Interests
Film, art, literature, music, religion, philosophy, politics, sports, travel and culture, interesting people; my interests are many and varied.
I'm very passionate about great films! Some of my recent favorites include:
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Whale Rider
House of Sand and Fog
Frida
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Mar Adentro (English title: The Sea Inside)
Maria Full of Grace
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (English title: All About My Mother)
Hable Con Ella (English title: Talk to Her)
Sin Noticias de Dios (English title: Don't Tempt Me)
Diarios de Motocicleta (English title: The Motorcycle Diaries)
Lucia y el Sexo
El Otro Lado de la Cama (English title: The Other Side of the Bed)
City of God
Pane e tulipani (English title: Bread & Tulips)
A tout de suite
Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (English title: Amelie)
Le battement d'ailles du papillon (English title: Happenstance)
Un long dimanche de fiancailles (English title: A Very Long Engagement)
Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (English title: God is Great and I'm Not)
La fille sur le pont (English title: The Girl On the Bridge)
L'homme du train (English title: The Man On the Train)
Confidences trop intimes (English title: Intimate Strangers)
Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (English title: The Girl from Paris)
Wo de fu qin mu qin (English title: The Road Home)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Hero (actually, anything with Zhang Ziyi if you hadn't figured that out already)
Chocolat
Spanglish
Hotel Rwanda
Love Actually
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Minority Report
Moulin Rouge
Chicago
The Pianist
Pollack
Eyes Wide Shut
The Last Samurai
Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
Bend It Like Beckham
Bride & Prejudice
I Am Sam
Almost Famous
Wonder Boys
Pleasantville
L.A. Confidential
High Fidelity
The Full Monty
Dogma
Ghost World
A Beautiful Mind
Mystic River
Gangs of New York
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Boys Don't Cry
The Virgin Suicides
Being John Malcovich
Adaptation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Vanity Fair
Fahrenheit 9/11
Bowling for Columbine
Proof
North Country
Shopgirl
The Constant Gardner
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Pride and Prejudice
Syriana
Munich
I also love books. I love Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy. The spy thrillers of John Le Carre are terrific. Stephen King is a favorite. Also great authors such as Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, etc. The poetry of Pablo Neruda, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, Seamus Heaney and others.
You're One Hundred Years of Solitude!
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lonely and struggling, you've been around for a very long time.
Conflict has filled most of your life and torn apart nearly everyone you know. Yet there
is something majestic and even epic about your presence in the world. You love life all
the more for having seen its decimation. After all, it takes a village.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
Music
John Lennon - Imagine (Click to Play)
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All kinds, but especially jazz and classic rock. I love the jazz that came out of the 1950's and early 1960s, such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson and Dave Brubeck. Some of my classic rock favorites are The Beatles, The Doors, Led Zepellin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jefferson Airplane, The Beach Boys, etc. I enjoy anything with a social conscience, whether the folk music of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan or the working class protests of Bruce Springsteen. I like a lot of 80s music such as U2, REM, Van Halen, etc. And I'm a huge Parrothead -- Jimmy Buffett rocks! I like just about anything but rap and disco.
How have you been sweetie? I Hope all is well with you and that you are ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving