. directors: darren aronofsky, errol morris, ridley scott, woody
allen, alfred hitchcock &amp; john ford.<br />
<br />
hbo shows. currently, true blood.<br />
<br />
all types of music for the most part. currently obsessed with black
keys, lana del ray, lil' wayne &amp; the drive soundtrack.<br />
good &amp; gourmet food. all types of cuisines. i'm a foodie!
juice, gone in 60 second
books - i mostly read 'drama'-type books and memoirs - the glass
castle, angela's ashes, anything by pat conroy.<br />
movies - mostly comedies and dramas. my favorites include grease,
into the wild, shawshank redemption, the notebook - i could go on
and on!<br />
shows - i like to watch snl , a couple of dramas on tv, jimmy
fallon. i also really like the theater - especially a good
musical.<br />
music - i like almost any kind of music and love going to see live
music/concerts. more heavily played on my ipod - pink, adele, black
eyed peas, pearl jam, shawn mullins, and even a few country
artists.<br />
food - i really enjoy cooking at home, and am pretty open when it
comes to food. i like going to a hole in the wall, a greasy spoon,
but also enjoy going to some of the nicer restaurants in the city
on occasion. i especially like mexican, japanese, and a really good
pizza.
i love to read... i enjoy all types of movies and going to the
movies. all music and concerts...food i'll try anything.
table books
(a)<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=neil+gaiman">neil
gaiman</a>, anne rice, c.s. lewis, tolkien, brett easton
ellis<br />
(b)<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=tim+burton">tim burton</a>,
quentin tarantino, peter jackson, francis ford coppola (i like his
wine too!), ridley scott, m. night shyamalan.<br />
*i'm not much into anime, but i do like animation (from the
triplets of belleville to team america)<br />
.<br />
(c) favorites: old <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=goth">goth</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=post+punk">post punk</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=new+wave">new wave</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=electroclash">electroclash</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=indie+rock">indie rock</a>. i also like old
classic rock (stones, beatles), and some metal and industrial. try
me. if you want a list of bands to get an idea look at my <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=myspace">myspace</a> profile.
(myspace.com/msadrienne)<br />
(d) indian, japanese, italian, my own cooking
any thing with romantic books, or actions books. my fav movie is
titantic, music rock rap oldies hip hop. anything i cook is good
lol
movies: comedy &amp; horror<br />
<br />
music: all types<br />
<br />
food: burgers &amp; fries, cheese pizza, burritos
shows: i don't watch tv that much but i go on hulu or netflix for
breaking bad, parks and recreation, modern family, survivorman, man
vs wild, man vs food, and the planet earth series.<br />
<br />
music: positive motion, common, j. boog, frank ocean, the weeknd,
alicia keys, raphael saddiq, 311, passion, iz, jack johnson,
nujabes, bob marley, tribe called quest, j. cole, mgmt, wu-tang,
phoenix, coldplay, etc<br />
<br />
movies: most of judd apatows movies, fight club, training day,
eternal sunshine for the spotless mind etc<br />
<br />
food: thai, mexican, japanese, indian, korean, vietnamese,
mediterranean..i basically like all types of food!
lists of names are pretty damn boring, right? i like most of the
usual stuff that all you other liberal, coastal, impulsive
dilettantes like. besides the cataloging of one's favorite things,
apparently.<br />
<br />
i do have a notable, nerdy love for scifi and fantasy books, movies
and shows. i have a crapload of food-related books, of course, and
i will eat anything (non-human) at least once and especially if it
has sriracha on it. i'm just beginning to cultivate an appreciation
for classical music, and i don't own a tv, though i do have the
internet (see?).<br />
<br />
if you insist, i can provide you with some names - i'm pretty much
only ornery with open-ended, robot-generated inquiries, promise.
books: dune, dragonlance series, computer books, graphic
novels.<br />
<br />
movies: dune, matrix, razor's edge, 300, sin city, v for vendetta,
blade runner, sneakers, good sci-fi/horror, david lynch
stuff.<br />
<br />
food: anything vegan/seafood, thai, indian<br />
<br />
music: anything electro/synth.<br />
<br />
tv: daily show, battlestar galactica, heroes, smallville
books:<br />
poisonwood bible is my absolute favorite, otherwise i'm more of a
magazine/newspaper person- new yorker, ny times, and a little us
weekly just to mix it up!<br />
as for movies, my most recent favorites from the oscar lot are
probably the descendents and the artist. as for tv, i'm addicted to
dexter and am just getting through season 2 of breaking bad. it's
amazing<br />
when it comes to food, i'm always up for everything. i enjoy thai
and japanese as well as italian.
books: mostly fiction. a game of thrones, the devil and miss prym,
daughter of fortune, pillars of the earth, the girl with the dragon
tattoo, cryptonomicon, middlesex, the lovely bones just to name a
few...<br />
<br />
movies: anything with a good story and / or great photography.
again, for a short selection: ghost world, american beauty, being
john malkovich, frida, koyaanisqatsi, solaris, blade runner, me you
and everyone else, anything from kubric or wong kar wai...<br />
<br />
tv: house, battlestar galactica, the west wing, sherlock, the
wire... ever since i moved here, i haven't had much time to follow
all the cool new series.<br />
<br />
music: an eclectic selection ranging from classical to hard rock.
i'm currently learning the piano, and i love swing dancing, so i'm
partial to those sorts.<br />
<br />
food: i'm a foodie, so it's hard not to say "everything"... i'm
also a pretty good cook, or so i'm told. my latests experiments
involved dabbling with the so called molecular cuisine.
books:<br />
the unbearable lightness of being<br />
great expectations<br />
the scarlet letter<br />
anything fun and supernatural<br />
i love to read!!!<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
i am a movie person. i love to watch movies. even kinda bad
ones...although i am not a fan of horror.<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
weeds<br />
true blood<br />
supernatural<br />
buffy the vampire slayer<br />
<br />
music:<br />
such a vast subject...i know i am taking the easy road out...but i
like most music. i am always down for a good show and for
discovering new bands!<br />
<br />
food:<br />
i am a celiac (no gluten) vegetarian. so unfortunately my diet is
kinda selective. i really do love a good salad! haha. i also love
mexican and indian food.
my past year includes:<br />
david copperfield, archer, party down, aretha franklin, jens
lekman, the beautiful things that heaven bears, emperor of
maladies, natsuo kirino's out, simon and garfunkle, west side
story, skippy dies, community, mandopop ballads, hall &amp; oates,
mixtapes with frenchpop, long form journalism, and asian dramas
(it's my guilty pleasure and i'm not trying to be ironic).
voltaire, nabokov , flaubert , updike , didion, calvino , etc.
unfortunately i fell out of the habit of reading literature a few
years ago at the onset of the decline of my vision.<br />
<br />
i'm less interested in visual arts at this point than i thought
possible, remarkably. i used to be consumed.<br />
<br />
i'm a bit out of touch with tv and movies. i liked the kung fu
series. one of my fave movies is dersu uzala. i like costume drama
in general,<br />
<br />
i like beautiful music, old fashioned played on real instruments.
wow, well this is about the most vague question ever. i do not know
where to start.<br />
as far as music goes, i like all genres except country blues and
opera but there are always exceptions. . . as far as the bands that
i like to name a lot: deathcab, badly drawn boy, the foo fighters,
silver sun pickups, the yeah yeah yeahs, thunder power, sound
providers, gang starr,they might be giants, daft punk, kimya
dawson, the beatles, figurines, the postal service, mr scruff,
darude, deadmau5, skrillex, lazer sword, machine drum, the cure,
the pretenders, justice, the avalanches, the arctic monkeys, the
offspring, ratatat, starscream, abyssus, c418, acid girls, beasty
boys, classixx, demoscene time machine, grum, mux mool, shirobon,
someone still loves you boris yeltsin, real estate, radical face,
peter bjorn and john, little red, fleet foxes, alex metric, feist,
bon iver, the animal collective, mm, raleigh moncrief, beirut,
unicorn kid, please do not fight, chromeo, benny benassi, smash
mouth, the pixies, plain white t's, gorillaz, boys noize, vampire
weekend, maroon 5, new found glory, phantom planet, crystal
castles, mindless self indulgence, coldplay, ok go, the police,
frankie goes to hollywood, the cars, queen, oingo boingo, the
ramones, utopia, metallica, wolf parade, sea wolf, moby, sneaky
sound system, orange clubbers, basement jaxx, junior senior, high
contrast, astrid suryanto, pakito, junkie xl, chairlift, billy
joel, jack johnson, gregory and the hawk, and octopus project<br />
<br />
thats the bands i can remember.<br />
<br />
as far as tv i guess i like funny cartoons like adventure time,
regular show, family guy, robot chicken, and stuff like that. . . i
also like comedic live action shows like scienfeld, and how i met
your mother. . . and old 80s shows are the best, like doogie howser
md, and macgyver.<br />
<br />
oh right and interstella 5555 blew my mind. . . that is all
well.... saving private ryan, 300, battle la... get the direction i
am heading? i listen to all kinds of music... i mean all. techno,
country, hip hop, jazz, classical, oldies...
my favorite color is rainbows.<br />
<br />
my favorite food is everything.<br />
<br />
my favorite song is bon jovi and journey.<br />
<br />
my favorite animal is a unicorn-pegasus hybrid, but people always
tell me i'm most like a tiger, or maybe an unusually sleek
panther.<br />
<br />
i literally love every single kind of music, from rihanna to
black-eyed peas to lady gaga.<br />
<br />
i listen to npr 25 hours a day and i read and memorize every issue
of the new yorker a week before it comes out.<br />
<br />
the only thing i don't like is not liking things. well, that and
country music.
i love to read and the list of books is long. tastes are wide and
varied, including classics, fiction, spiritual, magazines, and
newspapers, online and old school. considering getting a kindle or
nook but just not sure i can give up "real" books. i've had to get
rid of so many these past few months, and i'm trying to lighten my
footprint. books can really weigh a person down.<br />
<br />
movies are great (both at home and at the cinema) and provide a
great escape. too many favorites but my all time favorite has to be
lifeboat by hitchcock.<br />
<br />
i love music and going to live music at smaller venues is
fantastic.<br />
<br />
i'm not a foodie but i do love good food... good healthy
food.<br />
<br />
i'm not a big tv fan but i will put it on occasionally. usually it
bores me.<br />
<br />
live theater is fun but i don't go very often. i especially love
the costumes and set designs.<br />
<br />
i'm really just open to everything and anything life has to offer.
i'll try (almost) anything once. maybe not sky diving... but you
never know.
books: i read a lot but i don't know the english names...the last
book i read was hungergames, that was quite good!=) and i read
books of ken follet...<br />
<br />
movies: i watch all kinds of movies...comedy, thriller,
horror,<br />
action...no favorite =)<br />
<br />
shows: king of queens, two and a half men ( with charly
sheen=p)<br />
family guy.........<br />
<br />
music: almost everything! except heavy metal or other ear<br />
destroying music...=)<br />
<br />
food: i prefer healthy food, i love salad....but sometimes i need a
burger or something like that=)<br />
i like almost everything...i'm not picky! here in san francisco i
tried many different restaurants with food from different
countries...i think you always can find something you like!
movies : the devil wears prada. the hours. eat pray love. up in the
air. julie and julia. brokeback mountain. 27 dresses. enchanted.
spiderman. love actually. saw series. one day. something borrowed.
the proposal. saw. 28 days/weeks later<br />
<br />
comics: dragon ball, doraemon<br />
<br />
music: adele, lady gaga, katy perry, madonna, spice girls,
backstreet boys, sammi cheng<br />
<br />
shows: sex and the city, desperate housewives, house, the office,
ugly betty, modern family.<br />
<br />
book: five people you met in heaven. the confessions of a
shopaholic. chicken soup for soul. all cookbooks.
books:<br />
swedish berlitz, hide this french book, lotr, a disagreement with
death, the visual dictionary, the animation book, the film
dictionary, the tao te ching, swedishcultureshock, etc..<br />
<br />
movies/shows:<br />
food inc, got the facts on milk?, starwars, startrek, the matrix,
bourne identity, dresden files, the pretender, forest gump, dogma,
wasabi, sicko, slacker uprising, bowling for columbine, v for
vendeta, gone in 60 seconds, cowboy beebob, 40 year old virgin,
something about mary, avanti(1972), james bond, and more.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
too many to list, but love old rock from 1969, 1970's, some 1980's,
and am really into jazz<br />
<br />
food:<br />
chinese, indian (mild curry), mexican (found a few great places),
americana, organic, oatmeal cookies, fresh sushi, and open to find
more great hidden cafes in the bay area.
books: the analects of confucius, knulp, anna karenina. hard-boiled
wonderland and the end of the world (but i hardly enjoy reading
other murakami novels, for unknown reasons).<br />
music: jazz, latin. also, most live music at local venues.<br />
food: sushi and many others.
movies: the goonies. (i could list a bunch of others, but i
won't)<br />
<br />
tv: i watch a lot of it. at the top of my list right now is
community, breaking bad, mad men, louie, the walking dead, modern
family, the office, true blood, it's always sunny in
philadelphia....if it's on tv, chances are i watch it.<br />
<br />
books: after my rousing obsession with the hunger games trilogy, i
have moved on to "my week with marilyn"
i lurve science fiction!
i like the classics for reading material generally and all things
shakespeare - my degree is in english literature so that is a
given. i read mostlhy for school right now so reading some public
policy texts. i read plays, non-fiction and pretty much anything
that is interesting and/or intellectually challenging. favorite
movies would be along the lines of alien, pulp fiction, diva,
bladerunner, boondock saints, vampires kiss, or anything that
scares me, makes me belly laugh, is good sci-fi or makes me think.
musically i'm a classic rock lover at heart but enjoy most kinds of
music except perhaps country. food is as my mood dictates.
any nicholas sparks or tucker max book<br />
alternative and indie rock<br />
i love italian food
shows: dexter, workaholics, it's always sunny in philadelphia, the
office, new girl, snl, chopped, weeds<br />
<br />
music: i go to coachella.<br />
<br />
food: all
lord of the rings<br />
harry potter<br />
decision points<br />
michael buble<br />
drake<br />
eminem<br />
game of thrones<br />
the league<br />
how i met your mother<br />
<br />
and so many more...
right at the moment;<br />
1) the moral animal, by robert wright<br />
2) valley girl and dr. who<br />
3) all yr songs, by diamond rings, just everything by wanda jackson
right now<br />
4) malbec
musica: soda stereo, fabulosos cadillacs, queen, the beatles, jimmi
hendryx, joplin, joe cocker<br />
movies: the empire strikes back<br />
shows: family guy, storage wars (hey sometimes they find crazy
stuff)<br />
food: french, peruvian, salvadorean, mediterranean<br />
<br />
books: i studied literature and linguistics so this is hard
now reading and enjoying the creative habit. faves are often
theory/ philosophy based or for fiction my dear oryx and crake
(margaret atwood), paulo cuehlo, tom robbins.<br />
<br />
grew up listening to phish and the dead but lately like bluegrass
(incl. devil makes 3, david grisman), folk (nathan moore, ani, cat
power), some good djs ( dj frane), some heavier stuff (secret
chiefs 3, botfly), nikki bluhm, breathe owl breathe... i love ween
&amp; radiohead... also like jazz but truly find myself coming back
to rock 'n roll and hoping to find as much new music as possible
now that i have the option!!<br />
<br />
i love to cook for myself and friends. i like all that is fresh,
organic, local and not over cooked. i eat eggs from the farm and
fruits and vegies from the market bc we are blessed with the best
in the west:) i also need my sushi fix often and enjoy the social
part of dining out and trying new things.
book: garfield on the farm- its a classic !! haha<br />
movie: anchorman, pulp fiction (anything q.t. haha) , hangover,
etc<br />
music: from micheal jackson to ac/dc and earth, wind &amp; fire to
gucci mane....long as the beat is dope imma steady nod my
head<br />
food: anything from the ocean =)
six feet under, city of god, most music (though not hip hop so
much), mediterranean food, mad men, californication (the show!)
books: futuretainment, the last tycoons, dressing the man.<br />
<br />
movies: casino royale, to catch a thief, the saint, layer cake,
hitch.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
theme song: "motorcycle drive-by" by third eye blind first date
song : "i want you" by third eye blind 5 sec. crush song: "will i
ever see you again" by lenny kravitz bonfire song: "amber" by 311
official sunday morning song: "sitting on the dock of the bay" by
otis redding<br />
work out album: "life is peachy" by korn.<br />
<br />
food: up for anything...depends on the day.
to kill a mockingbird, the coldest winter ever, anything by david
sedaris, the glass castle, anything by augusten burroughs, the
help, their eyes were watching god, everything by chelsea
handler<br />
<br />
grandma's boy, black swan, the elephant man, bridesmaids, howard
the duck, spaceballs, the women (the original from the 30s)<br />
<br />
dexter, shameless, us of tara, glee, desperate housewives, the big
c, crappy reality tv<br />
<br />
old soul music, hip hop, electropop, r&amp;b, folk<br />
<br />
sweet potato pie, pakistani food, anything my mom makes
i like old fairy tales and avant-garde cartoons. "british novels."
thick, exquisite fantasies. unreliable histories. borges. i read
while eating and eat while reading. i no longer read while driving,
by popular demand.<br />
<br />
guitar bands that sound like they play where it's foggy, i like
that. and fiddles, and bagpipes, and drum machines if you can still
make out the individual thumps. cee lo? mississippi john hurt. um,
sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band. the song by the
weakerthans about penguins and french philosophy. cellos. the
upright bass. i like the sound a piano makes in a very clean
room.<br />
<br />
velvet goldmine, royal tenenbaums, anytime they remake an old thing
with more growling and people getting socked in the head (see
batman, beethoven's 3rd), anything by oscar wilde, tom stoppard,
beckett (mostly a contrarian impulse here), roald dahl (wait, we're
back to books now?)...edmund burke, but once was enough. and movies
with good swordfights in em.<br />
<br />
oh my god i forgot nick cage. nick cage. keanu reeves. swayze. you
know, <em>classical thespians</em>.<br />
<br />
fruit and spices, like, really, really spices.
i'm an avid comic book reader and buy more nearly every week... big
x-men geek, have been my whole life. not too big on cinema, i do
really like glee, 24, project runway (though, like you, i was
definitely anti-gretchen) food is one of my favorite things, i love
asian food in particular, but i'm also a sucker for french fries.
i'm a vegetarian and really appreciate being one, but have no
problems with others' habits. oh and music. music is probably my
favorite thing. i love rihanna and am falling in love with dev, i
love good dance and some steps-away-from-the-norm pop.
i love indie stuff in small venues so you probably won't find me
reading bestsellers (unless they're about neuroscience) but i enjoy
a wide variety of artistic expression. i grew up with a classical
violinist so classical music is in my blood but i love many genres
from folk to opera.<br />
<br />
i read voraciously and idiosyncratically and as little on a screen
as possible, though that's difficult.<br />
<br />
i'm a ted fan. what a great gift.<br />
<br />
i love fresh- baked things but for real food i generally eat veggie
and a variety of ethnic food. i could probably live on lasagna. you
can't go wrong with ricotta cheese. i'm a big fan of fresh
fruit.<br />
<br />
i enjoy live theatre for the rawness of it. i recently saw the wild
bride and loved it.
(a) the metaphysical club by louis menand<br />
(b) catching fire, how cooking made us human by richard
wrangham<br />
(c) educating rita (an old old film)<br />
(d) bon iver (a recent discovery enjoyment for my ears and
heart)<br />
(e) e.s.t. -- as shown <a href=
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxfofxrm-8"><strong>here</strong></a><br />

(f) uakti (i actually learned about this group from another okc
profile. very thankful for anyplace where i can learn about a great
band)
amos oz is my favorite writer and foreign cinema is my favorite
restaurant. i don't see a lot of shows but i like the idea of the
greek theater. i recently saw beginners and read the steve jobs
biography. the new yorker takes a lot of my time - someday soon
i'll be caught up.
books that i am still reading in my free time: technical books (top
priority), the road ahead, steve jobs,<br />
how to win friends and influence people,etc.<br />
<br />
movies: action, romantic comedy, documentary, history, discovery
channels, and extreme engineering is my favorite one.<br />
<br />
tv show series and sitcom: friends ( my favorite), grey's anatomy
(second favorite), big bang theory, new girl, how i met your
mother.<br />
<br />
music: euro dance, trance (i feel like upbeat music + coffee will
stimulate my brain when i am coding), pop, new age, instrumental,
slow rock, and country.<br />
i learned classical piano for 7 years when i was 6 year old. i have
stopped playing for a very long time but will practice again soon
in the near future since i feel like i have more time now.<br />
<br />
radio stations : 103.7, 101.3, 99.7, 88.5, 49.4.<br />
<br />
food: asian and american cuisines and any kind of spicy food.
district 9 and 300. c'mon what did you expect, sleepless in seattle
or sex and the city? i read non fiction.
ok so for books, i'd have to go with anything that can catch and
hold my attention. (mostly mystery novels)<br />
<br />
moves....there are to many...but here are a few. tron (both the new
and original one), hero movies such as batman, iron man, and even
the green hornet was cool. star wars is awesome(yea im a nerd too).
gladiator and 300 were the best ancient roman and spartan movies
evar!! gotta throw in some toons like dispicable me (it's so
fluffay!!!!), and knust about anything else that can hold my
attention<br />
<br />
food would have to be the stuff i grew up on in my familly.
