Favorite artists: Tori Amos, Radiohead, Dream Theater, Tool, Death Cab for Cutie, Dar Williams, Poe, Aimee Mann, Rush, Liz Phair, Peter Gabriel, Shawn Colvin, Pink Floyd, Jill Sobule, Infected Mushroom, Allette Brooks, Joe Satriani, Led Zeppelin, the Flaming Lips, Michelle Branch, Feeder, Avril Lavigne, Jonatha Brooke, Keane, Ben Folds, Tara MacLean, Yes, Alanis Morissette, Prodigy, Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, U2, ELP, Ani DiFranco, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Suzanne Vega, Kate Bush, the Who, They Might Be Giants, some jazz, some classical. Oh, and bad 80's music. See my Last.FM page to get a better idea of what I listen to.
Movies
Finding Nemo, Shawshank Redemption, Garden State, Fight Club, City of Lost Children, Aliens, Brazil, L.A. Confidential, Immortal Beloved, Being John Malkovich, The Godfather, Eternal Sunshine, Crouching Tiger, My Fair Lady, Braveheart, Schindler's List, Dark City, Monsters Inc., Contact, Rear Window, Usual Suspects, Princess Bride... and anything with Natalie Portman.
Television
Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Weeds, Robot Chicken, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, South Park, The L Word, Family Guy, Bleach, Mythbusters, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, thirtysomething, Firefly, Carnivale, The West Wing (just finished 1st season), Wonderfalls, Veronica Mars (just starting the 2nd season), Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, That 70's Show, My So-Called Life, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Cowboy Bebop, Farscape, and The X-Files
Books
Dune, Capitalism and Freedom, Speaker for the Dead, Ender's Game, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Red Mars, Snow Crash, Blood and Oil, The Poisonwood Bible, Suburban Nation, Startide Rising, Watership Down, Corelli's Mandolin, Random Walk Down Wall St., Tipping Point
I love to write. I love to take pictures. I love to think and to learn and to teach. I love to play music. I love to play and watch sports. I love to eat cookies. I have varying degrees of talent in those things, but they keep me sane.
I just finished up a Master's in Economics at San Jose State, and my undergrad was in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at Cal over a decade ago. And right now I'm a part-time economics lecturer at San Jose State. Well, not right right now, as I am obviously editing my MySpace profile for some bizarre reason.
I suppose you can say it's been a rather interesting life thus far. I've been married, and am now divorced. I've interned at the Cato Institute. I've been to Burning Man twice, and indeed I became rather well-known (perhaps infamous) among Burners due to a certain incident.
Who I'd like to meet: Somebody capable of creating great beauty and who inspires me to create. Someone with incredible eyes that I can lose myself in for hours. Somebody with a keen intellect who can blow me away with deep insights. Someone with cute quirks who doesn't mind being silly and having fun. Someone with a great laugh that makes my toes curl. Someone who doesn't mind me being a geek in more ways than one.
Hope you had a blast at your b-day par tay. I had to go to my best friend's surprise b-day party - she turned 40 and needed moral support :-) Are you ready for John Wedemeyer's guitar unleashed next Friday at JJ-s?
Happy Birthday to the best brother! I'm a day late too. Mom and dad say your phone is always off, or you don't pick up, so they're concerned about you. I told them you're doing well (based upon your livejournal). Hope you really are doing well, and that you have a dope bday party!
(okay, i know it's a day late, but i did txt you on the actual day. plus you are my almost-ex-husband, not my husband-husband, so i am no longer legally required to actually wish you a happy birthday on your actual birthday)
but yeah. happy birthday. year of the pig. all that good stuff.
Happy New Year back at ya! What a year of change for us all ..... Thank goodness for the gift of another day. May Love Peace and Happiness embrace each and every step you take this year!
