CURRENT MISSION

to try to compensate some very bad memories of the Philippines with some very good ones before I head back to the US

PHILOSOPHY

Buddhism

Interests

Tennis, music, guitar & bass, books, books, books, cinema (of generally a more high-brow nature), roller coasters, cooking . . .

• books
• cooking
• movies
• music
• guitar
• buddhist
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh Dear . . .

MUSIC- Low, modest mouse, godspeed! you black emperor, aphex twin, june of 44, broken social scene, mercury rev, neutral milk hotel, pj harvey, kim deal, sonic youth, faith no more, ministry, system of a down, nirvana, primus, beatles, led zepplin, jeff buckley, elliot smith, cat power, sigur ros, mogwai, swans, cranes, doves, silver mt. zion, hayden, wil oldham, patsy cline, johnny cash, nina simmone, boards of canada, amon tobin, meshugah, wilco, queens of the stone age, mono, blonde redhead, radiohead, morphine, cursive, tori amos, bjork, french kicks, faint, walkmen, unwound, mars volta, the can, air, bande part, milosh, and of course, the immortal Kelly Clarkson

MOVIES- The Orphanage, sex y lucia, syriana, before night falls, monster, memento, a brief history of time, the banquet, saving face, letters from Iwo Jima, devils at the doorstep, bishonen, 28 days later, audition, pans labrynth, saw, forgiving the franklins, the curiousity of chance, beautiful thing, the usual suspects, frailty

BOOKS- A Hundred Years of Solitude, Siddhartha, memoirs of a Geisha, Crime and Punishment, The Metamorphosis, Notes From the Underground, Life of Pi, Night, Running With Scissors, The Brothers Karamazov