(mexican, el salvadorian dishes, soul food [lol], and strangely
chinese food)
books..yes i like them, they taste yummy. ones by gaiman, pratchett
have the best bite.<br />
tv..how uncool am i cause i actually watch tv and gasp, enjoy it.
waiting patiently for the new season of doctor who.<br />
music..can bring me to tears or rile me up but generally i like to
just shake my ass to it, save for reggae and new rap.
oh lord. i don't know how i feel about reducing eachother to venn
diagrams, but, hell, it's a party.<br />
<br />
books - man, i mean, this is what i do. i don't expect you to have
the patience to listen to me listing off everything in my
bookshelves. you'd hate it. you're very busy and smart. still, here
are some authors, because that's fun: oe, mishima, murakami, abe.
rushdie, hemon. pynchon, erickson, delillo, mccarthy, cheever,
bowles. hickey, zizek. i'm also super into achewood, xkcd, scary go
round and overcompensating. i think my sense of humor is pretty
much buttercupfestival.com.<br />
<br />
movies - i don't really watch movies? but i like lynch, pt
anderson, documentaries. bubba ho-tep is pretty incredible. so is
brick.<br />
tv - nothing surprising here. arrested development, twin peaks, the
wire, mr. show, daily show. the venture bros are awesome. i just
finished watching avatar the last airbender, and it was
excellent.<br />
<br />
music - i dig angels of light, indie crap, dose one, old country
music, and then a whole hell of a lot of instrumental shit to write
to.<br />
<br />
food - if it's there, i'll eat it. if it's thai or indian i'll eat
even more of it. i don't think i've paid for italian food that
wasn't pizza since i tried to impress girls at high school
dances.<br />
<br />
there are a lot of very grim conversations in my family about what
we'd do if the doctor told us we'd have to give up coffee or
alcohol and just pick one. we'd have a very hard time. my family's
relationship to coffee was pretty much written for twin
peaks.<br />
<br />
video games - that's right, i fucking said it. i like to play smart
and fun video games that make me rethink narratology or 'splode
some alien jerks. i am way too busy to be embarrassed about owning
a super nintendo and a ps3, so suck it media racists.
i like all types of music i dont really watch tv i love all food
except tuna and onions
i love to read and have no specific book! movies are my thing and
one of my favorite past times, i also love music and shows. i love
to cook and yes i am very good!
here are some things that i thought of:<br />
<br />
books: the mysteries of pittsburgh, the sun also rises, 100 years
of solitude, ham on rye, the wind up bird chronicles, the engineer
of human souls, the fool reversed, trout fishing in america, the
rapture of canaan, ender's game, choke, survivor<br />
<br />
movies: when harry met sally, lost in translation, casablanca, pulp
fiction, wet hot american summer, as good as it gets, toy story,
high fidelity eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, waking life,
miyazaki films, the artist<br />
<br />
music: mates of state, paul simon, she &amp; him, frightened
rabbit, jens lekman, camera obscura, feist, dylan, shugo tokumaru,
thao, mumford &amp; sons, of montreal, dave bixby, mum, broken
social scene, muse, the fiery furnaces, ben folds (five), rilo
kiley, the magnetic fields, the weakerthans, queen (but
specifially, mr. fahrenheit)<br />
<br />
foods: most foods that are quality. i love japanese, mexican, thai,
and italian foods especially. i am working on becoming a great cook
and making good progress.
emperors new groove, shawshank redemption, scrubs, band of
brothers, xfiles, boardwalk empire, engineering an empire, espn,
spirited away, princess mononoke, nausicca, triplets of belville,
the incredibles, the lion king, aladdin, gettysburg, samurai jack,
tron legacy<br />
<br />
calvin and hobbes (yes it counts!), the alchemist, one day in the
life of ivan denisovich, 4 arguments for the elimination of
television, roberto clemente, the great train robbery, fingerprints
of the gods, the edge chronicles, redwall series, any thing by
phillip k dick, john scalzi, or graham hancock.<br />
<br />
music i like: pretty much anything... but i like tool, a perfect
circle, the clarks, and live to name a few...
books: the dhammapada, four agreements, tao te ching, the archaic
revival, houston smith's the world's religions, the end of your
world, capitalism hits the fan, breaking open the head,
autobiography of malcolm x, etc., etc.<br />
<br />
movies: the fifth element, paul, the big lebowski, lord of the
rings, the green mile, the last samurai, ip man, etc., etc.<br />
<br />
shows: the boondocks, futurama, the office, big bang theory, bill
moyers and co., nature, charlie rose, tavis smiley, more npr/pbs
stuff.<br />
<br />
radio: pacifica &gt; npr &gt; everything else.<br />
<br />
music: reggae (groundation, damian marley, ooklah the moc, luciano,
soja, lionheart sounds, etc.) underground hip hop (the grouch,
hieroglyphics, eligh, binary star, zion i, brother ali, etc) old
school (marvin gaye, nina simone, al green, etc.)<br />
<br />
food: i'm game for pretty much anything besides balut. try to go
organic/local as much as possible.
the items listed here are just a very small sampling of what i
like.<br />
<br />
books - hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, harry potter, anything
steampunk, graphic novels, sci-fi, fantasy.<br />
<br />
movies - the big lebowski, the goonies, indiana jones, star wars,
american beauty, city of lost children.<br />
<br />
music - the smashing pumpkins, interpol, muse, incubus, tool, a
perfect circle, gorrilaz, lupe fiasco. pretty much anything except
country, smooth or improvisational jazz, or christian "rock".<br />
<br />
shows - dexter, true blood, jericho, family guy, robot chicken,
pushing daisies, ancient aliens.<br />
<br />
food - indian, thai, japanese, chinese, ethiopian, filipino, middle
eastern, bbq, anything cooked at home with love.
i love romantic comedies and tons of indie/electronic rock music.
bring me to an amazing mexican restaurant and i'll love you
forever!
birria de chivo, mezcal, any dry red wine that tastes like the
underside of a medieval stone bridge in november, with leather.
diplo, the yeah yeah yeahs (karen o, if you're reading this, the
search is over girl!), beck, janelle monae, brahms, gabriel garcia
marquez, kundera, camus, bukowski, cortazar, felini, goya, steve
martin, monty python, alice waters etc etc etc etc etc etc
books: currently reading "what every body is saying":
"slaughterhouse 5" was very cool. um, "the alchemist";
"siddartha";"1984";"fear and loathing in las vegas"; "never let me
go" was cool too. i tend to read books and then remember very
little about them.<br />
movies: anything that's thought provoking and/or funny. coen bros.
have my respect, as does tarantino, can't forget kurosawa either.
oh and johnny depp, except the tourist was horrible. he just can't
play "normal"...<br />
music: deep, bass line funk or electronica. loungy style. worldly
beats. and some bluegrass - at least the current wave. anything
cool and/or different really. cookie cutter stuff, not so much. but
i'm always down to go see any live performance with an open mind.
you never know. all time fav is radiohead - currently it's fleet
foxes...<br />
food: not much of a 'foody' - meaning that, as much as i like and
appreciate good food, it's not something i get super excited about
or go way out of my way to obtain. but i do luv me some good sushi!
changes often but top chef is always a favorite. i guess i like the
usual stuff.
graffiti...<br />
<br />
xkcd, penny arcade, threat level, and new york times op-eds.
research papers in my field. any and everything that william gibson
writes.<br />
<br />
i eat exclusively food that has traveled 1000 miles or more,
because i hate the environment and supporting local
agriculture.<br />
<br />
arrested development. fawlty towers. 91 words for snow. deeper.
lots of stuff that gets cancelled.<br />
<br />
favorite places: super secret blueberry patch in nh. anywhere in
the white mountains. rooftops of buildings in cities. the
metropolitan museum of art in manhattan. deering oaks farmer's
market in portland, me.
movie/books: fight club, lord of the rings, a clockwork
orange<br />
<br />
tv: the walking dead, the office, jeopardy!<br />
<br />
music: arcade fire, radiohead, led zeppelin, the rolling stones,
the beatles, pink floyd<br />
<br />
food: cheese
books:<br />
harvard business review<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
spirited away<br />
hot tub time machine<br />
<br />
music:<br />
jamey johnson<br />
naked music: nyc<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
antiques road show<br />
<br />
food:<br />
brussel sprouts
authors: saramago, kundera, vonnegut, hemmingway, bradbury,
marquez, borges, douglas adams, a bunch of sociologists. i mostly
just read nonfiction these days.<br />
<br />
cinema: howl's moving castle<br />
<br />
tv: battlestar galactica, arrested development, the wire, rome,
deadwood, 30 rock, dexter<br />
<br />
music: the ting tings are doing it for me at the moment. and the
state birds, of course.<br />
<br />
food: if anyone anywhere likes it, i'll give it a try and probably
enjoy it. and i love to cook without recipes (kinda like the
dancing).
books: geek love, snowcrash, pattern recognition, american gods,
carter beats the devil, the black dahlia, the crimson petal and the
white and many others; movies: dead man (my favorite movie of all
time), the saddest music in the world, fight club, anything by wong
kar wai and tsui hark (especially time and tide, one of my other
favorite movies of all time), brother and almost any film with/by
beat takeshi; anything by wes anderson (especially rushmore),
jesus' son, snatch, the winslow boy, the salton sea, requiem for a
dream, memento, the elephant man, go, oldboy, the quick and the
dead, the professional, bound, layer cake, head on, sexy beast, the
big lebowski, lord of the rings (especially the first one); music:
devotchka, the decemberists, jesse sykes, neutral milk hotel, the
trucks, the black angels, beirut, tiny vipers, silversun pickups...
and always (in no particular order): uncle tupelo, mekons, nirvana,
pixies, joy division, velvet underground, elliott smith, my bloody
valentine, pj harvey, breeders, morphine and many, many more; food:
thai food, mexican (esp. mole), fresh fruit, esp. mangos,
pomegranates and pineapple.
i regard this section with contempt but here it goes...<br />
<br />
books- fun home by alison bechdel, into thin air: a personal
account of the everest disaster, the bell jar, civilization and its
discontents, a visit from the goon squad, zen mind beginners
mind<br />
<br />
muzac- pearl jam, classic vinyl, some new stuff like, the
knife<br />
<br />
most recent favorite movie- mary and max<br />
old favorites- overboard &amp; yours mine and ours, howl<br />
<br />
and food, i could go for some pupusas or a fancy piece of pizza
almost anytime. generally, on each occasion that i eat something
composed with quality ingredients, there stands a good chance of
that food becoming my new favorite.
some of my favorite books are: a catcher in the rye, a whole new
mind, confessions of an economic hitman, harry potter (im a bit of
a fanactic) and against the stream.<br />
favorite shows: family guy, law &amp; order, csi ny, ghost
whisperer. i enjoy documentaries as well.<br />
movies: harry potter (surprise!) pretty in pink, milk,
ghostbusters(memories of my childhood) and transformers<br />
music: i love all kinds of music..even country!<br />
food: im not to picky. i like everything from afghani to japanese
authors: jacqueline carey, brian jacques, robert jordan,
terry<br />
pratchett, shakespeare, neal stephenson<br />
<br />
other books: cadillac desert, the count of monte cristo, cyrano de
bergerac, the happiness hypothesis, cadillac desert, unweaving the
rainbow, zinn and the art of road bike maintenance. i definitely
enjoy reading!<br />
<br />
movies: inception, iron man, dark knight, eternal sunshine of the
spotless mind, wedding crashers, big fish, 300, secondhand lions,
the thomas crown affair, the fifth element<br />
<br />
shows: i'm a sucker for things like chopped, cook like an<br />
iron chef, and iron chef america. they give me ideas, which<br />
invariably ends up with me in the kitchen. big bang theory
and<br />
futurama are always good for a laugh, too.<br />
<br />
food: italian will always be my favorite. (i've always been jealous
of my cousins, who have italian family on their other side.)
besides that, my philosophy is to try anything once, as long as i
can get a fork in it before it runs off my plate.
fight club, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the hangover, up
in the air, 500 days of summer<br />
<br />
junior boys, mgmt, jack johnson, atb, modest mouse, she &amp; him,
kid cudi, crystal castles, beach house, limousines<br />
<br />
burritos!! pizza, korean tofu soup, ramen.
-biographies about my favorite musicians/bands.<br />
-pearl jam, wilco, mmj, black keys, neil young, the who....i gotta
laundry list of bands but these are just a few.<br />
-anything made by mel brooks, aaron sorkin or cameron crowe. i also
have to mention top gun.
books: steve jobs, freakanomics, tipping point, rich dad poor
dad.<br />
shows: family guy, futurama, modern family, and jersey shore.<br />
don't judge... it's good to have a balanced iq.<br />
food: i'm very picky- it cannot be fat free.
music on heavy rotation: lykke li, the kills, deerhunter, caribou,
arvo part, fleetfoxes, panda bear, beach house, nina simone,
various german techno, various classical.<br />
<br />
movies: atom egoyan, godard, hayao miyazaki, lars von trier,
nicolas winding refn, almodovar, wes anderson (especially the
darjeeling limited &amp; the royal tenenbaums), woody allen, darren
aronofsky, judd apatow, tom tykwer, michael haneke, plus tons of
other italian and french movies, you get the idea...<br />
<br />
tv (hulu): community, justified.<br />
<br />
food: anything and everything except soy products.
i love thriller movies and books. i like drama, funny and period
piece's.
get to know me a little more first, but for music....i am into
kaskade and avicii...! =)
choke, fear &amp; loathing in las vegas, tv blows!!!! music makes u
dance!!!!! food is good !!!!
authors: tom robbins, neal stephenson, barbara kingsolver,
arundhati roy<br />
<br />
movies: off the map, harold and maude, death to smoochy,
casablanca, donnie darko, lebowski, casino royale, life and debt,
dirty dancing, kama sutra, the fall, shaolin soccer, firefly, this
american life, portlandia, battlestar cracktastica, game.of.thrones
(aka game of peter dinklage), random documentaries.<br />
<br />
food: vietnamese, thai, chinese, indian, chocolate, pork. i can't
eat wheat but i try not to let that drive me too crazy<br />
<br />
i love music. listening to it, dancing to it, singing it. it's a
big part of me. historically i have pretty eclectic tastes,
garnered from music &amp; dance camps and raves in the 90s/00s. so
everything from classical lebanese music, nerdy afghan tunes to the
cure and scandinavian electropop. i like ella fitzgerald a lot too.
some other stuff in my 'pod: royksopp, bonobo, arcade fire, ray
lamontagne, be good tanyas, black keys, manu chao, iron &amp; wine,
habib koite, thievery corporation, franz ferdinand, little dragon,
jose gonzales, npr, kpfa, kalx, and on occasion some really dirty
hip-hop. i also have a soft spot in my heart for brazilian drumming
(samba, etc.) , as i studied this and played a range of percussion
for years
from my facebook profile:<br />
<br />
books: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=island">island</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=brave+new+world">brave new
world</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=finnegan%27s+wake">finnegan's wake</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=moby%0adick">moby dick</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=1984">1984</a>. favorite writers:
kerouac, james joyce, william s. burroughs, hunter s. thompson,
thomas hobbes, rouseau.<br />
<br />
movies: <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=reservoir+dogs">reservoir dogs</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=pulp+fiction">pulp fiction</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=kill+bill">kill bill</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=raging+bull">raging bull</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=run+lola+run">run lola run</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=the+fountain">the fountain</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=pi">pi</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=children+of+men">children of men</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=lawrence+of+arabia">lawrence of
arabia</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=bladerunner">bladerunner</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=fear+and+loathing+in+las+vegas">fear and loathing in
las vegas</a>.<br />
<br />
tv shows: csi, criminal minds, numbers, sons of anarchy.<br />
<br />
music: alphabetical, one band per letter:<br />
<br />
archers of loaf, butthole surfers, the clash, dresden dolls, echo
and the bunnymen, faith no more, gogol bordello, helmet, iron
maiden, janes addiction, kings of leon, led zeppelin, minutemen,
nine inch nails, os mutantes, primus, queen, radiohead, sonic
youth, tool, u2, velvet underground, tom waits, x, yo la tengo,
frank zappa.<br />
<br />
food: anything good. i love five star restaurants, but also love
street food and dive bars. if it is good i love it. my favorite
cuisines are italian, indian, thai, vietnamese, and mexican.
books: the teachings of don juan: a yaqui way of knowledge, journey
to ixtlan, a separate reality, tales of power all by carlos
castaneda, the way of the superior man by david deida, bless me
ultima by rudolfo anaya, rich dad poor dad by robert kiyosaki, the
i-ching or book of changes by wilhelm, mary shelley's
frankenstein.<br />
<br />
movies: shaw shank redemption, the pursuit of happiness, saving
private ryan, philadelphia, ghost, sister act, ghost busters 1 and
2, dodge ball, bullitt , the sand pebbles, v for vendetta, matrix,
peaceful warrior, good will hunting. big trouble in little
china.<br />
<br />
shows: the venture brothers, american dad, south park,
metalocalypse, assey mcgee, deadliest catch, american choppers,
overhaulin, storm chasers, the boondocks.<br />
<br />
music: santana, old u2 stuff, queen, journey, tchaikovsky, dragon
force, iron maiden, dio, bill withers, maxwell, zion i, hans
zimmer, new order, blue october, operation ivy, social d,
offspring, much much more.
books: mutant message - down under by marlo morgan, many
lives,<br />
many masters by dr. brian weiss, the girl with the dragon tattoo,
the girl who played with fire and the girl who kicked the hornet's
nest by stieg larsson.<br />
<br />
movies: love them all, except for horror. fine, call me a wimp, i
dont care! i'm the one who'll be having nightmares, not you.<br />
<br />
music: electronic, brazilian, classic rock, pop, anything with a
good catchy beat. oh... and a base, a heavy groovy base,
please<br />
<br />
food: brazilian, italian, mexican, japanese, french, thai. (can't
live without bread, cheese, meat, rice and black beans. don't get
me wrong, i love a good salad and veggies, but where i'm from,
those are just for embellishment)
my tastes can be all over the map(like most people i think). first
and foremost i am a voracious reader. my favorites include david
foster wallace, don delillo and cormac mccarthy. i could list so
many more but that could take a while.<br />
i hesitate to go into music as i was a music major and there are so
many and varied types of music im into. definitely a big jeff
tweedy fan(wilco). lcd is definitely one of my favorites, james
murphy is a pretty impressive musician. enjoy jazz mostly circa
1964-1970, john coltrane, lee morgan, wayne shorter and the like
but there is some early be-bop i love and there are quite a few
contemporary players i enjoy. of course classical is big for me as
i studied it. im very big on contemporary classical and early
music(rennaisance and baroque) if you know glenn gould and like him
we probably have a lot to talk about.<br />
as my profile name implies im a big npr fan. love my saturday
shows, "wait wait dont tell me", "this american life". love
"science friday" and listen to "forum" most days. i am a card
carrying member of kqed. if this makes me a dork(and im pretty sure
it does) so be it.<br />
well there you have it a few of my interests, hopefully you can get
some idea of me from that.
books - joel osteen, steve martini;<br />
movies - all type, especially romantic comedies, don't like
horror;<br />
shows - phantom of the opera, jersey boys, cirque du soleil;<br />
music - all type, no rap and heavy metal; enjoy going to
concerts<br />
food - no favorites, i am very flexible.
books: science fiction stuff, and the classics.<br />
<br />
i love the walking dead. i don't watch a lot of tv other than
modern family, sportscenter, football, and occasionally things like
pawn stars, trauma: life in the er, house. i would have to honestly
say that top gun is one my all time favorite movies.<br />
<br />
movies: i would also have to say batman begins, terminator 2, tears
of the sun, speed, and the transformers series. i love food, and
don't really discriminate. but i do know what i like and don't
like.<br />
music: i love linkin park, and will listen to pretty much anything.
my ipod has everything from nas to 30 seconds to mars, paramore to
tupac.
