African history and culture, music, movies, reading, prosocial behavior, non-profits/NGO's, volunteerism, community service (AmeriCorps*NCCC, AmeriCorps*VISTA, etc), social justice, youth programs, simplicity, sociological structuralism and stratification, anthropology, tutoring / teaching, Swahili,
Music
Tom Waits, Jethro Tull, Soul Coughing / Mike Doughty, Oliver Mtukudzi, Ali Farka Toure (RIP), Amadou and Mariam, Baaba Maal, Zuhura Swaleh, Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra, Moxy Fruvous, Tegan and Sara, Barenaked Ladies, Rancid, Beastie Boys, Booker T and the MG's, Talking Heads / David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, George Harrison, Squirrel Nut Zippers, They Might Be Giants, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Faith No More, The If...Then Argument, A Fir Ju-Well, Cake, Ani Difranco, A Tribe Called Quest, Nickel Creek, Harvey Danger, Morphine, Southern Culture on the Skids, Lyle Lovett, Polyphonic Spree, Beck, Black Eyed Peas(before they sucked), Digable Planets, Devo, Luscious Jackson, Junkhouse, OKGO, Lounge Lizards, Dandy Warhols...OK, enough already, now I'm just reading and typing straight from my CD rack...I like a lot
Movies
Nightmare Before Christmas, Fight Club, Down By Law, Office Space, Mallrats, Kurosawa films (Rashoman, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Dreams, etc) Tim Burton films (Ed Wood and Nightmare Before X-Mas especially. I loved Corpse Bride, too), Eraserhead, Amelie, Amadeus, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hotel Rwanda, Little Mermaid (there's no shame in my game...), many many others...I really love movies, and I've seen a bunch.
Television
Chappelle Show, Fraggle Rock, Aqua Teen Hunger Force- I don't get any TV. What I see is on DVD.
Books
Les Miserables' (Victor Hugo), The Sparrow and Children of God (both by Mary Doria Russell), The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver), Anything by Alexander Mccall Smith: The # 1 Ladies Detective Agency series (all seven books), The Sunday Philosophy Club, 44 Scotland Street, etc. , Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)No Logo (Naomi Klein), Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser), Wind in the Willows, all the classic dystopian future books- 1984, Brave New World, Animal Farm..., Shadow of the Sun (Rysazard Kapuscinski), John Irving books, A Street in Marrakech (Elizabeth Warnock Fernea), A Series of Unfortunate Events series (Lemony Snicket), Hunter Thompson books, H.G. Wells books, Jack Keroauc (though the more I read the harder it became), Harry Potter books (these are easy to forget- just like EVERYBODY likes Star Wars, but you don't include those in a list of favorite movies because they're their own category- Who DOESN"T like Harry Potter?), King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
Heroes
My family: my sister is amazingly talented, my mother is tougher than words can convey, and my father is one of the most mind-numbingly strong individuals I have ever known. Throw my wonderful and selfess wife into the mix and that's who I think of when I think of heroes.
About me: Male, Married ( 4 years), Bald, Catholic (2 years), Vegetarian (5 years), Non Drinker, Non Smoker, Non Drug User, A Son, A Brother, A Husband, an Unkie, Moderate Liberal, Terrible and Barely Controllable Sweet Tooth, Utterly Taken With the Whole of Africa (Ninaipenda Afrika yote.)
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AFRICA TRIP 2006
Click HERE to see a few photos from our June '06 trip to East Africa.
Who I'd like to meet: Those who have an interest in African issues, but really anyone and everyone. Except for sharks. NO SHARKS. No good bloody chum-eaters...
I MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH! Just wanted to say hello and that I hope all is well. I'll have to update you on my life at some point (a phone call is definitely in order), and maybe see if there is a time this summer that you guys will be in Cola for me to come visit!
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