some authors &amp; styles of reading----<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=foucault">foucault</a>;
derrida; eduard galeano; judith butler; edward said; haiku poetry;
rainer maria rilke; frankfurt school; james baldwin; malcolm x;
octavio paz; pablo neruda; hanna arendt; nietzsche; eihei dogen;
herbert marcuse; <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=slavoj+zizek">slavoj zizek</a>; third world feminist
thinkers; trinh minh-ha; therese hak kyung-cha; amartya sen;
etc.<br />
<br />
some foods----<br />
i love almost all food. i love eating out. i have a huge sweet
tooth. love cakes especially. first--my "home and soul" foods
are<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=chinese+food">chinese
food</a> and all other asian, especially <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=+japanese">japanese</a>; others include pretty much
anyting <a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=middle+eastern">middle
eastern</a> &amp; south-central american and mexican food (latin);
italian; american breakfasts. vegetarian as well as macdonalds, and
southern u.s. food;<a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=chocolate">chocolate</a> and <a class="ilink" href=
"/interests?i=cakes">cakes</a>.<br />
<br />
some movies----<br />
magnolia; wild reeds; 12 monkeys; garden state; wizard of oz;
babel; eskiya; walk on water; princess bride; young frankenstein;
ordinary people; star wars; turtles can fly; the death of mr.
lazarescu; alien; what's eating gilbert grape; the wind that shakes
the barley; brokeback mountain; the thin red line; gentlemen's
agreement; "anything by pedro almodvar"; paradise now; crouching
tiger hidden dragon; pee wee's big adventure; joy luck club; dead
poets society; the opposite of sex; sayonara; ran; schindler's
list; maboroshi; butterfly; celestial clockwork; harold &amp;
maude; some like it hot; the man who cried; maurice; witness for
the prosecution; this property is condemned; far from heaven; etc.
etc.<br />
<br />
a few tv shows &amp; program/stations----<br />
twin peaks; i love lucy; link tv; once upon a time; roseanne; the
mentalist; documentaries--especially historical/political and-or
biographical; the closer; two-and-a-half men; harry's law; golden
girls; law &amp; order svu; person of interest; mad tv; seinfeld;
some pbs; the good wife; perry mason; general hospital; big bang
theory; etc. etc.<br />
<br />
some music----<br />
duffy; bon iver; janelle monae; tinariwen; david sylvian; mary j.
blije; daniel merriweather; sezen aksu; dimitri shostakovich;
faure; pat metheny; mercedes sosa; kevin mahogany; adele; ken
hirai; isamu shimoji; alejandro fernandez; luis miguel; astor
piazzolla; opera arias by puccini; paul brady; nina simone; amr
diab; i-muvrini; kardes turkler; chris isaak; joni mitchell; the
supremes; the temptations; earth wind &amp; fire; beatles; young
rascals; chopin; enigma; phil ochs; munadjat yulchieva; oliver
dragojevic; nancy wilson; classic motown; patsy cline; teofilio
chantre; siwan perwer; rachid taha; paolo conte; thomas feiner;
fiona apple; dead can dance; josh groban; brian ferry; buddha bar
mixes; etc etc.<br />
<br />
enjoy watching most sports, but my favorites---<br />
<a class="ilink" href="/interests?i=volleyball">volleyball</a> -
which was my main sport; tennis; soccer; badminton; table tennis;
the olympics