80's, 90's, funk, disco, old school, lounge. traditonal country,
heavy metal, classic rock, pop, i am very eclectic. turn me on to
something new.<br />
<br />
books<br />
<br />
davinci code, demons and angels, life of pie. geek love,
biographies of rock and movie stars, bee season, the secret
history, the time travelers wife, the kite runner, lamb, the gospel
according to biff, steven king, girly books, dark books, history
books....<br />
movies<br />
so many to name.. you have to ask me in person.
i read instructions pretty darn regularly.<br />
<br />
amilee, life is beautiful, anchorman, 28 weeks later, total recall,
night of the living dead, as good as it gets.<br />
<br />
community, the walking dead, talk soup, anything travel channel,
csi las vegas, the bitch in apt. 23, best friends forever, arrested
development<br />
<br />
steve reich, radiohead, beck, radiolab, mugison, sigur ros
<a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/lahore-karahi-san-francisco' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chicken vindaloo</a> as well as <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/saigon-sandwich-san-francisco' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bahn mi sandwiches</a> in the tenderloin. burgers at a
<a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/half-moon-bay-sports-bar-and-grill-half-moon-bay' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quiet coastal sports bar</a>, an <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-dublin-sports-pub-dublin' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">east bay mega-pub</a>, and a <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/barneys-gourmet-hamburger-san-francisco-2' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">self-described gourmet burger place</a> just down
the street from me. pizza at <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/zacharys-chicago-pizza-oakland' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zachary's</a> near rockridge bart, <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/patxis-chicago-pizza-san-francisco-4#query:paxtis' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paxtis</a> up the street, and <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/haystack-pizza-san-francisco' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">haystack pizza</a> just a few blocks away. chinese
<a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/old-mandarin-islamic-restaurant-san-francisco' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in the outer parkside</a> and <a href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-gran-taco-loco-san-francisco' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">burritos</a> in the outer mission.<br />
<br />
i haven't lived with a tv in my dwelling since 1988. i don't care
what you read, watch, or listen to. if you feel the same way, it
probably bodes well.....
risky business, blade runner, beautiful mind, american psycho, kiss
kiss bang bang, godfather ii, dark knight, star wars, fight club,
forest gump<br />
<br />
the perfect storm, the catcher in the rye, the yankee years, got
fight?, war, iliad, neuromancer, enders game, fahrenheit 451, lord
of the rings<br />
<br />
cheeseburgers everyday -- there's so many ways to make them. also a
sucker for carolina bbq, cornbread (mom is from the south), and
sushi -- i'm not a picky eater at all
a couse in miracles, the law of attraction, most things
metaphysical.
amy tan's "saving fish from drowning" isabel allende's "the sum of
our days." "atonement" "war and peace"<br />
<br />
the new yorker<br />
the sun<br />
<br />
rosa passos<br />
bill evans<br />
bach<br />
milton banana<br />
simone<br />
richard bona<br />
the beatles<br />
sting<br />
<br />
spicy foods
books: 1984, snow crash<br />
<br />
food: sushi<br />
<br />
movies: easy rider, blade runner<br />
<br />
music: rolling stones, david bowie, beatles, ramones, iggy pop, and
lots of hip hop.<br />
<br />
shows: sopranos, curb your enthusiasm, jersey shore (yup!)
books : tao of pooh, sandman, the ethical slut, robot visions,
anything by o.henry...<br />
<br />
movies : empire records, labyrinth, martial arts films
(chocolate!), pixar movies, and films that make me think. (netflix
streaming is the best invention)<br />
<br />
music : is almost always playing at my house. my tastes are mostly
in the indie camp, but i also like riot grrl, hip-hop, classical,
and electronic. something i can dance to is always appreciated. do
i need to name-drop?<br />
<br />
food : sushi, ipas, avocados, paneer pakoras, shu mai, dark
chocolate with funny things in it (flax seeds? wasabi? sure, i'll
try it), cheese, margaritas.
i love funny, scary, documentaries, dramas for movies and some
(old) sci-fi leiji matsumoto, my favorite artist and storyteller of
love and loss. books are mainly autobiographies of sports players
of the old days. ( no one i have seen or read their profile likes
the bands i do...so thats a secret...lol ! )
smallville, how i met your mother, arrested development, news
radio, snl, 30 rock, it's always sunny in philadelphia, daria,
instant star, once, james bond 007, star wars, star trek, tupac
shakur, the notorious b.i.g., nirvana, alexz johnson, shakira, old
hip hop, l.l. cool j
books: haruki murakami, dave eggers, anne lamott, donald miller,
michael chabon, antoine de saint-exupery, gabriel garcia marquez,
jhumpa lahiri, comic books<br />
movies: ferris bueller's day off, star wars, dr. horrible's
sing-a-long blog<br />
shows: the daily show, sportscenter, firefly<br />
music: pedro the lion/david bazan, sufjan stevens, radiohead, lcd
soundsystem, mos def &amp; talib kweli<br />
food: spicy!
music: anything really(but i hate really whiny country music). my
favorite is definitely reggae/surf rock, i like some rap and i'm
learning to like more electronic stuff as well. some of my favorite
bands/artists are the expendables, iration, slightly stoopid,
rebelution, sublime, the green, phoenix, cut copy, theophilus
london, the police, stevie wonder, earth wind &amp; fire, andre
nickatina, j boog, etc.<br />
<br />
i love going to shows, especially in the summer. i've been lucky
enough to see a lot of amazing shows from some classics like stevie
wonder, the police, santana, earth wind and fire &amp; chicago.
outside lands was ridiculous last year and i can't wait to go
back.<br />
<br />
i don't really have a preference for types of books, but i did just
finish reading "the blind side" which was awesome. way better than
the movie. bob marley's biography is next on my to-read list.<br />
<br />
i love anything. mexican, chinese, indian, thai, you name it. i'm
not shy about trying new/weird stuff, so i'll pretty much try
anything once. if i wouldn't become a fatass i would probably have
a burrito for every meal.<br />
<br />
my movie taste is pretty diverse. big points if you're into scary
movies. some random favorites include "city of god", "point break"
and "into the wild"(which was a great book too)
book: mountains beyond mountains, harry potter, travel
literature<br />
movies: harry potter, rom com,<br />
tv: bones, ncis, castle, brothers and sisters<br />
music: adele, mumford &amp; sons, miles davis, dave brubeck<br />
food: thai, sushi, pie (fruit, but not cherry), fondue
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=big+chill">big chill</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=la+confidential">la
confidential</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=natural+born+killers">natural born killers</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=american+psycho">american
psycho</a> (the book, the movie wasn't that great), <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=sin%0acity">sin city</a> (the movie and
the books). <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=in+bruges">in
bruges</a> is my most recent really liked movie.<br />
<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=preacher">preacher</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=lucifer">lucifer</a>, (the
comic book series) i read <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=it">it</a> when i was a kid and still like, also the
myth series of books by robert apsin.<br />
<br />
i like just about any kinda food, but i need to have different
dishes over time (i can't have the same type all the time). since
writing this i have stopped eating red meat, (still enjoy fish and
foul). also i can't really tell you why i stopped.
i am an adventurous eater/giant foodie. i don't have a favorite,
but i like my food spicy and tasty. i'm italian so cooking comes to
me as naturally as it rains in seattle.<br />
<br />
asking me for a list of (favorite) things is where you lose me. if
it comes up in convo, i will elaborate on this topic..
the road, the watchmen, lovecraft, house of leaves, acoustics
textbooks (mostly for the pictures). casually deleuzian; retired
kierkegaardian. occasional marxist.<br />
<br />
i have seen like maybe fifty movies in my entire life. some of my
favorites include: witchfinder general, weekend, halloween, dark
star, the fly (1986), alien, blue velvet, repulsion, escape from
new york/la.<br />
<br />
music: philip glass, brian eno, joy division, sargeist, television,
sonic youth, swans, sunn o))), earth, sleep, pentagram, saint
vitus, darkthrone, burzum, slowdive, smashing pumpkins, black flag,
mahler, brahms, parliament<br />
<br />
all food. with enthusiasm. especially dessert items.
i love biographical books and movies. anything historical is
good.<br />
<br />
my tastes in music range from texas blues to classical. not crazy
about rap and heavy metal.<br />
<br />
love all kinds of food -- when it's prepared well. easy to please
in that regard. i'll try just about anything -- once.
music: a little bit of everything...old school hip hop and good hip
hop: jeru the damaja, fugees, binary star, gang star, tribe called
quest, wu tang, then i love some funk, jazz, beatles,
hendrix..oldies..list goes on.<br />
<br />
books: anything by virginia woolf or foucault, and fiction wise:
the savage detectives and 2666 by roberto bolano, anna karenina,
freedom and the corrections, both by jonathan frazen, tender is the
night by f. scott fitzgerald, the god of the small things, the
elegance of the hedgehog, norwegian wood and kafka on the shore by
haruki murakami.<br />
<br />
shows: girls, game of thrones, mad men, workhalolics, eastbound
&amp; down, boardwalk emprie, the wire, true blood, breaking
bad.<br />
<br />
movies: midnight in paris, an education, casa blanca, china town,
godfather 1, good fellas, cecil b. demented, serial mom, hairspray,
talk to her, volver, bad education, (anything almodovar) death
proof, jackie brown, fight club, revolutionary road, the big
lebowski, puff puff pass, anchorman
i usually like everything. like, seriously, i could list all 42^108
things i've indulged in and you could message me and be like "hahah
we both read the same book and shared opinions that the author
purposely led us to conclude for ourselves we should fuck" and i'd
be like "i'm illiterate" because you're weird. right now i'm
sitting on inheritance and the newest wicked book, suckerpunch,
league of legends, minecraft, tenacious d, and exalted.<br />
<br />
sherlockkkkk
my favorite author is paulo coehlo right now...eleven minutes, and
the pilgrimage are my two favorites by him. i'm a film buff and
have almost too many favorites to name....just saw the film
wasteland a documentary done by a brazilian artist named vic muniz,
love films about artists and musicians, independents and quirky
comedies...some of my favorites include black orpheus, the red
violin, volver, adaptation, antonia, seraphine.<br />
love anything by almadovar, the coen brothers and charlie kaufman.
i really love dancing salsa and samba, a little uncertain at first
but once i get warmed up...watch out!
music-i listen to pretty much everything except country music. i do
like a little johnny cash sometimes though!<br />
i love japanese, thai, mexican, italian,&amp; persian foods. i'm
open to trying almost anything once. i particularly like trying new
foods in their native countries.<br />
movies i love- death at a funeral (british version),blow,
goodfellas, silence of the lambs, wedding singer, legends of the
fall, goonies, wedding crashers, the hangover. any dark comedy
really. mystery and suspense flicks always grab my attention as
well. i have a soft spot for 80's cult classics too. there are so
many to list. i'm a movie junkie.<br />
books- i like to read mystery and suspense novels. any suggestions?
books: the awakening, the bell jar, odd girl out, the house of the
spirits, loves music loves to dance, watership down, the princess
bride, the notebook, the alphabet series by sue grafton, all harry
potter books, slut! growing up female with a bad reputation, on
beauty, the handmaid's tale<br />
<br />
movies: clueless, the princess bride, eternal sunshine, love
actually, bend it like beckam, before sunrise, before sunset, blow,
raising helen, sweet home alabama, american beauty, moulin
rouge<br />
<br />
tv: not fox news, futurama, star trek, simpsons, south park,
jeopardy, beat the geeks, the l word, sex and the city, scrubs,
project runway, house, daily show, colbert report, dexter<br />
<br />
music: the postal service, rascal flatts, t - pain, kanye, keith
urban, britney, new kids on the block, tori amos, ani defranco,
stalling dawn, dixie chicks, sam cooke, otis redding, the beach
boys, disney songs...<br />
<br />
i love most foods...
books: history essays and books, ny trilogy (paul auster). el otoo
del patriarca, hundred years of solitude, i read almost all of
gabriel garca marquez, quim monz, the enormity of the tragedy (la
magnitud de la tragdia), o'clock (olivetti, moulinex, chaffoteaux
et maury), borges, kaftka, italo calvino...<br />
<br />
movies: indy in general, blade runner, citizen kane, brazil, the
swimmer(sidney pollack) 21 grams, lars and the real girl, the life
of the others, birdy, coen bros, spike lee. krzysztof
kieslowski,woody allen, stephen frears..<br />
<br />
music,: massive attack, richard wagner, the police, dire stratits,
dvorak, texas, radiohead, stephane grappelli, django reinhardt,
dave brubeck, thievery corporation, cafe del mar, ella fitzgerald,
cocteau twins, marvin gaye, chic, the list is endless, i like
almost everythingi would be easier to list what i don't like!
books, lives of monster dogs, music, danzig , movies the point
i love anything from the cure - hank williams 3.. blink 182 - mac
dre.. i like all kinds of music and have heard a lot of it.. never
hold yourself to one genre for anything.<br />
<br />
i don't read often unless it is something that really catches my
interests..<br />
<br />
i will eat until i pop.. mexican food and italian food are my two
favorites.
i dont know. i have a lot of homework to do.<br />
<br />
there are a lot of books to read, tons of movies to watch and butt
loads of music i am supposed to listen to; im lucky my friends care
about my personal development.<br />
<br />
i know how to eat tho. i am damn good at it too.
i enjoy movies that are original, emotional, evoke a sense of
wonder or otherwise leave a lasting impression. i can enjoy summer
block busters for what they are, but prefer movies that leave a
long-lasting impression and call out to be re-watched for a deeper
appreciation.<br />
<br />
a small sampling of movies i like include "the prestige", "the
shawshank redemption", "requiem for a dream" and "dancer in the
dark".<br />
<br />
i enjoy music that spans many genres; it's difficult to distill
down to a short description. a noteworthy quirk is that i have a
fondness for film music (hans zimmer and jerry goldsmith are
celebrities to me).<br />
<br />
i read books (or listen to audio books) regularly, even if not as
much as i would like. i read both fiction and non-fiction.
leftover crack, no cash, choking victim, wild zero, fido, zombie
women of satan, battle royale
favorite book: night by elie wiesel<br />
<br />
favorite music: everything.<br />
<br />
favorite movies: 21 jump street, american history x, superbad,
anastasia, pineapple express, zombieland, the unborn.<br />
<br />
favorite shows: that 70's show, tosh .0, 30 rock, how i met your
mother, prison break, raising hope, breaking bad, american
dad.<br />
<br />
favorite food: chinese, mexican, mongolian, japanese, and hot
cheetos w/ nacho cheese
favorite book would have to be the dead mc scrolls by saul
williams,<br />
favorite movies i got a lot of those but ill give you a few i love
you man all the rocky movies and anything that i could get a good
laugh out of.<br />
shows family guy tosh.o and anything that could keep my
attention.<br />
music and food i am more into hip hop a lil rnb every now and then
love reggae a lil alternative maybe some classic rock.<br />
when i comes to food i could be a picky eater if its green no love
chicken wings thai food,mexican food is good to but i would try new
things just havent found something new to try.
books: the road, the given day, i love short stories too<br />
movies: forrest gump, shawshank redemption, pulp fiction<br />
music: metallica, foo fighters, led zeppelin, the black keys, pearl
jam, radiohead, ray lamontagne - i'm open to anything<br />
food: anything that is prepared well<br />
shows: hbo and showtime series
anything with basil pesto. jack's mannequin. the west wing. the
secret garden. fried eggs. 90s pop. dr who. any docu/realtiy show
about hoarders, addicts or anyone with interesting psychological
issues. goat cheese, brie, feta... can i get a little baguette with
that?
i am far from picky. favorite books include non-fiction that reads
like a novel (provenance, devil in the white city). could not
envision life without the nyt. alternative and acoustic music.
anything acoustic. bring it on. pandora is worth its weight in
gold. i enjoy all flavors of food and movies. foreign films (see
incendies? or the muppets?) just not horror movies. only a few
flavors on my banned list.
sci-fi<br />
all sorts<br />
sushi
favorite tv shows: lost, mad men, scrubs, daily show, colbert
report, rescue me<br />
<br />
favorite movies: raiders of the lost ark, goonies, dazed &amp;
confused, before sunrise, john hughes flicks from the 80s, empire
of the sun, cinema paradiso, etc.<br />
<br />
favorite books: high fidelity, the stranger, biographies of famous
people.
i love reading contemporary non-fiction, war novels, and adventures
about the search for identity. ( gosh this sounds boring doesn't
it?) well at least i'm honest. i'm proud to say i have begun
reading more this year and watching less t.v!<br />
<br />
recent books i give thumbs up to that i've read: empire of the
summer moon, unbroken( double thumbs up) in the garden of beasts,
and the good soldiers. i can't remember the last fiction i read-
maybe on the road.<br />
<br />
i am a big fan of documentaries(funny, sad, serious, all kinds) -
in fact i have designed a documentary film class for my students so
i can share this passion with them.<br />
<br />
i like hbo shows- just got done with boardwalk empire, waiting for
game of thrones.-- i like anthony bordain, and survival shows
too.<br />
<br />
i like to watch sports- but not obsessively.<br />
<br />
music- tough one, lots to like out there. couple bands i've
recently started listening to- fruit bats, going to there show in
april.<br />
<br />
i really like the roots new album, i like quantic, i guess i am in
a rut right now finding new stuff, but i listen to all types of
music and enjoy the occasional concert.<br />
<br />
food- i am an open book, i love a lot of different types of food. i
am trying to eat healthier and organic as much as possible. i love
good home cooked meals- soup is my favorite!<br />
<br />
i love asian food, sushi, thai, pho, and dim-sum!<br />
<br />
i love gourmet pizza<br />
<br />
i love a good glass of wine, usually red.<br />
<br />
i love a good strong beer now and then. i just successfully brewed
my first batch at home- organic pale ale! \<br />
<br />
choclate ice cream! freshly popped popcorn at the movies!
i have lots of favorite books and movies and it depends on my
mood..... though i never fail to enjoy jane austen. love different
kinds of food and love foreign films (i don't always want a sappy
ending).
books: salman rushdie, v. woolf, short stories and whatnot
published by mcsweeney's, tim wise, i've been reading a lot of
non-fiction recently, which is ok<br />
<br />
movies: i own a few movies. just the ones i think are worth
watching over and over again: i heart huckabees, the science of
sleep, shortbus, the holy mountain &amp; other jorodowsky (dude is
so weird), kill bill vols 1 &amp; 2 (these were weirdly a gift i
gave to the guy in the pic of me clambering who went to the peace
corps, so he gave them back... take that sentence structure!).
charlie kauffman is insane and a genius, michel gondry is a genius
and insane.<br />
<br />
music: this is hard, not sure why. albums: dark side of the moon
(pink floyd, but you should know that), z (my morning jacket),
yoshimi battles the pink robots (the flaming lips); genres: rock
(as evidenced above, all types), a smattering of hip-hop, general
top 40 bs (i'm not ashamed to admit this); a bit more of
alt-country and ben folds, bluegrass: john hartford. musics you've
never heard of (or you have): wahfffles (rip), the guntown kid,
j-stiles (a nickname i've given someone i've never met, but for
some reason feel i at liberty to nickname)<br />
<br />
food: i love food. i'm trying to get better at cooking it, but i
don't have a lot of patience. formerly a vegetarian/vegan, i'm
enjoying all foods now, but usually don't spend a lot of money on
meaty fare (old habits die hard)
books: anything by hesse, zen and the art of motorcycle
maintenance, sophie's world, the idiot, the alchemist and much,
much more.<br />
music: spearhead, living legends, rolling stones, stanton warriors,
chopin, public enemy, billy joel, erykah badu, jill scott, stevie
wonder, eighties, john prine...<br />
food: tofu, vegetables, fruit, homemade stuff, fresh stuff, beer.
books - there are just too many. anything by michael lewis or david
sedaris...tom friedman...classics, contemporary fiction, humor. not
a big fan of sci-fi or romance novels. i just started a book club!
movies - again, not a fan of sci-fi, blockbuster
explosion-chase-crash-loud-violence kind of movies, but pretty much
anything else. movies i watch over and over: arthur, sordid lives,
shawshank redemption, the usual suspects, the meaning of life....
music? i love it all. ok, except the beyonce genre and hip hop,
although i like watching hip hop dance. word. food? if only food
loved me as much as i love it. seafood, fresh and local...healthy
stuff is what i stick with. love vietnamese and thai. hot spice and
dairy are not my friends, but i am having an affair with ice cream.
we couldn't help it. it just happened.
master and margarita (bulgakov), lady with a lapdog (chekhov), the
spirit catches you and you fall down (fadiman), franny and zooey
(salinger), american pastoral (roth)<br />
<br />
lagaan, true romance, real genius, moonstruck, godfather ii,
amelie, ferris bueller, roman holiday<br />
<br />
sufjan stevens, patsy cline, regina spektor, beach boys, the
association, roy orbison, sam cooke, doris day, hall and oates,
loretta lynn, pink martini, the decemberists, sondheim, the pogues,
the ditty bops, two man gentleman band, lady a and her
heeldraggers<br />
<br />
sriracha, salsa lizano, beets, chicken mango sausage
can quote the big lebowski by heart. is that bad???<br />
i worship at the church of bruce and have been to many of his
concerts ( or services, as i like to call them). current musical
favorites include the black keys (love their buzzy edge) and sharon
jones (what a voice). recently saw fela! on broadway before it
closed and loved the spectacle. devour 1-2 books a week, mainly
literary fiction and current event non-fiction. passionate foodie,
both dining out and cooking for others.
live music of any type will work, especially if i can dance to it!
books: the graveyard book, daughter of time, the great gatsby,
three cups of tea, quidditch through the ages. ;), the shadows of
the wind, robinsheugh, jane eyre.<br />
<br />
music: jason mraz, portishead, hooverphonic, big n' rich, jane
monheit, deathcab for cutie, brahms, esthero, and i can go on and
on. if i can tap my foot to it, i will probably like it.<br />
<br />
tv: fringe, firefly, battlestar galactica (reimagined), and doctor
who.<br />
<br />
movies: love actually, because emma thompson is brilliant in that
movie.
food first, sushi, mexican, thai, but i will try most any food! i
like to help in the kitchen, as i am better at the dishes, but
enjoy cooking with someone.<br />
music changed me! hootie and the blowfish (story behind his
concert), rolling stones, well, pretty much most music. i always
seem to have the radio on, but can't remember who sings what. i
just know i like it. i like concerts and try to go as often
as<br />
possible. i can't say any one style of music is an absolute no.
movies, well, i love to laugh and still laugh at young
frankenstein. i love "the big chill" too! i just watched the other
guys and laughed at that too. sound of music is a classic.<br />
books are more difficult as i am in a book club. i can't say i have
a favorite book now, but years ago, among the hidden was one i
enjoyed with my kids.
podcasts:<br />
 the skeptics' guide to the universe<br />
 this american life<br />
&nbsp;hypercritical<br />
<br />
music:<br />
 r.e.m. (particularly murmur/reckoning/reconstruction)<br />
 radiohead<br />
 arcade fire, beck, bob dylan, bread, led zeppelin, muse, nirvana
(especially their obscure stuff), pink floyd, pixies, sonic youth,
stereolab, the doors, the fall<br />
<br />
tv:<br />
 six feet under (first two seasons were amazing, but went downhill
from there; also: claire is super hot, and it took me a while to
convince myself that nate is not merlin mann)<br />
 the sopranos (watching it atm for the first time)
anything that's awesome.
books: anything by <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=thomas+friedman">thomas friedman</a> or <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=j.r.r.+tolkien">j.r.r. tolkien</a>,
a<br />
clockwork orange, lolita, roald dahl, bill bryson<br />
<br />
music (in no particular order): <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=girl+talk">girl talk</a>, chromeo, rihanna,<br />
lady gaga, kanye west, m.i.a., mika, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=shiny+toy+guns">shiny toy guns</a>,<br />
apocalyptica, ludacris, t.i., <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=ladytron">ladytron</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+faint">the faint</a>, jurassic<br />
5, abba, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=of+montreal">of
montreal</a>, fischerspooner, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=sigur+ros">sigur ros</a>, the dandy<br />
warhols, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=rasputina">rasputina</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+shins">the shins</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+sounds">the sounds</a>, u2, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=the%3cbr+%2f%3e%0apixies">the<br />
pixies</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=royksopp">royksopp</a>, snoop dogg, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=rammstein">rammstein</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=erasure">erasure</a>,<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=david+bowie">david bowie</a>,
moby, eminem, n.w.a., <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=the+scissor%0asisters">the scissor sisters</a>,<br />
2pac, detsl, dmx, missy elliott, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=ok+go">ok go</a><br />
<br />
food: brunch. southern, french, ihop, waffle house... i love
it<br />
all. i get the warm fuzzies just thinking about it.
books:<br />
"naked drawings of famous people" by jon stewart<br />
"kitchen confidential" &amp; "a cook's tour" by anthony
bourdain.<br />
"moneyball" by michael lewis<br />
"three aces" by mycheal urban<br />
"high fidelity" by nick hornby<br />
<br />
music:<br />
bob dylan<br />
oasis<br />
johnny cash<br />
ryan adams (w/cardinals and whiskeytown)<br />
alexi murdoch<br />
some canto-pop and mando-pop<br />
nirvana<br />
foo fighters<br />
a little john lee hooker, skip james, and lightning hopkins.<br />
priscilla ahn<br />
travis<br />
jakob dylan<br />
much more<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
wong kar wai films<br />
hong kong films<br />
woody allen<br />
edward burns<br />
popcorn flick<br />
everything except horror.<br />
<br />
food:<br />
cantonese<br />
taiwanese<br />
shanghai<br />
mexican wet tacos<br />
family home cooking.
zen books<br />
sci-fi movies<br />
elo, roy orbison<br />
anything edible, i consume all!
