Boots with metal heels, pets, dark chocolate, decaf coffee w/soy creamer, manicure/pedicures, excessive makeup, riding shotgun, flattering photos, irony, sparkly things, being right, expensive bedding, black hair, cute rock boys with black hair, friends, brunch, hotel rooms, backstage cocktails, French soap, European lingerie, buying stuff, sleeping in, free time, clam spaghetti, coincidences. I also really like the host of Turner Classic Movies--Robert Osbourne, I find him very comforting.
Music
Rock and roll Darling, rock and roll...
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Movies
American Beauty, Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Pillow Talk, The Awful Truth, Three on a Match, Barbarella, Butterfield 8, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Cat People (first one but like the second one, too), La Belle et la Bete, Moonstruck, Nosferatu, Nosferatu the Vampyre (Kinski), Triplets of Belleville, Harold & Maude, Dummy, Secretary, Dirty Love, It's a Wonderful Life, Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill, The Jerk, Polyester, Female Trouble, Dirty Love, Foxes, Young Frankenstein, Spinal Tap, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Anchorman, Cabaret, Clueless, Mean Girls, Chicago, All About Eve, The Women, Rosemary's Baby, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Hunger, Shampoo, Sweet Charity, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder version), The Nightmare before Christmas, Titus, The Green Mile, The Gift, Sling Blade, Cleopatra (DeMille version), Edward Scissorhands, Almost Famous, West Side Story, Alien, Dangerous Liasons, The Age of Innocence, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, pretty much any decent period piece or anything with Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor or Marilyn Monroe, and all those crappy movies about 30's gangsters and showgirls like Cotton Club, plus a thousand more I can't think of right now...
Television
Love it, hate it, love it, hate it.
Books
Dickens, Austen, essentially anything Victorian, overwrought and written before the 20th Century. Bukowski. Whitley Streiber on occasion. Oh, and an endless parade of new age/metaphysical/ self-help/self-awareness authors so I'm fully prepared for the rapture.
It is no coincidence that DOG is an anagram for GOD. Take a look into an animal's eyes and you will see divinity shining back at you. These banners will take you directly to just a few of the websites out there worthy of donations. Please give what you can and please take care of the animals around you!
My name is Raffaele. I was raised in Michigan, I live in the East Village in NYC and have since the early '80's. I've worked in and managed some cool clubs, go-go danced on a few bars, starred in a few videos, traveled the world, sang in a coupla bands--the most famous being
Cycle Sluts From Hell.
I could kick your ass if I had to but I'm just not that pissed off anymore. Currently I am working as a feminist spy disguised as a Project Manager/Buyer for Sex and the City's Patricia Field--much like Gloria Steinem in "A Bunny's Tale" but with more gays and less dignity. I am working on a book in my spare time and I am a total nerd bookworm. I have the most amazing boyfriend named Drew who says I am a cross between Eric Cartman and Scarlett O'Hara. I also have the greatest friends on the planet, a house full of animals and stories for days. I've spent some time peering into the abyss but lately I'm happy in the light. Honestly, life just keeps getting better.
Random Raff facts and FAQS:
First, I am very grateful for the loving attention that comes via myspace and really enjoy the connection it can bring. However, sometimes it's hard to keep up with the mail and comments, so it may take me a little while to get back to messages.
I am not a dominatrix! Yes, I look like one, and certainly have nothing against any sort of fetish lifestyle, and indeed have many friends who are involved in all sorts of games and careers along those lines. But I'm not interested in being anyone's mistress and humbly request that you refrain from sending photos of yourself in a diaper or a maid's uniform.
My life is a half-open book--you are welcome to ask whatever questions you like and most will be answered. However, if you are rude, uncouth, or obnoxiously invasive you will be deleted. I am a rock and roll bitch but abhor truly rude or unnecessarily unkind behavior. In other words—be nice and fucking polite, jerky.
I believe with all my heart that that anyone over the age of 12 caught riding a scooter on the sidewalks of NY (or any city, for that matter) should be elbowed into traffic.
I am regularly accused of being a gay man in a woman’s body, most often by gay men.
I am completely melodramatic but find unnecessary drama tedious.
I believe that friends are family that you choose yourself, and value my friendships very highly.
Wes Anderson films make me homicidal. I also have strong suspicions that Sarah Silverman could very well be the Guf spoken of in the Seventh Sign.
I am extremely territorial but working on it. In the meantime, it is wise to step lightly on my stuff, especially if there is alcohol involved.
Sometimes I am asked for my private beauty tips, so here is my number one myspace beauty secret, which I adhere to religiously: Post only the most flattering photos of yourself whenever possible.
I am nowhere near as cool as I pretend to be. My family, many of whom are also on myspace, will be more than happy to back this statement up with photos, diagrams, and tape recordings.
I hate people who say, “I never use the word 'hate'.” Shut the fuck up, Pollyanna.
I am not a full on vegan, but I try to eat vegan/vegetarian as often as possible because I believe it’s irresponsible and selfish not to--irresponsible to the animals who suffer to become our meals, to our environment which is damaged and ill-used by the raising/murdering of “livestock”, to our own bodies, and to our souls and energy bodies. I don't wish to cause suffering or bring the energy of suffering into my body. That being said, I am a work in progress and still prone to snatching bits of steak off of your plate when you aren’t looking.
I am an old school rock chick. Meaning that I prefer Aerosmith before they got clean, I loathe hipsters and the scene in Williamsburg makes me want to beat my head on the Brooklyn pavement. I also still think long hair looks hot on guys and believe that the White Stripes would sound great if Jack White acquired a good bass player and a real drummer. I yearn for the days when rock stars roamed the earth as plentiful as bison. I guess this is the long way of saying no, I’m very sorry but I am not interested in taking the L train to check out your new emo band.
34D, yes they’re real and thanks for the interest.
I am a powerful person. As are you.
Who I'd like to meet:
Stewie Griffin, Chelsea Handler, Jenny McCarthy, Edna Mode, Jane Eyre... Actual people, not companies trying to sell me stuff. People who want to give me presents. Rock types, Zeppelin fans, Lemmy worshippers, freaks and faggots, animal lovers, people who don't think every single stupid item from the 80's is cool, boys w/black nail polish, angry girls, smart asses, wiseacres, geniuses and heavy readers.
PLEASE NOTE: I do not add collectors. I think the girl collectors on here are gross and the women who cultivate them pathetic, so if you're looking to pad your hooker list with me, don't bother. If you are an actual friend and I am forced to add your collecting ass I will take a trip to your page now and then to give you shit about your cheesy choices.
Please don't add me if you have a problem with my strong stance on animal rights.
Bands: If you don't know me really well, don't spam my comments with gig flyers or you will be deleted speedily and gleefully.
Over 4 million sheep are exported live to the Middle East every year. During the journey they experience stress; many don’t eat, are injured or suffer from disease, causing around 40,000 of them to die en route. Those that reach their destination are often handled inhumanely before being slaughtered in ways that would not be tolerated or legal in Australia. There is no need for this intolerable cruelty. Here’s how you can help: First, visit www.humanechain.org.au and contact your local Member of Parliament. Next, spread the word by posting a message on all of your friends profile pages so they can take action too.
