Movies ------ Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Grindhouse, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs), Fear and Loathing, Fight Club, Scarface, Godfather I and II, Star Wars IV-VI, zombie movies (too many to list), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, What Dreams May Come, Waking Life, The Bourne Trilogy, The Beach, Monty Python, Brazil, post-apolyptic films (Mad Max, Tank Girl, Children of Men, 12 Monkeys, etc.), The Big Lebowski, Pi, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Running Scared, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Usual Suspects, Terminator, Lord of War TV -- Can I feel better about watching network television if I download each episode, thereby skipping the commercials and recovering ~33% of my time? Current: Dexter, House, Lost, Weeds, Entourage, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, CSI: Las Vegas Discontinued: Arrested Development, Oz, The A-Team, MacGyver, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, Firefly Music ----- An assortment of musical artists that spring to mind... Gogol Bordello, Roni Size, Dieselboy, DJ Hype, DJ Shadow, Matisyahu, Neptunes, Timbaland, 2Pac, Biggie, T.I., Aesop Rock, The Streets, AFI, Jay-Z, Weezer, Green Day, Radiohead, KMFDM, NIN, Nirvana, Slayer, Blink 182, Reggie & The Full Effect, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Mozart, Beethoven, Alasdair Frasier (and his wailin' Scottish fiddle), Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd Books ----- Currently Reading: (as of whenever this was last updated) Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates Long-Time Favorites: Anything by Tom Robbins. Anything utopian or dystopian. A lot of non-fiction--hard science, pop science, journal articles, etc.

freedom, tinkering, friends, computers, spanish, web development, graphic design, biomedical engineering, terrorist tactics, healthy food, compulsive cleaning, pirating massive amounts of music, pirating massive amounts of video, beating dead horses, long drives, chemistry, playing chef, pizza, pleasure, reading, sleeping, staring at CRTs and LCDs, dancing when the mood (rarely) strikes, the internet, surrealism, slow moving trains, blue iridescent smoke, occasional menthol cigarettes, horticulture, rieslings, etc.