[faust], [hamlet], [medea], in any format, media or disguise.<br />
<br />
ancient [greek] (euripedes, sophocles, aeschylus), [elizabethan]
([shakespeare], [marlowe], jonson), late 19th century (ibsen,
chehkov, strindberg) &amp; 20th century plays (eugene o'neill,
arthur miller, tennessee williams, edward albee, [august wilson],
[mark jackson]). (actually, jackson is 21st century. albee is also
still writing.)<br />
<br />
cartoons, comics (stand-up, books &amp; daily strips), black
[comedy] (death, not race), [animation] (silent films to flash; no
anim, please! ), sci-fi (intellectually-oriented, meaning good
science &amp; good fiction, with or without explosions)<br />
<br />
[physics], [math], [electronics], [psychology] and [sociology] text
books.<br />
<br />
food: szechuan, hunan, cantonese, mandarin, mongolian, sushi,
sashimi, udon, donburi, thai, vietnamese, madras, delhi, marsala,
tibetan, russian, all middle eastern (anything with zatr, sumac,
tahini, houmos, &amp;c. 'kefti tohalat' -.stuffed lamb's spleen!
wow!), greek, italian, morrocan, egyptian, french (any province,
any cheese, any sauce), german (especially mainz), dutch, swiss
(fondue- cheese, beef, chocolate &amp; chinoise; raclette), spanish
(galetas, tapas, paellas), west african, ethiopian, brazialian
(especially bahia &amp; xingu), mexican (especially acapulco),
jamaican, new orleans-style. also, scandinavian. &amp; peruvian,
hondoran and salvadoran! (papusas! plantains!) also, in&amp;out
burgers, &amp; anybody's home-made (original or family recipe)
chili, coleslaw, potato salad, spaghetti &amp; any commercial
pizza. tofu, yogurt or goat-cheese anything, at least once.
discover 'the list' as we get to know one another...
rereading 'the four agreements' and it feels like the 1st time.
also reading a grisham escape novel, but enjoy more thoughtful
stuff as well- i recently finished the marriage plot by eugenides.
i just read 'it comes from berkeley'- a wonderful read about my
home town. i love vietnamese food, especially after spending some
time there a few years ago. i am a member of the oakland museum and
try to get into the city to see shows and galleries a few times a
year. the annual classic movie series at the paramount is lots of
fun, too. as you can probably tell, there is a theme here... i like
to take advantage of local, neighborhood events as well. so street
fairs and farmers' markets are something i enjoy, the latter being
a starting place for a wonderful meal!
very drawn to memoirs, i love reading about real life. i am often
reading a more than one at a time. and spiritual stuff like "a new
earth"<br />
"the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" the first that came to
mind. don't care for sci-fi, thrillers or most adventure
stuff.<br />
"mad men" and "parenthood" while on the treadmill at the gym<br />
all food -no joke<br />
most music if it it not too raucous
i'm glued to; books, periodicals and the greater digital void, on
subjects related to: cultural exploration, technology, the occult,
food, humor, how to[everything], and dark america. favorite novels:
pale fire, snowcrash, moby dick. every written word of warren
ellis, j.g ballard, and william vollmann.<br />
<br />
movies: the station agent, easy money, blade runner, five easy
pieces, attack the block, santa sangre, stalker..<br />
<br />
lately, i've been listening to lots of; clams casino, high on fire
and the bug. i'm a music nerd, but i'm not a dick about it,
seriously. i have just as many sergio mendes records as your old
man.<br />
<br />
tv = baseball &amp; breaking bad, ad nauseum<br />
<br />
food, yes, of quality, all cuisines, always. omnivore but
vegetarian friendly. i'm a chef, i like things made with love.
also, dripping with blood, and forged out of thousands of years
human conflict. pan asian stuff, raw fish, noodles, charcuterie.
tons of plant and gardening books, esp herbal and cal native
stuff.<br />
books on water storage, off the grid power, mushrooms, permaculture
in general.<br />
i listen to a lot of podcasts about the global financial collapse
because it is so exciting to watch capitalism destroy itself. i
spend a lot of time in the woods to counterbalance this admitted
perversity.<br />
mingus. madlib. mia. monk. sleep. the upsetters. flaming lips.
fela. kpfa's music shows. nate dog (blame my ex). the hood
internet. calexico. the selector. al green. orchestra baobab.
bonobo. chumbabwamba (yes, still). david bowie's old shit. ennio
morricone. gillian welch. zero 7. i like things that are hypnotic.
aparently i like music by men. i won't go to the symphony but i
love chamber music, esp baroque and weird monteverdi shit.<br />
thepiratebay.org is a huge part of my life and i like to share with
others. i have made my own video work available freely, and i get
paid when that is appropriate.
what keeps me going: bon iver, arcade fire, radiohead, ray
lamontagne, lauryn hill, india.arie, jazmine sulivan, lee fields,
fleet foxes, gillian welch, beach house, miike snow, adele, janelle
monae, califone, the xx, the tallest man on earth, jose gonzalez,
iron &amp; wine, amos lee, florence and the machine, la roux, ben
harper, wilco, p-funk, joni mitchell, crosby stills nash &amp;
young, bill withers, al green, stevie wonder.<br />
<br />
too many books and movies to list. i dont really watch tv. give me
some good book/movie/music recommendations!<br />
<br />
i'm in love with food. most of the attention that would be going
towards a dude, is directed towards food. my friends say i'm a damn
good cook... its probably because i'm a fat kid at heart. i'll eat
anything, but get hard over: pho, pesto, goooood coffee, carmelized
onions, dumplings, siracha, bread pudding, lox and bagels (the only
part of my jewish heritage left), anything with
lime/cilantro/basil.
books: i avoid reading books unless i absolutely have to. as
horrible as it sounds, i just have never enjoyed it. in the same
breath i'm a bit of an autodidact, so i ingest a good bit of
information through other sources even though i don't enjoy
books.<br />
<br />
movies: lots..i like most movies i see.<br />
<br />
shows: the sopranos, big bang theory, the office, celebrity ghost
stories, and anything dealing with the paranormal...that's about it
i think.<br />
<br />
music: i tend to lean more towards metal, rock and alternative; but
i like a good range of other genres as well.<br />
<br />
food: i was raised vegetarian so to this day, i really like
meatless meat. italian and mexican food are gods gifts to the
world..period.
i listen to almost all kinds of music. not too keen on f-bomb rap
or acid rock, but most everything else goes. i have a very
ecclectic pandora playlist.<br />
<br />
arrested development, blazing saddles, hbo comedy, entourage
books - currently reading the hunger games trilogy. the book i
probably read the most times is enders game. the harry potter
series was also awesome.<br />
<br />
movies - avatar, how to train your dragon, toy story 3, matrix, up,
dark knight, iron man, any chick flick<br />
<br />
shows - i love musicals. wicked and billy elliot are probably my
favorite.<br />
<br />
music - ummm. i like a lot of stuff, but usually not rap. i am
actually horrible with song titles.<br />
<br />
food - almost anything. really. but not a huge seafood fan.
i read a lot of fiction, and anything by neil gaiman might be tops
right now. i want to be neil gaiman when i grow up.<br />
<br />
my favorite movie is ghostbusters, hands-down.<br />
<br />
i don't watch a lot of tv, but i was really into doctor who for
awhile.<br />
<br />
my musical tastes are varied yet picky, and there's probably
something from every genre that i enjoy listening to.
i like school books and coffee table books. i can't sit and read a
book that has a movie version. i know the arguments for reading the
book; however, it's hard to make out when one of you is reading a
book. i'm a "kill two birds" kinda girl. right now i'm reading
"kissing school". school books are always luring about me
somewhere.<br />
listen to pandora all day, everyday @ work and have several
favorite channels: gorillaz, tom petty, theivery corp. and many
others.<br />
all foods worthy of a taste, if not a gobble.
books: i grew up reading books by jules verne, orwell, hermann
hesse, castaneda, douglas adams, kafka, and people's liberation
books. i've tried many times to read the trilogy by j. r. r.
tolkien but i was never able to read it. i've just been reading
lots of horrors classics...right now im reading i'm reading jeff
lindsay's dexter series.<br />
movies:i love movies!!! to mention a few: special by hal haberman,
the fighting club, harold and maude, the machinist, il postino,
...<br />
shows: south park. aqua teen hunger force. the daily show. the
office. breaking bad. bones. six feet under...<br />
music: i like all music but i really crave metal. i'm not good
talking about bands and band members. i love the golden gate park
events. my all time favorite bands are sisters of mercy, rage
against the machine, high on fire...<br />
food is fun!!!!!!!!
books:<br />
not really a book person but whenever a friend recommend a book i
wont shy away and actually give it a try.<br />
books im currently reading are good omen by pratchett/ gaiman and
world war z by max brooks. zombies!!!<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
wide variety of movies and genre. love me some good zombie killing
movies or down right outrageously funny movies. huge fan of super
hero movies. im not a shame to say i like romantic comedies/chick
flick. as long as it has good story and a laugh im in.<br />
favorite movies on top of my head.<br />
50 first date, saving private ryan, 500 days of summer, there is
something about mary, walk the line, american pie series, hangover.
so many more.<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
ohh god there are some many...<br />
big bang theory, the office, park and rec, monday night raw,
community, how i met your mother, burn notice, white collar,
walking dead, mad men, etc etc.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
like movies, i listen to a wide range of music.<br />
these band/ artist dominates my playlist in my ipod<br />
the beatles, train (gotta love them local guys), journey, jack
johnson, u2 and jason mraz. im sure im missing quite a few.<br />
<br />
food:<br />
what else but filipino food. nothing beats home cooking right. any
filipino food you name it. adobo, lumpia, sinigang :d<br />
not really a filipino dish but omg flans are the best.
music: current favs, arcade fire, the shins, the decemberists,
death cab for cutie, iron &amp; wine, viva voce...blasts from the
past, new order, the cure, depeche mode, blur, stone roses,
pulp<br />
food: i'm a foodie, and i have strong opinion about dining, always.
love a good cup of tea, a delicious veggie burrito, a nice steak,
vietnamese, thai...in san diego, basic pizza rocks my world.<br />
books: working on the marriage plot-really enjoying it, all time
favorites? love in the time of cholera, paula, a heartbreaking work
of staggering genius, kite runner, the namesake, a prayer for owen
meany, anything by david sedaris, he cracks my shit up!<br />
tv: i don't believe anyone who says they don't watch tv! i like fun
and serious stuff...some favs, parks and rec, modern family, 30
rock, the office, grey's anatomy, the daily show with jon stewart,
the colbert report, frontline, the news hour with jim lehrer-i'm a
sucker for mark shields....<br />
movies: all time favorite-dirty dancing-nobody puts baby in a
corner! recent goodies-bridesmaids, the fighter, the town, anything
by john hughes. you don't want to watch a scary movie with me-i
tend to hide behind the person i'm watching with!
books - potter, non-fiction, bios<br />
movies - cinema paradiso, hook, love actually<br />
shows - game of thrones, 30 for 30, big bang theory<br />
music- 90's (rock, hip hop, country, pop), reggae, house<br />
food - japanese, brazilian, in-n-out :)
*books (not in any particular order)<br />
still life with woodpecker, the help, survive, &amp; the alchemist
.<br />
<br />
*movies<br />
anything funny. i seriously can't handle scary movies.<br />
<br />
*shows (again not in any particular order)<br />
modern family, packed to the rafters, dexter, mad men, new girl,
&amp; up all night.<br />
<br />
*music<br />
i like all genres. lately, it's surf rock/reggae everyday.
then...<br />
i"m going to be up front with you here. i heart bad, catchy, girl
music! however, i do respect the ears of others, keeping my lady
beats to my headphones, and solo bedroom dance parties.<br />
<br />
*food<br />
living in sf who doesn't love pizza, burgers, burritos, and sushi?
i'm definitely not a not a picky eater, but as of late, i've become
a more health conscience one. i've adopted a food is energy
philosophy and am at war with high fructose corn syrup.
films: (a mix of sap and politics...) waltz with bashir,
persepolis, up, requiem for a dream, baghdad cafe, ilha das flores,
network, bus 174, darwin's nightmare, dog day afternoon, all the
president's men, island of flowers, city of god, paulina, down by
law, fog of war, the times of harvey milk, at the river i stand,
couple in a cage, but i'm a cheerleader, 25th hour, brother
outsider, y tu mama tambien, ma vie en rose, central station,
antonia's line, matewan, dark days, beautiful thing, fire, when
night is falling, sex and lucia, fast, cheap and out of control,
strange culture, marathon, the thin blue line, milk....<br />
<br />
fav books: middlesex, bone people, the god of small things, refuge,
exile and pride, stone butch blues, stones from the river,
ceremony, geek love, nonviolent communication, anything by alice
walker, edward said, pema chodron, mary oliver, june jordan,
dorothy allison, zora neale hurston, eduardo galeano, pablo neruda,
hannah arendt, barbara kingsolver, audre lorde, leslie marmon
silko, jeanette winterson, octavia butler, and many more...<br />
<br />
fav music: very eclectic, funky, folky, salsa, jazz, blues, soul,
etc...<br />
<br />
also a big fan of this american life, radiolab and democracy now.
eddie izzard, david sedaris and maria bamford are my kind of
funny.<br />
<br />
fav food: simple, organic whole foods are really my favorite, i.e.
macrobiotic-ish. ethiopian, vietnamese, afghan, indian, japanese,
and southern cuisines are fun too.
i love all kinds of food and all music except reggae. love live
theater, concerts, dance and books on personal growth, leadership,
travel...
diva is my all time favorite movie. a french film with english
subtitles. based on a short novel by delacorta. the soundtrack is
awesome!<br />
<br />
music runs the gamut between old-school rock, pop, soul and r&amp;b
to house, trance and kirtan.<br />
<br />
food is a sensual experience. i enjoy good old down home comfort
fare as well as high-end bistro and always am up for good sushi.
haven't had a tv since '96 and love it! i don't mind buying stuff
from itunes though. hd projector, 20' wall screen &amp; surround
sound make for a great home theatre. :)<br />
<br />
books:<br />
neal stephenson, godel escher bach, most shakespeare, david
sedaris, mark leyner, malcom gladwell, lots more. if i don't like a
book, i have no qualms about abandoning it.<br />
<br />
tv:<br />
the wire. seriously, that shit is modern day literature. nothing
has come close, and though i do like other shows, putting anything
else next to the wire would somehow cheapen it...
my favorite movies are those that include denzel washington, kate
winslet, russell crowe or michael douglas in the cast. my favorite
tv shows are law &amp; order svu, law &amp; order and the evening
shows on the food network. musically, my taste generally gravitates
to top 40. i like alicia keys, christina, maroon 5, kenny loggins'
old stuff, daughtry, rob thomas, lady a, some gaga and james
taylor. i'm not really picky about food. five star restaurants
don't impress me. i'd rather hang out at a diner and talk to the
cook while i'm eating. to me, meals are about the conversation not
the food.<br />
<br />
my reading is primarily non-fiction but i'm reading 50 shades of
grey, and just finished calico joe.
oh crap.one day in the life of ivan denisovitch,white
fang,grapes<br />
of wrath,shibumi,the death ship,animal farm,the caine mutiny,<br />
a clockwork orange,sagittarius rising,dune.movies,hmmmm watchmen
was pretty good,alien(none of the sequels)nacho libre,<br />
bourne identity,transporter,snatch,the big lebowski,the usual
suspects,american beauty,vanishing point(original)the road
warrior,conan the barbarian,the people under the
stairs.music,motorhead,mercyful fate,scorpions that kind of thing
some 90s gangsta rap,some regular old radio type rock music.i don't
care for sushi,but i love japanese food,chinese food,mexican
food,me like spicy
i am not a movie buff and don't spend much time watching them. i do
enjoy movies and really appreciate movies that make me feel
inspired, laugh or cry, provoke action or a good dicussion....those
are the movies i like.<br />
<br />
music....i like music. i will listen to most anything but probably
won't be able to tell you who i am listening to.<br />
<br />
i love most food and will try about anything for an experience. ice
cream hands down is my favorite. generally healthy, organic and
local are my preference.<br />
<br />
i like to read but don't read quickly or maybe it would be more
accurate to say i am more of a project person. one book that has
been particularly important to me is "broken open".
books:<br />
lenny bruce - how to talk dirty and influence people<br />
bill hicks - love all the people<br />
richard feynman - surely you're joking, mr. feynman!<br />
various things by michael lewis, dom delillo, kurt vonnegut, hunter
s. thompson, and james gleick.<br />
<br />
movies: caddyshack, blazing saddles, fight club, sonnenallee,
almodovar films, scorsese films, robert evans productions.<br />
<br />
tv: the daily show, shameless, game of thrones,<br />
and a little californication before it jumped the shark.<br />
no longer with us: the wire, boondocks.<br />
<br />
music: it'd be a long list, i'll give you 4 groups and a tumblr
site<br />
(1) david byrne, dire straits, tom petty, tom waits, traveling
wilburys, warren zevon, and a little squeeze.<br />
(2) bb king, charlie hunter, john coltrane, miles davis, sonny
rollins.<br />
(3) american steel, millencolin, social distortion, strung out, the
clash, the gits, the lawrence arms, the pixies, the ramones.<br />
(4) mark ronson, mick boogie, dj jazzy jeff, dj cobra, and more
eye-opening music people can dance to without chemical
support.<br />
<br />
site: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/earsgopop<br />
<br />
food - i eat everything. ca native, i appreciate a good mexican
plate, also like japanese food, but it doesn't hurt that my
roommate is a chef at local izakaya.
music: bluegrass, emmy lou harris, john prine, various older
country, modest modest mouse, iron and wine, the shins, band of
horses, the decemberists...<br />
<br />
books: any graphic novel, george rr martin, any philosophy<br />
<br />
food: raw food recipes involving macadamia nuts and mangoes, vegan
lasagna, tacos, smoothies
<b>books</b>: i love "books" in paper form and audio form and am
sad that i currently live in a place that doesn't have room for all
my books. that being said, i read painfully slow.<br />
<br />
i do pick up the prophet about every other year or so, just to give
it another read so i guess that is my favorite book.<br />
<br />
<b>tv/movie</b>: <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=once+upon+a+time">once upon a time</a>, i have
enjoyed <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=lexx">lexx</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=bones">bones</a> and <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=dextar">dextar</a> and i always love
muppets or "muppet like".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbz46xc5t7e&amp;feature=player_embedded<br />

currently watching <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=dark+shadows">dark shadows</a> (the original tv show)
on netflix, i grew up on it and the muppets and i'm starting to see
alot of where parts my personality (or at least interests) may have
come from....<br />
<br />
<b>show/theatre</b>: i like odd venues. no need for polish --
though i can struggle through polishy posh. love the <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=hypnodrome">hypnodrome</a> theatre in
sf. <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=drag+shows">drag shows</a>
-- again music numbers = happiness.<br />
<br />
<b>music/bands/concerts</b>: abeny park and vagabound opera are the
bands i like to see in concert the most. i have been on a jill
tracy kick of late. i tend towards tribal/bohemian/folk. though i
have a soft spot meatloaf and random "hair bands". and again:
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=muppets">muppets</a>.<br />
<br />
<b>food</b>: yes. please....you cook it; i eat it. you want me to
cook: i have a small selection but you might like it --unless your
vegetarian than you should probably cook. options for going out?
i'm game.
currently reading: memories, dreams, reflections (cj jung); guruji:
a portrait of sri k. pattabhi jois through the eyes of his
students; the yoga sutra (patanjali).<br />
<br />
books on my shelf i fear i'll never, alas, get to: the iliad; the
odyssey; metamorphosis (ovid); scattered: how attention deficit
disorder originates and what you can do about it (gabor mate, md);
the lost art of reading (david l. ulin).
author: francesca lia block!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
<br />
movies: juliet of the spirits, gia, foxfire, stealing beauty, the
royal tenenbaums, rushmore, darjeeling limited (love wes anderson),
santa sangre, velvet goldmine, dangerous liaisons, foxfire,
stealing beauty, satyricon, the craft, bram stoker's dracula,
legend (anything old ridley scott) gia, mysterious skin, vertigo,
the pink narcissus, lucifer rising, empire records, sleeping
beauty, addams family, clueless, heathers, interview with the
vampire, amelie, delicatessen, mulholland drive, wild at heart,
true romance, swimming pool, it's the great pumpkin charlie brown
(had to sneak that one in!), fanny &amp; alexander, mary poppins,
hackers, fantastic planet, legend!... there are so many!!!!! have
to sneak daria in right here, too...<br />
<br />
directors: wes anderson, david lynch, alfred hitchcock, ingmar
bergman, federico fellini, steven soderberg, tim burton, old ridley
scott, amy heckerling, todd haynes, greg arakki, jean pierre
jeaunet, kenneth anger, john waters, brothers quay.... many
many....<br />
<br />
music: hope sandoval &amp; the warm inventions, mazzy star, cocteau
twins, polly jean harvey, beth gibbons, elysian field, suki ewers,
bat for lashes, bird &amp; the bee, bowie, marc bolan, roxy music,
siouxsie, nina simone, neko case, hole, portishead, prince
poppycock, antonio lucio vivaldi, joan jett, jewel, anonymous 4,
nick drake, connie francis, tori amos, bjrk, to name a few<br />
<br />
food: limitless variation... i love love to cook, and bake and be
in the kitchen. i love eating most things, i'm open and not picky.
i love sushi, raw food, yummy hole-in-the-wall places, everything!
i love eating healthy though, it's so undeniably tasty! .... i love
the dentist, too btw.
it's hard to say, because my life revolves around these
things.<br />
books: i like to read anything that keeps my attention.<br />
movies: i'm afraid just of horror films, but still like to see. i
like action, stories based on real events, novels, drama,
documentaries, etc.<br />
music: i'm really open about it. and my favorite bands always
change. now, my favorite bands are: maroon 5, incubus, the strokes,
the killers, muse, anberlin, florence and the machine, james
morrison, and a lot of other bands...
