CURRENT MISSION

Well, I heard someone say once that the reason a particular group of people who will not be named are such successful networkers is because they never turn down a reasonable invitation that has the potential of being fun.

ABOUT ME

Do you ever wonder what your relatives will put on your tombstone after you die or if when you die you will die in a world that still has things like tombstones?

PHILOSOPHY

Why do I live my life? Because I am afraid to die, of course. I want experiences. Yes, I have feelings, perhaps too many. I have many thoughts too, some good, some bad. I generally think that each person is born with nothing except their body and mind and that each person should be free to do whatever said person wants for whatever reason said person wants to do it providing that, in doing those things, said person does not interfere with anyone else's freedom to do the same. I think the biggest “sin” in the world is religion or government's impinging on the individual’s personal freedom or moralizing an individual’s actions when those actions do not bring harm to anyone. I think wealth gained by a boot smashed down on the backs of the poor is a much bigger crime than things that are commonly criminalized. I don't believe in Heaven or Hell, but I wonder if there is justice or balance in the world.

Interests

I am interested in my cat, Kitty, good food, new experiences, late night musings and excited coffee-driven conversations, DIY ways of living, http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm, art, writing, feminist/queer/[assorted other] politics, personal histories, cultural perspectives, sub-cultural perspectives.

• cats
• arts
• writing
• diy
• dining
• coffee
• boating
• politics
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: I like documentaries and films that offer something more real, interesting, thought provoking, or neat-o than the typical Hollywood fare. Recently enjoyed Wristcutters, Youth Without Youth, Palindromes, Angels in America, Persepolis.

MUSIC: X-Ray Spex, X, Woody Guthrie, Violent Femmes, Victoria Williams, Uriah Heep, Tribe 8, They Might Be Giants, The Moldy Peaches,The Dresden Dolls, The Cramps, The Doors, Syd Barrett, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Simon & Garfunkel, Sense Field, Screeching Weasel, old Rush, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rodriguez, Robert Johnson, 90s Radiohead, music you'd hear on the "oldies" channel, Public Enemy, Primus, Pinhead Gunpowder, Crimpshrine, Phish, Phil Ochs, Pere Ubu, Palace Brothers, Pansy Division, No Smoking Orchestra, Nirvana, Melani, MDC, Mazzy Star, Mari Boine, Kissy Kamikaze, Joanna Newsom, Jefferson Airplane, Jane Cortez, Janis Joplin, Hole, Billie Holiday, Billy Childish and most of his various bands, Herb Albert, Heaven's to Betsy, Hanine, Gogol Bordello,Gil Scott-Heron, Gang of Four, Minor Threat, Flipper, some Flogging Molly, Ethel Merman, Django Reinhardt, Charles Mingus, Lester Young, Dead Kennedys, David Bowie (60s, 70s, 90s),David Rovics, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crass, Leonard Cohen, Citizen Fish, some Canned Heat, Cab Calloway,a song about Boney Fingers that's just great, some Dylan, and also the theme time radio show, Blatz, Black Sabbath, Bitch and Animal, but not Bitch alone, Bikini Kill, Big Mama Thornton, Belly, Barking Dogma, Babe the Blue Ox, Abraxasaxophonic, folk songs of the Chicano resistance movement.

BOOKS: This section is under construction.:)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think it's amazing how people who you don't think are suffering, are indeed suffering, and how those same people can turn around and be the cause of other people's suffering. I guess I'm supposed to say something that is GREAT. I remember in Varanasi I saw a small boat on the the river that said "Ganga is our mother" in bright primary colors. I quite liked that and it has stuck with me. Varanasi is one of my favorite places in the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, India, Malaysia, Netherlands, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Oman