Emotional: Art especially good fiction and literature, painting, movies, traveling, stimulating conversation with people who are real.
Physical: Racquet sports, hiking, camping, canoeing, bicycling, walking, traveling, good dining, et al.
Music
I like music and have a large collection of CD's, some of which I haven't even listened to yet. I'm more of a visually oriented person, for whatever reason, even though music touchs my emotional core. Here are a few of the groups/artists that I like:
Preclassical/Other
Gregorian chant, Hildegaard of Bingen's mystical compostions, ballads such as 'Greensleeves', some Sufi music, compositions by Gurdjieff
Modern
The Doors, Kitaro, ABBA, The Police/Sting, Pink Floyd, Jewel, Lady Smith Black Mambazo, Simon and Garfunkel, The Mama's and Papa's, Neil Diamond, U2, The Byrds, Bjork, Enya, The Moody Blues
Movies
A sample of movies that I have liked very much (at some point in my life at least):
'Blade Runner', 'The Wizard of Oz', 'The Fifth Element', 'Breakfast at Tiffanys', 'Little Big Man', 'Spartacus', 'Bodies, Rest and Motion', 'The Matrix' movies, 'How to Make an American Quilt', the Star Wars movies, 'The Last Seduction', 'The Incredibles', 'Gattaca', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon','City of Angels','Forrest Gump', 'Pocahontas', the original 'Planet of the Apes', 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'
Television
Don't watch much TV anymore but a few series I have liked:
Get Smart, The Beverly Hill Billies, Forever Knight, Jerry Seinfeld, Babylon 5, Andromeda, Smallville, My So Called Life, Daria, Sponge Bob, Firefly
Books
I like to read books on all types of subjects. Here are some in different categories that have impressed me or that I just like for whatever reason. My basic philosophy: Life is short, so start with the best stuff.
History
Histories - Herodotus, The Persian Expedition - Xenophon, Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition - Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico - Bernal Diaz del Castillo, A Short History of Byzantium - John Julius Norwich, Captured by the Indians ed. by Frederick Drummer, Plutarch's Lives (all the Greeks. haven't the read Romans yet).
Science Fiction
Dune - Frank Herbert (the best sci-fi novel written), Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny, H. G. Wells classic novels (The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, etc.), The Ender Series - Orson Scott Card, H. P. Lovecraft's stories, Ray Bradbury's various novels and short stories
Fantasy
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien,
The Earthsea trilogy - Ursula Leguin,
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
General Literature
Wind, Sand and Stars - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Faust - Goethe, 1984 - George Orwell, Paradise Lost - Milton, The Odyssey - Homer, Gulliver's Travels - Swift, Hamlet - Shakespeare, The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter
About me:
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Here is a brief description swiped from an astrology book (and who believes in that?) but it seems as apt as any for the time being.
The enigmatic individual born on this day is a studious intellectual on the one hand and a psychic intutive on the other. The story of your life is one that flips back and forth between your rational mind and mystical imagination. Through your feelings and emotions, you can sense things that other people aren't even aware of. A lively conversationlist, you have a mesmerizing gift for gaining and holding the attention of a crowd. You have strong definite opinions and particularly enjoy participating in lively discussions about ideas and ideals.
The keen perceptions and acute powers of observation of those born on this day allow them to see through other peoples facades. However, where your own life is concerned, you're a private person who much prefers keeping personal business hidden under a cloak of secrecy. Mystery, melodrama, whimsy, humor, and romance are all part and parcel of your basic makeup, and your thoughts tend to move from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again.
Love plays a major role in your life. However, your emotional nature is so deep and complex that your romantic life can be as turbulent as it is passionate and intense. You can display a poignant vulnerability one moment and then become possessive, jealous and demanding the next.
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man i just found your secret passion a free online game that gives 8 scrambled letters and 30 sec. to make the correct word aggh! you are the skill master
HOLLA AT YA MATTHEW! Hope all is good in your hood. Guess what? I be all moved into my new crib. This place is TIGHT! It only done took me a day to get used to it, tho' I still don't wanna be going on da balcony. it be so high up on da 5th floor that I be a lil bit worried out thur. So for now, I'm just chillin in da crib. I gots lots of rooms, but my moms "writing office" is my fav. I put some pics up of da new place if you wanna check em out.
So, you know, if we keep speaking as we do, as truthfully and as caffeinatedly as we do, without regard to the expectations and requirements of society, without care for what we should be doing or where we ought to be... the world may get jealous, actually change out of spite... opt out of itself for the better. :)
Yes. I've had wine. I'm about to read your blog. I will see you tomorrow Mister Scott... ;)
Tiger people are sensitive, given to deep thinking, capable of great sympathy. They can be extremely short-tempered, however. Other people have great respect for them, but sometimes Tiger people come into conflict with older people or those in authority. Sometimes Tiger people cannot make up their minds, which can result in a poor, hasty decision or a sound decision arrived at too late. They are suspicious of others, but they are courageous and powerful. Tigers are most compatible with Horses, Dragons, and Dogs.