books: jane eyre, middlemarch, cryptonomicon, harry potter. lots of
classic novels; lots of essays. anything i can't put down. the new
yorker isn't a book...but it might as well be.<br />
<br />
movies: when harry met sally, o brother where art thou?,
casablanca, the philadelphia story, brick, the fall, the sound of
music, zoolander. heist movies, sad comedies, funny dramas, and
really great romances.<br />
<br />
music: the civil wars, jenny lewis and all associated side
projects, frightened rabbit, mumford and sons, the avett brothers,
fleet foxes, the temper trap, bon iver, the arcade fire. motown and
the british invasion. super twangy old-school country.
classical.<br />
<br />
food: death match, mexican vs. thai. or just brunch, all the
time.<br />
<br />
tv: parks &amp; rec, mad men, chuck, modern family, bones, 30 rock,
doctor who, friday night lights, fringe, the daily show, the wire
books: i like a good read, the kind of books that get you invested
and you can't stop reading, so you end up turning page after page
before you realize it's 3am and you have class at 8. (el alquimista
me cambio la vida)<br />
<br />
movies: even though i am a film major, i'm not snobby. i love all
different genres. i appreciate a good action flick: die hard is
forever one of my favorite films. of course i love classics like
casablanca and vertigo, but i also love comedies like the hangover
and pineapple express. love quentin tarantino. some recent films i
loved are drive and warrior. &amp; i'm going to leave it at that
because i can go on and on. and on.<br />
<br />
tv: i tend to get over-invested in tv shows &gt;.&lt; there are a
few i watch religiously. i love supernatural, psych, walking dead,
always sunny in philadelphia, glee, skins (uk), misfits, american
horror story and there are a few others i keep my eye on<br />
<br />
music: my music taste varies a lot, about as much as my movie
taste. i love the beatles, the smiths, zeppelin, alejandro
fernandez, the temptations, mana, animal collective, bright eyes,
ac/dc, michael jackson, frank sinatra, honestly it goes all through
the decades.<br />
<br />
food: sushi is my all time favorite food but mexican food is my
favorite region. though i do love a good steak or burger.
favorites change and are always hard for me to discern because of
that, so instead here are some recent ones i enjoyed: the brief and
wondrous life of oscar wao, by junot diaz. i enjoyed it, learning a
bit about dominican history in the process. i love when fiction is
wrapped in historical fact, with a smattering of political, social,
and cultural influences...and love...that often sweetens the pot! i
also read the road recently, which i could not put down...haunting
and slightly disturbing, but i had to get to the end! over all it
is hard to say since i love so many...you will just have to come
raid my bookshelves. the teachings of don juan, one hundred years
of solitude, and a death in the family, lolita jane eyre, the
celestine prophecies, faces at the bottom of the well, the things
they carried, haround and the sea of stories, the alchemist, the
red tent, the god of small things, and so many
more...............<br />
<br />
(since i got to grad school all i want to read is trash...and i do
mean smutty, taudry, over the top supernatural romance trash, but
not twilight, like i said...dirty trash!)<br />
<br />
i love a broad range of movies from i &lt;3 huckabees to lock
stock, amelie, labyrinth, fight club, the piano, run lola run, pi,
the big lebowski, all about my mother, mirrormask, la haine, and
again many more...............<br />
<br />
music is a passion, i love all kinds like: bill withers, cody
chestnutt, lila downs, kumbia kings, krs1, nina, ella, black keys,
guru, badu, gotan project, orishas, kaki king, miles, talib kweli,
zap mama, d'angelo, shakira, the coup, led zeppelin, birdman
parker, del, springsteen, bijork, bilal, roots, ben harper,
hendrix, billie, ani, pharcyde, armstrong, jamiroquai, atmosphere,
guaraldi, outkast, marley, fugees, and i am always up for
more...i'm a toe tappin music-oholic....
movies- the departed, good will hunting, private ryan<br />
books- the people's history of the united states, anything written
by noam chomsky or gore vidal<br />
shows- no reservations w/anthony bourdain, entourage, louie,
shameless, anything on the food network<br />
music- van morrison, tv on the radio, early outkast, stones,
beasties, m83....all kinds of stuff<br />
food- yes.....yes!! and plenty of wine to go with it
musically i love everything from gza to mozart. from miles davis
and thelonious monk to modern indie and rock. sigur ros and fleet
foxes as well, i also enjoy flamenco and many other forms of world
music(nusrat fateh ali kanh, rokia traore). i also love pretty
lights, mary j. blige, lila downs and beats antique. i love gypsy
music and traditional folk as well. oh and i can't forget i do
enjoy a filthy dubstep drop or two.<br />
<br />
bookwise i love bell hooks, adrienne rich, lorde, dean spade, julia
serano, thomas pynchon, david foster wallce, frijtof capra,
baudelaire, vonnegut(of course), and many others(i can't think of)
including the ethical slut. oh and great poetry is always up my
alley.<br />
<br />
movies i liked inception a lot. i like documentaries like off the
grid and we live in public. i also love spirited away and happy
little adventurous kids movies like it. : )
movies: tarantino, herzog, woody allen<br />
music: rush, jeff beck, telonius monk, bittersweet, bach, tom
jobin, led zeppelin, frank zappa, ry cooder.<br />
books: saramago, joyce<br />
food: good food (usually my food)
movies - amelie, garden state, i heart huckabees, lord of the
rings, love the indies, comedies and foreign films.<br />
<br />
music - indie rock ... some of my latest unlimited replays: band of
horses, broken bells, iron and wine, yaesayer, miike snow, the
shins, local natives, esthero, florence and the machine, little
dragon, phantogram, etc.<br />
<br />
books - everything from personal growth, spirituality, fiction,
business/marketing to travel stories ... unfortunately do not have
enough time to really read. atlas shrugged by ayn rand has been one
quarter complete for a year now! i have a pretty wide range.
current book in progress: book three of the dark tower series by
stephen king.<br />
<br />
food - thai and indian food! actually just food in general! i am a
vegetarian .... have been for 12 years and appreciate people being
open to trying new things. i love me some good food...
i love food, from mexican to italian i love it all. i enjoy cooking
my specialty is enchiladas. my music taste is just as diverse . and
any sports shows or games are great.
favorite books: last book i read was from the twilight saga and yes
i know i am such a chick. i like to read a variety of books it's
just about whatever sounds interesting at the time.<br />
<br />
favorite movies:<br />
movies: i like everything pretty much. i really enjoy comedy films
like the hangover, zombieland, clerks 2. i like just about anything
with zombies, werewolves or vampires in it (thus the zombieland and
interview with a vampire). side note i really like the tv show true
blood, that is a must see! other movies i like include star trek,
star wars, yes man, dumb and dumber, shawshank redemption, i could
go for hours...<br />
<br />
music: i like a variety of music. i can sit back and relax to
alternative or get down and party to some nine inch nails. i like
all kinds of rock from all time periods, i like trance and drum and
bass and that kind of style, acoustical, ska, metal, reggae, hip
hop and rap are so so, trance, etc.<br />
in a nutshell: i like anything from classical to jazz to rock to
metal to easy listening to electronic to just about anything.<br />
<br />
food: i like almost anything. i really like american, italian,
mexican, chinese, indian, thai, pretty much everything except i
can't eat anything with coconuts, mushrooms or shellfish. oh and
chocolate covered strawberries are to die for and are my ultimate
weakness.
i am blessed with being able to truly enjoy almost anything. i love
to try many things and study everything.<br />
<br />
books - almost anything.<br />
music - almost anything.<br />
movies - almost anything.<br />
food - almost anything.
books, movies, shows, music, and food that turn me on/fill me with
power!<br />
<br />
i.e. love poems written to gorgeous vaginae; songs that give me the
power to fly, punch through walls, hump cars so hard that they flip
over, and breathe mercury; movies that, rather than tell me a story
about someone's feelings, make me feel those feelings. jerry reed
motherfucker!<br />
<br />
also...<br />
<br />
"i listened hard but could not see<br />
life tempo change out and inside me.<br />
the preacher trained in all to lose his name,<br />
the teacher travels asking to be shown the same.<br />
in the end we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalize<br />
that the truth of the man maturing in his eyes<br />
all complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.<br />
<br />
coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,<br />
a movement regained and regarded both the same,<br />
emotion revealed as the ocean maid<br />
a clearer future, morning, evening, nights with you."<br />
<br />
...jon anderson and the things he sings mean a hell of a lot to
me.<br />
<br />
oh shit! remember cadfael? that show's on the ol' netflix now.
don't have a favorite book. i mostly read educational books.<br />
movies: lord of the rings, pirates of the caribbean, bourne movies,
witty and/or romantic comedies: bridesmaids, hangover...lol<br />
music: ecletic. no to hard rock.<br />
food: i like trying new things. french and italian cuisines are
still up there though.
top three that pretty much sum them up:<br />
<br />
books:<br />
1. carl sagan's cosmos (or any book on cosmology/quantum
mechanics/unification.<br />
2. wheels of life (based on the chakra system)<br />
3. gilgamesh ( any ancient sumerian text)<br />
<br />
*although its a magazine collection, my national geographic
collection is my pride and joy.<br />
<br />
music :<br />
1. thievery corporation<br />
2. native tongues collective<br />
3.jill scott<br />
<br />
i cheat<br />
4. john coltrane<br />
<br />
shows:<br />
1. the universe<br />
2. rachel maddow<br />
3. the big bang theory<br />
<br />
films:<br />
1.i enjoy spike lee &amp; detest tyler perry.<br />
2. kymatica<br />
3. beat street<br />
<br />
food: anything pescatarian sans mayonnaise, and i'm down.
normally, when im not swamped with school work (ugh!), im a total
cinephile. i have too many favorite films to list here, but one i
purchased recently is a doozy and one that i highly recommend...
"the best of youth". 6hrs and 15min of pure cinematic magic
:-)<br />
as for food, i guess you could say im a foodie. i love cuisine
from various ethnic backgrounds, but not all that into shi-shi
restaurants (other than special occasions).<br />
i like both kinds of music... country &amp; western (extra points
if you can tell me what movie that line is from). but seriously, i
have a fairly wide taste-range in music. ska, rock, classical,
jazz, acoustic, reggae, hawaiian, pop, r&amp;b, etc...
books: the millennium trilogy, into thin air, unbroken, open,
american psycho, crime &amp; punishment, the da vinci code<br />
<br />
movies: the shawshank redemption, good will hunting, goodfellas,
fight club, snatch, pulp fiction, ace ventura: pet detective, la
confidential, the social network, rounders, die hard, the shining,
there's something about mary<br />
<br />
shows: dexter, house, sportscenter<br />
<br />
music: led zeppelin, sublime, the rolling stones, the beatles, the
who, talking heads, dj z-trip, girl talk, bob marley, dr. dre, the
cars, ccr, the doors, donovan, incubis, the kinks, jimi hendrix,
the police, van morrison, the steve miller band<br />
<br />
food: sushi, italian, seafood, thai, indian, american, mexican,
french, chinese
books about african and african american history. books about
consciousness and evolution to our next level which is happening
all around us. jazz, especially john coltrane and beyond. no smooth
jazz please. vegetarian food, vegan food, seafood. any ethnic food.
music: radiohead, grizzly bear, venetian snares, pinback, four tet,
iron and wine, pixel panda, clouddead (and almost every other
anticon project), metric, lots more...<br />
<br />
books: skinny legs and all, sirens of titan, infinite jest, wild
sheep chase, crying of lot 49, elvissey, all william gibson<br />
<br />
tv: not too long ago i would have said "i hate that fucking thing"
but thanks to the internet i watch again. i'm just picky about my
shows and i don't watch commercials. twin peaks, heroes, weeds,
true blood, nurse jackie, burn notice, deadwood, kings<br />
<br />
movies: sympathy for lady vengence, rules of attraction, wall-e,
the hangover, crank (and the sequel), no country for old men (and
most coen bros. movies, really).<br />
<br />
food: veggie burrito. super. with tofu. for here. thanks.
i read a lot about health.<br />
<br />
favorite movies: mad max, scarface, carlitos way,<br />
cheech and chong up in smoke, something about mary, old
school.<br />
<br />
music: i enjoy everything from rock to old school hip hop . i like
a lot of other stuff as well.<br />
foods: i like mexican, italian, sushi, seafood,
love to read romances, and autobiographies.<br />
<br />
my favorite tv shows range from friends to undercover boss.<br />
<br />
i am a big fan of cirque du soleil, and broadway shows in general.
i am currently reading sex at dawn (a non fiction) and fahrenheit
451.<br />
i enjoy films quite a lot, my favorite directors are kieslowski,
haneke and mike leigh.<br />
parks and rec and fringe are my current most watched tv
shows.<br />
music...too much to say. right now lcd soundsystem, early 70s
southern soul (and all soul in general), jesse sykes, justice and a
place to bury strangers.<br />
and for food, all of it.
friends and friends and friends and all of the things they do. late
night dinner parties. garden vegetables are much more tasty than
the ones from the store. cheap and free.
i am a huge wes anderson fan, so i really dig indie movies. i also
love documentaries. a few favorites include collapse, food matters,
zeitgeist, religilous and many more. i don't dig scary or violent
movies.<br />
<br />
some of my favorite t.v. shows include bored to death, wilfred,
modern family, curb your enthusiasm, workaholics, arrested
development, it's always sunny, flight of the conchords, the daily
show, the colbert report, tim and eric: awesome show, great job,
and - i have to say it - project runway.<br />
<br />
as far as music goes, some of my favorite artists (and i could go
on all day, but, i'll keep it brief) include ted leo and the
pharmacists, built to spill, modest mouse, radiohead, the flaming
lips, beulah, belle &amp; sebastian, kings of convenience and more.
i also really dig '80s rock, reggae, blues, classic rock like the
beatles (who doesn't), zeppelin, floyd and even some occasional
lady gaga. don't hate! dubstep is another guilty pleasure - i just
love the shit out of dancing. it's great for your spirit, and for
your second chakra.<br />
<br />
the food part of this is going to make me seem like a
high-maintenance pain in the ass, but, i swear i'm not. i'm just
really into nutrition and environmental sustainability, so i eat
mostly vegan, organic, raw food. i say "mostly" vegan because
sometimes a girl has just got to get down on some pizza or a nice
brie.<br />
<br />
i don't have as much time for reading as i wish i did. however, i
absolutely adore anything by salinger, hemingway, kerouac,
steinbeck, shelley, faulkner, etc. i really love the classics. i'm
also obsessed with metaphysical books that help with self-work: the
four agreements, the essence of self-realization, conscious loving,
and kundalini awakening, to name a few. if we go to the park to
read, be prepared for me to read you amazing lines as i come to
them.
buffy the vampire slayer and battlestar galactica are probably my
favorite shows, though i also really like both offices. sublime is
my favorite band.<br />
<br />
i love vietnamese, indian, korean and japanese food.<br />
<br />
for books, american psycho, the forever war, the chtorr saga. i
claudius is probably my favorite book.
i am a music lover. my favorite contemporary artist right now is
kanye west. i listen to queen all the time too. i also like
ratatat, and a lot of '70's soul music. curtis mayfield, otis
redding, marvin gaye, sy &amp; the family stone, i could go on
forever. however, i like old rock like creedence clearwater revival
too, so my musical taste is all over the place.<br />
<br />
i am a harry potter trivia champion. if you don't believe me, ask
me anything about any of the books! george carlin also writes
awesome books. right now i spend more time reading my school
textbooks more than anything else, trying to impersonate the good
students!<br />
<br />
i love to cook, so any kind of food is good with me pretty much. as
long as i can learn how to cook it. i love baking so anything sweet
is my favorite. i am a root beer aficionado also!
i tend to often read non-fiction because i love to learn, but
recently have been enjoying martin amis<br />
<br />
daily show, the office, mad men, californication. just saw midnight
in paris and really enjoyed it.<br />
<br />
music - alternative, jazz, '80s, most anything, except not much a
fan of country. i have many pandora stations to fit my mood.<br />
<br />
food - i like to cook. love red wine and chocolate. when eating out
i enjoy thai, indian, mediterranean, italian, mexican, but not much
of a meat eater.
favorite books are scifi and fantasy, i really like all the star
wars series novels anything written by anne mccaffery or robert
jordan the dune series and dragonlance all amazing. movies i have
really simelar tastes as my reading selection except i really like
comedies. music is jam bands: grateful dead, string cheese
incident, sts9, bassnecter, camo cowboys, blue turtle seduction, i
really enjoy dancing at really grimy dubstep parties . food i am a
vegetarian pretty strictly i eat sushi a few times a year as its
normally ends up being a good compromise for fancy business
dinners. i would like to stop eating cooked food altogether and go
raw for a bit but i am not quite ready for that yet.
food: thai / mexican<br />
books: from the powers of horror (kristeiva) to harry potter.<br />
i also read a lot of plays. haruki murakami translated noh plays-
little known fact. david sedaris and nautical adventure
books.<br />
movies: i really like brand upon the brain, amelie, and swords and
sorcery movies.<br />
tv: the mighty boosh, skins, mostly everything on bbc.<br />
<br />
favorite music: fever ray, magnetic fields (the best ever), spank
rock, fanny pack, brooks, 60s pop and post punk, justice, hot chip,
yelle, simon finn, the human league, esg, song poems, xiu xiu,
mirah, lcd soundsystem, blonde redhead, the yeah yeah yeahs,
magnetic fields, smog, modest mouse, the cure, nico,
fischerspooner, the monkees, siouxie and the banshees, frente
(anything early 90s), james, the sounds, bolly wood, elliot smith,
ladytron, console, kristen hearsh, crystal castles, dj kicks,
esoterica, beirut, vivian girls, the xx, the shocking pinks, tv on
the radio, glam rock, etc...
love jackie greene, mc yogi, etta james, the stones, u2, foster to
the people, robert plant, dandy warhol's, bonnie rait, prince,
funkadellics, the dead, dylan, rem, michael franti, hardly strictly
bluegrass, power to the peaceful; very broad range of musical
tastes. love going to the symphony and yoshi's. music is a core
part of my life. go to as many concerts as i can and the bay area
is a buffet of great music.<br />
<br />
enjoy being outdoors but love reading books and cooking indoors or
outdoors.<br />
<br />
handbook for happiness by the hh dalai lama always makes me happy.
four agreements by my friend, mentor and teacher, don miguel
ruiz.<br />
<br />
love ethnic food and out of the way place. sorry, the big bang
theory cracks me up. i identify with geeks.
miss smilla's feeling for snow, siddharta, the blind watchmaker,
the world atlas, road maps.<br />
<br />
birdie, amelie, exit through the gift shop, inception - because it
reminds me of the crazy graphic dreams i have. anything with
beautiful photography of expansive landscapes.<br />
<br />
i don't have a tv but dip into netflix and wish i hadn't run out of
arrested development and 30 rock. eddie izzard makes me laugh a
lot.<br />
<br />
too much music to list... but currently playing beats antique and
hotel costes 10 often. if i could only pick one album to listen to
for evermore it would be kruder and dorfmeister's k&amp;d sessions
(both disks, because that's a really long time). otherwise a random
selection from the "played often" section of my music collection:
gomez, paulo nutini, air, morcheeba, massive attack, salmonella
dub, gorillaz, jose gonzalez, thievery corporation, chemical
brothers, amy mcdonald, lilly allen, hybrid, northern exposure, the
charlatans, barahmji and mashti.<br />
<br />
oysters, cappuccinos, cheese, cheesecake, champagne, hard cider and
anything with chillies as a main ingredient.
[currently]:: always sunny, workaholics, snl (continually), modern
family, mad men, // music :: kurt elling, adele, eva cassidy, anita
o' day, sharon jones, diplo, steve aoki, esperanza spalding +others
// books:: sun also rises (&amp; most hemingway), gatsby, nabokov,
oscar wao, mark twain, currently reading kerouac &amp; huxley
if the letters gbv have had an influence on your musical youth,
then we will probably have something to talk about. just saw
firehose and wilco this year.
all kinds of stuff... seriously i cannot answer this. i like stuff
i cant even remember. i will try a bit though. i love the crap out
of pasta and making it mostly from scratch i just need to start
making my own noodles. all veggies, i grew up with a garden and
always enjoyed my greens and fruit. i dont really get cravings for
meat even though i eat it but totally crave veggies. spice!<br />
<br />
movies. ummm... crap.. why is it difficult to answer questions like
these? ask me, its a creative random selection.<br />
<br />
books... yeah... not a big book guy but i was forced to read them
here and there and loved it. really need to get my hands on
imagining the tenth dimension!
l'etranger<br />
johnny got his gun<br />
the hobbit<br />
dantes inferno<br />
through the looking glass<br />
<br />
i download and watch every thing :)<br />
and i have an addiction to netflix.
. i like action movies like gone in 60 seconds and fast &amp;
furious. i like pizza, steak and the usual guy stuff.
omnivore's dilemma, eating animals, the greatest generation, fair
food, dune, the most human human, mind of the market, and any and
all personal finance/investing books.<br />
<br />
i think people should be required to have books and read them
frequently in order to breed.<br />
<br />
don't hate me for saying what you were thinking.
movies: american beauty, the butterfly effect, black swan (natalie
portman is amazing!)<br />
tv shows: current favorites include revenge, glee, the bachelor
(even though i'm not a huge fan of ben), and nikita<br />
music: kanye west, bruno mars, tiesto - techno for work is
awesome<br />
food: sushi, pho (late night drunk pho is the best - forget pizza!)
(this is probably the hardest section to fill out without it going
on for eternity.)<br />
books: i'm a big fan of music journalism and criticism, biographies
of old hollywood personalities, education theory and vignettes, pop
culture essays, graphic novels, science-fiction and<br />
steampunk.<br />
movies: my favorite directors are: jim sheridan, david cronenberg,
neil jordan, david lynch, mike judge, fritz lang, george lucas. i
love bad horror movies, documentaries, science-fiction, silly
comedies, and silent movies.<br />
music: my pandora station implies that i like melodic punk,
synth-pop, emotional male lead vocal performances, classic rock,
and a mixture of major and minor key tonality. with that said i'm a
big fan of bad religion, depeche mode, nitzer ebb, queen, billy
joel, etc, etc, etc. i have over 9,000 songs on my ipod.<br />
food: i love food and am pretty willing to try new things. sushi,
pho, thai, indian, ethiopian, hunan, italian. yes please.
i'm kind of hip nerd, meaning i love to read almost anything
especially some obscure fact that no one knows or truth be told
cares about, but if i share it, someone will find really
interesting. favorite movie of all time is love jones. i love music
of all kind but generally r&amp;b, smooth jazz, and gospel can be
found in my music shuffle with some reggae, hip-hop, and classical
thrown in for flavor. i enjoy all types of food but vietnamese and
thai are my first choices.
books:<br />
<br />
freakonomics, tribes by seth godin, nickel and dimed, how to be
useful, class: a guide through the american status system<br />
<br />
hair story, murder in amsterdam, good porn, yes means yes!, gang
leader for a day, american dream, amusing ourselves to death<br />
<br />
<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=persepolis">persepolis</a><br />
<br />
movies:<br />
<br />
persepolis, shortbus, inside deep throat, sita sings the blues,
friday, frida<br />
<br />
music:<br />
<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the+weeknd">the weeknd</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=theophilus+london">theophilus
london</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=frank+ocean">frank
ocean</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=childish%0agambino">childish gambino</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=aaliyah">aaliyah</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=the+smiths">the smiths</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=dum+dum+girls">dum dum girls</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=maluca">maluca</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=gotan+project">gotan project</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=santogold">santogold</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=drake">drake</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=jason%0amoran">jason moran</a>, <a class="ilink"
href="/interests?i=alif+tree">alif tree</a><br />
<br />
food:<br />
<br />
dark chocolate, sweet tea, hot tea, guava aguas frescas, indian,
mangos, pineapples, blackberries, mushrooms, sheep milk yoghurt,
havarti cheese, independent, local and vegetarian restaurants. i
talk about fried chicken more than i eat it.
my doctor said that i have a mild case of the hipster. tastes
change often, but old favourites include: patrick watson, daily
show, most wes anderson films, kati rolls, radiohead, douglas
adams, pretty much any alterna-country
(calexico/sadies/iron&amp;wine), some coen bros, bonono, shawerma,
decemberists, breaking bad, the cinematic orchestra.
house of sand and fog is one of my favorite books. a favorite movie
is office space. i am open to lots of music! and, i have a passion
for pasta!
i own books (and read them!).<br />
<br />
my favorite movie is true romance, but not for the reasons you
might expect. i really like wes anderson and p.t. anderson movies,
but at the end of the day i'll pretty much watch anything.<br />
<br />
i listen to a lot of late 90's and early 2000's punk music. no, i
did not go to the slapstick reunion show a few months ago.<br />
<br />
i am a connoisseur of carne asada burritos, margherita pizza, and
coffee. ask me what the best places are in sf!
i like books and movies and cerebral junk like that. i just saw a
norwegian movie "headhunters". i thought it was brilliant-- a bit
gruesome but an interesting wit. i am currently reading the
"elegance of the hedgehog" and just finished "portnoy's
complaint"-- book club choices. my favorite book is a "confederacy
of dunces".<br />
<br />
i have a wide range of musical taste. i know if i like it when i
hear it. i especially like beethoven's concertos, progressive rock
from the early 70's (emerson, lake and palmer!), and stream various
electronica (although i can't identify a single band).<br />
<br />
i do not have a tv.
books are delicious.<br />
music is pretty grand as well.<br />
and food: i'll sum it up with: i live to eat. food is an art, a
medium to transfer my love and care to the people in my life.
music<br />
emily wells, bright eyes, mazzy star, twilight singers, damian
marley, gang of four, fugazi, miles davis quintet, mos def, social
distortion, utah phillips, gogol bordello<br />
<br />
movies<br />
thank you for smoking, stranger than fiction, the corporation,
black cat/white cat, amelie, delecatessin, jung, life and debt,
brick<br />
<br />
television<br />
the daily show, house, buffy (used to), how it's made<br />
<br />
books<br />
the glass bead game, the dispossessed, collapse, confessions of an
economic hit man, philosophy and the real world, hyperion, dna for
beginners, tsotsi, cradle to cradle, instructions to the cook, most
books larry niven wrote or collaborated on, parable of the sower,
hard science-fiction paperbacks - especially ones with societal
commentary
books:<br />
for work: wsj, nyt, adweek and adage. for fun: water for elephants,
agatha christie, philippa gregory.<br />
<br />
for fun:<br />
i love watching movies, listening to music and trying new
restaurants (while people watching). i also love playing along to
jeopardy (are you up for a challenge?), board games, dancing.<br />
<br />
fave hotspots:<br />
the amazon, greece and macchu pichu are on the top of my list...
closer to home is central park on a sunny summer day. and of course
my backyard in albany.
memoir is definitely my favorite genre- love reading about people's
crazy lives and experiences. anything by anthony bourdain, augusten
burroughs, david sedaris, milan kundera, dave eggers. if i had to
pinpoint one book, it'd be the unbearable lightness of being. i
also really enjoyed reading the game, and can now call guys out for
using negs in conversation :d<br />
<br />
movies: basically everything, but specifically: amelie, good will
hunting, kinsey, a lot like love, scent of a woman, charlie and the
chocolate factory, gattaca, paris, je t'aime, crazy, stupid, love,
five year engagement (for the gratuitous shots of ann arbor).<br />
<br />
music: i'm admittedly bad at seeking out new music. here's what my
most recent workout playlist sounds like: mgmt, robyn, matt &amp;
kim, t.i., lady gaga, passion pit, kid cudi and la bouche
(obviously). a friend just introduced me to hypem so i'm working on
developing a taste for electronic music. always open to
suggestions!<br />
<br />
food: all of it. everything. this should probably have its own
section.
movies: fargo, sideways, dog day afternoon, junebug, the diving
bell and the butterfly, volver, clueless<br />
<br />
tv: top chef, lost, arrested development, meet the press, project
runway, doctor who, downton abbey.<br />
<br />
food: everything. except eggs. (weird, right?)<br />
<br />
books: goodbye columbus, midnight in the garden of good and evil,
ulysses<br />
<br />
music: whatever the kids <del>are listening to.</del>were listening
to a year ago.
i like just about any movie, except those lifetime ones. i pretty
much watch anything on tv. i don't read much. i listen to a lot of
rock, but i like to listen to everything. and i eat whatever i
don't burn in the kitchen.
music: kmfdm, alkaline trio, natalia kills, goldfrapp, nine inch
nails, lana del rey, ringside, the offspring, heavens, garbage,
covenant, katy perry, lords of acid, chain gang of 1974, apoptygma
berserk, anything catchy/dancey/poppy/angry<br />
<br />
movies: jfk, requiem for a dream, nightmare before christmas, vicky
christina barcelona, risky business, death proof<br />
<br />
books: less than zero, lolita, maus 1 and 2, the shameful life of
salvador dali<br />
<br />
food: thai, indian, steak, anything,
books... i don't have a chance to read too much these days but i
used to read a lot of hemingway<br />
<br />
movies... the hangover, shawshank redemption, grandma's boy, road
trip, the rock, gladiator<br />
<br />
shows... how i met your mother, the office, top gear, the middle,
wheeler dealers<br />
<br />
music... zepplin, green day, chili peppers, lady gaga (haha)<br />
<br />
food... i like almost everything. spanish, indian, italian,
chinese, sushi... anything as long as it comes in large quantities!
<strong>movies:</strong><br />
i like them.<br />
<br />
<strong>tv shows:</strong><br />
twin peaks, parks and recreation, arrested development, 30 rock,
its always sunny in philadelphia, peep show, ted talks<br />
<br />
<strong>music:</strong><br />
passion pit, the national, girltalk, yeah yeah yeahs, rilo kiley,
band of horses, the kooks, yelle, animal collective, spoon, mgmt,
&lt;3 miike snow &lt;3<br />
really getting into dubstep and electronica.<br />
<br />
<strong>food:</strong><br />
i suck at feeding myself.<br />
<br />
<strong>books:</strong><br />
too many to list. right now, i'm knee deep in some textbooks -
finance and strategy management? where does the fun stop??!<br />
<br />
<strong>favorite things not in aforementioned
categories:</strong><br />
- resisting being told what to do (as displayed by my defiance of
okc's summary categories)<br />
- people with pun-loving attitudes.<br />
- beards are almost always a smart choice.<br />
- apple products (thankfully, the slow deterioration of
self-respect at the hands of steve jobs and his cult is mostly
obscured by each shiny new toy they create.)<br />
- feeling superior, but only because i'm so much better at it than
anyone else.<br />
- craigslist missed connections<br />
- puzzles<br />
- competition<br />
- bill belichick<br />
- coca-cola classic<br />
- legal pads
my favorite book is "the illustrated man." the best movie of all
time is "harry potter". i love the song 'contra' by vampire
weekend. i like all food except tomatoes.
books: i read mostly techie books. those that are not... redefining
our relationships, the art of sexual ecstasy, and anything by don
miguel ruiz. that's all i can think of right now.<br />
<br />
movies: eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, modern times (charlie
chaplin) i am sam, personal velocity, requiem for a dream, mind the
gap, japanese story, goodwill hunting, whale rider, pieces of
april, strange days, bowling for columbine, the corporation, what
the bleep?, fifth element, mystic river, moulin rouge, the station
agent, boogie nights. i can go on.<br />
<br />
music: tool, peter gabriel, the doors, dead kennedys, the beatles,
vitapup, the police, sub-humans, clutch, pink floyd, old smashing
pumpkins (gish), sopwith camel, thievery corporation, opp ivy,
buckethead, old sabbath, and i enjoy just about everything else
with the exception of most country and gangsta' rap.<br />
<br />
food: sushi, thai, indian, middle eastern, sushi, sushi, sushi,
sushi, and sushi.
most autobiographies, am a movie freak love them all - from foreign
(the french are some movie makers) to really well written comedies.
i love horror films (think it has something to do with staying up
all night as a young girl watching with my grandfather) ... mostly
psychological thrillers! les mis has my heart ... always wanted to
be eponine (minus the death part)! love all music ... minimal
country and food ... that's a conversation to have upon meeting! :)
my memory is too bad for this. the books i have read more than once
include lord of the rings, time travellers wife, after you've gone
(maggie o'farrell), catch 22, ian mcewan movies i've watched more
than once include donnie darko (the most recently at the castro.
love going there). fight club. and actually i can't remember any
others. i do like juliet binoche though.<br />
pandora radio.<br />
don't own a tv. haven't for years.<br />
lots of food. it's one of the things i love about san francisco.
music: anything off ed banger records, the james gang, rolling
stones, beatles, nirvana, ac/dc, bob dylon, daft punk, tons of
mashups from djs, girl talk, dr dre, free form five, notorious big,
gnarles barkley, a lot of live and acoustic stuff, gorillaz, guns
n' roses, lady gaga (shutup!), justice, lcd sound system, led
zeppelin, and the velvet underground.<br />
<br />
favorite books: ender's game, artie lange - too fat to fish, the
stand, dark tower series, atlas shrugged, hyperion, born standing
up - a comic's life. i think the articles in vanity fair are
surprisingly well written and i also regularly read new york
magazine.<br />
<br />
movies: breaking bad, the shawshank redemption, dumb and dumber,
sopranos, the wire, from dusk till dawn, seinfeld, pulp fiction,
the watchmen, tropic thunder, the usual suspects.<br />
<br />
food: pastas! a good bacon burger, avocado, garlic, salsa, salmon,
twice baked potato, anything wrapped in bacon really, fresh orange
juice, fresh apples, fresh baked bread, toasted bagel with cream
cheese, good wine, ice cream, omg dark chocolate, a medium rare
steak!! good coffee (won't drink garbage)
lets just say if i was not doing what i was doing then i would be
doing something artistic.. i am huge fan of all types of music...
oh man... where to begin?<br />
<br />
books: not a huge reader, but hoping to change that soon... last
reads were both sports themed... moneyball and seabuiscuit.... self
help, too... there's nothing wrong with you had a huge impact on
helping me understand my approaches and how i've dealt with things
since childhood... and how i can improve that!<br />
<br />
movies: pretty much an appreciator of everything... from "chick
flicks", to "action", to "indy"... will always be a star trek and
star wars geek, no i don't discriminate... lol! anything that's
fun, thought-provoking, heck... even love it if it makes me
cry!<br />
<br />
tv: daily show, colbert report, big bang theory, almost anything on
the palladia channel, shameless, modern family, 30 rock...<br />
<br />
music: once again, i don't discriminate... rock, blues, jazz,
classical, funk, i like it all... yes, even *some* country music...
just has to be good, have quality and integrity!<br />
<br />
food: yes, please... ;-)<br />
seriously, i've been lucky enough to have had many wonderful
experiences enjoying *incredible* meals over the course of my
life... from cyrus up in healdsburg, navio at the ritz in half moon
bay, redd up in yountville... to simply enjoying a killer burger...
heck, even a double-double "animal style" from in 'n' out will make
me smile!
books.... i think the only book i really enjoyed was thomas
harris's famous. music, i don't have any specific kind of music
that i listen to, i listen to anything that fits the mood, or makes
me feel, so a lot of new songs now are... no-go. shows.... i love
house, grey's, bear grylls's, maybe some naruto, death note, and a
few others.... movies.... can't really think of any specific one
that i enjoy... but i'm pretty open minded, and not hard to
entertain. i love sushi!(sashimi to be more specific)... i eat it
just about once every two weeks.....
there are so many favorites i couldn't possibly mention them
all!<br />
<br />
books: willard and his bowling trophies by richard brautigan, clea
and zeus divorce by emily prager, among the thugs by bill buford,
french lessons by alice kaplan...<br />
<br />
movies: the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover; citizen kane;
the forbidden zone; howards end; most french films...<br />
<br />
music: anything that's good. i like jazz a lot. ween, galactic,
django, moondog, charlie parker, fitz and the tantrums,
justice...<br />
<br />
food: i like food. really, my tastes and preferences are pretty
open.
books:i am legend,holes<br />
movies:the matrix,hackers,rounders,the mask<br />
music:old rock,jazz,new rock<br />
food:pizza,sushi,coffee
for books, fantasy, documentary type books about the underworld in
different countries and, more recently, economics. tokyo vice, song
of ice and fire series, musashi, neuromancer, battle royale, choke,
heroes die, freakonomics.<br />
<br />
movies: anchorman, the other guys, equilibrium, batman begins, iron
man, seven samurai, pulp fiction, unbreakable, hot tub time
machine, all ghibli movies (i've probably watched princess mononoke
like 50 times), pixar movies, 40 year old virgin, primer, a history
of violence, samehada otoko to momojiri onna. i don't think i'll
ever outgrow animated films/shows or movies with big
explosions.<br />
<br />
music: i'll listen to anything with a good beat, anything i can
sink into. i listen to classical, metal, rock, techno, pop, rap,
hip hop, basically anything that grabs my attention. red hot chili
peppers, mastodon, infected mushroom, the pillows, anamanaguchi,
daft punk, incubus, gorillaz, and system of a down. been listening
to flying lotus almost nonstop since i found out they did the bumps
for adult swim. still looking for the toonami guy...<br />
<br />
food: i will try anything edible once. my favorite foods are bacon,
cheesecake, chocolate, soy sauce fried chicken (actually, just all
forms of chicken), jap chae and a ton of other korean dishes,
sushi, ramen, curry (the best being chicken mahkani), and so much
more than i can even think of.
i like to read historical fiction. i mostly watch movies but i do
like a couple of tv shows like:<br />
<br />
real time with bill maher<br />
dexter<br />
weeds<br />
walking dead<br />
shameless<br />
true blood<br />
house<br />
chelsea lately<br />
daily show with jon stuart<br />
the colbert report<br />
<br />
i listen to a lot of different podcasts every day, like:<br />
<br />
this american life<br />
wnyc's: radio lab<br />
a history of wwii<br />
freakanomics<br />
npr's: fresh air<br />
new yorker fiction short stories<br />
the moth<br />
politics &amp; public opinion studies at (american enterprise
institute)<br />
planet money<br />
stuff you should know<br />
npr: most e-mailed stories, world story of the day<br />
how stuff works<br />
in our time archive: cuture<br />
german cultural history<br />
foreign and defense policy studies @ aei
no games here<br />
books: about human psyche, , latin american surrealism, books about
culture, political comics/ graphic novels, lonely planet<br />
<br />
movies: documentaries, good dramas, action films<br />
<br />
music: something funky, something bluesy, something world-mostly a
fusion of the 3....too many good artists to list<br />
<br />
food: something spicy, foreign and interesting, anything home
cooked :)
<b>books</b> <i>1984, 2001, 2010, dune, born to run, the name of
the wind, hhgttg, harry potters, a clockwork orange, the odyssey,
the pillars of the earth, kitchen confidential, the sex lives of
cannibals, blindsight, poirot, and holmes. recently, blind descent,
a book on supercaving in mexico.</i><br />
<br />
<b>movies</b> <i>the nightmare before christmas (borders on
obsession), a clockwork orange; the cook, the thief, his wife, and
her lover; star treks; {the city of lost children, amelie,
delicatessen, micmacs, and their ilk}; the godfather; annie
hall.</i><br />
<br />
<b>music</b> <i>neutral milk hotel, magnetic fields, old gregorian
chants, doo wop, trans-siberian orchestra, modest mouse, weezer,
irish punk, pub songs, maritime, indie rock, and
showtunes.</i><br />
<br />
<b>piano</b> <i>philip glass, dresden dolls, queen.</i><br />
<br />
<b>foods</b> <i>spicy, taste scalding. part-time paleo. i avoid
most seafood thanks to an irrational childhood neurosis. except if
there's a <b>profound</b> amount of sake and wasabi, and i'm having
dinner with a world-renowned game designer. yep, except for
that.</i><br />
<br />
<b>games</b> <i>psychonauts, fallout 3, the monkey islands,
oblivion</i><br />
<br />
<b>webs</b> <i>ted, xkcd, dinosaur comics, and many others that i
don't have the bandwidth to keep up with anymore.</i><br />
<br />
<b>tv</b> <i>sttng, midsomer murders, dragon's den, 30 rock, 60
minutes, seinfeld, criminal minds, peep show, {science},
{food}.</i> i got rid of cable and still don't have enough time to
do every/anything i want.<br />
<br />
yep, lots of everything.
books:<br />
black jewels trilogy.<br />
david eddings' belgarid, malloreon, elenium and tamuli epics.<br />
harry potter<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
inception<br />
500 days of summer<br />
the avengers<br />
the truman show<br />
<br />
music:<br />
almost anything, my music collection goes from miles davis to boa
to dirty vegas to daft punk. as long as its good music (think
beatles, journey, queen) that i can enjoy or dance to...<br />
<br />
food:<br />
pretty open to trying anything to an extent. anything tasty i eat i
usually to recreate in the kitchen!
mutiny on the bounty, heart of darkness, the odyssey. shantaram,
the endurance.<br />
the seven samurai, enter the dragon, cool hand luke, the big
lebowski, down by law, the life aquatic, the hustler, dead
man.<br />
no reservations, top chef, rescue me, house.<br />
all kinds of music. i listen to music sepending on my mood. when
there is no music playing, i almost always have the bach cello
suites playing in my mind, note for note. possibly the most
beautifully haunting music i have ever heard. collection is mostly
jazz, but i enjoy rock and soul and latin and everything in between
as long as it's great.<br />
food? soul food from all over the planet. street food. indonesian,
vietnamese, burmese, italian, french, ethiopian, mexican,
portugese. anything you put in front of me that is properly
seasoned. spicy!
will list first three in each category that come to mind as always
felt the idea of favorite as too fleeting and momentarily
subjective<br />
<br />
(total digression = okay so you ever signed up for online banking
or some other important website and they ask you a retarded
security questions that are not fact based but taste based - such
as "what is your favorite food?" / "what is your favorite movie?" /
"who is your favorite artist?" / "who is your best friend?" / "who
was your favorite teacher?" / "where would you like to go on
vacation?" - seriously wtf, who has just one simple answer to any
of these questions, what if i changed my mind when i filled out the
form my favorite artist was modigliani but when i forgot my
password i just came back from a turner exhibit and am temporally
in love with his work, then what; access denied) - end of rant,
back to original questions :<br />
<br />
- books<br />
tale of two cities<br />
the prize<br />
the alchemist<br />
<br />
- movies<br />
double indemnity<br />
up<br />
in the mood for love<br />
<br />
- tv<br />
boardwalk empire<br />
house<br />
modern family<br />
<br />
- music<br />
carl orff - gassenhauer<br />
the great ladies of jazz - holiday, london, james, fitzgerald
etc...<br />
hotel costes (all albums)<br />
<br />
- food<br />
pig, in all its facets<br />
tiramisu<br />
shanghai dumplings
i love indian food. reggae, drum n bass, house, dub step. comedies
and thrillers are my favorite films but i love the medium of film
in general.
i read alot of horror and sci fi.<br />
<br />
my favorite movies include jurassic park, aliens, pulp fiction,
life is beautiful, true grit, and no country for old men.<br />
<br />
i listen to a variety of music, mainly stuff like jethro tull,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the+beatles">the beatles</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=herbie+hancock">herbie
hancock</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=mccoy+tyner">mccoy
tyner</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=nwa">nwa</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=public+enemy">public enemy</a>,
dire straits, jimi hendrix, daler mendhi, mac dre, mongo
santamaria, johnny cash,and tenacious d<br />
<br />
i love mexican and italian food with a passion. i also am partial
to thai, indian, and i always enjoy a good burger<br />
<br />
i drink alot of <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=beer">beer</a>
but i am not picky about hard liquor or wine<br />
<br />
i love curb your enthusiasm, its always sunny, the office, south
park, parks and recreation, the walking dead, ren and stimpy
books: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=chuck+klosterman">chuck
klosterman</a> (culture/nonfiction), <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=gabriel+marcia%0amarquez">gabriel marcia marquez</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=david+sedaris">david
sedaris</a>, <i>the power of one</i>. my nerdy side loves ancient
greek tragedy and philosophy (really -- i have a soft spot for
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=plato">plato</a> and <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=sophocles">sophocles</a>).<br />
<br />
music: we can talk forever about what i like and why i like it, and
i'll be sure to ask you the same in as much detail as you care to
give. for now, i'll say alt. rock (<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=smashing+pumpkins">smashing pumpkins</a>), jazz
(coltrane), and, most recently, electronica (pretty lights). and
yes i have a weakness for britney spears and anything you can dance
to.<br />
<br />
tv: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=archer">archer</a> (!),
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the+league">the
league</a><br />
<br />
movies: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=wall-e">wall-e</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=spaceballs">spaceballs</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=big+lebowski">big
lebowski</a><br />
<br />
food: mexican, indian, ethiopian, thai, plus the usual suspects
(italian, chinese, etc.)
i love to read and i have many favorite books. loved "unbroken" and
one of my favorite books is a farewell to arms. loved kingsolver's
books. national geographic is my favorite publication. i also have
a variety of movies that i like. i mostly watch dramas, comedies,
documentaries, and foreign films (cinema paradiso,like water for
chocolate and the red violin) i like suspenseful movies, but i'm
not much into the slasher movies. i try to see all of the oscar
nominated movies before the awards. i like all types of music
(depends on my mood) except for rap and hip-hop (i've been
listening to a lot of latin music lately and spanish guitar). i
like all kinds of food (especially spicy foods and sushi), except
for olives, brussel sprouts and beets.
i like lots of things and want to keep learning about new things.
there is usually something i like in all genres to be honest, but
if i had to pick favorites they would be comedies and horror for
reading/watching pleasure, and sushi, thai and mexican food for
eating. i am kind of a rocker at heart, but i have downloaded music
of all types (i guess the one thing you could say is that i am not
a fan of pop music or reality tv).
i listen to a lot of old rock, the beatles, david bowie, and other
stuff too like prince, aretha franklin, the white stripes, my
absolute favorite band is the kinks, i also like jimi hendrix, nina
simone... i would say i am open-minded to different kinds of music
i am certainly not a music snob. i have sort of given up on being
hip. i also listen to a lot of podcasts, mainly npr, keith and the
girl.<br />
kurt vonnegut, some john irving, langston hughes, brian andreas,
wicked by gregory mcguire, i still love mad magazine. i read the
new yorker magazine, i'm not elitist i just like to read.<br />
<br />
kevin smith movies, fight club, moulin rouge, rocky horror picture
show, the goonies, wet hot american summer<br />
<br />
food, i love chinese, thai, mexican, not too much into spicy food
but i will try pretty much anything.
at one point i had a list but, do you really want to know  i mean
<i>really</i>.<br />
<br />
i thought not. ask me, i'm not that scary although i've been told i
do come across that way. (sometimes people laugh when i say things
like that... others nod their heads vigorously in agreement) also,
considering that i live in a house with hallways and rooms full of
overstuffed ceiling to floor bookshelves i may have quite a few
books that it would be fun to discuss. although more often than not
people have called me quiet and reserved/shy in person (i've been
working on coming out of my shell)
sunny in philadelphia, archer, daily show, the walking dead, the
wire, sons of anarchy, battlestar gallactica, portlandia, game of
thrones, firefly, burn notice<br />
reddit<br />
rise against, k-os, the sounds, rjd2, black keys, social
distortion, vivaldi, mozart, brahms, m83, ratatat, drive-by
truckers, international music. anything live and loud.
anything original, dont matter as long as it got a good vibe,
feeling.
music: pink martini, quantic, quantic soul orchestra, alice smith,
koop, bebel gilberto, thievery corp., gotan project, beck, fela
kuti, arctic monkeys, muse, girls talk, cake, sia, folk, bossanova,
classic, progressive rock, pop rock.<br />
<br />
books: i am currently ready the biography of steve jobs<br />
<br />
films: trainspotting, before sunset, pulp fiction, a single man,
the life of david gale, fight club, eternal sunshine of the
spotless mind.<br />
<br />
tv: i don't watch tv much even tho i do have tv in my room. but i
do like a couple of tv shows, six feet under is the top on my short
list it's so well written tv show! still looking for a tv show that
equally well written like this one, hasn't found one... do you know
any?... i also like how i met your mother, the big bang theory and
project runway:)
favorite movies: when harry met sally, a new world, love actually,
swingers, annie hall, star wars,wedding crashers, before sunrise,
horrible bosses, gladiator, matrix, a beautiful mind.<br />
favorite shows: new girl, how i met your mother, parenthood (even
though i don't want to be one), selling ny, selling la, the good
wife.<br />
<br />
favorite foods: pasta, pizza, (and just about everything italian),
chinese, thai, peruvian, mongolian grill, indian, midlde-eastern,
jewish deli, steaks, burgers, vietnamese, creole... have i left
anything out?<br />
<br />
favorite music: snow patrol, cold play, aqualung, simon and
garfunkle, van hallen, nelly, fifty cent... and (behind closed
doors i listen to: billy joel, def leppard, bullet boys, metallica
and for some odd reason - bett midler's "the rose" tends to inspire
me creatively).
books: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=the+magus">the
magus</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=east+of+eden">east
of eden</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=absalom%2c+absalom%21">absalom, absalom!</a><br />
movies: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=annie+hall">annie
hall</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=harold+and+maude">harold and maude</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=kill+bill">kill bill</a><br />
music: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=erykah+badu">erykah
badu</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=ani+difranco">ani
difranco</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=new+order">new
order</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=outkast">outkast</a><br />
food: espresso, artichokes, ceviche<br />
tv: <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=true+blood">true blood</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=mad+men">mad men</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=louie">louie</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=friday+night%0alights">friday night lights</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=twin+peaks">twin peaks</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=portlandia">portlandia</a>
so many... i'll go with the first ones that come to mind, but know
that the list is long and varied !<br />
<br />
books - executioner's song, norwegian wood, house of sand and fog,
the other hollywood, she's come undone<br />
<br />
movies - requiem for a dream, to die for, boogie nights, anything
by peter greenaway, darren aronofsky, atom egoyan, paul thomas
anderson.<br />
<br />
music - leonard cohen, massive attack, depeche mode, madonna, joe
henry, etta james, sneaker pimps, jane's addiction, jt,
timbaland<br />
<br />
food - love all types of asian food
books = call it sleep, extremely loud and incredibly close, the
sound and the fury, light in august, dubliners, blankets, the
origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind, the
illiad, huck finn.<br />
<br />
movies = the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert
ford, true grit (coens bros one), la strada, le circle rouge, l.a.
confidential, treasure of the sierra madre, evil, before the fall,
the believer.<br />
<br />
shows = dexter, gossip girl, the office, archer, six feet under,
parks and rec, the wire, curb your enthusiasm, breaking bad, the
walking dead, family guy, house, project runway, community.<br />
<br />
music = menomena, suckers, the national, baths, wise blood, the
antlers, kanye west, weeknd, neon indian, wu lyf, bon iver, gucci
mane, james blake.<br />
<br />
food = thai, french, mexican, indian, himalayan, italian, greek,
etc.
patterson.<br />
the hangover, knocked up ,casino,godfather, my cousin vinny<br />
sinatra to metallica!<br />
italian, mexican and all things spicy and gelato, gelato ,
gelato!<br />
did i mention gelato?
lord of the rings, song of ice and fire, john steinbeck, david
foster wallace, douglas adams, david sedaris, flannery o'connor,
haruki murakami, mark twain, long magazine articles.<br />
<br />
raising arizona, waiting for guffman, the iron giant, indiana
jones, original star wars, anchorman, how to train your dragon,
rushmore, nausicaa: valley of the wind<br />
<br />
arrested development, 30 rock, always sunny, workaholics, rupaul's
drag race, nova, fraiser<br />
<br />
wilco, beach house, third eye blind<br />
<br />
all of the food.
gabriel garcia marquez, hemingway, salinger, vonnegut, joy
division, johnny cash, willie nelson, devotchka, thai, indian,
books: hunger games, harry potter series, the help and usually
romantic novels, adventures, mysteries, fiction, about anything
that catches my interest.<br />
<br />
movies: chickflicks but i also enjoy suspense thrillers, action,
comedy
ufffffffffff, i like all of this very very much<br />
<br />
<strong>music</strong> i can sort-of play the piano :) indie, folk,
and alternative. favorite bands: bright eyes, brand new, and cloud
cult. also: modest mouse, regina spektor, coldplay, kevin devine,
blink, caramelos de cianuro, tallest man on earth, frank sinatra
among others. i have also been listening to a lot of indie music in
spanish recently. ohhhh, and never forget about classical music,
specially chopin!<br />
<br />
<strong>shows</strong>- the office, lost,breaking bad,family guy,
big bang theory, cosmos (carl sagan ohh yeah), dragon ball, avatar:
the last airbender, etc.<br />
<br />
<strong>books</strong>- firmin by sam savage is probably my
all-time favorite. the pendragon series, metamorphosis by kafka,
hitchhiker's guide series, slaughterhouse five, feynman physics
books, and many many many others.<br />
<br />
<strong>movies</strong>- bambi, juno, donnie darko, the breakfast
club, beauty and the beast, coraline, how to train your dragon,
paper heart, corpse bride, the diving bell and the butterfly,
howl's moving castle, the tiger and the snow, mr. deeds, lion king,
etc. i have a sweet spot for documentaries.<br />
<br />
<strong>food</strong>- almost anything but i am still trying to get
into fish. i reallllyyyyy like pasta :d
self help books, inspirational stuff. comedies, action, and drama
movies. i like lots of different music. i eat all kinds of food.
i haven't been reading enough lately.<br />
i have seen hundreds of movies but have yet to see the godfather
and other big films.<br />
anything on hbo, most nbc thursday night shows.<br />
if it's music, i'll listen. i'm even coming around to some country
these days.<br />
i love vegetables, but i prefer them to accompany my meat or fish.
books: the dune series, those stieg larsson books, harry pothead,
song of fire and ice...for magazines: the economist<br />
<br />
tv shows: ugly americans, family guy, american dad, archer, the
closer, true blood, law &amp; order (you can't avoid it on cable),
random documentaries<br />
<br />
food: iced coffee, ramen, mexican, anything with squid/octopus,
italian, sushi, thai (spicy=yum) and slurpees
i love all books from isaac asimov or thriller like mary higgings
clark.i like all kind of movie, it depends on who is the person sit
close to you. and i like rock and electro music.
i love alot of books. i mean alot. almost strictly fiction. i love
all types of fiction. right now i'm reading several series's at
once. sookie stackhouse, maximum ride, the looking glass wars, gone
series, night world, anne rices vampire chronicles, and soon to
start her sleeping beauty series among others. i have about a 5
page long book list im eating my way through.<br />
<br />
i love to many movies to count. im into everything.<br />
<br />
im open to all forms of music.<br />
<br />
i also love to cook.
i mostly like comedy movies so some of my favorites are hang over,
super bad, knocked up, all the fridays and the list goes on and on
but i like a lot of action and hard core martial art films also an
i'm also a fan of some of the big blockbuster hits as well and i
really will read anything as long as it can capture my interest the
same goes for tv shows
i like it all!!! sucker for a good romantic comedy and mystery
novel. love sushi and pizza but not together
books: ender's game, comics and manga<br />
<br />
movies: superhero movies(even unbelievably horrible ones), action,
fantasy, the occasional chick flick if it has an actress i like in
it.<br />
<br />
tv: chuck, fringe, modern family, walking dead, dexter, leverage,
burn notice, sons of anarchy, breaking bad, weeds, anything on the
food network<br />
<br />
music: mainstream hip hop (until the radio overplays it), pop,
alternative, rap, and k-pop.<br />
-taylor swift, the fray, one republic, maroon 5, aar, fall out boy,
kid cudi, b.o.b., owl city, daft punk, linkin park, mike posner,
ne-yo, kanye west.<br />
<br />
food: i love food, and i'm always down to try something new.
i have to admit i am not big in books<br />
my fav movies: plenty<br />
show: sex and city of course!<br />
music: all kind but mostly dance, the 80s and top 40
billboard<br />
food: im a foodie, love thomas keller, michael mina restaurants and
mario batali as well....if u dont know them then....hmmm too bad :(
i know it's cliche, but i really do enjoy all kinds of music
(except rap) and, in particular, music from the 60's and 70's.
currently, my exercise time just wouldn't be the same without lady
gaga music, but perhaps that will pass. i used to do a lot of
country karaoke (is that weird?). i like movies but can't think of
any favorites just now. i appreciate movies mostly for the
entertainment value, and don't usually spend a whole lot of time
trying to find the true or hidden "meaning" some of my friends seem
so desperate to find. i guess i'm more fond of tv --i love watching
the discovery channel, the history channel and ghost hunters! i
like all kinds of food for the most part, i'm not a big seafood
fan. mexican, italian, thai--i love them all.
favorite things list huh? you want to know what a few of my
favorite things are. damn that could take a while.<br />
<br />
books: dresden files, lord of the rings, stranger in a strange
land, ender's game, stranger than fiction, and already dead to name
a few off the top of my head.<br />
<br />
movies: scott pilgrim vs. the world, kick ass, star wars, wall-e,
up, howl's moving castle, princess bride, the matrix, fight club, v
for vendetta, dr. horrible's sing along blog, etc etc.<br />
<br />
tv shows: dr. who, family guy, futurama, glee, red dwarf.<br />
<br />
music: something different, or you know whatever.<br />
<br />
food: oh god! i love food, i love it all and i want to put it all
inside of me!
movies: andrei tarkovsky, alejandro jodorowsky, sergei parajanov,
david lynch, guy maddin, shuji terayama, jan svankmajer, fedelico
fellini, ingmar bergman, maya daren, stan brakhage, jay
rosenblatt... the last film i saw that blew my mind: pina<br />
<br />
music: i think i have eclectic taste in music. i might be listening
to balinese gamelan music, followed by dj spooky. i might be
listening to hank williams and switch to karlheinz stockhousen or
dmitri shostakovich. i could be listening to mike patton screaming
with fantmas, followed by some gypsy music by fanfare ciocarlia or
taraf de hadouks. i might listen to astrud gilberto after
listening to kurt schwitters recite ursonate. the best live
performance i saw this year was huun huur tu. it was blissful. but
i'm not quite sure what the top 10 hits are right now.<br />
<br />
books: shuji terayama's "throw away your books and go out into the
streets!", haruki murakami's "after the quake", vladimir nabokov's
"pale fire", roland barthes' "mythology", antonin artaud's "the
theater and its double", osamu dazai's "no longer human", katherine
dunn's "geek love", anne lamott's "bird by bird", jorge luis
borges' "the book of imaginary beings".<br />
<br />
i like to cook at home. i wish i could go out to eat more often,
but it's hard for a graduate student to do that...<br />
<br />
i don't have tv, but i like to watch star trek next generation dvd
with my friends and watch the daily show online.<br />
<br />
podcasts: this american life, radio lab, science friday, nerdist
i eat mostly organic, local and whole food. i'm a gluten free gal.
too many to list and i'm all over the map. we can talk about this
on our date.
books: oh god, i honestly dont read as much as i probably should.
if i'm reading it's usually for school.<br />
<br />
music: i listen to so many different types of music. it's actually
pretty ridiculous.<br />
<br />
food: i eat anything that looks and tastes good lol :o
the best art takes me into a new world that seems strange and
exciting, and leaves me amazed by how much stranger reality is. why
do you love what you love?<br />
<br />
<p>books: almost anything by <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=nick+horby">nick horby</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=haruki+murakami">haruki murakami</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=dostoevsky">dostoevsky</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=herman+hesse">herman hesse</a>, or
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=dave+eggers">dave eggers</a>.
they all write such earnest characters.<br />
<br /></p>
<p>storytelling podcasts: <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=this+american+life">this american life</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=radio+lab">radio lab</a>, <a class=
"ilink" href="/interests?i=the+moth">the moth</a>. truth is
stranger than fiction.<br />
<br /></p>
<p>movies : <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=big+fish">big
fish</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=fight+club">fight
club</a>, <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=jet+li">jet li</a>.
fantastical archetypes reacting to uncertain worlds.<br />
<br /></p>
<p>music : <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=lady+dottie+and+the+diamonds%21">lady dottie and the
diamonds!</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=miles+davis%0a%2870%27s%29">miles davis (70's)</a>,
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=velvet+underground">velvet
underground</a>, <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=george+clinton">george clinton</a>. energetic
heartbeats and a chasing melody.<br />
<br /></p>
<p>food: food's job is to be delicious. peaches &amp; pears,
avocados &amp; cheese, thick steaks on the bbq, rich curries, spicy
spices, all things chocolate. rich, sensational, sensuous flavor! i
have a lot of fun in the kitchen</p>
i like breakfast.
i won't lie there are a lot of picture books on my book shelf. i
just checked though and there are no popup books. there are
however, lots of books on fishing, travel destinations, maps,
trails, atlases (atlaii ?), etc. quite a few on old cars, maybe a
few self help too. i'm still not sure why my college text books are
still there...<br />
<br />
i generally struggle to finish reading books, but often pick up
books to learn a new subject or author that has piqued my interest
only to read the most interesting/pertinent sections. or, i'll jump
into a classic or other book that has stood the test of time. part
way into "zen and art of motorcycle maintenance", cliche but
whatever.<br />
<br />
currently on my coffee table: stacks of octane magazine, inc.,
dwell, outside, psychology today/scientific america and drake
magazine.<br />
<br />
music: varied tastes and lots of live shows. sfjazz fest, hsbg, the
independent, twang sunday's at thee parkside, bottom of the hill,
cafe du nord...you get the picture.<br />
<br />
i don't own a tv or have cable, but watch movies or hulu on my mac.
billy madison, arctic monkeys, bored to death, christopher
hitchens, larry david, muse, parks and recreation, the strokes, the
wedding singer.
i love love love movies...so the list would be infinite: i would
say: happinnes, in the mood for love, central station, almodovar,
bergman, fellini, bunuel...and many many more...(i really spend a
lot of my time going to the movies and debating about them)<br />
<br />
books: i read a lot in spanish and i love poetry...so many latin
american writers such as clarice lispector (brazil), adelia prado
(brazil), nestor sanchez (argentina)...and of course one of my
favorites is fernando pessoa (portugal)...ah i forgot italo calvino
(italy) and antonio tabucchi (italy)...and many more.<br />
<br />
music: opera, brazilian, reggae, classical...etc etc...<br />
<br />
food...everything
music:<br />
regina spektor, ingrid michaelson, joshua radin, train, brett
dennen, ben folds, sufjan stevens...katy perry?<br />
<br />
books:<br />
the alchemist, the wisdom of insecurity, siddhartha, the celistine
prophecy, the tao of pooh, angela's ashes, the happiness
project<br />
<br />
movies/shows:<br />
"what the bleep do we know?"<br />
glee, weeds, seinfeld, arrested development<br />
<br />
i really love a rootbeer float after a long mountainous hike!
favorite books "shadow of ashland", "if nobody speaks of remarkable
things", "the devil in the white city" to name a few.<br />
<br />
many favorite movies, music and food and listing them all is kind
of boring.
music: frank zappa &amp; the mother's of invention, andres segovia,
fantomas, black sabbath, pink floyd, slayer, atheist, django
reinhardt, cryptic slaughter, ron jarzombek, jason becker, dk,
rupture, wehrmacht, immortal technique, east west blast test,
macabre, yes, spike jones &amp; the city slickers, rush, judas
priest, attitude adjustment, gorguts, mercyful fate, mahavishnu
orchestra, primus, behold....the arctopus, lack of interest, spazz,
the misfits, iron maiden, death, no comment, capitalist casualties,
and many many more...<br />
<br />
movies: there are to many movies to name. spinal tap, shawshank
redemption, godfather, pulp fiction, citizen kane, psycho, american
beauty, dogma, blow, up in smoke, still smokin, the goodfellas,
american history x, reefer madness, a beautiful mind, dazed and
confused, silence of the lambs, hannibal, taxi driver, a clockwork
orange, to kill a mockingbirdthe big lebowski, casino, a
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, original star wars, back to the
future, speed, butterfly effect, oceans 11, rain man, scarface,
fear and loathing in las vegas, the wall, one flew over the
cuckoo's nest, fight club, se7en, memento, and many more...<br />
<br />
shows: children's hospital, eagle heart, delocated, metalocalypse,
colbert report, jackass, cky, the daily show, athf, dexter, trailer
park boys, hell's kitchen, master chef, south park, etc.<br />
<br />
books: the guitar grimoire, the emperor wears no clothes by jack
herer (not the kids story), a confederacy of dunces, to kill a
mockingbird, what the children taught me, the ace of spades,
super/system, etc.
books: anything related to cryptography, computer forensics /
digital forensics, e-discovery, libertarian politics, foreign
policy, constitutional &amp; criminal law.<br />
<br />
movies/shows: i don't watch a lot<br />
<br />
music: greek<br />
<br />
food: everything, fav is sushi.
i feast upon such diversity that there's too much to list!
i like cooking---mexican mac n cheese for example...would love to
see katy perry in august in sj ....reading 33 men-an acct of the
chilean miners...books on psychoanalysis
history channel, discovery channel, espn, conan o'brien, snl, the
joy of painting with bob ross (lol), favorite movies:sword of doom,
seven samurai, hidden fortress, psycho, pulp fiction, sin city, no
country for old men,<br />
<br />
the art of war, frankenstein, bram stoker's dracula, watchmen, i am
legend, of mice and men, catcher in the rye, ender's game, animal
farm, choke, world war z,<br />
<br />
hip hop, underground hip hop, old school, classic soul, classical
music, turntablism and lots more...kidcudi, mgmt, justice, mf doom,
gorillaz, girl talk, i love bill withers and al green just to name
a few. really anything i can move to, put on while i sketch or
paint. i love that hip-hop beat too...<br />
<br />
i'll fill in later i have way to much!!!
book: space station 7th grade<br />
movie: chinatown<br />
shows: the night sky<br />
music: see pumpkin photo above<br />
food: anything i make with me hands
super cool hip ones that you'll know about three years from now
,<br />
super indie shit that makes me seem sensitive yet tortured.
food<br />
????what the fuck is that ?? yeah i eat
food: almost anything, i have a huge sweet tooth, big chocolate
fan. italian, indian, mexican (the good stuff), thai, a good steak
and mashed potatoes. i'm really only picky about the quality, not
the type.<br />
<br />
movies: star wars (the originals), super troopers, saving grace,
pride and prejudice, firefly/serenity... and the list goes on. i
enjoy a good action flick, scifi is usually entertaining, not a
huge fan of the tear-jerkers, but occasionally i like the comedies.
not a huge fan of stupid humor (super troopers being a rare
exception) and i don't do horror. i scream like a little girl,
which is fine and generally funny for those around me, but i don't
like the nightmares my overactive imagination gives me.<br />
<br />
music: almost everything... currently enjoying the blue grass more
regularly than anything else, but my music selections are based on
mood. not generally a country fan and i'm not crazy about
rap.<br />
<br />
books: this is the hard one... i've been known to go through entire
libraries, literally. it was a huge problem in elementary school
with their tiny libraries. according to my mother, i started at the
as worked my way all the way to the zs very quickly. we started
going to the public library after that. i love books, lately it's
been mostly about escapism (lots of school reading and reading for
work) but i'd like to get back into some more intellectual material
soon. we'll see.
i like dr emotos' books and i enjoyed the movie avatar. i like
sci-fi and fantasy. the non violent stuff. i like most kinds of
music and enjoy a good concert. local theater. a good hug and kiss.
books : the science of getting rich by wallace d. wattles.<br />
the law of attraction, the secret. ralph emerson, eckhart tolle - a
new earth. eckhart tolle - the power of now. sigmund freud - the
future of an illusion, freud : the introductory lectures in
psycho-analysis , the alchemist, all things nietzsche
i read all sorts of books, but i really like reading books about
athletes and sports teams, as well as murder/legal mystery books. i
rarely end up doing that, because i spend most of my time reading
about real legal issues. less fun, pays better though.<br />
<br />
i watch mostly comedies. same goes for tv. i am a sucker for
sitcoms. arrested development, always sunny, etc.
i love italian, japanese, and all other kinds of food.
books: siddartha, tibetan book of living and dying, sherlock
holmes, tinker tailor soldier spy, the male brain, the female
brain, dmt: the spirit molecule, what gandhi says- about
nonviolence, resistance, and courage.<br />
<br />
movies: favorite genres are comedy of any kind (dark/black,
slapstick, and the rarely stupid-funny movie) and film noir. shaun
of the dead, paul, 9,000 needles, sin city, snatch, lucky number
slevin, brick, kiss kiss bang bang make up the list of modern
movies. chinatown, bonnie and clyde, casablanca and the maltese
falcon are some of the classics.<br />
<br />
music: recently, it's socially conscious hip-hop: blue scholars,
common market, ethx, boots riley and the coup. and any music that's
been touched by tom morello and zack de la rocha.. rage against the
machine, the nightwatchman, one day as a lion, and especially
street sweeper social club. fuck audioslave. love soundgarden. just
putting that out there.<br />
<br />
outside of that, also listen to some electronica, rock and
alternative.<br />
<br />
tv: parks and rec, 30 rock, hustle (uk), black books, spaced,
firefly, the walking dead, and good eats. democracynow when i
remember to. alton brown is a god of the kitchen, and it's safe to
say that every thing i can do in the kitchen was picked up from
watching him.<br />
<br />
foods: organic stuff from trader joe's and the phat beets csa box.
chocolate of any kind or darkness. yerba mate. (&lt;3 guayaki and
their business practices)
12000 songs on my ipod, lotsa variety from alternative rock to
classical to zydeco. generally not a fan of (c)rap music (too
monotonous), but love hip hop, r&amp;b, funk.<br />
<br />
i don't go all that often but i love quality movies--action, drama,
comedy, documentary, etc., and the occasional chick flick too. i
love movies that make me think &amp;/or feel and yes i often cry at
movies, getting totally absorbed in the experience. popcorn is a
must--i can eat a huge bag plus most of a refill during one movie!
not into slasher flicks.<br />
<br />
i recently killed my directv since i don't like to sit in front of
the tv for long, so only watch by download or netflix streaming.
john stewart, colbert, jimmy fallon, rupaul, or other fun
shows.<br />
<br />
i enjoy spirituality &amp; personal development books lately, like
anatomy of the spirit by myss or transitions by bridges (highly
recommended). haven't read any fiction in a while.<br />
<br />
just about any food style works for me, i try to eat healthy, love
lots of veggies and littler bits of meaty goodness. i love trying
new places and different types of food, and there's little i won't
try at least once. got any restaurant recommendations?<br />
<br />
and please keep the cheetos away from me or my fingertips will be
orange for days...there's just something about them... :-)
i love harry potter, recently been reading the micheal grant gone
series.<br />
<br />
mostly listen to nickelback &amp; goo goo dolls.<br />
basically music that means something and can teach something.<br />
<br />
lately been watching shows from netflix like prison break but my
all time favorite is doctor who &amp; torchwood.
book:<br />
&gt; jon stewart and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=stephen+colbert">stephen colbert</a>'s books on
america are pretty good.<br />
&gt; david allen's <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=getting+things+done">getting things done</a> book
inspired a series of art projects. it also helps build skills in
organizing, really.<br />
&gt; donna tartt, the secret history. this was good summer
reading.<br />
&gt; adler and van doren, how to read a book. this is a ridiculous
thing.<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
&gt; blues brothers has always been a favorite.<br />
&gt; office space continues to inspire me.<br />
&gt; i also like wes anderson.<br />
<br />
music:<br />
&gt; college radio, in particular <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=wprk">wprk</a>, rollins college, winter park, fl.
thrift store vinyl streaming through the ether!<br />
&gt; <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=they+might+be+giants">they
might be giants</a>. high school obsession becomes frequent choice
for shuffle mode on itunes.<br />
<br />
food:<br />
&gt; garlic
i don't ask much, so long as the subject has substance. i don't
usually play favorites. the only thing i request is that it does
not bore me, is not completely predictable, and doesn't kill
braincells too quickly because it has nothing to offer for my
psyche...i mean hell..."dogma!" now there is a movie with
substance!...a lot of dick and fart jokes too, yet i can easily
forgive mr. kevin smith because as sideline as his humor may be,
all of his stories are very human and very moving to the spirit.
i'm a geek for what matters most...show me the meat, and i will
find the marrow.
mostly like non-fiction adventures or funny fiction. reading a book
on non-violent communication right now. next up is crazy from the
heat-the david lee roth autobiography.<br />
<br />
movies- idiocracy (which i actually believe is telling the future),
anchorman, tropic thunder and silly stuff like that, bourne series,
lotr type fantasy/dismembering/love stories, and documentaries of
varying levels of depressing-ness to exaltation.<br />
<br />
tv- office, 30 rock, arrested development, a couple food-related
shows, america's best dance crew, project runway, and a couple of
shows that you'll need to know me better before i embarrass myself
(in this manner) in front of you.<br />
<br />
music- grew up listening to classic rock and jazz, and living in
brooklyn in the 80's, love old-school east coast rap. also into
thievery, rodrigo y gabriela, dead, phish, motown, blues and i
regularly go to the symphony.<br />
<br />
really into cooking and enjoy the amazing restaurants offered to us
here. mostly try to eat organic, but delicious can override that. i
worked in my mom's french restaurant when i was 8 and have been
open to many (nearly every) type of food ever since.
books: i love michael crichton, history books and since i have a
yellow lab, "marley and me".<br />
<br />
movies: the usual suspects, the bourne trilogy, forrest gump and
many others....<br />
<br />
shows: i like concerts, vegas performances, broadway shows<br />
<br />
food: steak, lobster, burgers, mexican and italian among
others<br />
<br />
music: i am not focused on any one style
way too many to name.
books, lately - the wind up bird chronicles, shogun, portrait of
the artist as a young man, born to run<br />
movies - bladerunner, the life aquatic, let the right one in,
rashomon, dr. strangelove, the fifth element, terminator 2, into
the wild, lotr<br />
shows - carl sagan's cosmos, arrested development, the venture
bros.<br />
music - tuneyards, tyler the creator, twin shadow, fleet foxes, the
shins, the arcade fire, radiohead, bowie, brian eno.<br />
food.. watermelon. which i lived off of for an entire summer in new
york.
books: anything by wendell berry, michael pollan, barbara
kingsolver, and of course, the classics....like jack kerouac<br />
<br />
music: goodness.......grateful dead, sharon jones, radiohead, bob
marley, thievery corporation, tribe called quest, the roots, tune
yards, neil young, nick drake, norah jones, portishead, andrew
bird, ray lamontagne, g love, moe, phish, old crow medicine show,
jerry garcia band, beats antique, steel pulse, midnite......the
list goes on and on.....i just love to dance :o)<br />
<br />
food: brown rice, kale salad, coffee and chocolate
favorite books: ones with pages, lots of text, sarcasm,
imagination, absurdity, and mild romance.<br />
<br />
movies: ones with actors and actress, good lighting, good key grip
(very important).<br />
<br />
music: songs that use the notes from a-g, and their sharped and
flatted friends. i prefer quarter notes over sixty-fourth notes -
but only sometimes. mordents can be tricky.<br />
<br />
food: ones that are edible. ideally with not too many carcinogens
or toxins.
books: currently trying to read twilight, before that i was reading
the time travelers wife. not sure what my favorite books are. i
love all kinds of music, britney spears is at the top of my list, i
enjoy everything except rap. food is great, my favorite would
probably be just a plain burger, nothing to fancy
the professor &amp; the madman - simon winchester, the demon
haunted world: science as a candle in the dark - carl sagan,
blinded by the right - david brock, lies &amp; the lying liars who
tell them - al franken, british murder mysteries by dorothy sayers
&amp; martha grimes. just started: the wrecking crew - thomas
frank. next up: the shock doctrine - naomi klein<br />
<br />
music: bloc party, elliot smith, the shins, vandaveer, weezer,
qotsa, the white stripes, kings of leon, belle &amp; sebastian,
django reinhardt, the chieftains, pixies, david bowie, led
zeppelin, classical, ska, blues, jazz, folk, reggae<br />
<br />
films: documentaries (in the realms of the unreal is a-mazing!),
anything by wes anderson, darren aronofsy, hitchcock, anything with
paul rudd, michael showalter, patton oswalt. abstract stand up
comedy (i'm looking at you galifianakis), snl, british tv: an idiot
abroad, the new sherlock, top gear. also science shows: nova,
wonders of the universe (professor brian cox rocks), anything about
the brain, psychology, learning &amp; language acquisition,
genetics.<br />
<br />
food? yes please!
books: geisha a life, story of the stone (1700s chinese novel),
east of eden, the picture of dorian gray, wuthering heights, pride
and prejudice, a farewell to arms, john keats, baudelaire,
etc.<br />
<br />
movies: anything with a good car chase and a fight scene and i'm
sold!<br />
<br />
food: oh my goodness food...where to start? i love food. always
trying new recipes! lately i have been cooking dukbokki a lot and
am proud with how it has turned out! japanese and french are
probably my specialties though. if anyone knows of any great
recipes or places to eat around here let me know! ^^<br />
<br />
music: trance, d&amp;b, hip-hop, top 40s, kpop, jpop, classical
(string quartets), etc.<br />
i listen to almost anything except country.
books: anything by alexander shulgin, alan watts, john c lilly,
timothy leary, robert anton wilson, aleister crowley, douglas
hofstadter, stephen hawking, terence mckenna, dalton trumbo, carl
jung and william james. and the china study, tao te ching, bardo
thodol, popol vuh, art of war. medical journals, banned, censored,
and fringe science.<br />
<br />
food: organic, fruit and veg.<br />
<br />
music: new weird american, dubstep, glitch, indie, goa,
psychedelia, turntablism, trip-hop.<br />
<br />
movies: harold and maude, apocalypse now, and anything by wes
anderson, stanley kubrick, michele gondry, or john waters. and of
course, documentaries.
dancing is one of my favorite forms of expression...especially, if
it has a jazzy sassy sway, or to the other end, with a hard driving
minimal beat - mostly electronic, sometimes not.<br />
<br />
for music...if i'm in a chill mood, i like classical
symphony...love the piano's whimsical notes to the sad strings of
bach's cello. i also like to chill to tunes like men sear by
bebe, or the whole hotel costes collection. on the other hand, i go
back to led zeppelin or leap forward to some
hard-hitting-in-your-face minimal tech when i'm in the mood to
rock. in addition, i love billy holiday, charlie parker, and many
others...plus there's something timeless about those standards.
otherwise, i love just about every form of music there is, and
something good is often playing in the background.<br />
<br />
i love written words and how they're strung together like musical
notes. one of my favorite authors is tom robbins for his masterful
use of metaphors. i'm a big douglas adams freak! i also love
anything on history...hard to know where you're going if you don't
know where you're from.<br />
<br />
my favorite movies include the big lebowski, across the universe,
heaven &amp; earth, the godfather trilogy, life is beautiful, dr.
strangelove, doctor zhivago, lawrence of arabia, inception, and
most documentaries...which i think will be my next pursuit..<br />
<br />
i don't watch much tv, but when i do... it's usually the daily
show, frontline, 60 minutes, and curb your enthusiasm. one of my
all time favorite shows was the west wing... it sucked when they
canceled it, but my very favorite show is true blood, 'cause they
don't hold anything back.<br />
<br />
i love all foods flavorful, succulent, hot, and sometimes with a
crunch.
books: jane eyre - all-time favorite, hands down. recent reads -
serena, by ron rash (unbelievable, seriously - wow); the story of
edgar sawtelle, by david wroblewski (yeah, i know it was an oprah
book club pick, but i liked it anyway); cutting for stone, by
abraham verghese (bawled like a baby); the gargoyle, by andrew
davidson (strange and amazing); the thousand autumns of jacob de
zoet (incredible).<br />
<br />
random sampling of favorite movies: no country for old men, there
will be blood, pride and prejudice (ehle/firth version), public
enemies, lotr, the english patient, mean girls, dumb and dumber,
cold mountain, casablanca, any great period drama - why are no
examples coming to mind?<br />
<br />
tv shows: arrested development. i used to love the office, but the
last few seasons have been underwhelming. also really like 30 rock,
damages, the good wife, sex and the city, rome, boston legal, and
jeopardy!. i'm a sucker for trebek.<br />
<br />
food: i have a serious weakness for mexican food, and i love
italian too. also, burgers, chocolate, satsuma mandarins,
strawberries, white wine, toscano black pepper cheese (from tj's -
amazing!).
book - a widow for one year - john irving<br />
<br />
movie - a league of their own, shawshank redemption<br />
<br />
show - criminal minds, law &amp; order svu, the big bang theory,
the office, 30 rock<br />
<br />
music - almost anything goes; songs i know the words to ;)<br />
<br />
food - chocolate
just read coelho's, aleph, and i really liked it.<br />
live music is always good, going off on a city adventure wherever
that might go, and yes! most types of foods.
i will read anything if it is good, but i find myself usually
steering towards science fiction. some of my favorite recent reads
are:<br />
the alienist, snowcrash, a song of fire and ice, the wheel of time,
the alchemist, the vampire lestat.<br />
i love most movies including mind-wrenching, horrible plot, b rated
ones.<br />
lately i am obsessed with mad men.<br />
atmosphere, felt, grieves, beastie boys, aesop rock<br />
bassnectar, skrillex, feed me (and all sorts of dnb, dubstep and
house)<br />
muse, gorgol bordello, dead kennedys, radiohead, journey...<br />
i am especially fond of punk.<br />
i eat nearly everything i sorta feel you should not judge something
until you have tried it. you might end up loving it! i do tend to
eat mostly vegetarian, but i have no problem with meat.
lupe fiasco, 2pac, bt<br />
breaking bad, the wire, game of thrones<br />
shawshank redemption, documentaries<br />
asian food
books: anything by neil gaiman, terry pratchett, neal stephenson,
or william gibson. the song of ice and fire series consumed my free
time for a few months. i'm also trying to work through some "real
literature"; really enjoyed 100 years of solitude, working on
against the day.<br />
<br />
shows: mad men. i think i adopted a side part and started drinking
old fashioneds because of that show. also: arrested development,
futurama, community, band of brothers, and the wire.<br />
<br />
music: lots of stuff, but to name a few....cat power, jack white,
foo fighters, miles davis, broken social scene, godspeed you! black
emperor, the xx, grizzly bear, massive attack, daft punk, lcd
soundsystem. we probably overlap somewhere.<br />
<br />
food: in-n-out, but really five guys is better. cheeseboard's pizza
of the day. pho. kefta kebab. pineapple fried rice. aloo gobi.
i love almost all food, any type of "boy" movie i'm down (action,
horror, no sappy comedies)<br />
i love to read anything with substance<br />
you'll only hear me bumping something with a bass line
i love to read, but don't read as often as i should.<br />
<br />
i love movies, but prefer to watch at home, and i totally watch too
much tv.<br />
<br />
music is super important to me! jack johnson is my favorite male
artist, joan osborne is my favorite female artist, and incubus is
my favorite band. i absolutely love music and will listen to
anything, but alternative rock dominates my world.<br />
<br />
i love food. i love to eat. i love to cook. my friends and i have
regular cooking competitions and i'm a recent chicken wing champ
and i won the first ever competition we had, which was garlic
bread. i like to try new things and i love to taste something, see
if i can recreate or improve it if needs be.
books: entrepreneurial, non fiction, and magazines<br />
music: i like all sorts of jams. i'm constantly on <a class="ilink"
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movies: i never finish them.
music- old school punk, metal (more melodic stuff), industrial,
goth, russian music of all kinds, intelligent electronica, classic
rock, dub/reggae. too much stuff to mention here. i mean lots of
stuff.. ask if you care..<br />
<br />
authors - rushdie, bulgakov, palahnuik, radov, lindgren, pelevin,
limonov, dostoevsky, bukowsky, henry miller, orwell, poe, hp
lovecraft, washington irving, gogol, roth, hunter thompson<br />
<br />
movies - fear and loathing in las vegas, clockwork orange, blues
brothers, blade runner, fear of a black hat, clerks, rollerball
(original one), henry fool, the underground, kontrol, kin dza dza,
battle royale, family guy, american dad, pi, solaris (it gets much
better after the first time), freaks and geeks, metropolis,
barbarella, herald and maude, red dwarf, tetsuo the iron man,
hedgehog in the fog, ghost world, man bites dog, the breakfast
club, let the right one in, the royal tennenbaums, kuryer, hot tub
time machine, eternal sunshine of spotless mind, never ending
story<br />
<br />
food - sushi, steak, soups of all kinds, lamb, dark chocolate,
seafood, potatoes (one should never underestimate potatoes).
mad men, lost, downton abbey (netflix it, seriously), the tudors,
true blood, big love. vintage roseanne, cosby show, family ties.
i'm usually reading whatever my book club is currently on, but my
favorite book is a fan's notes. movies are all over the map:
mysteries, comedies, musicals, 80's flicks, cult classics. i like
music i can dance and sing along to.
for movies, i love watching comedies, animations, dramas,
thrillers, actions....pretty much everything.<br />
<br />
for music, i love high energy music. it get me through day and
gives me that extra boost of energy to hit the gym. right now i'm
listening to k-pop, the top 40's as well as some r&amp;b and hip
hop.
favorite books were a dirty job, you suck,bite me, bloodsucking
feinds
favorite books (uaually but not always fiction) and movies tend to
be those with no violence, not even psychological
violence........i'm a "good queen" and love musicals.....of all the
performing arts, dance is my favorite......music is varied
depending on the setting and mood tho' i tend not to be overly fond
of rap, hard rock, metallica, etc......pretty much any good, fresh
food as long as there aren't any green peppers in it!
octavia e butler's body of work, movies with humor, action
and<br />
non-wallpaper women i.e salt, knight and day, kickass, matrix,
set<br />
it off, fifth element, 007 movies, and firestarter. music:<br />
always-sarasate's carmen fantasy, right now- stromae's alors
on<br />
danse, yesterday, today and tomorrow, angie stone, liz wright,
jill<br />
scott, speakerboxxx/the love below, wynton and bradford
marsalias,<br />
depeche mode, linkin park, flood by jars of clay and home by<br />
markbroussard. sushi, injera, naan,toasted flour tortillas,
rice<br />
paper, wassa crackers), tomatoes, adobo(!), italian, and . . .
just<br />
good brought-to-the- bay area-food.
lists are boring.. .better to talk about why rather than
what:<br />
films that take me on a powerful journey (and sci fi).<br />
music that turns on my funk, or eggs me to spin a lady.<br />
books that are tapes.<br />
pod casts that educate.<br />
trails that inspire me to fly.<br />
food that makes my body work (and chocolate).<br />
climbs that i can work out with friends.<br />
art that chokes me up.
i recently read great house by nicole krauss. she an excellent
young writer - the history of love is her best. my favorite movie
is called local hero - have you heard of it? i just saw sophie's
choice for the first time - powerful stuff. watch little tv and no
reality shows (i'm working on my own reality), but i love old
twilight zone episodes. my musical tastes these days lead me to
sarah mclachlan, dar williams, suzanne vega, dan mangan and erin
mccarley. food? you name it and very likely i like it :)
consider me a omnivore on most fronts... really, too many to list!
music from all genres and all over the globe. almost anything
created with real heart and soul will get my attention. i don't own
a tv, and i am something of a public radio junkie (fresh air,
philosophy talk, the moth story hour, to the best of our knowledge
...). and have i mentioned how much i love food? ahhh, food... and
movies - eclectic tastes there too but i cannot resist the coen
bros, for example and am surprised how much i liked midnight in
paris... and books - i read empire of the summer moon recently
which was both thrilling and a heartbreaker, trawler - a crazy,
magical true story of one man's absurd quest, ann patchett's state
of wonder - good, but not as good as bel canto...and am now reading
kitchen counter cooking school - human and funny...
too many to list! so let me list what i like currently.<br />
<br />
i'm now reading about the history of new mexico<br />
just saw prometheus and ridley scott is a sci-fi genius<br />
enjoying the ricky jervaise show, karl is unreal! can't get enough
of family guy. real sex and cathouse is better than most reality
show<br />
music i'm currently listening to is combichrist, metallica, nine
inch nail, and lady gaga<br />
i always go with italian. you can never go wrong with pasta!
music runs the across all genres. 80's (depeche mode, go-gos, the
clash) pop music (kylie, madge, brittany) classics (frank, tony,
eydie gorme) hip hop, electronica, country...list goes on and on.
reciting commercial jingles if thats a genre.... movies (classics,
dark comedys, oscar winners) wizard of oz, 9 to 5, drop dead
gorgeous, clueless, broken hearts club, steel magnolias, fried
green tomatoes, it happened one night. tv shows - anything hbo
(game of thrones. six feet under finale), amazing race, project
runway, the soup and fashion police. food - weakness for pb and
chocolate ice cream and rice krispy treats that are freshly made.
otherwise eat very healthy.